Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	st †Haddin b MacGill	31	57	69	4	0	54.38
Herschelle Gibbs	c Higgs b MacGill	145	205	229	25	1	70.73
Jacques Rudolph	b Bradstreet	52	123	147	8	0	42.27
Boeta Dippenaar	c & b Heath	115	179	188	23	0	64.24
Justin Ontong	c †Haddin b MacGill	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Lance Klusener	b MacGill	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Mark Boucher †	lbw b MacGill	44	60	85	7	0	73.33
Shaun Pollock (c)	c †Haddin b Heath	53	76	99	5	1	69.73
Steve Elworthy	c MacGill b Heath	31	28	34	4	1	110.71
Claude Henderson	c MacGill b Higgs	13	27	33	1	0	48.14
Allan Donald	not out	2	13	16	0	0	15.38
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 5)	12
Total	128.1 Ov (RR: 3.88, 458 Mins)	498
Fall of wickets 1-67 (Gary Kirsten, 17.5 ov), 2-231 (Jacques Rudolph, 62.1 ov), 3-235 (Herschelle Gibbs, 65.3 ov), 4-235 (Justin Ontong, 65.6 ov), 5-239 (Lance Klusener, 67.3 ov), 6-344 (Mark Boucher, 91.4 ov), 7-445 (Boeta Dippenaar, 114.2 ov), 8-460 (Shaun Pollock, 118.6 ov), 9-487 (Steve Elworthy, 122.6 ov), 10-498 (Claude Henderson, 128.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Don Nash	19	5	67	0	3.52	-	0
Jamie Heath	23	8	72	3	3.13	-	0
Shawn Bradstreet	18	2	123	1	6.83	-	2
Mark Higgs	21.1	3	71	1	3.35	-	0
Stuart MacGill	40	7	132	5	3.30	-	0
Michael Bevan	4	0	21	0	5.25	-	3
Michael Clarke	3	0	5	0	1.66	-	0

New South Wales 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Mail	lbw b Elworthy	54	173	217	4	0	31.21
Brett van Deinsen	c Gibbs b Pollock	1	12	12	0	0	8.33
Corey Richards	c Gibbs b Elworthy	37	73	85	6	0	50.68
Michael Bevan (c)	not out	183	276	373	26	3	66.30
Shawn Bradstreet	b Henderson	15	52	54	1	0	28.84
Michael Clarke	c Pollock b Elworthy	37	97	108	8	0	38.14
Mark Higgs	c Rudolph b Klusener	23	43	70	3	0	53.48
Brad Haddin †	not out	20	19	19	3	1	105.26
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 7)	15
Total	123 Ov (RR: 3.13, 472 Mins)	385/6d
Did not bat Don Nash, Stuart MacGill, Jamie Heath
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Brett van Deinsen, 3.3 ov), 2-54 (Corey Richards, 25.5 ov), 3-149 (Greg Mail, 57.6 ov), 4-179 (Shawn Bradstreet, 73.2 ov), 5-252 (Michael Clarke, 102.3 ov), 6-359 (Mark Higgs, 118.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Allan Donald	21	8	64	0	3.04	-	0
Shaun Pollock	20	4	53	1	2.65	-	3
Lance Klusener	15	8	26	1	1.73	-	0
Steve Elworthy	21	9	57	3	2.71	-	0
Claude Henderson	40	11	130	1	3.25	-	4
Justin Ontong	6	0	47	0	7.83	-	0

