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South Africa vs Australia, 2nd Test at Gqeberha, Mar 14 1997 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

2nd Test, Gqeberha, March 14 - 17, 1997, Australia tour of South Africa

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South Africa

209 & 168

Australia

(T:270) 108 & 271/8

Australia won by 2 wickets

Player Of The Match

Mark Waugh

, AUS

20 & 116

South Africa 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	c Hayden b Gillespie	0	19	27	0	0	0.00
Adam Bacher	c Elliott b McGrath	11	34	51	2	0	32.35
Jacques Kallis	c Blewett b Gillespie	0	12	19	0	0	0.00
Daryll Cullinan	c Warne b Gillespie	34	59	78	4	0	57.62
Hansie Cronje (c)	b McGrath	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Herschelle Gibbs	b Gillespie	31	65	93	5	0	47.69
Brian McMillan	c SR Waugh b Warne	55	108	187	7	0	50.92
Shaun Pollock	lbw b Gillespie	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
David Richardson †	c McGrath b Warne	47	105	116	4	1	44.76
Allan Donald	c & b Warne	9	30	46	1	0	30.00
Paul Adams	not out	5	8	8	1	0	62.50
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, w 1)	17
Total	74.4 Ov (RR: 2.79)	209
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Gary Kirsten), 2-17 (Jacques Kallis), 3-21 (Adam Bacher), 4-22 (Hansie Cronje), 5-70 (Daryll Cullinan), 6-95 (Herschelle Gibbs), 7-95 (Shaun Pollock), 8-180 (David Richardson), 9-204 (Brian McMillan), 10-209 (Allan Donald)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Glenn McGrath	22	7	66	2	3.00	-	-	-	0
Jason Gillespie	23	10	54	5	2.34	-	-	-	1
Shane Warne	23.4	5	62	3	2.61	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	4	2	3	0	0.75	-	-	-	0
Michael Bevan	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	c Cullinan b Pollock	0	14	15	0	0	0.00
Mark Taylor (c)	c †Richardson b Pollock	8	44	65	0	0	18.18
Matthew Elliott	run out (Bacher)	23	121	166	4	0	19.00
Mark Waugh	lbw b Cronje	20	36	67	3	0	55.55
Steve Waugh	c †Richardson b McMillan	8	49	55	1	0	16.32
Greg Blewett	b Donald	13	46	82	0	0	28.26
Michael Bevan	c †Richardson b McMillan	0	13	16	0	0	0.00
Ian Healy †	c Bacher b Cronje	5	33	47	0	0	15.15
Shane Warne	lbw b Adams	18	27	49	2	0	66.66
Jason Gillespie	not out	1	37	44	0	0	2.70
Glenn McGrath	c †Richardson b Kallis	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 2, w 2)	12
Total	70.4 Ov (RR: 1.52)	108
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Matthew Hayden), 2-13 (Mark Taylor), 3-48 (Mark Waugh), 4-64 (Matthew Elliott), 5-66 (Steve Waugh), 6-70 (Michael Bevan), 7-85 (Ian Healy), 8-86 (Greg Blewett), 9-106 (Shane Warne), 10-108 (Glenn McGrath)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	23	13	18	1	0.78	-	-	-	0	1
Shaun Pollock	6	3	6	2	1.00	-	-	-	0	1
Paul Adams	4	0	5	1	1.25	-	-	-	0	0
Brian McMillan	14	2	32	2	2.28	-	-	-	0	0
Hansie Cronje	14	7	21	2	1.50	-	-	-	0	0
Jacques Kallis	9.4	2	18	1	1.86	-	-	-	2	1

