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Test # 1392
South Africa in Australia, 1997/98, 1st Test
Australia v South Africa
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1997 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Series: 3-Test series level 0-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: JH Kallis
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 206/4 (SR Waugh 87*, Ponting 56*, 90 overs)
Day 2: Australia 309, South Africa 94/4 (Kirsten 61*, McMillan 6*, 56 ov)
Day 3: South Africa 186, Australia 67/4 (Taylor 30*, Ponting 8*, 37 ov)
Day 4: Australia 257, South Africa 79/1 (Bacher 34*, Kallis 40*, 30 ov)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
MTG Elliott c Richardson b Klusener 6 55 33 0 0
*MA Taylor c Kirsten b McMillan 20 98 78 1 0
GS Blewett st Richardson b Symcox 26 156 114 1 0
ME Waugh c Richardson b Donald 0 21 18 0 0
SR Waugh c Cullinan b Donald 96 264 188 9 0
RT Ponting b Symcox 105 269 208 14 0
+IA Healy b Donald 16 28 25 2 0
PR Reiffel b Symcox 27 77 54 2 0
SK Warne c & b Pollock 1 11 8 0 0
MS Kasprowicz c Bacher b Symcox 0 8 3 0 0
GD McGrath not out 0 5 5 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 5) 12
Total (all out, 121.2 overs, 500 mins) 309
FoW: 1-18 (Elliott, 13.2 ov), 2-42 (Taylor, 22.5 ov),
3-44 (ME Waugh, 28.3 ov), 4-77 (Blewett, 51.3 ov),
5-222 (SR Waugh, 94.3 ov), 6-250 (Healy, 100.6 ov),
7-302 (Ponting, 117.4 ov), 8-309 (Reiffel, 119.5 ov),
9-309 (Warne, 120.1 ov), 10-309 (Kasprowicz, 121.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Donald 29 6 74 3 (2nb)
Pollock 28 6 76 1 (2nb)
Klusener 19 3 48 1 (2nb)
McMillan 10 3 19 1
Symcox 27.2 4 69 4
Kallis 4 2 5 0
Cronje 4 2 11 0
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4 6
AM Bacher c Healy b Kasprowicz 3 53 35 0 0
G Kirsten c Healy b ME Waugh 83 323 256 7 0
JH Kallis c Healy b McGrath 15 77 57 1 0
DJ Cullinan run out (Ponting) 5 39 29 0 0
*WJ Cronje c Blewett b Warne 0 3 2 0 0
BM McMillan c Healy b Kasprowicz 48 227 189 2 0
SM Pollock lbw b Warne 7 28 25 1 0
+DJ Richardson lbw b ME Waugh 1 10 9 0 0
L Klusener lbw b Warne 11 47 35 1 0
PL Symcox b Kasprowicz 4 12 9 1 0
AA Donald not out 0 4 2 0 0
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 6) 9
Total (all out, 106.5 overs, 416 mins) 186
FoW: 1-28 (Bacher, 12.3 ov), 2-62 (Kallis, 32.2 ov),
3-75 (Cullinan, 40.6 ov), 4-76 (Cronje, 41.5 ov),
5-138 (Kirsten, 81.4 ov), 6-155 (Pollock, 90.4 ov),
7-158 (Richardson, 93.5 ov), 8-182 (McMillan, 104.2 ov),
9-182 (Klusener, 105.3 ov), 10-186 (Symcox, 106.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 17 9 20 1
Reiffel 14 5 32 0 (2nb)
Kasprowicz 13.5 3 28 3 (2nb)
Warne 42 15 64 3 (2nb, 1w)
ME Waugh 18 8 28 2
SR Waugh 2 0 12 0
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
*MA Taylor c Cullinan b Symcox 59 248 195 4 0
MTG Elliott lbw b Donald 1 28 19 0 0
GS Blewett c McMillan b Donald 6 10 7 0 0
ME Waugh b Donald 1 15 12 0 0
SR Waugh c Richardson b Pollock 17 43 27 2 0
RT Ponting c & b Pollock 32 113 84 2 0
+IA Healy b Donald 4 39 17 0 0
PR Reiffel not out 79 154 115 6 0
SK Warne c Symcox b Donald 10 19 16 2 0
MS Kasprowicz c Kirsten b Donald 19 62 43 2 0
GD McGrath c McMillan b Pollock 18 66 47 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 4) 11
Total (all out, 96.2 overs, 403 mins) 257
FoW: 1-4 (Elliott, 6.1 ov), 2-10 (Blewett, 8.3 ov),
3-12 (ME Waugh, 12.5 ov), 4-44 (SR Waugh, 22.2 ov),
5-106 (Ponting, 50.4 ov), 6-128 (Taylor, 59.3 ov),
7-128 (Healy, 60.1 ov), 8-146 (Warne, 64.4 ov),
9-208 (Kasprowicz, 80.4 ov), 10-257 (McGrath, 96.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Donald 27 8 59 6 (3nb)
Pollock 21.2 5 56 3 (1nb)
Symcox 35 9 90 1
McMillan 2 0 6 0
Klusener 9 2 28 0
Cronje 2 0 11 0
South Africa 2nd innings (target: 381 runs) R M B 4 6
G Kirsten b Reiffel 0 23 14 0 0
AM Bacher c Taylor b Warne 39 149 109 1 0
JH Kallis b Reiffel 101 357 279 6 0
DJ Cullinan b Warne 0 10 8 0 0
*WJ Cronje c Taylor b SR Waugh 70 170 143 2 0
BM McMillan c Taylor b Warne 16 84 69 2 0
SM Pollock not out 15 101 70 1 0
+DJ Richardson lbw b McGrath 11 47 39 0 0
L Klusener not out 6 16 10 1 0
Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 6) 15
Total (7 wickets, 122 overs, 483 mins) 273
DNB: PL Symcox, AA Donald.