South Africans 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	c Clarke b MacGill	88	172	203	10	0	51.16
Herschelle Gibbs	lbw b MacGill	75	84	108	16	0	89.28
Jacques Rudolph	c †Haddin b MacGill	28	102	119	4	0	27.45
Lance Klusener	b Higgs	0	15	20	0	0	0.00
Justin Ontong	c †Haddin b MacGill	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Boeta Dippenaar	not out	31	65	54	6	0	47.69
Shaun Pollock (c)	not out	36	38	52	4	1	94.73
Extras	(b 7, lb 4)	11
Total	80 Ov (RR: 3.36, 283 Mins)	269/5d
Did not bat Mark Boucher †, Steve Elworthy, Claude Henderson, Allan Donald
Fall of wickets 1-109 (Herschelle Gibbs, 28.5 ov), 2-190 (Gary Kirsten, 56.2 ov), 3-200 (Lance Klusener, 61.4 ov), 4-200 (Jacques Rudolph, 62.3 ov), 5-201 (Justin Ontong, 62.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Don Nash	14	4	48	0	3.42	-
Jamie Heath	10	0	39	0	3.90	-
Shawn Bradstreet	11	5	47	0	4.27	-
Stuart MacGill	33	8	89	4	2.69	-
Mark Higgs	12	0	35	1	2.91	-

New South Wales 2nd Innings (T: 383 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Mail	b Klusener	54	108	140	9	0	50.00
Brett van Deinsen	c Kirsten b Klusener	61	77	94	10	0	79.22
Corey Richards	not out	12	55	52	2	0	21.81
Michael Clarke	not out	5	9	6	1	0	55.55
Extras	(nb 3)	3
Total	41 Ov (RR: 3.29, 147 Mins)	135/2
Did not bat Michael Bevan (c), Mark Higgs, Brad Haddin †, Shawn Bradstreet, Don Nash, Stuart MacGill, Jamie Heath
Fall of wickets 1-101 (Brett van Deinsen, 23.6 ov), 2-130 (Greg Mail, 39.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Allan Donald	4	0	27	0	6.75	-	0
Shaun Pollock	5	2	8	0	1.60	-	3
Steve Elworthy	5	0	32	0	6.40	-	0
Lance Klusener	13	3	33	2	2.53	-	0
Claude Henderson	6	0	18	0	3.00	-	0
Justin Ontong	6	1	11	0	1.83	-	0
Jacques Rudolph	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 20 Dec

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 375/6 (Boeta Dippenaar 78*, Shaun Pollock 14*, 99 ov)

Fri, 21 Dec

day 2 - NSW 1st innings 170/3 (Michael Bevan 60*, Shawn Bradstreet 11*, 64 ov)

Sat, 22 Dec

day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 112/1 (Gary Kirsten 34*, Jacques Rudolph 2*, 31 ov)

Sun, 23 Dec

day 4 - NSW 2nd innings 135/2 (41 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Gibbs 1x5 (single plus boundary overthrows)

South Africans 50 in 56 mins, off 14 overs

Kirsten/Gibbs 1st wicket partnership 50 in 56 mins, off 84 balls

Gibbs 50 in 85 mins, off 62 balls, 9x4

South Africans 100 in 97 mins, off 25.5 overs

Gibbs/Rudolph 2nd wicket partnership 50 in 38 mins, off 68 balls

Lunch: South Africans 130/1 (Gibbs 74*, Rudolph 22*, 32 overs)

South Africans 150 in 155 mins, off 42.3 overs

Gibbs/Rudolph 2nd wicket partnership 100 in 99 mins, off 175 balls

Gibbs 100 in 169 mins, off 141 balls, 18x4

South Africans 200 in 187 mins, off 52.4 overs

Rudolph 50 in 128 mins, off 109 balls, 8x4

Gibbs/Rudolph 2nd wicket partnership 150 in 137 mins, off 251 balls

Tea: South Africans 235/4 (Dippenaar 0*, 66 overs)

South Africans 250 in 244 mins, off 68.2 overs

Dippenaar/Boucher 6th wicket partnership 50 in 34 mins, off 64 balls

South Africans 300 in 283 mins, off 80.1 overs

Dippenaar 50 in 86 mins, off 83 balls, 10x4

Dippenaar/Boucher 6th wicket partnership 100 in 76 mins, off 132 balls

South Africans 350 in 328 mins, off 92.1 overs

Day 2

Dippenaar/Pollock 8th wicket partnership 50 in 40 mins, off 68 balls

South Africans 400 in 360 mins, off 103 overs

South Africans 1st innings: 20 runs off 103rd over, Bradstreet to Dippenaar: . 4 4 4 4 4