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	b Gillespie	43	106	138	7	0	40.56
Adam Bacher	c McGrath b Gillespie	49	129	173	7	0	37.98
Jacques Kallis	run out (Blewett)	2	26	31	0	0	7.69
Daryll Cullinan	lbw b Gillespie	2	11	15	0	0	18.18
Hansie Cronje (c)	c †Healy b Bevan	27	66	89	5	0	40.90
Herschelle Gibbs	c ME Waugh b McGrath	7	22	32	0	0	31.81
Brian McMillan	lbw b Bevan	2	15	20	0	0	13.33
Shaun Pollock	lbw b Warne	17	22	27	4	0	77.27
David Richardson †	not out	3	21	32	0	0	14.28
Allan Donald	c Warne b Bevan	7	19	22	1	0	36.84
Paul Adams	c Taylor b Warne	1	8	5	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 2)	8
Total	73.4 Ov (RR: 2.28)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Gary Kirsten), 2-98 (Jacques Kallis), 3-99 (Adam Bacher), 4-100 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-122 (Herschelle Gibbs), 6-137 (Brian McMillan), 7-152 (Hansie Cronje), 8-156 (Shaun Pollock), 9-167 (Allan Donald), 10-168 (Paul Adams)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	13	3	43	1	3.30	-	-	-	2
Jason Gillespie	18	4	49	3	2.72	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	4.3	0	16	0	3.55	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	7.3	3	16	0	2.13	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	-	-	-	1
Michael Bevan	13	3	18	3	1.38	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 270 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	lbw b McMillan	13	31	43	1	0	41.93
Matthew Hayden	run out (Cronje)	14	37	64	2	0	37.83
Matthew Elliott	c & b Adams	44	91	114	8	0	48.35
Mark Waugh	b Kallis	116	228	323	17	1	50.87
Steve Waugh	c Cronje b Kallis	18	54	88	1	0	33.33
Greg Blewett	b Adams	7	42	46	1	0	16.66
Michael Bevan	c Cullinan b Cronje	24	62	98	3	0	38.70
Ian Healy †	not out	10	9	19	1	1	111.11
Shane Warne	lbw b Kallis	3	3	6	0	0	100.00
Jason Gillespie	not out	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 8, w 3)	22
Total	93.3 Ov (RR: 2.89)	271/8
Did not bat: Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Mark Taylor), 2-30 (Matthew Hayden), 3-113 (Matthew Elliott), 4-167 (Steve Waugh), 5-192 (Greg Blewett), 6-258 (Mark Waugh), 7-258 (Michael Bevan), 8-265 (Shane Warne)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	26	6	75	0	2.88	-	-	-	1	0
Brian McMillan	21	5	46	1	2.19	-	-	-	0	0
Hansie Cronje	9.3	1	36	1	3.78	-	-	-	1	0
Jacques Kallis	16	7	29	3	1.81	-	-	-	0	1
Paul Adams	21	4	66	2	3.14	-	-	-	1	0

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Fri, 14 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 10/1 (Mark Taylor 7*, Matthew Elliott 1*)

Sat, 15 Mar - day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 83/0 (Gary Kirsten 41*, Adam Bacher 38*)

Sun, 16 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 145/3 (Mark Waugh 54*, Steve Waugh 11*)

Mon, 17 Mar - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 271/8 (93.3 ov) - end of match

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Notes:
Day 1
Attendance: 12500 Day 2
Australia's 108 is their second-lowest completed Test innings total against South Africa (lowest: 75)
Attendance: 6517 Day 3
Attendance: 10328 Day 4
ME Waugh dropped by Cullinan off Donald when he had 105 and the total was 244/5.
BG Jerling was the TV Umpire in place of DL Orchard

Match Details

Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of South Africa
Season	1996/97
Player Of The Match	Mark Waugh
Series result	Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1360
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Rudi Koertzen Srinivas Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire	David Orchard
Match Referee	Raman Subba Row

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
MA Taylor	lbw	13	31
ML Hayden	run out	14	37
MTG Elliott	caught	44	91
ME Waugh	bowled	116	228
SR Waugh	caught	18	54
GS Blewett	bowled	7	42
MG Bevan	caught	24	62
IA Healy	not out	10	9
SK Warne	lbw	3	3
JN Gillespie	not out	0	5
Extras	(b 11, lb 8, w 3)
Total	271(8 wkts; 93.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	26	6	75	0	2.88
BM McMillan	21	5	46	1	2.19
WJ Cronje	9.3	1	36	1	3.78
JH Kallis	16	7	29	3	1.81 (1 nb)
PR Adams	21	4	66	2	3.14

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	23	Mark Taylor	Matthew Hayden
2nd	7	Matthew Hayden	Matthew Elliott
3rd	83	Mark Waugh	Matthew Elliott
4th	54	Steve Waugh	Mark Waugh
5th	25	Mark Waugh	Greg Blewett
6th	66	Mark Waugh	Michael Bevan
7th	0	Ian Healy	Michael Bevan
8th	7	Ian Healy	Shane Warne
9th	6	Ian Healy	Jason Gillespie

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