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Benson & Hedges World Cup - 6th match

Australia v South Africa

South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Australia innings (49 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
GR Marsh c †Richardson b Kuiper 25 89 72 1 0 34.72
DC Boon run out (Snell/Cronje) 27 31 32 4 0 84.37
DM Jones c †Richardson b McMillan 24 79 51 1 0 47.05
AR Border* b Kuiper 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
TM Moody lbw b Donald 10 47 33 0 0 30.30
SR Waugh c Cronje b McMillan 27 58 51 1 0 52.94
IA Healy† c McMillan b Donald 16 34 24 2 0 66.66
PL Taylor b Donald 4 18 9 0 0 44.44
CJ McDermott run out (Rhodes/Snell) 6 20 12 0 0 50.00
MR Whitney not out 9 19 15 1 0 60.00
BA Reid not out 5 13 10 0 0 50.00
Extras (lb 2, w 11, nb 4) 17
Total (9 wickets; 49 overs; 215 mins) 170 (3.46 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-42 (Boon), 2-76 (Marsh), 3-76 (Border), 4-97 (Jones), 5-108 (Moody), 6-143 (Healy), 7-146 (Waugh), 8-156 (Taylor), 9-161 (McDermott)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AA Donald 10 0 34 3 3.40 (5w)
MW Pringle 10 0 52 0 5.20 (2nb, 1w)
RP Snell 9 1 15 0 1.66
BM McMillan 10 0 35 2 3.50 (2nb, 3w)
AP Kuiper 5 0 15 2 3.00 (1w)
WJ Cronje 5 1 17 0 3.40 (1w)
South Africa innings (target: 171 runs from 49 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
KC Wessels* not out 81 173 148 9 0 54.72
AC Hudson b Taylor 28 81 52 3 0 53.84
PN Kirsten not out 49 91 88 1 0 55.68
Extras (lb 5, w 6, nb 2) 13
Total (1 wicket; 46.5 overs; 173 mins) 171 (3.65 runs per over)
Did not bat WJ Cronje, AP Kuiper, JN Rhodes, BM McMillan, DJ Richardson†, RP Snell, MW Pringle, AA Donald
Fall of wickets 1-74 (Hudson)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CJ McDermott 10 1 23 0 2.30 (2nb)
BA Reid 8.5 0 41 0 4.64 (4w)
MR Whitney 6 0 26 0 4.33
SR Waugh 4 1 16 0 4.00 (1w)
PL Taylor 10 1 32 1 3.20 (1w)
AR Border 4 0 13 0 3.25
TM Moody 4 0 15 0 3.75
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Points South Africa 2, Australia 0
ODI debuts WJ Cronje, MW Pringle and JN Rhodes (South Africa)
Player of the match KC Wessels (South Africa)
Umpires BL Aldridge (New Zealand) and SA Bucknor (West Indies)
Match notes
  • World Cup Referee: Ted Wykes
  • Scorers: EW Cosgrove (Australia) and DJ Evans (South Africa)
  • 12th Men: ME Waugh (Australia) and MW Rushmere (South Africa)
  • IA Healy used a runner (DM Jones) after pulling a hamstring (118/5).
  • DC Boon kept wicket throughout the South African innings. ME Waugh fielded in place of IA Healy for the entire innigs.
  • Attendance: 39,789 ($610,426)
 
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Tournament Results
England v Pakistan at Melbourne - Mar 25, 1992
Pakistan won by 22 runs
England v South Africa at Sydney - Mar 22, 1992
England won by 19 runs (revised target)
New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland - Mar 21, 1992
Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne - Mar 18, 1992
Australia won by 57 runs
England v Zimbabwe at Albury - Mar 18, 1992
Zimbabwe won by 9 runs
New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch - Mar 18, 1992
Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)
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Photos

Feb 26, 1992

Floodlights were used for the first time in a World Cup, Australia v South Africa, World Cup, Sydney, February 26, 1992

Floodlights were used for the first time in a World Cup

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Feb 26, 1992

South Africa after their win against Australia, Australia v South Africa, World Cup, Sydney, February 26, 1992

South Africa after their win against Australia

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