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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.




  • 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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