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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 1360 (1357/61)
South Africa v Australia, 1996/97, 2nd Test
Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
14,15,16,17 March 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RE Koertzen and S Venkataraghavan (Ind)
TV Umpire: DL Orchard
Match Referee: R Subba Row (Eng)
Man of the Match: ME Waugh

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: South Africa 209, Australia 10/1 (Taylor 7*, Elliott 1*)
  • Day 2: Australia 108, South Africa 83/0 (Kirsten 41*, Bacher 38*)
  • Day 3: South Africa 168, Australia 145/3 (ME Waugh 54*, SR Waugh 11*)
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    G Kirsten             c Hayden           b Gillespie            0  27  19  0 0
    AM Bacher             c Elliott          b McGrath             11  51  34  2 0
    JH Kallis             c Blewett          b Gillespie            0  19  12  0 0
    DJ Cullinan           c Warne            b Gillespie           34  78  59  4 0
    *WJ Cronje                               b McGrath              0  11   7  0 0
    HH Gibbs                                 b Gillespie           31  93  65  5 0
    BM McMillan           c SR Waugh         b Warne               55 187 108  7 0
    SM Pollock            lbw                b Gillespie            0   1   1  0 0
    +DJ Richardson        c McGrath          b Warne               47 116 105  4 1
    AA Donald                            c & b Warne                9  46  30  1 0
    PR Adams              not out                                   5   8   8  1 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 8, w 1)                         17
    Total                 (all out, 74.4 overs)                   209
    
    FoW: 1-13 (Kirsten), 2-17 (Kallis), 3-21 (Bacher),
         4-22 (Cronje), 5-70 (Cullinan), 6-95 (Gibbs),
         7-95 (Pollock), 8-180 (Richardson), 9-204 (McMillan),
         10-209 (Donald).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     22      7     66      2
    Gillespie                   23     10     54      5 (1w)
    Warne                       23.4    5     62      3
    Blewett                      4      2      3      0
    Bevan                        2      0      8      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    ML Hayden             c Cullinan         b Pollock              0  15  14  0 0
    *MA Taylor            c Richardson       b Pollock              8  65  44  0 0
    MTG Elliott           run out (Bacher)                         23 166 121  4 0
    ME Waugh              lbw                b Cronje              20  67  36  3 0
    SR Waugh              c Richardson       b McMillan             8  55  49  1 0
    GS Blewett                               b Donald              13  82  46  0 0
    MG Bevan              c Richardson       b McMillan             0  16  13  0 0
    +IA Healy             c Bacher           b Cronje               5  47  33  0 0
    SK Warne              lbw                b Adams               18  49  27  2 0
    JN Gillespie          not out                                   1  44  37  0 0
    GD McGrath            c Richardson       b Kallis               0   5   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 2)                   12
    Total                 (all out, 70.4 overs)                   108
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Hayden), 2-13 (Taylor), 3-48 (ME Waugh),
         4-64 (Elliott), 5-66 (SR Waugh), 6-70 (Bevan),
         7-85 (Healy), 8-86 (Blewett), 9-106 (Warne),
         10-108 (McGrath).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Donald                      23     13     18      1 (1nb)
    Pollock                      6      3      6      2 (1nb)
    Adams                        4      0      5      1
    McMillan                    14      2     32      2
    Cronje                      14      7     21      2
    Kallis                       9.4    2     18      1 (1nb, 2w)
    
    South Africa 2nd innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    G Kirsten                                b Gillespie           43 138 106  7 0
    AM Bacher             c McGrath          b Gillespie           49 173 129  7 0
    JH Kallis             run out (Blewett)                         2  31  26  0 0
    DJ Cullinan           lbw                b Gillespie            2  15  11  0 0
    *WJ Cronje            c Healy            b Bevan               27  89  66  5 0
    HH Gibbs              c ME Waugh         b McGrath              7  32  22  0 0
    BM McMillan           lbw                b Bevan                2  20  15  0 0
    SM Pollock            lbw                b Warne               17  27  22  4 0
    +DJ Richardson        not out                                   3  32  21  0 0
    AA Donald             c Warne            b Bevan                7  22  19  1 0
    PR Adams              c Taylor           b Warne                1   5   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 5, nb 2)                         8
    Total                 (all out, 73.4 overs)                   168
    
    FoW: 1-87 (Kirsten), 2-98 (Kallis), 3-99 (Bacher),
         4-100 (Cullinan), 5-122 (Gibbs), 6-137 (McMillan),
         7-152 (Cronje), 8-156 (Pollock), 9-167 (Donald),
         10-168 (Adams).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     13      3     43      1 (2nb)
    Gillespie                   18      4     49      3
    SR Waugh                     4.3    0     16      0
    Blewett                      7.3    3     16      0
    Warne                       17.4    7     20      2 (1nb)
    Bevan                       13      3     18      3
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 270 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor            lbw                b McMillan            13  43  31  1 0
    ML Hayden             run out (Cronje)                         14  64  37  2 0
    MTG Elliott                          c & b Adams               44 114  91  8 0
    ME Waugh                                 b Kallis             116 323 228 17 1
    SR Waugh              c Cronje           b Kallis              18  88  54  1 0
    GS Blewett                               b Adams                7  46  42  1 0
    MG Bevan              c Cullinan         b Cronje              24  98  62  3 0
    +IA Healy             not out                                  10  19   9  1 1
    SK Warne              lbw                b Kallis               3   6   3  0 0
    JN Gillespie          not out                                   0   7   5  0 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 8, w 3)                        22
    Total                 (8 wickets, 93.3 overs)                 271
    
    DNB: GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Taylor), 2-30 (Hayden), 3-113 (Elliott),
         4-167 (SR Waugh), 5-192 (Blewett), 6-258 (ME Waugh),
         7-258 (Bevan), 8-265 (Warne).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Donald                      26      6     75      0 (1w)
    McMillan                    21      5     46      1
    Cronje                       9.3    1     36      1 (1w)
    Kallis                      16      7     29      3 (1nb)
    Adams                       21      4     66      2 (1w)
    

    • Notes:
    • Day 1
    • Attendance: 12500

      Day 2

    • Australia's 108 is their second-lowest completed Test innings total against South Africa (lowest: 75)
    • Attendance: 6517

      Day 3

    • Attendance: 10328

      Day 4

    • ME Waugh dropped by Cullinan off Donald when he had 105 and the total was 244/5.
    • BG Jerling was the TV Umpire in place of DL Orchard




  • Report

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: South Africa, Australia.

    Ground Page: Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

    South Africa Player Pages: G Kirsten, AM Bacher, JH Kallis, DJ Cullinan, WJ Cronje, HH Gibbs, BM McMillan, SM Pollock, DJ Richardson, AA Donald, PR Adams.

    Australia Player Pages: ML Hayden, MA Taylor, MTG Elliott, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, GS Blewett, MG Bevan, IA Healy, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath.

    Match Officials' Pages: RE Koertzen, S Venkataraghavan, DL Orchard, R Subba Row.

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