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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1997 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | SA Bucknor, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | WP Sheahan |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | KV O'Neill (South Australia), MK Walsh (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 206/4 (SR Waugh 87*, Ponting 56*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Africa (1) 94/4 (Kirsten 61*, McMillan 6*; 56 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 67/4 (Taylor 30*, Ponting 8*; 37 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | South Africa (2) 79/1 (Bacher 34*, Kallis 40*; 30 overs) |
| Player of the Match | JH Kallis |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MTG Elliott | c Richardson b Klusener | 6 | 33 | 55 | - | - | |
| *MA Taylor | c Kirsten b McMillan | 20 | 78 | 98 | 1 | - | |
| GS Blewett | st Richardson b Symcox | 26 | 114 | 156 | 1 | - | |
| ME Waugh | c Richardson b Donald | 0 | 18 | 21 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Cullinan b Donald | 96 | 188 | 264 | 9 | - | |
| RT Ponting | b Symcox | 105 | 208 | 269 | 14 | - | |
| +IA Healy | b Donald | 16 | 25 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| PR Reiffel | b Symcox | 27 | 54 | 77 | 2 | - | |
| SK Warne | c and b Pollock | 1 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Bacher b Symcox | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 500 minutes, 121.2 overs) | 309 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 29 | 6 | 74 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Pollock | 28 | 6 | 76 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Klusener | 19 | 3 | 48 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| McMillan | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Symcox | 27.2 | 4 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Bacher | c Healy b Kasprowicz | 3 | 35 | 53 | - | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Healy b ME Waugh | 83 | 256 | 323 | 7 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c Healy b McGrath | 15 | 57 | 77 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | run out (Ponting) | 5 | 29 | 39 | - | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Blewett b Warne | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| BM McMillan | c Healy b Kasprowicz | 48 | 189 | 227 | 2 | - | |
| SM Pollock | lbw b Warne | 7 | 25 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | lbw b ME Waugh | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - | |
| L Klusener | lbw b Warne | 11 | 35 | 47 | 1 | - | |
| PL Symcox | b Kasprowicz | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| AA Donald | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 416 minutes, 106.5 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 17 | 9 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reiffel | 14 | 5 | 32 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Kasprowicz | 13.5 | 3 | 28 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Warne | 42 | 15 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| ME Waugh | 18 | 8 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MA Taylor | c Cullinan b Symcox | 59 | 195 | 248 | 4 | - | |
| MTG Elliott | lbw b Donald | 1 | 19 | 28 | - | - | |
| GS Blewett | c McMillan b Donald | 6 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| ME Waugh | b Donald | 1 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Richardson b Pollock | 17 | 27 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| RT Ponting | c and b Pollock | 32 | 84 | 113 | 2 | - | |
| +IA Healy | b Donald | 4 | 17 | 39 | - | - | |
| PR Reiffel | not out | 79 | 115 | 154 | 6 | - | |
| SK Warne | c Symcox b Donald | 10 | 16 | 19 | 2 | - | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Kirsten b Donald | 19 | 43 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| GD McGrath | c McMillan b Pollock | 18 | 47 | 66 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 403 minutes, 96.2 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 27 | 8 | 59 | 6 | - | 3 | |
| Pollock | 21.2 | 5 | 56 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Symcox | 35 | 9 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Klusener | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Kirsten | b Reiffel | 0 | 14 | 23 | - | - | |
| AM Bacher | c Taylor b Warne | 39 | 109 | 149 | 1 | - | |
| JH Kallis | b Reiffel | 101 | 279 | 357 | 6 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | b Warne | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Taylor b SR Waugh | 70 | 143 | 170 | 2 | - | |
| BM McMillan | c Taylor b Warne | 16 | 69 | 84 | 2 | - | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 15 | 70 | 101 | 1 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | lbw b McGrath | 11 | 39 | 47 | - | - | |
| L Klusener | not out | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| PL Symcox | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 6 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 483 minutes, 122 overs) | 273 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 28 | 11 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reiffel | 18 | 7 | 24 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kasprowicz | 14 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | 44 | 11 | 97 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| ME Waugh | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Blewett | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 44/3 (Blewett 13*; 28.4 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 92/4 (SR Waugh 28*, Ponting 5*; 59 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 302/7 (Reiffel 21*; 117.5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 41/1 (Kirsten 31*, Kallis 5*; 22 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 147/5 (McMillan 31*, Pollock 3*; 87 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 8/1 (Taylor 2*, Blewett 4*; 8 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (2) 146/8 (Reiffel 8*, Kasprowicz 0*; 65 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (2) 257 all out
--> Day 5 Lunch: South Africa (2) 139/3 (Kallis 67*, Cronje 27*; 60 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: South Africa (2) 226/4 (Kallis 100*, McMillan 6*; 93 overs)
--> MTG Elliott (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> GS Blewett (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> RT Ponting (1) 100 in 199 balls, 262 minutes
--> MA Taylor (2) 50 in 176 balls, 233 minutes
--> PR Reiffel (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in Test matches
--> PR Reiffel (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> AM Bacher (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> AM Bacher (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> JH Kallis (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Test matches
--> JH Kallis (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> JH Kallis (2) 100 in 260 balls, 331 minutes
--> SM Pollock made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JH Kallis made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> L Klusener made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> AM Bacher made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> PL Symcox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed MS Kasprowicz in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-8)
--> SK Warne reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SM Pollock, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> PR Reiffel reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed G Kirsten, his 1st wicket in the South Africa second innings
12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and JN Rhodes (Southg Australia)
Elliott dropped by Kallis off Donald in the 1st over.
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.
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.
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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