Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	c Ponting b McGrath	14	41	57	2	0	34.14
Gary Kirsten	b McGrath	10	53	77	1	0	18.86
Boeta Dippenaar	c Hayden b Lee	26	53	71	4	0	49.05
Jacques Kallis	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	38	124	170	2	1	30.64
Neil McKenzie	lbw b Lee	67	163	232	8	0	41.10
Lance Klusener	c & b Bichel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mark Boucher †	c Bichel b ME Waugh	43	66	71	6	0	65.15
Shaun Pollock (c)	not out	42	93	104	4	0	45.16
Claude Henderson	run out (Bichel)	5	3	4	1	0	166.66
Allan Donald	c Ponting b Lee	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Nantie Hayward	c ME Waugh b Bichel	14	22	53	2	0	63.63
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 7)	18
Total	103.5 Ov (RR: 2.66, 427 Mins)	277
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.2 ov), 2-36 (Gary Kirsten, 18.2 ov), 3-59 (Boeta Dippenaar, 30.4 ov), 4-131 (Jacques Kallis, 59.3 ov), 5-131 (Lance Klusener, 59.4 ov), 6-198 (Mark Boucher, 77.5 ov), 7-220 (Neil McKenzie, 89.1 ov), 8-225 (Claude Henderson, 89.6 ov), 9-233 (Allan Donald, 91.6 ov), 10-277 (Nantie Hayward, 103.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	26	8	70	2	2.69	128	0	1
14.2 to HH Gibbs, . 24/1 18.2 to G Kirsten, . 36/2
Brett Lee	31	10	77	3	2.48	150	0	0
30.4 to HH Dippenaar, . 59/3 89.1 to ND McKenzie, . 220/7 91.6 to AA Donald, . 233/9
Andy Bichel	19.5	6	44	3	2.21	99	0	1
59.3 to JH Kallis, . 131/4 59.4 to L Klusener, . 131/5 103.5 to M Hayward, . 277/10
Shane Warne	19	3	56	0	2.94	87	0	1
Mark Waugh	8	1	19	1	2.37	34	0	0
77.5 to MV Boucher, . 198/6

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Klusener b Donald	85	176	233	7	0	48.29
Matthew Hayden	c Donald b Henderson	138	211	290	17	0	65.40
Ricky Ponting	c Kallis b Hayward	22	38	54	3	0	57.89
Mark Waugh	b Donald	34	54	84	5	0	62.96
Steve Waugh (c)	run out (Gibbs)	90	156	174	12	0	57.69
Damien Martyn	c Kallis b Pollock	52	104	133	4	0	50.00
Adam Gilchrist †	not out	30	67	97	4	0	44.77
Shane Warne	c Kirsten b Donald	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Brett Lee	c McKenzie b Hayward	3	18	28	0	0	16.66
Andy Bichel	c †Boucher b Pollock	5	6	6	0	0	83.33
Glenn McGrath	lbw b Pollock	0	11	16	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 17, nb 9, w 1)	27
Total	139 Ov (RR: 3.50, 563 Mins)	487
Fall of wickets 1-202 (Justin Langer, 55.5 ov), 2-267 (Ricky Ponting, 69.4 ov), 3-267 (Matthew Hayden, 70.2 ov), 4-348 (Mark Waugh, 91.4 ov), 5-429 (Steve Waugh, 115.6 ov), 6-462 (Damien Martyn, 126.5 ov), 7-463 (Shane Warne, 127.1 ov), 8-470 (Brett Lee, 133.3 ov), 9-475 (Andy Bichel, 134.5 ov), 10-487 (Glenn McGrath, 138.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	29	5	103	3	3.55	128	0	0
55.5 to JL Langer, . 202/1 91.4 to ME Waugh, . 348/4 127.1 to SK Warne, . 463/7
Shaun Pollock	31	3	84	3	2.70	145	0	6
126.5 to DR Martyn, . 462/6 134.5 to AJ Bichel, . 475/9 138.6 to GD McGrath, . 487/10
Nantie Hayward	26	1	109	2	4.19	109	0	2
69.4 to RT Ponting, . 267/2 133.3 to B Lee, . 470/8
Jacques Kallis	17	3	55	0	3.23	75	1	0
Claude Henderson	29	3	108	1	3.72	119	0	1
70.2 to ML Hayden, . 267/3
Lance Klusener	7	1	11	0	1.57	33	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	c †Gilchrist b Lee	21	35	43	4	0	60.00
Gary Kirsten	c Ponting b Lee	10	14	22	1	0	71.42
Boeta Dippenaar	c Hayden b Warne	23	49	83	3	0	46.93
Jacques Kallis	run out (Martyn/†Gilchrist)	99	180	287	8	0	55.00
Neil McKenzie	c †Gilchrist b Warne	12	44	57	1	0	27.27
Lance Klusener	lbw b McGrath	7	29	34	1	0	24.13
Mark Boucher †	c ME Waugh b Warne	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Shaun Pollock (c)	run out (Martyn)	18	26	39	3	0	69.23
Claude Henderson	c ME Waugh b McGrath	16	54	54	2	0	29.62
Allan Donald	b Bichel	7	20	24	0	0	35.00
Nantie Hayward	not out	0	0	6	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, nb 2)	6
Total	75.1 Ov (RR: 2.91, 331 Mins)	219
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Gary Kirsten, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (Herschelle Gibbs, 9.5 ov), 3-74 (Boeta Dippenaar, 25.1 ov), 4-107 (Neil McKenzie, 38.1 ov), 5-120 (Lance Klusener, 45.5 ov), 6-121 (Mark Boucher, 46.4 ov), 7-157 (Shaun Pollock, 55.5 ov), 8-192 (Claude Henderson, 68.3 ov), 9-215 (Allan Donald, 73.6 ov), 10-219 (Jacques Kallis, 75.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	21	6	43	2	2.04	103	0	1
45.5 to L Klusener, . 120/5 68.3 to CW Henderson, . 192/8
Brett Lee	18	5	52	2	2.88	83	0	0
5.2 to G Kirsten, . 24/1 9.5 to HH Gibbs, . 37/2
Shane Warne	24	3	68	3	2.83	110	0	0
25.1 to HH Dippenaar, . 74/3 38.1 to ND McKenzie, . 107/4 46.4 to MV Boucher, . 121/6
Andy Bichel	12.1	0	52	1	4.27	46	0	1
73.6 to AA Donald, . 215/9

