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| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 30th, 31st January, 1st, 2nd, 3rd February 1998 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | DB Cowie, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | SJ Davis |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 269/4 (Cronje 70*, Richardson 0*; 96 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 71/1 (Taylor 26*, Blewett 31*; 22 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 327/9 (Taylor 157*, MacGill 2*; 112 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 32/2 (Blewett 9*, ME Waugh 11*; 17 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SM Pollock |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Bacher | c Warne b Bichel | 64 | 161 | 184 | 9 | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Warne b Kasprowicz | 77 | 155 | 205 | 12 | - | |
| JH Kallis | lbw b MacGill | 15 | 24 | 32 | 3 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | b Warne | 73 | 148 | 173 | 9 | 1 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Healy b Blewett | 37 | 103 | 133 | 4 | 1 | |
| +DJ Richardson | c Taylor b Warne | 15 | 56 | 77 | 2 | - | |
| JN Rhodes | c Bichel b Kasprowicz | 6 | 21 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| BM McMillan | not out | 87 | 165 | 223 | 12 | 1 | |
| SM Pollock | c Blewett b Kasprowicz | 40 | 66 | 81 | 7 | - | |
| L Klusener | c Warne b MacGill | 38 | 59 | 68 | 6 | - | |
| PL Symcox | lbw b SR Waugh | 54 | 42 | 47 | 6 | - | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 628 minutes, 166 overs) | 517 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-140 (Bacher, 49.5 ov), 2-148 (Kirsten, 54.5 ov), 3-160 (Kallis, 57.4 ov), 4-269 (Gibbs, 94.1 ov), 5-275 (Cronje, 101.6 ov), 6-286 (Rhodes, 106.4 ov), 7-305 (Richardson, 113.6 ov), 8-374 (Pollock, 136.4 ov), 9-443 (Klusener, 154.2 ov), 10-517 (Symcox, 166 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kasprowicz | 39 | 7 | 125 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Bichel | 35 | 10 | 103 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Warne | 33 | 6 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| MacGill | 29 | 7 | 112 | 2 | - | - | |
| ME Waugh | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Blewett | 14 | 5 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | 10 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MA Taylor | not out | 169 | 378 | 524 | 21 | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Kallis b Pollock | 8 | 22 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| GS Blewett | c Bacher b Pollock | 31 | 44 | 56 | 5 | - | |
| ME Waugh | c Gibbs b Pollock | 63 | 127 | 171 | 9 | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Richardson b Pollock | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| RT Ponting | b Klusener | 26 | 72 | 97 | 4 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c and b Pollock | 1 | 14 | 25 | - | - | |
| AJ Bichel | c Symcox b Pollock | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| SK Warne | c Richardson b Pollock | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Symcox b Kallis | 17 | 26 | 42 | 4 | - | |
| SCG MacGill | b Symcox | 10 | 47 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 12 lb, 5 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 524 minutes, 122.5 overs) | 350 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Elliott, 6.2 ov), 2-71 (Blewett, 22.4 ov), 3-197 (ME Waugh, 63.2 ov), 4-207 (SR Waugh, 65.4 ov), 5-263 (Ponting, 88.5 ov), 6-273 (Healy, 93.6 ov), 7-279 (Bichel, 95.6 ov), 8-279 (Warne, 96.1 ov), 9-317 (Kasprowicz, 105.5 ov), 10-350 (MacGill, 122.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 41 | 11 | 87 | 7 | - | 3 | |
| McMillan | 23 | 5 | 60 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Kallis | 18 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Klusener | 27 | 6 | 104 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Symcox | 13.5 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Kirsten | not out | 108 | 159 | 235 | 12 | 1 | |
| AM Bacher | c MacGill b Warne | 41 | 82 | 102 | 5 | - | |
| JH Kallis | b Kasprowicz | 15 | 43 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Warne b Kasprowicz | 5 | 17 | 26 | - | - | |
| L Klusener | b MacGill | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| PL Symcox | c Healy b MacGill | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| HH Gibbs | st Healy b MacGill | 2 | 18 | 20 | - | - | |
| JN Rhodes | not out | 19 | 26 | 23 | 3 | - | |
| SM Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| BM McMillan | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJ Richardson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 235 minutes, 58 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-80 (Bacher, 26.3 ov), 2-133 (Kallis, 39.2 ov), 3-155 (Cronje, 45.5 ov), 4-155 (Klusener, 46.1 ov), 5-157 (Symcox, 46.4 ov), 6-165 (Gibbs, 52.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kasprowicz | 18 | 5 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bichel | 14 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| SR Waugh | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | 15 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacGill | 7 | 1 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MTG Elliott | c Richardson b Pollock | 4 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| *MA Taylor | b Klusener | 6 | 27 | 39 | - | - | |
| GS Blewett | b Pollock | 16 | 79 | 104 | 2 | - | |
| ME Waugh | not out | 115 | 305 | 404 | 16 | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Richardson b Klusener | 34 | 93 | 110 | 6 | - | |
| RT Ponting | c Symcox b Klusener | 23 | 84 | 118 | 3 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Richardson b Kallis | 10 | 18 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| AJ Bichel | lbw b Klusener | 7 | 26 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| SK Warne | not out | 4 | 13 | 23 | - | - | |
| MS Kasprowicz | did not bat | ||||||
| SCG MacGill | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 444 minutes, 108.4 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Elliott, 4.4 ov), 2-17 (Taylor, 9.2 ov), 3-54 (Blewett, 30.2 ov), 4-112 (SR Waugh, 59.3 ov), 5-185 (Ponting, 89.5 ov), 6-202 (Healy, 94.4 ov), 7-215 (Bichel, 103.3 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 30.4 | 12 | 61 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Klusener | 30 | 10 | 67 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Kallis | 16 | 10 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Symcox | 18 | 2 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 13 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Cronje | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 105/0 (Bacher 52*, Kirsten 51*; 32 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 178/3 (Cronje 9*, Gibbs 10*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 353/7 (McMillan 24*, Pollock 35*; 128 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 517 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 154/2 (Taylor 69*, ME Waugh 38*; 51 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 236/4 (Taylor 109*, Ponting 9*; 71 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 43/0 (Kirsten 22*, Bacher 20*; 15 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 144/2 (Kirsten 87*, Cronje 0*; 44 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Australia (2) 90/3 (ME Waugh 41*, SR Waugh 21*; 48 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: Australia (2) 162/4 (ME Waugh 78*, Ponting 18*; 79 overs)
--> SCG MacGill made his debut in Test matches
--> DJ Richardson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PL Symcox (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> MA Taylor (1) 100 in 222 balls, 311 minutes
--> MA Taylor (1) 150 in 319 balls, 448 minutes
--> MA Taylor (1) passed 6500 runs in Test matches when he reached 80
--> MA Taylor (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 110
--> G Kirsten (2) 100 in 151 balls, 216 minutes
--> G Kirsten (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> ME Waugh (2) 100 in 249 balls, 323 minutes
--> ME Waugh (2) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> SCG MacGill made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> SM Pollock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AJ Bichel in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-32)
--> SM Pollock reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed ME Waugh, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings
PR Reiffel injured his little finger on his right hand in the 3rd ODI final
AA Donald's buttock strain from the 2nd final also kept him out Day 1
Attendance: 17,357.
Rain interrupted play from 11:08 until 11:16am.
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