Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	lbw b Blewett	39	85	121	4	0	45.88
Gary Kirsten	c Taylor b McGrath	11	42	55	0	0	26.19
Jacques Kallis	run out (Ponting)	16	59	68	2	0	27.11
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Taylor b Warne	88	262	335	8	0	33.58
Herschelle Gibbs	c †Healy b Bevan	54	150	162	6	0	36.00
Brian McMillan	c Elliott b Bevan	6	17	14	0	0	35.29
Shaun Pollock	c Taylor b Warne	18	67	91	3	0	26.86
David Richardson †	b Warne	6	15	14	0	0	40.00
Pat Symcox	c †Healy b Warne	29	40	56	5	0	72.50
Allan Donald	not out	4	15	19	1	0	26.66
Paul Adams	c SR Waugh b Warne	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 7, w 1)	16
Total	124.1 Ov (RR: 2.31)	287
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Gary Kirsten, 12.2 ov), 2-70 (Adam Bacher, 30.2 ov), 3-70 (Jacques Kallis, 30.5 ov), 4-167 (Herschelle Gibbs, 77.4 ov), 5-174 (Brian McMillan, 81.2 ov), 6-228 (Shaun Pollock, 105.6 ov), 7-236 (David Richardson, 109.4 ov), 8-276 (Hansie Cronje, 120.1 ov), 9-287 (Pat Symcox, 122.4 ov), 10-287 (Paul Adams, 124.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	20	6	51	1	2.55	-	0	0
Paul Reiffel	24	7	48	0	2.00	-	0	3
Shane Warne	32.1	8	75	5	2.33	-	0	3
Michael Bevan	23	3	56	2	2.43	-	0	2
Greg Blewett	13	5	30	1	2.30	-	0	2
Steve Waugh	8	4	10	0	1.25	-	1	0
Mark Waugh	3	1	5	0	1.66	-	0	0
Matthew Elliott	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c McMillan b Symcox	32	66	90	4	0	48.48
Mark Taylor (c)	c †Richardson b Pollock	11	45	50	0	0	24.44
Greg Blewett	b McMillan	28	113	119	4	0	24.77
Mark Waugh	lbw b Pollock	100	186	211	12	1	53.76
Steve Waugh	b Donald	85	199	279	9	0	42.71
Ricky Ponting	c & b Adams	62	155	219	1	1	40.00
Michael Bevan	c McMillan b Symcox	12	39	42	1	0	30.76
Ian Healy †	not out	46	130	152	2	0	35.38
Paul Reiffel	b Donald	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne	lbw b Pollock	12	28	46	2	0	42.85
Glenn McGrath	c †Richardson b Donald	14	45	59	0	0	31.11
Extras	(b 1, lb 12, nb 6)	19
Total	167.4 Ov (RR: 2.51)	421
Fall of wickets 1-35 (Mark Taylor, 13.2 ov), 2-59 (Matthew Elliott, 24.6 ov), 3-103 (Greg Blewett, 49.4 ov), 4-219 (Mark Waugh, 83.6 ov), 5-317 (Steve Waugh, 118.5 ov), 6-337 (Michael Bevan, 128.5 ov), 7-354 (Ricky Ponting, 136.6 ov), 8-357 (Paul Reiffel, 139.6 ov), 9-385 (Shane Warne, 153.1 ov), 10-421 (Glenn McGrath, 167.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Allan Donald	30.4	5	81	3	2.64	-	0
Shaun Pollock	33	8	71	3	2.15	-	6
Pat Symcox	39	9	103	2	2.64	-	0
Paul Adams	38	9	66	1	1.73	-	0
Brian McMillan	18	5	55	1	3.05	-	0
Jacques Kallis	8	1	30	0	3.75	-	1
Hansie Cronje	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	0

