Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	b Kallis	68	117	160	11	0	58.11
Jamie Cox	c Donald b Kallis	73	141	198	10	0	51.77
Scott Mason	lbw b Adams	28	66	94	1	0	42.42
Shaun Young	b Cronje	145	237	283	17	0	61.18
David Boon (c)	c Cullinan b Donald	33	91	129	3	0	36.26
Daniel Marsh	not out	129	132	161	17	1	97.72
Mark Atkinson †	not out	25	54	65	1	0	46.29
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 24, w 1)	34
Total	137 Ov (RR: 3.90, 548 Mins)	535/5d
Did not bat: Rod Tucker, Colin Miller, Paul Hutchison, Mark Ridgway
Fall of wickets: 1-134 (Dene Hills), 2-155 (Jamie Cox), 3-195 (Scott Mason), 4-288 (David Boon), 5-440 (Shaun Young)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Allan Donald	24	4	89	1	3.70	-	-	-	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	19	2	84	0	4.42	-	-	-	0	5
Brian McMillan	8	0	51	0	6.37	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	18	4	53	0	2.94	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Adams	32	1	116	1	3.62	-	-	-	0	3
Jacques Kallis	16	3	52	2	3.25	-	-	-	1	0
Hansie Cronje	19	4	68	1	3.57	-	-	-	0	3
Daryll Cullinan	1	0	13	0	13.00	-	-	-	0	1

South Africans 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	c Hills b Ridgway	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Gary Kirsten	c Hills b Miller	19	38	61	1	0	50.00
Jacques Kallis	b Ridgway	11	11	9	2	0	100.00
Daryll Cullinan	c Hills b Miller	30	62	64	4	0	48.38
Hansie Cronje (c)	c Hills b Marsh	165	336	385	13	3	49.10
Brian McMillan	c Boon b Ridgway	27	38	54	4	0	71.05
Lance Klusener	b Ridgway	15	34	43	2	0	44.11
Mark Boucher †	c Young b Marsh	55	95	124	10	0	57.89
Allan Donald	not out	55	112	159	2	0	49.10
Paul Adams	not out	3	12	14	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, nb 10)	22
Total	123 Ov (RR: 3.26, 464 Mins)	402/8d
Did not bat: Makhaya Ntini
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Adam Bacher), 2-14 (Jacques Kallis), 3-60 (Gary Kirsten), 4-71 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-110 (Brian McMillan), 6-136 (Lance Klusener), 7-247 (Mark Boucher), 8-393 (Hansie Cronje)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mark Ridgway	29	6	105	4	3.62	-	-	-	2
Colin Miller	41	10	94	2	2.29	-	-	-	1
Paul Hutchison	28	6	111	0	3.96	-	-	-	1
Daniel Marsh	14	3	54	2	3.85	-	-	-	0
Shaun Young	8	2	16	0	2.00	-	-	-	1
Rod Tucker	3	0	10	0	3.33	-	-	-	0

Tasmania 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	c Cullinan b Ntini	20	76	105	2	0	26.31
Jamie Cox	c McMillan b Ntini	35	79	93	3	0	44.30
Scott Mason	b McMillan	11	26	43	1	0	42.30
Rod Tucker	not out	44	68	107	8	0	64.70
Shaun Young	c & b McMillan	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
Daniel Marsh	b Kallis	0	10	12	0	0	0.00
Mark Atkinson †	run out (Bacher)	11	30	33	1	0	36.66
Paul Hutchison	c Cronje b Adams	4	14	15	1	0	28.57
Colin Miller	not out	7	4	6	1	0	175.00
Extras	(lb 9, nb 4)	13
Total	51 Ov (RR: 2.88, 214 Mins)	147/7d
Did not bat: David Boon (c), Mark Ridgway
Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Jamie Cox), 2-60 (Dene Hills), 3-80 (Scott Mason), 4-82 (Shaun Young), 5-89 (Daniel Marsh), 6-124 (Mark Atkinson), 7-139 (Paul Hutchison)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Lance Klusener	14	5	29	0	2.07	-	-	-	0
Brian McMillan	11	3	34	2	3.09	-	-	-	0
Paul Adams	7	2	19	1	2.71	-	-	-	1
Makhaya Ntini	8	0	24	2	3.00	-	-	-	1
Jacques Kallis	10	2	26	1	2.60	-	-	-	0
Hansie Cronje	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-	0

South Africans 2nd Innings (T: 281 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	c †Atkinson b Miller	2	6	6	0	0	33.33
Gary Kirsten	b Hutchison	19	57	79	3	0	33.33
Jacques Kallis	not out	51	126	152	4	0	40.47
Daryll Cullinan	not out	17	69	80	2	0	24.63
Extras	(b 1, lb 4)	5
Total	43 Ov (RR: 2.18, 160 Mins)	94/2
Did not bat: Hansie Cronje (c), Brian McMillan, Lance Klusener, Mark Boucher †, Allan Donald, Paul Adams, Makhaya Ntini
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Adam Bacher), 2-47 (Gary Kirsten)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Mark Ridgway	6	1	21	0	3.50	-	-	-
Colin Miller	10	3	13	1	1.30	-	-	-
Paul Hutchison	13	4	41	1	3.15	-	-	-
Shaun Young	8	4	11	0	1.37	-	-	-
Daniel Marsh	6	3	3	0	0.50	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 13 Dec - day 1 - Tasmania 1st innings 278/3 (Shaun Young 61*, David Boon 25*)

Sun, 14 Dec - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 132/5 (Hansie Cronje 21*, Lance Klusener 14*)

Mon, 15 Dec - day 3 - Tasmania 2nd innings 27/0 (Dene Hills 7*, Jamie Cox 19*)

Tue, 16 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 94/2 (43 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Twelfth Men: RW Hodgson (Tasmania) and JN Rhodes (South Africans)
South Africans 1st Innings:
WJ Cronje's first century in any form of cricket since December 9, 1995 (116, Free State v Natal at Bloemfontein, Castle Cup).
AA Donald's highest first-class score (prev. 46*, OFS v Western Province at Cape Town, 1990-91)
South Africans 2nd Innings:
Target for victory was 281 runs in 51 overs.

Match Details

Devonport Oval
Toss	Tasmania, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of Australia
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Gus Jones Terry Prue