a10415 o1186	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (1st ODI)
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 29th March 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 6 wickets
Umpires	CJ Mitchley, DL Orchard
TV umpire	WA Diedricks
Referee	R Subba Row
Scorers	R Postman (South Africa), MK Walsh (Australia)
Man of the Match	DJ Cullinan

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MA Taylor	c Rhodes b Pollock	7	24	29	1	-	29.17
MJ Di Venuto	c Cullinan b Kallis	23	14	16	1	-	164.29
SG Law	c Kallis b Symcox	50	68	92	6	-	73.53
SR Waugh	run out (Gibbs->Richardson)	50	61	85	4	-	81.97
GS Blewett	run out (Cronje)	14	23	29	-	-	60.87
MG Bevan	not out	51	60	95	3	1	85.00
+AC Gilchrist	run out (Rhodes)	1	2	10	-	-	50.00
SK Warne	c Cullinan b Donald	4	5	6	-	-	80.00
PR Reiffel	b Klusener	1	4	8	-	-	25.00
JN Gillespie	c Cullinan b Klusener	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
AC Dale	not out	15	38	42	-	-	39.47
Extras	(1 lb, 6 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 211 minutes, 50 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Di Venuto), 2-32 (Taylor), 3-129 (Law), 4-134 (Waugh), 5-163 (Blewett), 6-169 (Gilchrist), 7-176 (Warne), 8-178 (Reiffel), 9-178 (Gillespie)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pollock	10	1	36	1	-	-	60.00	3.60
Kallis	8	0	42	1	2	-	48.00	5.25
Donald	10	0	37	1	-	-	60.00	3.70
Klusener	6	1	29	2	4	-	18.00	4.83
Symcox	10	0	53	1	-	-	60.00	5.30
Cronje	6	0	25	0	-	-	-	4.17

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AM Bacher	c Warne b Reiffel	27	39	45	4	-	69.23
HH Gibbs	c Gilchrist b Dale	10	19	29	2	-	52.63
JH Kallis	st Gilchrist b Warne	63	76	120	4	-	82.89
L Klusener	b Warne	0	4	8	-	-	0.00
DJ Cullinan	not out	85	116	136	9	-	73.28
JN Rhodes	not out	24	29	40	2	-	82.76
*WJ Cronje	did not bat
SM Pollock	did not bat
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 191 minutes, 47 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Gibbs), 2-48 (Bacher), 3-50 (Klusener), 4-172 (Kallis)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Reiffel	10	1	44	1	1	2	60.00	4.40
Dale	10	0	55	1	-	-	60.00	5.50
Warne	10	0	36	2	3	-	30.00	3.60
Gillespie	7	0	36	0	-	-	-	5.14
Bevan	10	0	45	0	1	-	-	4.50

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Notes
--> MJ Di Venuto made his debut in ODI matches
--> AC Dale made his debut in ODI matches
--> SG Law 50 in 67 balls, 88 minutes with 6 fours
--> SR Waugh 50 in 61 balls, 84 minutes with 4 fours
--> MG Bevan 50 in 58 balls, 92 minutes with 3 fours
--> MG Bevan passed 1500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 31
--> MG Bevan passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 37
--> AM Bacher passed his previous highest score of 14 in ODI matches
--> JH Kallis 50 in 66 balls, 96 minutes with 4 fours
--> JH Kallis passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 37
--> DJ Cullinan 50 in 59 balls, 75 minutes with 6 fours
--> MJ Di Venuto made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> AC Dale made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> MG Bevan made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> SG Law made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> SG Law made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> MJ Di Venuto made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> JN Gillespie made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> AC Dale made his debut in South Africa in List A matches

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12th Men: DN Crookes (South Africa) and AJ Bichel (Australia)
Attendance: 14,742

 

 

 

 

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