f43002 t1360	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (2nd Test)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th March 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 2 wickets
Umpires	RE Koertzen, S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire	DL Orchard
Referee	R Subba Row
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 10/1 (Taylor 7*, Elliott 1*)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (2) 83/0 (Kirsten 41*, Bacher 38*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 145/3 (ME Waugh 54*, SR Waugh 11*)
Player of the Match	ME Waugh

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	c Hayden b Gillespie	0	19	27	-	-
AM Bacher	c Elliott b McGrath	11	34	51	2	-
JH Kallis	c Blewett b Gillespie	0	12	19	-	-
DJ Cullinan	c Warne b Gillespie	34	59	78	4	-
*WJ Cronje	b McGrath	0	7	11	-	-
HH Gibbs	b Gillespie	31	65	93	5	-
BM McMillan	c SR Waugh b Warne	55	108	187	7	-
SM Pollock	lbw b Gillespie	0	1	1	-	-
+DJ Richardson	c McGrath b Warne	47	105	116	4	1
AA Donald	c and b Warne	9	30	46	1	-
PR Adams	not out	5	8	8	1	-
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 323 minutes, 74.4 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
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)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	22	7	66	2	-	-
Gillespie	23	10	54	5	1	-
Warne	23.4	5	62	3	-	-
Blewett	4	2	3	0	-	-
Bevan	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Hayden	c Cullinan b Pollock	0	14	15	-	-
*MA Taylor	c Richardson b Pollock	8	44	65	-	-
MTG Elliott	run out (Bacher)	23	121	166	4	-
ME Waugh	lbw b Cronje	20	36	67	3	-
SR Waugh	c Richardson b McMillan	8	49	55	1	-
GS Blewett	b Donald	13	46	82	-	-
MG Bevan	c Richardson b McMillan	0	13	16	-	-
+IA Healy	c Bacher b Cronje	5	33	47	-	-
SK Warne	lbw b Adams	18	27	49	2	-
JN Gillespie	not out	1	37	44	-	-
GD McGrath	c Richardson b Kallis	0	7	5	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 309 minutes, 70.4 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
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)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	23	13	18	1	-	1
Pollock	6	3	6	2	-	1
Adams	4	0	5	1	-	-
McMillan	14	2	32	2	-	-
Cronje	14	7	21	2	-	-
Kallis	9.4	2	18	1	2	1

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	b Gillespie	43	106	138	7	-
AM Bacher	c McGrath b Gillespie	49	129	173	7	-
JH Kallis	run out (Blewett)	2	26	31	-	-
DJ Cullinan	lbw b Gillespie	2	11	15	-	-
*WJ Cronje	c Healy b Bevan	27	66	89	5	-
HH Gibbs	c ME Waugh b McGrath	7	22	32	-	-
BM McMillan	lbw b Bevan	2	15	20	-	-
SM Pollock	lbw b Warne	17	22	27	4	-
+DJ Richardson	not out	3	21	32	-	-
AA Donald	c Warne b Bevan	7	19	22	1	-
PR Adams	c Taylor b Warne	1	8	5	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 296 minutes, 73.4 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
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)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	13	3	43	1	-	2
Gillespie	18	4	49	3	-	-
SR Waugh	4.3	0	16	0	-	-
Blewett	7.3	3	16	0	-	-
Warne	17.4	7	20	2	-	1
Bevan	13	3	18	3	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	lbw b McMillan	13	31	43	1	-
ML Hayden	run out (Cronje)	14	37	64	2	-
MTG Elliott	c and b Adams	44	91	114	8	-
ME Waugh	b Kallis	116	228	323	17	1
SR Waugh	c Cronje b Kallis	18	54	88	1	-
GS Blewett	b Adams	7	42	46	1	-
MG Bevan	c Cullinan b Cronje	24	62	98	3	-
+IA Healy	not out	10	9	19	1	1
SK Warne	lbw b Kallis	3	3	6	-	-
JN Gillespie	not out	0	5	7	-	-
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 3 w)	22
Total	(8 wickets, 408 minutes, 93.3 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
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)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	26	6	75	0	1	-
McMillan	21	5	46	1	-	-
Cronje	9.3	1	36	1	1	-
Kallis	16	7	29	3	-	1
Adams	21	4	66	2	1	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 64/4 (Cullinan 28*, Gibbs 13*)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 151/7 (McMillan 34*, Richardson 25*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 59/3 (Elliott 22*, SR Waugh 2*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 103/8 (Warne 15*, Gillespie 0*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (2) 137/6 (Cronje 25*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 28/1 (Hayden 14*, Elliott 0*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 204/5 (ME Waugh 86*, Bevan 4*)
--> HH Gibbs (1) equalled his previous highest score of 31 in Test matches
--> ME Waugh (2) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> SR Waugh (2) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GS Blewett (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> JN Gillespie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DJ Cullinan in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 2-62)
--> JN Gillespie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the South Africa first innings
--> JH Kallis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed ME Waugh in the Australia second innings (previous best was 1-18)

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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

 

 

 

 

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