Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fitzgerald	c SR Waugh b Cook	57	87	155	8	0	65.51
Matthew Kelton	b Stuart	6	15	21	1	0	40.00
Greg Blewett	b Cook	9	19	24	1	0	47.36
Jamie Siddons (c)	c Lee b Cook	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Ben Johnson	lbw b Robertson	33	69	76	3	0	47.82
Darren Webber	c & b Robertson	145	197	233	18	1	73.60
Tim Nielsen †	c Taylor b Cook	40	128	159	4	0	31.25
Brad Young	c ME Waugh b Freedman	46	102	117	6	0	45.09
Jason Gillespie	c Taylor b Stuart	8	37	42	1	0	21.62
Shane George	c Richards b Freedman	6	25	47	0	0	24.00
Mark Harrity	not out	1	10	16	0	0	10.00
Extras	(lb 11, nb 4)	15
Total	116.3 Ov (RR: 3.14, 450 Mins)	366
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Matthew Kelton), 2-25 (Greg Blewett), 3-25 (Jamie Siddons), 4-98 (Ben Johnson), 5-138 (David Fitzgerald), 6-276 (Tim Nielsen), 7-316 (Darren Webber), 8-333 (Jason Gillespie), 9-360 (Brad Young), 10-366 (Shane George)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Simon Cook	26	6	86	4	3.30	-	-	-	1
Anthony Stuart	32	9	96	2	3.00	-	-	-	0
Shane Lee	16	4	51	0	3.18	-	-	-	0
David Freedman	20.3	3	55	2	2.68	-	-	-	0
Gavin Robertson	19	7	55	2	2.89	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	3	1	12	0	4.00	-	-	-	1

New South Wales 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Siddons b Young	50	101	144	4	0	49.50
Rodney Davison	c †Nielsen b Young	137	323	373	13	0	42.41
Steve Waugh	lbw b Young	2	23	29	0	0	8.69
Mark Waugh	run out (Harrity)	47	104	117	5	0	45.19
Corey Richards	c sub (MJP Minagall) b Harrity	4	12	18	0	0	33.33
Shane Lee	not out	183	206	259	20	3	88.83
Phil Emery †	c Young b Blewett	42	104	121	7	0	40.38
Gavin Robertson	c sub (MJP Minagall) b George	5	10	12	1	0	50.00
David Freedman	c Young b Blewett	1	11	19	0	0	9.09
Anthony Stuart	lbw b Blewett	10	17	13	2	0	58.82
Simon Cook	b Harrity	3	20	27	0	0	15.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 19, nb 14)	35
Total	154 Ov (RR: 3.37)	519
Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Mark Taylor), 2-122 (Steve Waugh), 3-228 (Mark Waugh), 4-233 (Corey Richards), 5-290 (Rodney Davison), 6-410 (Phil Emery), 7-425 (Gavin Robertson), 8-456 (David Freedman), 9-476 (Anthony Stuart), 10-519 (Simon Cook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jason Gillespie	11	5	22	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Mark Harrity	30	5	97	2	3.23	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	27	6	85	3	3.14	-	-	-	1
Shane George	23	3	97	1	4.21	-	-	-	6
Brad Young	53	13	173	3	3.26	-	-	-	0
Ben Johnson	10	2	24	0	2.40	-	-	-	0

South Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fitzgerald	c †Emery b Cook	2	15	19	0	0	13.33
Matthew Kelton	run out (Richards)	6	30	42	1	0	20.00
Greg Blewett	c †Emery b Robertson	11	21	27	2	0	52.38
Jamie Siddons (c)	c †Emery b Robertson	27	42	48	5	0	64.28
Ben Johnson	c Davison b Robertson	6	23	34	0	0	26.08
Jason Gillespie	b Stuart	25	172	196	0	0	14.53
Darren Webber	b Robertson	30	71	74	5	0	42.25
Tim Nielsen †	b Robertson	12	21	26	2	0	57.14
Brad Young	not out	41	110	113	7	0	37.27
Shane George	b Stuart	6	12	18	1	0	50.00
Mark Harrity	b Cook	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2)	2
Total	87 Ov (RR: 1.93, 307 Mins)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-19, 3-21, 4-53, 5-54, 6-91, 7-111, 8-151, 9-163, 10-168