FoW: 1-1 (Kirsten, 5.1 ov), 2-88 (Bacher, 37.1 ov),
3-88 (Cullinan, 39.3 ov), 4-211 (Cronje, 84.2 ov),
5-229 (Kallis, 97.2 ov), 6-241 (McMillan, 105.6 ov),
7-260 (Richardson, 118.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 28 11 57 1
Reiffel 18 7 24 2 (2nb)
Kasprowicz 14 1 45 0
Warne 44 11 97 3 (8nb)
ME Waugh 10 0 25 0
SR Waugh 7 2 12 1
Blewett 1 0 4 0
- Scorers: MK Walsh (Australia) and KV O'Neill (South Australia)
- 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and JN Rhodes (Southg Australia)
Day 1
- Lunch: Australia 44/3 (Blewett 13*; 28.4 overs)
- Tea: Australia 92/4 (SR Waugh 28*, Ponting 5*; 59 overs)
- Elliott dropped by Kallis off Donald in the 1st over.
- Richardson took the South African record for Most Fielding
Dismissals apon catching Elliott (previous: JHB Waite, 141
Dismissals).
- SR Waugh was caught by Richardson off a no-ball by Donald
soon after reaching his 50.
- SR Waugh was dropped by Kirsten in 2nd last over of the day.
Day 2
- Lunch: Australia 302/7 (Reiffel 21*; 117.5 overs)
- Tea: South Africa 41/1 (Kirsten 31*, Kallis 5*; 22 overs)
Day 3
- Lunch: South Africa 147/5 (McMillan 31*, Pollock 3*; 87 overs)
- Tea: Australia 8/1 (Taylor 2*, Blewett 4*; 8 overs)
- The dismissal of Pollock was SK Warne's 500th First-class wicket
Day 4
- Lunch: Australia 146/8 (Reiffel 8*, Kasprowicz 0*; 65 overs)
- Tea: Australia 257 all out 96.2 overs
- With the dismissal of Kasprowicz, Donald passes the highest number of
Test wickets taken in a career by a South African (170, HJ Tayfield)
- Paul Reiffel passes his highest Test score
- With the dismissal of Kirsten, Reiffel claims his 100th Test wicket
- With the score on 2/0 AM Bacher was given out to a catch by RT Ponting,
Ponting then advises that the catch was grounded and the decision was
reversed.
Day 5
- Lunch: South Africa 139/3 (Kallis 67*, Cronje 27*; 60 overs)
- Tea: South Africa 226/4 (Kallis 100*, McMillan 6*; 93 overs)
- Jacques Kallis passes his highest Test score
- Attendance: Day 1 - 73,812 (third-largest Boxing Day crowd
at the MCG); Day 2 - 31,367; Day 3 - 24,859; Day 4 - 18,895;
Day 5 - 11,249. Aggregate 160,182.
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Report
Tour Index
Team Pages:
Australia,
South Africa.
Ground Page:
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia Player Pages:
MTG Elliott,
MA Taylor,
GS Blewett,
ME Waugh,
SR Waugh,
RT Ponting,
IA Healy,
PR Reiffel,
SK Warne,
MS Kasprowicz,
GD McGrath.
South Africa Player Pages:
AM Bacher,
G Kirsten,
JH Kallis,
DJ Cullinan,
WJ Cronje,
BM McMillan,
SM Pollock,
DJ Richardson,
L Klusener,
PL Symcox,
AA Donald.
Match Officials' Pages:
SA Bucknor,
SG Randell,
WP Sheahan,
RS Madugalle.
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