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Australia vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Adelaide, Jan 30 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

3rd Test, Adelaide, January 30 - February 03, 1998, South Africa tour of Australia

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South Africa

517 & 193/6d

Australia

(T:361) 350 & 227/7

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Shaun Pollock

, SA

40, 7/87 & 2/61

Player Of The Series

Shane Warne

, AUS

27 runs • 20 wkts

South Africa 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	c Warne b Bichel	64	161	184	9	0	39.75
Gary Kirsten	c Warne b Kasprowicz	77	155	205	12	0	49.67
Jacques Kallis	lbw b MacGill	15	24	32	3	0	62.50
Hansie Cronje (c)	b Warne	73	148	173	9	1	49.32
Herschelle Gibbs	c †Healy b Blewett	37	103	133	4	1	35.92
David Richardson †	c Taylor b Warne	15	56	77	2	0	26.78
Jonty Rhodes	c Bichel b Kasprowicz	6	21	24	1	0	28.57
Brian McMillan	not out	87	165	223	12	1	52.72
Shaun Pollock	c Blewett b Kasprowicz	40	66	81	7	0	60.60
Lance Klusener	c Warne b MacGill	38	59	68	6	0	64.40
Pat Symcox	lbw b SR Waugh	54	42	47	6	0	128.57
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1, w 2)	11
Total	166 Ov (RR: 3.11)	517
Fall of wickets: 1-140 (Adam Bacher, 49.5 ov), 2-148 (Gary Kirsten, 54.5 ov), 3-160 (Jacques Kallis, 57.4 ov), 4-269 (Herschelle Gibbs, 94.1 ov), 5-275 (Hansie Cronje, 101.6 ov), 6-286 (Jonty Rhodes, 106.4 ov), 7-305 (David Richardson, 113.6 ov), 8-374 (Shaun Pollock, 136.4 ov), 9-443 (Lance Klusener, 154.2 ov), 10-517 (Pat Symcox, 165.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	39	7	125	3	3.20	-	-	-	0	3
Andy Bichel	35	10	103	1	2.94	-	-	-	1	0
Shane Warne	33	6	95	2	2.87	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	29	7	112	2	3.86	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Waugh	6	1	21	0	3.50	-	-	-	1	0
Greg Blewett	14	5	26	1	1.85	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Waugh	10	3	27	1	2.70	-	-	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	not out	169	378	524	21	0	44.70
Matthew Elliott	c Kallis b Pollock	8	22	24	1	0	36.36
Greg Blewett	c Bacher b Pollock	31	44	56	5	0	70.45
Mark Waugh	c Gibbs b Pollock	63	127	171	9	0	49.60
Steve Waugh	c †Richardson b Pollock	6	8	10	1	0	75.00
Ricky Ponting	b Klusener	26	72	97	4	0	36.11
Ian Healy †	c & b Pollock	1	14	25	0	0	7.14
Andy Bichel	c Symcox b Pollock	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne	c †Richardson b Pollock	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Kasprowicz	c Symcox b Kallis	17	26	42	4	0	65.38
Stuart MacGill	b Symcox	10	47	71	1	0	21.27
Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 5)	19
Total	122.5 Ov (RR: 2.84)	350
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Matthew Elliott, 6.2 ov), 2-71 (Greg Blewett, 22.4 ov), 3-197 (Mark Waugh, 63.2 ov), 4-207 (Steve Waugh, 65.4 ov), 5-263 (Ricky Ponting, 88.5 ov), 6-273 (Ian Healy, 93.6 ov), 7-279 (Andy Bichel, 95.6 ov), 8-279 (Shane Warne, 96.1 ov), 9-317 (Michael Kasprowicz, 105.5 ov), 10-350 (Stuart MacGill, 122.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Shaun Pollock	41	11	87	7	2.12	-	-	-	3
Brian McMillan	23	5	60	0	2.60	-	-	-	1
Jacques Kallis	18	5	45	1	2.50	-	-	-	0
Lance Klusener	27	6	104	1	3.85	-	-	-	2
Pat Symcox	13.5	3	40	1	2.89	-	-	-	0

