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Australia tour of South Africa, 1996/97 / Scorecard

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Australia in South Africa ODI Series - 6th ODI

South Africa v Australia

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
AM Bacher b Dale 15 40 36 1 0 41.66
HH Gibbs c †Healy b Gillespie 33 55 43 2 1 76.74
WJ Cronje* run out (Blewett/†Healy) 80 128 81 6 2 98.76
DJ Cullinan c ME Waugh b Warne 89 118 96 8 0 92.70
JH Kallis st †Healy b Warne 3 6 6 0 0 50.00
JN Rhodes run out (Bichel) 10 19 10 0 0 100.00
SM Pollock c Dale b Bichel 33 30 23 2 1 143.47
DN Crookes not out 4 14 5 0 0 80.00
DJ Richardson† not out 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 12, w 4, nb 1) 17
Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 284 (5.68 runs per over)
Did not bat RE Bryson, AA Donald
Fall of wickets 1-52 (Bacher), 2-77 (Gibbs), 3-226 (Cronje), 4-232 (Cullinan), 5-232 (Kallis), 6-261 (Rhodes), 7-283 (Pollock)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AC Dale 10 0 44 1 4.40 (1nb)
AJ Bichel 9 0 50 1 5.55
SK Warne 10 1 52 2 5.20 (1w)
JN Gillespie 9 0 45 1 5.00 (2w)
GS Blewett 5 0 41 0 8.20
MG Bevan 7 0 40 0 5.71 (1w)
Australia innings (target: 285 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
ME Waugh c Rhodes b Pollock 0 1 3 0 0 0.00
GS Blewett c Crookes b Pollock 21 36 30 2 0 70.00
SG Law b Cronje 31 59 40 4 0 77.50
SR Waugh lbw b Pollock 89 186 102 6 1 87.25
MG Bevan lbw b Bryson 103 140 95 8 1 108.42
AC Gilchrist not out 20 41 18 2 0 111.11
IA Healy*† not out 9 20 10 1 0 90.00
Extras (lb 5, w 7, nb 2) 14
Total (5 wickets; 49 overs) 287 (5.85 runs per over)
Did not bat SK Warne, AJ Bichel, AC Dale, JN Gillespie
Fall of wickets 1-0 (ME Waugh), 2-36 (Blewett), 3-58 (Law), 4-247 (Bevan), 5-262 (SR Waugh)
Bowling O M R W Econ
SM Pollock 10 0 40 3 4.00 (1nb, 2w)
RE Bryson 10 0 63 1 6.30 (2nb, 3w)
AA Donald 10 1 59 0 5.90 (1nb, 2w)
WJ Cronje 7 0 46 1 6.57
DN Crookes 6 0 37 0 6.16
JH Kallis 6 0 37 0 6.16
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 7-match series 4-2
Player of the match MG Bevan (Australia)
Umpires DF Becker and SB Lambson
TV umpire RE Koertzen
Match referee R Subba Row (England)
Match notes
  • Scorers: S Louw (South Africa) and MK Walsh (Australia)
  • 12th Men: LJ Koen (South Africa) and BP Julian (Australia)
  • Cronje and Cullinan 149-run partnership in 112 mins off 166 balls; new 3rd wicket partnership record for SA in ODI's; previous record was 145 held by Cullinan and Kirsten against the UAE, Rawalpindi, 1996.
  • SA's total of 284 was their highest ODI score against Australia and their second highest total in SA (highest: 314/7 against NZ at Centurion, Dec 1994).
  • S Waugh and Bevan put on 189 for the fourth wicket - record 4th-wicket partnership for Australia in ODI's; previous record was 173 by S Waugh and D Jones against Pakistan in Perth, 1986-87.
  • Attendance: 15,735
 
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