BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c †Richardson b Klusener	6	33	55	0	0	18.18
Mark Taylor (c)	c Kirsten b McMillan	20	78	98	1	0	25.64
Greg Blewett	st †Richardson b Symcox	26	114	156	1	0	22.80
Mark Waugh	c †Richardson b Donald	0	18	21	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh	c Cullinan b Donald	96	188	264	9	0	51.06
Ricky Ponting	b Symcox	105	208	269	14	0	50.48
Ian Healy †	b Donald	16	25	28	2	0	64.00
Paul Reiffel	b Symcox	27	54	77	2	0	50.00
Shane Warne	c & b Pollock	1	8	11	0	0	12.50
Michael Kasprowicz	c Bacher b Symcox	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	not out	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 5)	12
TOTAL	121.2 Ov (RR: 2.54, 500 Mts)	309
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Matthew Elliott, 13.2 ov), 2-42 (Mark Taylor, 22.5 ov), 3-44 (Mark Waugh, 28.3 ov), 4-77 (Greg Blewett, 51.3 ov), 5-222 (Steve Waugh, 94.3 ov), 6-250 (Ian Healy, 100.6 ov), 7-302 (Ricky Ponting, 117.4 ov), 8-309 (Paul Reiffel, 119.5 ov), 9-309 (Shane Warne, 120.1 ov), 10-309 (Michael Kasprowicz, 121.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Allan Donald	29	6	74	3	2.55	-	-	-	2
Shaun Pollock	28	6	76	1	2.71	-	-	-	2
Lance Klusener	19	3	48	1	2.52	-	-	-	2
Brian McMillan	10	3	19	1	1.90	-	-	-	0
Pat Symcox	27.2	4	69	4	2.52	-	-	-	0
Jacques Kallis	4	2	5	0	1.25	-	-	-	0
Hansie Cronje	4	2	11	0	2.75	-	-	-	0

South Africa 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	3	35	53	0	0	8.57
Gary Kirsten	c †Healy b ME Waugh	83	256	323	7	0	32.42
Jacques Kallis	c †Healy b McGrath	15	57	77	1	0	26.31
Daryll Cullinan	run out (Ponting)	5	29	39	0	0	17.24
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Blewett b Warne	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Brian McMillan	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	48	189	227	2	0	25.39
Shaun Pollock	lbw b Warne	7	25	28	1	0	28.00
David Richardson †	lbw b ME Waugh	1	9	10	0	0	11.11
Lance Klusener	lbw b Warne	11	35	47	1	0	31.42
Pat Symcox	b Kasprowicz	4	9	12	1	0	44.44
Allan Donald	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 6, w 1)	9
TOTAL	106.5 Ov (RR: 1.74, 416 Mts)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Adam Bacher, 12.3 ov), 2-62 (Jacques Kallis, 32.2 ov), 3-75 (Daryll Cullinan, 40.6 ov), 4-76 (Hansie Cronje, 41.5 ov), 5-138 (Gary Kirsten, 81.4 ov), 6-155 (Shaun Pollock, 90.4 ov), 7-158 (David Richardson, 93.5 ov), 8-182 (Brian McMillan, 104.2 ov), 9-182 (Lance Klusener, 105.3 ov), 10-186 (Pat Symcox, 106.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	17	9	20	1	1.17	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Reiffel	14	5	32	0	2.28	-	-	-	0	2
Michael Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	-	-	-	0	2
Shane Warne	42	15	64	3	1.52	-	-	-	1	2
Mark Waugh	18	8	28	2	1.55	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Waugh	2	0	12	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Australia 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Cullinan b Symcox	59	195	248	4	0	30.25
Matthew Elliott	lbw b Donald	1	19	28	0	0	5.26
Greg Blewett	c McMillan b Donald	6	7	10	0	0	85.71
Mark Waugh	b Donald	1	12	15	0	0	8.33
Steve Waugh	c †Richardson b Pollock	17	27	43	2	0	62.96
Ricky Ponting	c & b Pollock	32	84	113	2	0	38.09
Ian Healy †	b Donald	4	17	39	0	0	23.52
Paul Reiffel	not out	79	115	154	6	0	68.69
Shane Warne	c Symcox b Donald	10	16	19	2	0	62.50
Michael Kasprowicz	c Kirsten b Donald	19	43	62	2	0	44.18
Glenn McGrath	c McMillan b Pollock	18	47	66	0	0	38.29
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 4)	11
TOTAL	96.2 Ov (RR: 2.66, 403 Mts)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Matthew Elliott, 6.1 ov), 2-10 (Greg Blewett, 8.3 ov), 3-12 (Mark Waugh, 12.5 ov), 4-44 (Steve Waugh, 22.2 ov), 5-106 (Ricky Ponting, 50.4 ov), 6-128 (Mark Taylor, 59.3 ov), 7-128 (Ian Healy, 60.1 ov), 8-146 (Shane Warne, 64.4 ov), 9-208 (Michael Kasprowicz, 80.4 ov), 10-257 (Glenn McGrath, 96.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Allan Donald	27	8	59	6	2.18	-	-	-	3
Shaun Pollock	21.2	5	56	3	2.62	-	-	-	1
Pat Symcox	35	9	90	1	2.57	-	-	-	0
Brian McMillan	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Lance Klusener	9	2	28	0	3.11	-	-	-	0
Hansie Cronje	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	-	-	0