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	not out	108	159	235	12	1	67.92
Adam Bacher	c MacGill b Warne	41	82	102	5	0	50.00
Jacques Kallis	b Kasprowicz	15	43	54	3	0	34.88
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Warne b Kasprowicz	5	17	26	0	0	29.41
Lance Klusener	b MacGill	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Pat Symcox	c †Healy b MacGill	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Herschelle Gibbs	st †Healy b MacGill	2	18	20	0	0	11.11
Jonty Rhodes	not out	19	26	23	3	0	73.07
Extras	(nb 1)	1
Total	58 Ov (RR: 3.32)	193/6d
Did not bat: Shaun Pollock, Brian McMillan, David Richardson †
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Adam Bacher, 26.3 ov), 2-133 (Jacques Kallis, 39.2 ov), 3-155 (Hansie Cronje, 45.5 ov), 4-155 (Lance Klusener, 46.1 ov), 5-157 (Pat Symcox, 46.4 ov), 6-165 (Herschelle Gibbs, 52.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	18	5	55	2	3.05	-	-	-	0
Andy Bichel	14	2	51	0	3.64	-	-	-	1
Steve Waugh	4	1	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	15	2	52	1	3.46	-	-	-	0
Stuart MacGill	7	1	22	3	3.14	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 361 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c †Richardson b Pollock	4	16	18	1	0	25.00
Mark Taylor (c)	b Klusener	6	27	39	0	0	22.22
Greg Blewett	b Pollock	16	79	104	2	0	20.25
Mark Waugh	not out	115	305	404	16	0	37.70
Steve Waugh	c †Richardson b Klusener	34	93	110	6	0	36.55
Ricky Ponting	c Symcox b Klusener	23	84	118	3	0	27.38
Ian Healy †	c †Richardson b Kallis	10	18	24	2	0	55.55
Andy Bichel	lbw b Klusener	7	26	40	1	0	26.92
Shane Warne	not out	4	13	23	0	0	30.76
Extras	(b 2, nb 6)	8
Total	108.4 Ov (RR: 2.08)	227/7
Did not bat: Michael Kasprowicz, Stuart MacGill
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Matthew Elliott, 4.4 ov), 2-17 (Mark Taylor, 9.2 ov), 3-54 (Greg Blewett, 30.2 ov), 4-112 (Steve Waugh, 59.3 ov), 5-185 (Ricky Ponting, 89.5 ov), 6-202 (Ian Healy, 94.4 ov), 7-215 (Andy Bichel, 103.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Shaun Pollock	30.4	12	61	2	1.98	-	-	-	2
Lance Klusener	30	10	67	4	2.23	-	-	-	5
Jacques Kallis	16	10	20	1	1.25	-	-	-	0
Pat Symcox	18	2	42	0	2.33	-	-	-	0
Brian McMillan	13	2	33	0	2.53	-	-	-	2
Hansie Cronje	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 30 Jan - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 269/4 (Hansie Cronje 70*, David Richardson 0*, 96 ov)

Sat, 31 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 71/1 (Mark Taylor 26*, Greg Blewett 31*, 22 ov)

Sun, 01 Feb - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 327/9 (Mark Taylor 157*, Stuart MacGill 2*, 112 ov)

Mon, 02 Feb - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 32/2 (Greg Blewett 9*, Mark Waugh 11*, 17 ov)

Tue, 03 Feb - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 227/7 (108.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

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Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Lunch: Australia 90/3 (ME Waugh 41*, SR Waugh 21*; 48 overs)
Tea: Australia 162/4 (ME Waugh 78*, Ponting 18*; 79 overs)

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Shaun Pollock
Player Of The Series	Shane Warne
Series result	Australia won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1397
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Stuart MacGill
Umpires	Doug Cowie Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Steve Davis
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
MTG Elliott	caught	4	16
MA Taylor	bowled	6	27
GS Blewett	bowled	16	79
ME Waugh	not out	115	305
SR Waugh	caught	34	93
RT Ponting	caught	23	84
IA Healy	caught	10	18
AJ Bichel	lbw	7	26
SK Warne	not out	4	13
Extras	(b 2, nb 6)
Total	227(7 wkts; 108.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	30.4	12	61	2	1.98 (2 nb)
L Klusener	30	10	67	4	2.23 (5 nb)
JH Kallis	16	10	20	1	1.25
PL Symcox	18	2	42	0	2.33
BM McMillan	13	2	33	0	2.53 (2 nb)
WJ Cronje	1	0	2	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	6	Mark Taylor	Matthew Elliott
2nd	11	Mark Taylor	Greg Blewett
3rd	37	Mark Waugh	Greg Blewett
4th	58	Steve Waugh	Mark Waugh
5th	73	Mark Waugh	Ricky Ponting
6th	17	Ian Healy	Mark Waugh
7th	13	Mark Waugh	Andy Bichel
8th	12	Mark Waugh	Shane Warne

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