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South Africa v Zimbabwe @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
31 January 1997
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: DF Becker, SB Lambson
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley
Match Referee: BN Jarman
Match Result: South Africa won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Grant Flower | b Hansie Cronje | 62 | 93 | 154 | 5 | - |
| 2. Andy Waller | c & b Allan Donald | 1 | 5 | 11 | - | - |
| +3. Andy Flower | c Dave Richardson b Allan Donald | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Craig Wishart | c Dave Richardson b Shaun Pollock | 24 | 41 | 49 | 3 | - |
| *5. Alistair Campbell | run out (Andrew Hudson > ) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 6. Dave Houghton | c Jonty Rhodes b Pat Symcox | 57 | 61 | 63 | 4 | 1 |
| 7. Guy Whittall | c Hansie Cronje b Allan Donald | 41 | 45 | 56 | 2 | - |
| 8. Paul Strang | not out | 40 | 38 | 58 | 5 | - |
| 9. Heath Streak | b Allan Donald | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 10. Eddo Brandes | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Everton Matambanadzo |
| FOW | 1-6 (Andy Waller), 2-6 (Andy Flower), 3-51 (Craig Wishart), 4-61 (Alistair Campbell), 5-154 (Dave Houghton), 6-168 (Grant Flower), 7-231 (Guy Whittall), 8-247 (Heath Streak). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 7w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 1 | 46 | 4 | (1w,1nb) |
| Rudi Bryson | 8 | 1 | 44 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hudson | lbw b Eddo Brandes | 1 | 10 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | lbw b Eddo Brandes | 7 | 11 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 3. Lance Klusener | c Guy Whittall b Eddo Brandes | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Guy Whittall | 30 | 42 | 72 | 2 | - |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | c Alistair Campbell b Everton Matambanadzo | 34 | 28 | 40 | 5 | - |
| *6. Hansie Cronje | not out | 70 | 86 | 147 | 5 | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | b Heath Streak | 75 | 85 | 98 | 5 | - |
| +8. Dave Richardson | not out | 11 | 22 | 21 | - | - |
| 9. Pat Symcox | ||||||
| 10. Rudi Bryson | ||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-4 (Andrew Hudson), 2-15 (Lance Klusener), 3-16 (Gary Kirsten), 4-72 (Jonty Rhodes), 5-102 (Daryll Cullinan), 6-239 (Shaun Pollock). |
| Extras | 3b, 7lb, 16w, 0nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 48.3 ovs) 259 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Eddo Brandes | 10 | 1 | 45 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Heath Streak | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Everton Matambanadzo | 8.3 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (9w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Andrew Hudson, Gary Kirsten, Lance Klusener, Daryll Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock, Dave Richardson, Pat Symcox, Rudi Bryson, Allan Donald