Dippenaar 100 in 157 mins, off 152 balls, 21x4

Dippenaar/Pollock 8th wicket partnership 100 in 80 mins, off 136 balls

South Africans 1st innings: Second new ball taken after 109.2 overs

Pollock 50 in 89 mins, off 66 balls, 5x4, 1x6

South Africans 450 in 414 mins, off 116.2 overs

Lunch: New South Wales 0/0 (Mail 0*, van Deinsen 0*, 1 over)

New South Wales 50 in 95 mins, off 25.1 overs

Mail/Richards 2nd wicket partnership 50 in 84 mins, off 133 balls

Tea: New South Wales 67/2 (Mail 24*, Bevan 0*, 32 overs)

Rain interupted play for 50 minutes after tea, stumps rescheduled to 6.50pm

New South Wales 100 in 170 mins, off 45.3 overs

Mail/Bevan 3rd wicket partnership 50 in 86 mins, off 146 balls

Mail 50 in 199 mins, off 157 balls, 4x4

Bevan 50 in 114 mins, off 92 balls, 9x4

New South Wales 150 in 220 mins, off 58.2 overs

Day 3

New South Wales 200 in 310 mins, off 85.3 overs

New South Wales 1st innings: Second new ball taken after 86 overs

Bevan/Clarke 5th wicket partnership 50 in 75 mins, off 128 balls

Lunch: New South Wales 233/4 (Bevan 86*, Clarke 28*, 96 overs)

New South Wales 250 in 377 mins, off 101.3 overs

Bevan 100 in 286 mins, off 215 balls, 15x4

New South Wales 300 in 418 mins, off 111 overs

Bevan/Higgs 6th wicket partnership 50 in 37 mins, off 55 balls

Bevan 150 in 330 mins, off 252 balls, 25x4

New South Wales 1st innings: 18 runs off 114th over, Ontong to Bevan: 4 4 4 6 . .

New South Wales 350 in 441 mins, off 115.5 overs

Bevan/Higgs 6th wicket partnership 100 in 65 mins, off 89 balls

Tea: New South Wales 385/6 (Bevan 183*, Haddin 20*, 123 overs)

South Africans 50 in 64 mins, off 16 overs

Kirsten/Gibbs 1st wicket partnership 50 in 64 mins, off 96 balls

Gibbs 50 in 82 mins, off 55 balls, 10x4

South Africans 100 in 101 mins, off 27 overs

Kirsten/Gibbs 1st wicket partnership 100 in 101 mins, off 159 balls

Day 4

Kirsten 50 in 159 mins, off 125 balls, 3x4

South Africans 150 in 160 mins, off 43.4 overs

Kirsten/Rudolph 2nd wicket partnership 50 in 55 mins, off 95 bals

South Africans 200 in 223 mins, off 61.3 overs

Lunch: South Africans 201/5 (Dippenaar 1*, 63 overs)

South Africans 250 in 268 mins, off 74.4 overs

Dippenaar/Pollock 6th wicket partnership 50 in 38 mins, off 72 balls

New South Wales 50 in 48 mins, off 11.3 overs

Mail/van Deinsen 1st wicket partnership 50 in 48 mins, off 72 balls

Tea: New South Wales 62/0 (Mail 17*, van Deinsen 42*, 14 overs)

van Deinsen 50 in 68 mins, off 51 balls, 10x4

New South Wales 100 in 93 mins, off 23.5 overs

Mail/van Deinsen 1st wicket partnership 100 in 93 mins, off 146 balls

Mail 50 in 130 mins, off 97 balls, 9x4

Play ended at 5.33pm

Match Details

GroundSydney Cricket Ground

TossSouth Africans, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of Australia

Season2001/02

Match daysday (4-day match)

Umpires

Bob Parry

David Brandon

TV Umpire

Darrell Hair

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