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Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1997 - Full Scorecard

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1st Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 1997, South Africa tour of Australia

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Australia

309 & 257

South Africa

(T:381) 186 & 273/7

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Jacques Kallis

, SA

101

Australia 1st Innings

South Africa 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

South Africa 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c †Richardson b Klusener	6	33	55	0	0	18.18
Mark Taylor (c)	c Kirsten b McMillan	20	78	98	1	0	25.64
Greg Blewett	st †Richardson b Symcox	26	114	156	1	0	22.80
Mark Waugh	c †Richardson b Donald	0	18	21	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh	c Cullinan b Donald	96	188	264	9	0	51.06
Ricky Ponting	b Symcox	105	208	269	14	0	50.48
Ian Healy †	b Donald	16	25	28	2	0	64.00
Paul Reiffel	b Symcox	27	54	77	2	0	50.00
Shane Warne	c & b Pollock	1	8	11	0	0	12.50
Michael Kasprowicz	c Bacher b Symcox	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	not out	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 5)	12
Total	121.2 Ov (RR: 2.54, 500 Mins)	309
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Matthew Elliott, 13.2 ov), 2-42 (Mark Taylor, 22.5 ov), 3-44 (Mark Waugh, 28.3 ov), 4-77 (Greg Blewett, 51.3 ov), 5-222 (Steve Waugh, 94.3 ov), 6-250 (Ian Healy, 100.6 ov), 7-302 (Ricky Ponting, 117.4 ov), 8-309 (Paul Reiffel, 119.5 ov), 9-309 (Shane Warne, 120.1 ov), 10-309 (Michael Kasprowicz, 121.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Allan Donald	29	6	74	3	2.55	-	-	-	2
Shaun Pollock	28	6	76	1	2.71	-	-	-	2
Lance Klusener	19	3	48	1	2.52	-	-	-	2
Brian McMillan	10	3	19	1	1.90	-	-	-	0
Pat Symcox	27.2	4	69	4	2.52	-	-	-	0
Jacques Kallis	4	2	5	0	1.25	-	-	-	0
Hansie Cronje	4	2	11	0	2.75	-	-	-	0

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	3	35	53	0	0	8.57
Gary Kirsten	c †Healy b ME Waugh	83	256	323	7	0	32.42
Jacques Kallis	c †Healy b McGrath	15	57	77	1	0	26.31
Daryll Cullinan	run out (Ponting)	5	29	39	0	0	17.24
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Blewett b Warne	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Brian McMillan	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	48	189	227	2	0	25.39
Shaun Pollock	lbw b Warne	7	25	28	1	0	28.00
David Richardson †	lbw b ME Waugh	1	9	10	0	0	11.11
Lance Klusener	lbw b Warne	11	35	47	1	0	31.42
Pat Symcox	b Kasprowicz	4	9	12	1	0	44.44
Allan Donald	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 6, w 1)	9
Total	106.5 Ov (RR: 1.74, 416 Mins)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Adam Bacher, 12.3 ov), 2-62 (Jacques Kallis, 32.2 ov), 3-75 (Daryll Cullinan, 40.6 ov), 4-76 (Hansie Cronje, 41.5 ov), 5-138 (Gary Kirsten, 81.4 ov), 6-155 (Shaun Pollock, 90.4 ov), 7-158 (David Richardson, 93.5 ov), 8-182 (Brian McMillan, 104.2 ov), 9-182 (Lance Klusener, 105.3 ov), 10-186 (Pat Symcox, 106.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	17	9	20	1	1.17	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Reiffel	14	5	32	0	2.28	-	-	-	0	2
Michael Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	-	-	-	0	2
Shane Warne	42	15	64	3	1.52	-	-	-	1	2
Mark Waugh	18	8	28	2	1.55	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Waugh	2	0	12	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Cullinan b Symcox	59	195	248	4	0	30.25
Matthew Elliott	lbw b Donald	1	19	28	0	0	5.26
Greg Blewett	c McMillan b Donald	6	7	10	0	0	85.71
Mark Waugh	b Donald	1	12	15	0	0	8.33
Steve Waugh	c †Richardson b Pollock	17	27	43	2	0	62.96
Ricky Ponting	c & b Pollock	32	84	113	2	0	38.09
Ian Healy †	b Donald	4	17	39	0	0	23.52
Paul Reiffel	not out	79	115	154	6	0	68.69
Shane Warne	c Symcox b Donald	10	16	19	2	0	62.50
Michael Kasprowicz	c Kirsten b Donald	19	43	62	2	0	44.18
Glenn McGrath	c McMillan b Pollock	18	47	66	0	0	38.29
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 4)	11
Total	96.2 Ov (RR: 2.66, 403 Mins)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Matthew Elliott, 6.1 ov), 2-10 (Greg Blewett, 8.3 ov), 3-12 (Mark Waugh, 12.5 ov), 4-44 (Steve Waugh, 22.2 ov), 5-106 (Ricky Ponting, 50.4 ov), 6-128 (Mark Taylor, 59.3 ov), 7-128 (Ian Healy, 60.1 ov), 8-146 (Shane Warne, 64.4 ov), 9-208 (Michael Kasprowicz, 80.4 ov), 10-257 (Glenn McGrath, 96.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Allan Donald	27	8	59	6	2.18	-	-	-	3
Shaun Pollock	21.2	5	56	3	2.62	-	-	-	1
Pat Symcox	35	9	90	1	2.57	-	-	-	0
Brian McMillan	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Lance Klusener	9	2	28	0	3.11	-	-	-	0
Hansie Cronje	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	-	-	0

