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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 1997 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 196 runs |
| Umpires | CJ Mitchley, S Venkataraghavan |
| TV umpire | RE Koertzen |
| Referee | R Subba Row |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 302 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 191/4 (SR Waugh 14*, Blewett 3*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 479/4 (SR Waugh 137*, Blewett 156*) |
| Close of play day 4 | South Africa (2) 99/4 (Kallis 29*, Rhodes 3*) |
| Player of the Match | SR Waugh, GS Blewett |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Hudson | c Healy b McGrath | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Healy b McGrath | 9 | 36 | 67 | 1 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c ME Waugh b McGrath | 6 | 30 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Healy b McGrath | 27 | 73 | 100 | 5 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c ME Waugh b Warne | 76 | 144 | 187 | 10 | 1 | |
| JN Rhodes | c Healy b Gillespie | 22 | 37 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c SR Waugh b Bevan | 35 | 42 | 44 | 8 | - | |
| L Klusener | c Taylor b Bevan | 9 | 22 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 72 | 87 | 112 | 10 | 1 | |
| AA Donald | c Healy b Gillespie | 21 | 45 | 56 | 4 | - | |
| PR Adams | lbw b Warne | 15 | 33 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 357 minutes, 91.4 overs) | 302 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Hudson), 2-15 (Kallis), 3-25 (Kirsten), 4-78 (Cullinan), 5-115 (Rhodes), 6-165 (Pollock), 7-183 (Klusener), 8-195 (Cronje), 9-253 (Donald), 10-302 (Adams) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 26 | 8 | 77 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Gillespie | 17 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Warne | 27.4 | 9 | 68 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Bevan | 17 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Blewett | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MA Taylor | b Pollock | 16 | 35 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| ML Hayden | c Cullinan b Pollock | 40 | 115 | 154 | 5 | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Adams b Donald | 85 | 113 | 160 | 13 | 1 | |
| ME Waugh | c Richardson b Donald | 26 | 34 | 46 | 4 | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Richardson b Kallis | 160 | 366 | 501 | 22 | - | |
| GS Blewett | c Adams b Klusener | 214 | 421 | 519 | 33 | - | |
| MG Bevan | not out | 37 | 58 | 73 | 6 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Kirsten b Adams | 11 | 22 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| SK Warne | b Cronje | 9 | 9 | 11 | - | 1 | |
| JN Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 15 lb, 10 nb, 4 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 777 minutes, 193.4 overs) | 628 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Taylor), 2-128 (Hayden), 3-169 (ME Waugh), 4-174 (Elliott), 5-559 (SR Waugh), 6-577 (Blewett), 7-613 (Healy), 8-628 (Warne) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 35 | 7 | 136 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pollock | 32 | 3 | 105 | 2 | - | 9 | |
| Klusener | 37 | 10 | 122 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Kallis | 21 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Adams | 52 | 7 | 163 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 16.4 | 5 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Kirsten | b Warne | 8 | 47 | 64 | - | - | |
| AC Hudson | run out (SR Waugh) | 31 | 62 | 80 | 5 | - | |
| JH Kallis | b Warne | 39 | 155 | 171 | 5 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Healy b Warne | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Healy b SR Waugh | 22 | 49 | 60 | 4 | - | |
| JN Rhodes | lbw b Warne | 8 | 44 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 14 | 33 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| L Klusener | c Hayden b Bevan | 0 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | c Hayden b Bevan | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| AA Donald | b Bevan | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| PR Adams | b Bevan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 260 minutes, 69 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Kirsten), 2-41 (Hudson), 3-46 (Cullinan), 4-90 (Cronje), 5-108 (Rhodes), 6-127 (Kallis), 7-128 (Klusener), 8-130 (Richardson), 9-130 (Donald), 10-130 (Adams) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 10 | 5 | 17 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Gillespie | 11 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | 28 | 15 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bevan | 15 | 3 | 32 | 4 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| ME Waugh | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 58/3 (Cullinan 19*, Cronje 21*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 182/6 (Cronje 68*, Klusener 9*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 93/1 (Hayden 37*, Elliott 36*; 28 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 180/4 (SR Waugh 5*, Blewett 1*; 56 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 284/4 (SR Waugh 58*, Blewett 46*; 90 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 378/4 (SR Waugh 93*, Blewett 103*; 123 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (1) 574/5 (Blewett 213*, Bevan 6*; 180 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 30/0 (Hudson 20*, Kirsten 8*)
--> G Kirsten (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> MTG Elliott (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Test matches
--> GS Blewett (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in Test matches
--> GS Blewett (1) 200 in 399 balls, 489 minutes with 32 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 131
--> MG Bevan made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JN Gillespie made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MTG Elliott made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MG Bevan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed L Klusener, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
G Kirsten dropped on 3* by Taylor off the bowling of Gillespie. SA score was 11/1
WJ Cronje dropped on 63* at 176/6 by Blewett off Warne
L Klusener was originally given as dismissed lbw. It was later clarified with umpire Venkataraghavan to be caught by Taylor.
91.4 overs bowled in the day
Bad Light Stopped play at 3:37pm (7 minutes after tea)
Combination of rain and bad light forced play to be abandoned for the rest of the day
59.2 overs bowled in the day
92.4 overs bowled in the day
Bad light abandoned play 1 over before the scheduled finish
89.4 overs bowled in the day
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