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	lbw b McGrath	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Adam Bacher	c Ponting b Reiffel	2	12	22	0	0	16.66
Jacques Kallis	b Warne	45	110	155	4	0	40.90
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Ponting b Warne	5	35	36	0	0	14.28
Herschelle Gibbs	c Blewett b Warne	1	25	33	0	0	4.00
Brian McMillan	b Warne	11	13	11	2	0	84.61
Shaun Pollock	c Taylor b Warne	4	12	11	0	0	33.33
David Richardson †	c & b Warne	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Pat Symcox	b Reiffel	38	72	69	4	1	52.77
Allan Donald	c †Healy b Reiffel	2	23	34	0	0	8.69
Paul Adams	not out	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 1)	4
Total	53 Ov (RR: 2.13)	113
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Gary Kirsten, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (Adam Bacher, 4.5 ov), 3-21 (Hansie Cronje, 13.6 ov), 4-27 (Herschelle Gibbs, 23.2 ov), 5-41 (Brian McMillan, 25.6 ov), 6-55 (Shaun Pollock, 29.3 ov), 7-55 (David Richardson, 29.6 ov), 8-96 (Jacques Kallis, 43.4 ov), 9-112 (Pat Symcox, 50.3 ov), 10-113 (Allan Donald, 52.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Paul Reiffel	12	3	14	3	1.16	-	0
Glenn McGrath	5	2	8	1	1.60	-	0
Shane Warne	21	9	34	6	1.61	-	1
Greg Blewett	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	0
Michael Bevan	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	0
Mark Waugh	10	2	35	0	3.50	-	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 02 Jan

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 197/5 (Hansie Cronje 56*, Shaun Pollock 1*, 97 ov)

Sat, 03 Jan

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 174/3 (Mark Waugh 78*, Steve Waugh 18*, 67 ov)

Sun, 04 Jan

day 3 - Australia 1st innings 392/9 (Ian Healy 31*, Glenn McGrath 3*, 157 ov)

Mon, 05 Jan

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 113 (53 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

SR Waugh becomes the 16th player (3rd for Australia) to appear in 100 Test matches.

Day One:

Lunch: South Africa 1/47 (Bacher 30*, Kallis 3*, 22 overs)

Tea: South Africa 3/140 (Cronje 25*, Gibbs 43*, 64 overs)

Stumps: South Africa 5/197 (Cronje 56*, Pollock 1*, 97 overs)

Start of play delayed 30 minutes due to dampness on a batting strip adjacent to the Test pitch, due to overwatering on the previous day.

Attendance: 34,952.

Day Two:

Lunch: South Africa 287 all out (Donald 4*, 124.1 overs)

Tea: Australia 2/78 (Blewett 19*, M Waugh 11*, 36 overs)

Stumps: Australia 3/174 (ME Waugh 78*, SR Waugh 18*, 67 overs)

When Warne dismissed Cronje he became Australia's 2nd highest wicket-taker in Tests (14th overall), passing CJ McDermott, 291.

Floodlights turned on at 2.55pm.

Rain ends play at 5.54pm.

Attendance: 27,246.

Day Three:

Lunch: Australia 4/259 (SR Waugh 57*, Ponting 19*, 96 overs)

Tea: Australia 5/332 (Ponting 48*, Bevan 12*, 126 overs)

Stumps: Australia 9/392 (Healy 31*, McGrath 3*; 157 overs)

Floodlights turned on at 4.40pm.

Attendance: 26,118.

Day Four:

Lunch: South Africa 3/21 (Kallis 12*, Gibbs 0*; 16 overs)

Tea: South Africa: 7/85 (Kallis 40*, Symcox 18*; 39 overs)

Floodlights switched on at 2.40pm.

When Warne dismissed Kallis he became the 13th bowler to take 300 Test wickets in his 63rd match.

Rain stopped play at 3.05pm. Tea was taken during the interruption. Play resumed at 6.20pm, with stumps rescheduled to 7.00pm. Taylor claimed the additional half-hour with the score 9/112. The match ended at 7.10pm. No further play would have been possible on the day with a heavy downpour commencing as the final delivery was bowled.

Attendance: 17,169. Match aggregate: 105,125.

Match Details

GroundSydney Cricket Ground

TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of Australia

Season1997/98

Player Of The Match

Shane Warne

Series resultAustralia led the 3-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 1393

Match daysday (5-day match)