Australia vs South Africa, 2nd Test at Sydney, Jan 02 1998 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
2nd Test, Sydney, January 02 - 05, 1998, South Africa tour of Australia
South Africa 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Blewett | 39 | 85 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 45.88 | |||
| c Taylor b McGrath | 11 | 42 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 26.19 | |||
| run out (Ponting) | 16 | 59 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 27.11 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 88 | 262 | 335 | 8 | 0 | 33.58 | |||
| c †Healy b Bevan | 54 | 150 | 162 | 6 | 0 | 36.00 | |||
| c Elliott b Bevan | 6 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 18 | 67 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 26.86 | |||
| b Warne | 6 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c †Healy b Warne | 29 | 40 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 72.50 | |||
| not out | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26.66 | |||
| c SR Waugh b Warne | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, nb 7, w 1) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 124.1 Ov (RR: 2.31) | 287 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Gary Kirsten, 12.2 ov), 2-70 (Adam Bacher, 30.2 ov), 3-70 (Jacques Kallis, 30.5 ov), 4-167 (Herschelle Gibbs, 77.4 ov), 5-174 (Brian McMillan, 81.2 ov), 6-228 (Shaun Pollock, 105.6 ov), 7-236 (David Richardson, 109.4 ov), 8-276 (Hansie Cronje, 120.1 ov), 9-287 (Pat Symcox, 122.4 ov), 10-287 (Paul Adams, 124.1 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 2.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 32.1 | 8 | 75 | 5 | 2.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 23 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 2.43 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2.30 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1.25 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c McMillan b Symcox | 32 | 66 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 48.48 | |||
| c †Richardson b Pollock | 11 | 45 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 24.44 | |||
| b McMillan | 28 | 113 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 24.77 | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 100 | 186 | 211 | 12 | 1 | 53.76 | |||
| b Donald | 85 | 199 | 279 | 9 | 0 | 42.71 | |||
| c & b Adams | 62 | 155 | 219 | 1 | 1 | 40.00 | |||
| c McMillan b Symcox | 12 | 39 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 30.76 | |||
| not out | 46 | 130 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 35.38 | |||
| b Donald | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Pollock | 12 | 28 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| c †Richardson b Donald | 14 | 45 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 31.11 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 12, nb 6) | 19 | |||||||
| Total | 167.4 Ov (RR: 2.51) | 421 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Mark Taylor, 13.2 ov), 2-59 (Matthew Elliott, 24.6 ov), 3-103 (Greg Blewett, 49.4 ov), 4-219 (Mark Waugh, 83.6 ov), 5-317 (Steve Waugh, 118.5 ov), 6-337 (Michael Bevan, 128.5 ov), 7-354 (Ricky Ponting, 136.6 ov), 8-357 (Paul Reiffel, 139.6 ov), 9-385 (Shane Warne, 153.1 ov), 10-421 (Glenn McGrath, 167.4 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.4 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 8 | 71 | 3 | 2.15 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 39 | 9 | 103 | 2 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 1.73 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 3.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b McGrath | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Ponting b Reiffel | 2 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| b Warne | 45 | 110 | 155 | 4 | 0 | 40.90 | |||
| c Ponting b Warne | 5 | 35 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| c Blewett b Warne | 1 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| b Warne | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c & b Warne | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Reiffel | 38 | 72 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 52.77 | |||
| c †Healy b Reiffel | 2 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8.69 | |||
| not out | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 1, nb 1) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 53 Ov (RR: 2.13) | 113 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gary Kirsten, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (Adam Bacher, 4.5 ov), 3-21 (Hansie Cronje, 13.6 ov), 4-27 (Herschelle Gibbs, 23.2 ov), 5-41 (Brian McMillan, 25.6 ov), 6-55 (Shaun Pollock, 29.3 ov), 7-55 (David Richardson, 29.6 ov), 8-96 (Jacques Kallis, 43.4 ov), 9-112 (Pat Symcox, 50.3 ov), 10-113 (Allan Donald, 52.6 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1.16 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 1.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Fri, 02 Jan - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 197/5 (Hansie Cronje 56*, Shaun Pollock 1*, 97 ov)
Sat, 03 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 174/3 (Mark Waugh 78*, Steve Waugh 18*, 67 ov)
Sun, 04 Jan - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 392/9 (Ian Healy 31*, Glenn McGrath 3*, 157 ov)
Mon, 05 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 113 (53 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
General
- SR Waugh becomes the 16th player (3rd for Australia) to appear in 100 Test matches.
- Day One:
- Lunch: South Africa 1/47 (Bacher 30*, Kallis 3*, 22 overs)
- Tea: South Africa 3/140 (Cronje 25*, Gibbs 43*, 64 overs)
- Stumps: South Africa 5/197 (Cronje 56*, Pollock 1*, 97 overs)
- Start of play delayed 30 minutes due to dampness on a batting strip adjacent to the Test pitch, due to overwatering on the previous day.
- Attendance: 34,952.
- Day Two:
- Lunch: South Africa 287 all out (Donald 4*, 124.1 overs)
- Tea: Australia 2/78 (Blewett 19*, M Waugh 11*, 36 overs)
- Stumps: Australia 3/174 (ME Waugh 78*, SR Waugh 18*, 67 overs)
- When Warne dismissed Cronje he became Australia's 2nd highest wicket-taker in Tests (14th overall), passing CJ McDermott, 291.
- Floodlights turned on at 2.55pm.
- Rain ends play at 5.54pm.
- Attendance: 27,246.
- Day Three:
- Lunch: Australia 4/259 (SR Waugh 57*, Ponting 19*, 96 overs)
- Tea: Australia 5/332 (Ponting 48*, Bevan 12*, 126 overs)
- Stumps: Australia 9/392 (Healy 31*, McGrath 3*; 157 overs)
- Floodlights turned on at 4.40pm.
- Attendance: 26,118.
- Day Four:
- Lunch: South Africa 3/21 (Kallis 12*, Gibbs 0*; 16 overs)
- Tea: South Africa: 7/85 (Kallis 40*, Symcox 18*; 39 overs)
- Floodlights switched on at 2.40pm.
- When Warne dismissed Kallis he became the 13th bowler to take 300 Test wickets in his 63rd match.
- Rain stopped play at 3.05pm. Tea was taken during the interruption. Play resumed at 6.20pm, with stumps rescheduled to 7.00pm. Taylor claimed the additional half-hour with the score 9/112. The match ended at 7.10pm. No further play would have been possible on the day with a heavy downpour commencing as the final delivery was bowled.
- Attendance: 17,169. Match aggregate: 105,125.
Match Details
| Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1997/98 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1393 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
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