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 381 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	b Reiffel	0	14	23	0	0	0.00
Adam Bacher	c Taylor b Warne	39	109	149	1	0	35.77
Jacques Kallis	b Reiffel	101	279	357	6	0	36.20
Daryll Cullinan	b Warne	0	8	10	0	0	0.00
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Taylor b SR Waugh	70	143	170	2	0	48.95
Brian McMillan	c Taylor b Warne	16	69	84	2	0	23.18
Shaun Pollock	not out	15	70	101	1	0	21.42
David Richardson †	lbw b McGrath	11	39	47	0	0	28.20
Lance Klusener	not out	6	10	16	1	0	60.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 6)	15
Total	122 Ov (RR: 2.23, 483 Mins)	273/7
Did not bat: Pat Symcox, Allan Donald
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gary Kirsten, 5.1 ov), 2-88 (Adam Bacher, 37.1 ov), 3-88 (Daryll Cullinan, 39.3 ov), 4-211 (Hansie Cronje, 84.2 ov), 5-229 (Jacques Kallis, 97.2 ov), 6-241 (Brian McMillan, 105.6 ov), 7-260 (David Richardson, 118.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	28	11	57	1	2.03	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	18	7	24	2	1.33	-	-	-	2
Michael Kasprowicz	14	1	45	0	3.21	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	44	11	97	3	2.20	-	-	-	8
Mark Waugh	10	0	25	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	7	2	12	1	1.71	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 206/4 (Steve Waugh 87*, Ricky Ponting 56*, 90 ov)

Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 94/4 (Gary Kirsten 61*, Brian McMillan 6*, 56 ov)

Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 67/4 (Mark Taylor 30*, Ricky Ponting 8*, 37 ov)

Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 79/1 (Adam Bacher 34*, Jacques Kallis 40*, 30 ov)

Tue, 30 Dec - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 273/7 (122 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Lunch: Australia 44/3 (Blewett 13*; 28.4 overs)
Tea: Australia 92/4 (SR Waugh 28*, Ponting 5*; 59 overs)
Elliott dropped by Kallis off Donald in the 1st over.
Richardson took the South African record for Most Fielding Dismissals apon catching Elliott (previous: JHB Waite, 141 Dismissals).
SR Waugh was caught by Richardson off a no-ball by Donald soon after reaching his 50.
SR Waugh was dropped by Kirsten in 2nd last over of the day.

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Lunch: Australia 146/8 (Reiffel 8*, Kasprowicz 0*; 65 overs)
Tea: Australia 257 all out 96.2 overs
With the dismissal of Kasprowicz, Donald passes the highest number of Test wickets taken in a career by a South African (170, HJ Tayfield)
Paul Reiffel passes his highest Test score
With the dismissal of Kirsten, Reiffel claims his 100th Test wicket
With the score on 2/0 AM Bacher was given out to a catch by RT Ponting, Ponting then advises that the catch was grounded and the decision was reversed.

Day 5

Lunch: South Africa 139/3 (Kallis 67*, Cronje 27*; 60 overs)
Tea: South Africa 226/4 (Kallis 100*, McMillan 6*; 93 overs)
Jacques Kallis passes his highest Test score
Attendance: Day 1 - 73,812 (third-largest Boxing Day crowd at the MCG); Day 2 - 31,367; Day 3 - 24,859; Day 4 - 18,895; Day 5 - 11,249. Aggregate 160,182.

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Jacques Kallis
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1392
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Steve Bucknor Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Bill Sheahan
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

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South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
G Kirsten	bowled	0	14
AM Bacher	caught	39	109
JH Kallis	bowled	101	279
DJ Cullinan	bowled	0	8
WJ Cronje	caught	70	143
BM McMillan	caught	16	69
SM Pollock	not out	15	70
DJ Richardson	lbw	11	39
L Klusener	not out	6	10
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 6)
Total	273(7 wkts; 122 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	28	11	57	1	2.03
PR Reiffel	18	7	24	2	1.33 (2 nb)
MS Kasprowicz	14	1	45	0	3.21
SK Warne	44	11	97	3	2.2 (8 nb)
ME Waugh	10	0	25	0	2.5
SR Waugh	7	2	12	1	1.71
GS Blewett	1	0	4	0	4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Gary Kirsten	Adam Bacher
2nd	87	Jacques Kallis	Adam Bacher
3rd	0	Daryll Cullinan	Jacques Kallis
4th	123	Hansie Cronje	Jacques Kallis
5th	18	Brian McMillan	Jacques Kallis
6th	12	Brian McMillan	Shaun Pollock
7th	19	David Richardson	Shaun Pollock
8th	13	Shaun Pollock	Lance Klusener

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