ODI # 860
Benson & Hedges World Series, 1993/94, 1st Match
Australia v South Africa
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
9 December 1993 (50-overs match)

Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets
Points: South Africa 2, Australia 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: TA Prue and WP Sheahan
TV Umpire: LJ King
Match Referee: S Venkataraghavan (Ind)
ODI Debuts: GD McGrath, MJ Slater (Aus).
Man of the Match: WJ Cronje

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
MA Taylor                                b Cronje              30  91  58  1 0
MJ Slater                            c & b Symcox              73  85  69  8 1
DC Boon               run out (Rhodes)                          1   2   1  0 0
ME Waugh              c Symcox           b Cronje               8  18  18  0 0
SR Waugh              run out (Rhodes)                         33  67  54  1 0
*AR Border                               b Snell               11  30  21  0 0
+IA Healy             not out                                  21  54  37  0 0
SK Warne              run out (Wessels)                         3  19  12  0 0
PR Reiffel            lbw                b de Villiers          0   2   1  0 0
CJ McDermott          c Richardson       b de Villiers          5   8   7  0 0
GD McGrath                               b de Villiers          0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 2)                               4
Total                 (all out, 45.5 overs, 193 mins)         189

FoW: 1-105 (Slater), 2-106 (Boon), 3-106 (Taylor), 4-119 (ME Waugh),
     5-151 (Border), 6-166 (SR Waugh), 7-180 (Warne), 8-181 (Reiffel),
     9-189 (McDermott), 10-189 (McGrath).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Donald                      10      1     32      0
de Villiers                  7.5    0     30      3
Snell                        8      0     43      1 (2w)
Cronje                      10      0     42      2
Symcox                      10      0     40      1

South Africa innings (target: 190 runs from 50 overs)           R   M   B  4 6
AC Hudson             c Taylor           b McDermott            4  11  12  0 0
*KC Wessels                              b McDermott           70 158 118  4 0
WJ Cronje             not out                                  91 181 147  5 0
DJ Cullinan                              b Warne                0   5   4  0 0
JN Rhodes             not out                                  20  28  16  1 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 1, nb 2)                         5
Total                 (3 wickets, 48.4 overs)                 190

DNB: DJ Callaghan, +DJ Richardson, RP Snell, PL Symcox,
     AA Donald, PS de Villiers.

FoW: 1-4 (Hudson), 2-144 (Wessels), 3-149 (Cullinan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDermott                   10      1     31      2 (1nb)
McGrath                      8.4    1     28      0
Reiffel                      4      0     19      0
SR Waugh                    10      0     37      0 (1nb 1w)
Border                       3      0     15      0
Warne                       10      0     43      1
ME Waugh                     3      0     15      0

• Scorers: MK Walsh (Australia) and CJ Reece (South Africa)
• 12th Men: ML Hayden (Australia) and CR Matthews
• Attendance: 58,030

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, South Africa.

Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia Player Pages: MA Taylor, MJ Slater, DC Boon, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, AR Border, IA Healy, SK Warne, PR Reiffel, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

South Africa Player Pages: AC Hudson, KC Wessels, WJ Cronje, DJ Cullinan, JN Rhodes, DJ Callaghan, DJ Richardson, RP Snell, PL Symcox, AA Donald, PS de Villiers.

Match Officials' Pages: TA Prue, WP Sheahan, LJ King, S Venkataraghavan.