Australia vs South Africa, 1st Match at Sydney, Dec 04 1997 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Match (D/N), Sydney, December 04, 1997, Carlton & United Series
South Africa  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c McGrath b ME Waugh | 44 | 69 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 63.76 | |||
| c Harvey b McGrath | 8 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| b McGrath | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| run out (Bichel/†Gilchrist) | 33 | 59 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 55.93 | |||
| c & b Bichel | 21 | 44 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 47.72 | |||
| b Harvey | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| run out (Harvey) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| c Warne b Bichel | 19 | 36 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 52.77 | |||
| lbw b Bichel | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 27 | 32 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 84.37 | |||
| c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 11 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 11, nb 4, w 1) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.00, 212 Mins) | 200 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Jacques Kallis), 2-37 (Lance Klusener), 3-96 (Gary Kirsten), 4-98 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-113 (Jonty Rhodes), 6-124 (Shaun Pollock), 7-153 (Hansie Cronje), 8-153 (David Richardson), 9-160 (Brian McMillan), 10-200 (Allan Donald) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 4.00 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 3.12 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 5.11 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia  (T: 201 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Rhodes b Pollock | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
| b Symcox | 45 | 60 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| c Rhodes b Donald | 15 | 38 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 39.47 | |||
| lbw b Symcox | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| st †Richardson b Symcox | 16 | 31 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 51.61 | |||
| c & b Cullinan | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c Kallis b Symcox | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| c Kirsten b Klusener | 17 | 31 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 54.83 | |||
| lbw b Cullinan | 17 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 73.91 | |||
| run out (Cronje) | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 1, nb 1, w 3) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 38 Ov (RR: 3.50, 163 Mins) | 133 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Michael Di Venuto), 2-61 (Greg Blewett), 3-64 (Steve Waugh), 4-71 (Mark Waugh), 5-78 (Adam Gilchrist), 6-89 (Ian Harvey), 7-92 (Michael Bevan), 8-122 (Shane Warne), 9-133 (Andy Bichel), 10-133 (Paul Reiffel) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2.00 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 4.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.60 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.87 | - | 0 | 1 |
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Scorers: EW Cosgrove (Australia) and MA Slarke (South Africa)
12th Men: RT Ponting (Australia) and HH Gibbs (South Africa)
SG Randell created a new Australian record for most ODI umpired standing in his 84th match (previous record: AR Crafter 83 matches)
IJ Harvey took the wicket of JN Rhodes with his 2nd ball in One-day Internationals.
Attendance: 36,562
Match Details
GroundSydney Cricket Ground
TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first
Season1997/98
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 1254
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSouth Africa 2, Australia 0