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Simon Cook	18	4	40	2	2.22	-	-	-
Anthony Stuart	14	5	46	2	3.28	-	-	-
Gavin Robertson	32	16	37	5	1.15	-	-	-
David Freedman	20	11	29	0	1.45	-	-	-
Shane Lee	3	0	14	0	4.66	-	-	-

New South Wales 2nd Innings (T: 16 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Robertson	not out	7	5	12	1	0	140.00
Rodney Davison	not out	7	15	12	1	0	46.66
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	3.1 Ov (RR: 5.05, 12 Mins)	16/0
Did not bat: Mark Taylor (c), Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Corey Richards, Shane Lee, Phil Emery †, David Freedman, Anthony Stuart, Simon Cook

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Harrity	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-	0	0
Ben Johnson	1.1	1	3	0	2.57	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 19 Dec - day 1 - South Aus 1st innings 323/7 (Brad Young 16*, Jason Gillespie 2*)

Sat, 20 Dec - day 2 - NSW 1st innings 229/3 (Rodney Davison 113*, Corey Richards 0*)

Sun, 21 Dec - day 3 - South Aus 2nd innings 54/5 (Jason Gillespie 0*, Darren Webber 0*)

Mon, 22 Dec - day 4 - NSW 2nd innings 16/0 (3.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Twelfth Men: MJP Minagall (South Australia) and SR Clark (New South Wales).
South Australia 1st Innings:
Fitzgerald 50 133 mins 89 balls 8 fours
Webber 50 67 mins 60 balls 6x4 1x6; 100 160 mins 140 balls 10x4 1x6
6th wkt partnership: 138 159 mins 264 balls Webber/Nielsen
New South Wales 1st Innings:
Taylor 50 141 mins 97 balls 4x4
Davison 137 (50 149 mins 125 balls 4x4; 100 252 mins 223 balls 9x4) Second consecutive first-class century, highest fc score (prev. 133* on debut, NSW v Tasmania at Sydney, 1993-94)
S Lee 183*:
50 103 mins 85 balls 6x4
100 167 mins 141 balls 13x4
150 236 mins 185 balls 18x4 3x6
54* to 183* between lunch and tea (149 minute session)
Highest first-class score (prev, 167* Somerset v Worcestershire at Bath, 1996)
Emery appeared to be out caught behind when 6* (5-303) off Blewett. The umpire was Tony McQuillan.
JN Gillespie did not take the field after tea on the second day or for the remainder of the NSW innings on the third day due to leg cramps.
South Australia 2nd Innings:
New Ball taken at 7-151 after 81 overs

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Chances put down in the match:
SA 1st Innings:
Fitzgerald 52* Lee 2nd slip at 4-128
NSW 1st Innings:
Davison 16* Webber (1st slip)/George at 0-23
Taylor 10* Young (gully)/Harrity at 0-41
Davison 91* Neilsen/Young at 2-183
Lee 34* George (mid on)/Blewett at 4-296
Attendance: Day 1 - 1924. Day 2 - 1855. Day 3 - 2243. Day 4 - approx 200. Total: 6022 + day 4.

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	South Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	RG Kinnear Tony McQuillan
Points	New South Wales 6, South Australia 0

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NSW Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Harrity	2	0	13	0	6.5
BA Johnson	1.1	1	3	0	2.57

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	16	Gavin Robertson	Rodney Davison

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WA	10	6	3	1	40	1.324
TAS	10	6	3	1	40	1.271
QLD	10	3	4	3	22	1.043
NSW	10	3	3	4	20	0.987
VIC	10	2	4	4	18	0.887
SOA	10	1	4	5	14	0.649