Australia vs South Africa, 1st Final at Melbourne, Jan 23 1998 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Final (D/N), Melbourne, January 23, 1998, Carlton & United Series
South Africa  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st †Gilchrist b Warne | 26 | 22 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 118.18 | |||
| st †Gilchrist b ME Waugh | 70 | 87 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 80.45 | |||
| c Bevan b Moody | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Gilchrist b Wilson | 33 | 44 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| c Bevan b Lehmann | 29 | 41 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 70.73 | |||
| c †Gilchrist b Lehmann | 21 | 34 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 61.76 | |||
| c Bevan b Warne | 36 | 35 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 102.85 | |||
| b ME Waugh | 10 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 | |||
| lbw b Warne | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| not out | 11 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 110.00 | |||
| Extras | (nb 1, w 2) | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.82, 193 Mins) | 241/9 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-55 (Daryll Cullinan, 7.5 ov), 2-62 (Lance Klusener, 10.5 ov), 3-126 (Gary Kirsten, 24.2 ov), 4-137 (Jacques Kallis, 28.3 ov), 5-178 (Hansie Cronje, 37.2 ov), 6-186 (Jonty Rhodes, 39.4 ov), 7-203 (Pat Symcox, 44.1 ov), 8-210 (Brian McMillan, 45.6 ov), 9-241 (Shaun Pollock, 49.6 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.77 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 5.20 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.33 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2.75 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia  (T: 242 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out (Rhodes/Pollock/†Richardson) | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |||
| c Symcox b Pollock | 20 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 74.07 | |||
| c †Richardson b Donald | 33 | 42 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 | |||
| run out (Cullinan) | 31 | 49 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 63.26 | |||
| c †Richardson b McMillan | 53 | 73 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 72.60 | |||
| run out (Kirsten/McMillan) | 57 | 68 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 83.82 | |||
| run out (Kallis/†Richardson) | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |||
| b Donald | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 87.50 | |||
| c †Richardson b Donald | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| b Pollock | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 3, w 5) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 49.5 Ov (RR: 4.71, 227 Mins) | 235 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Mark Waugh, 4.1 ov), 2-37 (Adam Gilchrist, 8.2 ov), 3-95 (Ricky Ponting, 20.2 ov), 4-105 (Darren Lehmann, 23.4 ov), 5-206 (Steve Waugh, 43.4 ov), 6-221 (Michael Bevan, 45.5 ov), 7-231 (Ian Harvey, 48.2 ov), 8-233 (Paul Reiffel, 48.6 ov), 9-234 (Tom Moody, 49.1 ov), 10-235 (Shane Warne, 49.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.96 | - | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.14 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 5.60 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 3.60 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 4.33 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Scorers: KV O'Neill (Australia) and CJ Reece (South Africa)
12th Men: SG Law (Australia) and HH Gibbs (South Africa)
Attendance: 44,321
Match Details
GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground
TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the best-of-3-finals 1-0
Match numberODI no. 1283
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
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