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 10 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Henderson b Pollock	7	6	7	1	0	116.66
Matthew Hayden	not out	3	10	14	0	0	30.00
Ricky Ponting	not out	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
Total	3 Ov (RR: 3.33, 14 Mins)	10/1
Did not bat Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh (c), Damien Martyn, Adam Gilchrist †, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Andy Bichel, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Justin Langer, 1.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	2	0	4	0	2.00	9	0	0
Shaun Pollock	1	0	6	1	6.00	4	0	0
1.4 to JL Langer, . 7/1

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Close of Play

Wed, 26 Dec

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 89/3 (Jacques Kallis 22*, Neil McKenzie 14*, 40 ov)

Thu, 27 Dec

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 126/0 (Justin Langer 67*, Matthew Hayden 55*, 32.1 ov)

Fri, 28 Dec

day 3 - Australia 1st innings 487/9 (Adam Gilchrist 30*, Glenn McGrath 0*, 138 ov)

Sat, 29 Dec

day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 10/1 (3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Rain delayed the start of play until 12:19pm

Lunch: South Africa 17/0 (Gibbs 8, Kirsten 9*, 11 overs)

Rain stopped play from 1:51pm to 2.34pm

Rain stopped play from 2.43pm to 4.10pm

Tea: South Africa 27/1 (Kirsten 10*, Dippenaar 2*, 14.5 overs)

South Africa 50 in 111 minutes from 160 balls (26.3 overs)

South Africa 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (over 32, Bichel's 7th over)

Play abandoned at 6:27pm

Attendance: 61,796

Day 2

Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm

South Africa 100 in 204 minutes from 293 balls (48.5 overs)

McKenzie struck an all run 4 off Brett Lee (49.2 overs)

McKenzie/Kallis 50 partnership in 82 minutes, 118 balls

McKenzie 50 in 165 minutes from 117 balls

South Africa 150 in 274 minutes from 394 balls (65.3 overs)

McKenzie/Boucher 50 partnership in 55 minutes from 70 balls

Lunch: South Africa 190/5 (McKenzie 53, Boucher 37, 75 overs)

South Africa 200 in 325 minutes from 470 balls (78.1 overs)

New Ball taken by Australia after 87.3 overs

South Africa 250 in 392 minutes from 575 balls (95.3 overs)

Tea: South Africa 277

Australia 50 in 49 minutes from 65 balls (10.2 overs)

Langer 50 in 107 minutes from 81 balls

Hayden 50 in 111 minutes from 73 balls

Rain stopped play at 6:24pm

Attendance: 30,055

Day 3

Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm

Australia 150 in 168 minutes from 242 balls (39.4 overs)

Hayden 100 in 226 minutes from 158 balls, 14x4

Australia 200 in 232 minutes from 338 balls (55.4 overs)

Ponting struck an all run 4 off Claude Henderson (62.5 overs)

Australia 250 in 268 minutes from 388 balls (63.6 overs)

Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 34 minutes from 49 balls

At 130 Hayden reached 1,000 first-class runs for the 2001/02 season (4th time 1000 runs in an Australian season)

When Hayden passed 132 runs he broke RB Simpson's Australian Test record for most runs in a calendar year (1381 runs @ 60.04, 3x100 in 1964)

Lunch: Australia 267/2 (Hayden 138*, 69.4 overs)

Australia 300 in 318 minutes from 474 balls (78.0 overs)

New Ball taken by South Africa after 80.3 overs

SR Waugh/ME Waugh 50 partnership in 37 minutes from 63 balls

Australia 350 in 375 minutes from 558 balls (92.0 overs)

Tea: Australia 375/4 (SR Waugh 65*, Martyn 6*, 100 overs)

Australia 400 in 430 minutes from 644 balss (106.1 overs)

SR Waugh/Martyn 50 partnership in 65 minutes from 86 balls

SR Waugh's 90 was his 10th Test innings in the 90s passing MJ Slater's record of 9 times

Australia 450 in 490 minutes from 744 balls (122.4 overs)

Martyn 50 in 118 minutes from 89 balls, 4x4

Attendance: 39,494

Day 4

Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm

South Africa 50 in 67 minutes from 93 balls (15.3 overs)

Lunch: South Africa 97/3 (Kallis 36*, McKenzie 5*, 31 overs)

South Africa 100 in 134 minutes from 190 balls (31.2 overs)

Kallis 50 in 170 minutes from 113 balls, 5x4

South Africa 150 in 236 minutes from 323 balls (53.3 overs)

South Africa 200 in 310 minutes from 424 balls (70.2 overs)

Match finished at 5:49pm

Attendance: 21,680

Match Details

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossAustralia, elected to field first

Series

South Africa tour of Australia

Season2001/02

Player Of The Match

Matthew Hayden

Series resultAustralia led the 3-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 1580

Match daysday (5-day match)

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