South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test at Johannesburg, Feb 28 1997 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Hudson	c †Healy b McGrath	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Gary Kirsten	c †Healy b McGrath	9	36	67	1	0	25.00
Jacques Kallis	c ME Waugh b McGrath	6	30	36	1	0	20.00
Daryll Cullinan	c †Healy b McGrath	27	73	100	5	0	36.98
Hansie Cronje (c)	c ME Waugh b Warne	76	144	187	10	1	52.77
Jonty Rhodes	c †Healy b Gillespie	22	37	36	3	0	59.45
Shaun Pollock	c SR Waugh b Bevan	35	42	44	8	0	83.33
Lance Klusener	c Taylor b Bevan	9	22	21	2	0	40.90
David Richardson †	not out	72	87	112	10	1	82.75
Allan Donald	c †Healy b Gillespie	21	45	56	4	0	46.66
Paul Adams	lbw b Warne	15	33	44	2	0	45.45
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 3)	10
Total	91.4 Ov (RR: 3.29)	302
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Andrew Hudson), 2-15 (Jacques Kallis), 3-25 (Gary Kirsten), 4-78 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-115 (Jonty Rhodes), 6-165 (Shaun Pollock), 7-183 (Lance Klusener), 8-195 (Hansie Cronje), 9-253 (Allan Donald), 10-302 (Paul Adams)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	26	8	77	4	2.96	-	0	1
Jason Gillespie	17	6	66	2	3.88	-	2	0
Shane Warne	27.4	9	68	2	2.45	-	0	2
Michael Bevan	17	1	64	2	3.76	-	1	0
Greg Blewett	4	0	23	0	5.75	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	b Pollock	16	35	47	2	0	45.71
Matthew Hayden	c Cullinan b Pollock	40	115	154	5	0	34.78
Matthew Elliott	c Adams b Donald	85	113	160	13	1	75.22
Mark Waugh	c †Richardson b Donald	26	34	46	4	0	76.47
Steve Waugh	c †Richardson b Kallis	160	366	501	22	0	43.71
Greg Blewett	c Adams b Klusener	214	421	519	33	0	50.83
Michael Bevan	not out	37	58	73	6	0	63.79
Ian Healy †	c Kirsten b Adams	11	22	36	1	0	50.00
Shane Warne	b Cronje	9	9	11	0	1	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 15, nb 10, w 4)	30
Total	193.4 Ov (RR: 3.24)	628/8d
Did not bat Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Mark Taylor), 2-128 (Matthew Hayden), 3-169 (Mark Waugh), 4-174 (Matthew Elliott), 5-559 (Steve Waugh), 6-577 (Greg Blewett), 7-613 (Ian Healy), 8-628 (Shane Warne)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	35	7	136	2	3.88	-	2	1
Shaun Pollock	32	3	105	2	3.28	-	0	9
Lance Klusener	37	10	122	1	3.29	-	0	1
Jacques Kallis	21	4	54	1	2.57	-	2	0
Paul Adams	52	7	163	1	3.13	-	0	0
Hansie Cronje	16.4	5	32	1	1.92	-	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	b Warne	8	47	64	0	0	17.02
Andrew Hudson	run out (SR Waugh)	31	62	80	5	0	50.00
Jacques Kallis	b Warne	39	155	171	5	0	25.16
Daryll Cullinan	c †Healy b Warne	0	10	15	0	0	0.00
Hansie Cronje (c)	c †Healy b SR Waugh	22	49	60	4	0	44.89
Jonty Rhodes	lbw b Warne	8	44	57	1	0	18.18
Shaun Pollock	not out	14	33	44	2	0	42.42
Lance Klusener	c Hayden b Bevan	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
David Richardson †	c Hayden b Bevan	2	5	4	0	0	40.00
Allan Donald	b Bevan	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Paul Adams	b Bevan	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
Total	69 Ov (RR: 1.88)	130
Fall of wickets 1-36 (Gary Kirsten), 2-41 (Andrew Hudson), 3-46 (Daryll Cullinan), 4-90 (Hansie Cronje), 5-108 (Jonty Rhodes), 6-127 (Jacques Kallis), 7-128 (Lance Klusener), 8-130 (David Richardson), 9-130 (Allan Donald), 10-130 (Paul Adams)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Glenn McGrath	10	5	17	0	1.70	-	1
Jason Gillespie	11	4	24	0	2.18	-	0
Shane Warne	28	15	43	4	1.53	-	0
Michael Bevan	15	3	32	4	2.13	-	0
Steve Waugh	4	1	4	1	1.00	-	0
Mark Waugh	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 28 Feb

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 302

Sat, 01 Mar

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 191/4 (Steve Waugh 14*, Greg Blewett 3*)

Sun, 02 Mar

day 3 - Australia 1st innings 479/4 (Steve Waugh 137*, Greg Blewett 156*)

Mon, 03 Mar

day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/4 (Jacques Kallis 29*, Jonty Rhodes 3*)

Tue, 04 Mar

day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 130 (69 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

G Kirsten dropped on 3* by Taylor off the bowling of Gillespie. SA score was 11/1

Lunch: SA 58/3 (Cullinan 19*, Cronje 21*) off 29 overs

WJ Cronje dropped on 63* at 176/6 by Blewett off Warne

Tea: SA 182/6 (Cronje 68*, Klusener 9*) off 62 overs

L Klusener was originally given as dismissed lbw. It was later clarified with umpire Venkataraghavan to be caught by Taylor.

91.4 overs bowled in the day Day 2

Lunch: Aus 93/1 (Hayden 37*, Elliott 36*) off 28 overs

Tea: Aus 180/4 (SR Waugh 5*, Blewett 1*) off 56 overs

Bad Light Stopped play at 3:37pm (7 minutes after tea)

Combination of rain and bad light forced play to be abandoned for the rest of the day

59.2 overs bowled in the day Day 3

Lunch: Aus 284/4 (SR Waugh 58*, Blewett 46*) off 90 overs

Tea: Aus 378/4 (SR Waugh 93*, Blewett 103*) off 123 overs

SR Waugh and GS Blewett batted throughout the entire day's play. This was only the 10th occurance in Test history, and the first time by any team against South Africa.

92.4 overs bowled in the day Day 4

GS Blewett highest Test score by any player at the New Wanderers. Previous best: MA Atherton 185*, 1995/96

GS Blewett 200 off 399 balls, 489 minutes, 32x4 0x6

GS Blewett and SR Waugh 5th wicket partnership of 385. 12th highest for any wicket in Tests, 2nd highest for the 5th wicket, 4th highest for Australia for any wicket, and the highest ever for any team against South Africa.

Lunch: Aus 574/5 (Blewett 213*, Bevan 6*) off 180 overs

Bad light abandoned play 1 over before the scheduled finish

89.4 overs bowled in the day

Match Details

GroundNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first

Series

Australia tour of South Africa

Season1996/97

Player Of The Match

Steve Waugh

Greg Blewett