Australia vs South Africa, Final at Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 1998 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
Final, Kuala Lumpur, September 19, 1998, Commonwealth Games
183
(46/50 ov, T:184) 184/6
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
Australia  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Boucher b Pollock | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c Rindel b Pollock | 15 | 27 | - | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |||
| c Dawson b Pollock | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| run out (Hudson) | 13 | 42 | - | 0 | 0 | 30.95 | |||
| not out | 90 | 109 | 159 | 6 | 2 | 82.56 | |||
| c †Boucher b Pollock | 26 | 56 | - | 0 | 0 | 46.42 | |||
| st †Boucher b Adams | 3 | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |||
| c Benkenstein b Adams | 2 | 18 | - | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| lbw b Boje | 2 | 11 | - | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |||
| run out (Benkenstein/Pollock) | 12 | 11 | - | 0 | 0 | 109.09 | |||
| run out (Crookes) | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 11) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 49.3 Ov (RR: 3.69) | 183 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Mark Waugh, 2.4 ov), 2-16 (Ricky Ponting, 4.5 ov), 3-28 (Adam Gilchrist, 8.5 ov), 4-58 (Michael Bevan, 17.5 ov), 5-121 (Darren Lehmann, 34.5 ov), 6-124 (Tom Moody, 37.1 ov), 7-142 (Brad Young, 41.5 ov), 8-157 (Gavin Robertson, 44.5 ov), 9-177 (Michael Kasprowicz, 48.2 ov), 10-183 (Damien Fleming, 49.3 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2.11 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 8.1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.30 | - | 3 | 1 | |
| 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | - | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4.12 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa  (T: 184 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Bevan b Robertson | 36 | 39 | - | 5 | 0 | 92.30 | |||
| c ME Waugh b Lehmann | 67 | 106 | 134 | 7 | 0 | 63.20 | |||
| c Moody b Robertson | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| c †Gilchrist b Lehmann | 44 | 96 | - | 3 | 0 | 45.83 | |||
| b Fleming | 9 | 19 | - | 1 | 0 | 47.36 | |||
| not out | 2 | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Young b Lehmann | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 1, nb 4, w 10) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | 46 Ov (RR: 4.00) | 184/6 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-73 (Andrew Hudson, 12.1 ov), 2-86 (Derek Crookes, 14.4 ov), 3-158 (Mike Rindel, 37.3 ov), 4-172 (Herschelle Gibbs, 41.4 ov), 5-181 (Jacques Kallis, 45.1 ov), 6-183 (Shaun Pollock, 45.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6.80 | - | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
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M Ntini fielded for Kallis who left the field after bowling 6 overs in the beginning. He came back later on but did not bowl further because of groin strain.
In the 50th over of the innings, Dawson had cramps after bowling one ball. Benkenstein bowled the next two balls.
Moody injured his knees while taking the catch of Crookes. A Bichel substituted for him
Attendance: 7532. Highest recorded attendance for a cricket match in Malaysia.
Match Details
TossSouth Africa, elected to field first
Series
Season1998/99
Series resultSouth Africa won the 1998/99 Commonwealth Games
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