South Africa 2nd INNINGS (Target: 381 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Kirsten	b Reiffel	0	14	23	0	0	0.00
Adam Bacher	c Taylor b Warne	39	109	149	1	0	35.77
Jacques Kallis	b Reiffel	101	279	357	6	0	36.20
Daryll Cullinan	b Warne	0	8	10	0	0	0.00
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Taylor b SR Waugh	70	143	170	2	0	48.95
Brian McMillan	c Taylor b Warne	16	69	84	2	0	23.18
Shaun Pollock	not out	15	70	101	1	0	21.42
David Richardson †	lbw b McGrath	11	39	47	0	0	28.20
Lance Klusener	not out	6	10	16	1	0	60.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 6)	15
TOTAL	122 Ov (RR: 2.23, 483 Mts)	273/7
Did not bat: Pat Symcox, Allan Donald
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gary Kirsten, 5.1 ov), 2-88 (Adam Bacher, 37.1 ov), 3-88 (Daryll Cullinan, 39.3 ov), 4-211 (Hansie Cronje, 84.2 ov), 5-229 (Jacques Kallis, 97.2 ov), 6-241 (Brian McMillan, 105.6 ov), 7-260 (David Richardson, 118.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	28	11	57	1	2.03	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	18	7	24	2	1.33	-	-	-	2
Michael Kasprowicz	14	1	45	0	3.21	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	44	11	97	3	2.20	-	-	-	8
Mark Waugh	10	0	25	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	7	2	12	1	1.71	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Jacques Kallis
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1392
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Steve Bucknor Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Bill Sheahan
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 206/4 (Steve Waugh 87*, Ricky Ponting 56*, 90 ov)

Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 94/4 (Gary Kirsten 61*, Brian McMillan 6*, 56 ov)

Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 67/4 (Mark Taylor 30*, Ricky Ponting 8*, 37 ov)

Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 79/1 (Adam Bacher 34*, Jacques Kallis 40*, 30 ov)

Tue, 30 Dec - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 273/7 (122 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

Day 1

Lunch: Australia 44/3 (Blewett 13*; 28.4 overs)
Tea: Australia 92/4 (SR Waugh 28*, Ponting 5*; 59 overs)
Elliott dropped by Kallis off Donald in the 1st over.
Richardson took the South African record for Most Fielding Dismissals apon catching Elliott (previous: JHB Waite, 141 Dismissals).
SR Waugh was caught by Richardson off a no-ball by Donald soon after reaching his 50.
SR Waugh was dropped by Kirsten in 2nd last over of the day.

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Lunch: Australia 146/8 (Reiffel 8*, Kasprowicz 0*; 65 overs)
Tea: Australia 257 all out 96.2 overs
With the dismissal of Kasprowicz, Donald passes the highest number of Test wickets taken in a career by a South African (170, HJ Tayfield)
Paul Reiffel passes his highest Test score
With the dismissal of Kirsten, Reiffel claims his 100th Test wicket
With the score on 2/0 AM Bacher was given out to a catch by RT Ponting, Ponting then advises that the catch was grounded and the decision was reversed.

Day 5

Lunch: South Africa 139/3 (Kallis 67*, Cronje 27*; 60 overs)
Tea: South Africa 226/4 (Kallis 100*, McMillan 6*; 93 overs)
Jacques Kallis passes his highest Test score
Attendance: Day 1 - 73,812 (third-largest Boxing Day crowd at the MCG); Day 2 - 31,367; Day 3 - 24,859; Day 4 - 18,895; Day 5 - 11,249. Aggregate 160,182.

Match Coverage

Two tribes go to Waugh

Australia v South Africa

South Africa Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	28	11	57	1	2.03
PR Reiffel	18	7	24	2	1.33 (2 nb)
MS Kasprowicz	14	1	45	0	3.21
SK Warne	44	11	97	3	2.2 (8 nb)
ME Waugh	10	0	25	0	2.5
SR Waugh	7	2	12	1	1.71
GS Blewett	1	0	4	0	4

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