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New Zealand v South Africa @ Adelaide Oval
6 December 1997
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: SJ Davis, RA Emerson
Third Umpire: DJ Harper
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: New Zealand won by 47 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matt Horne | c Jonty Rhodes b Shaun Pollock | 4 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Nathan Astle | run out (Shaun Pollock > ) | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - |
| 3. Chris Cairns | c Dave Richardson b Allan Donald | 55 | 54 | 80 | 8 | 1 |
| *4. Stephen Fleming | c Dave Richardson b Shaun Pollock | 10 | 20 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 5. Craig McMillan | c Pat Symcox b Shaun Pollock | 86 | 112 | 159 | 6 | 1 |
| 6. Roger Twose | lbw b Allan Donald | 1 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| 7. Chris Harris | not out | 52 | 93 | 108 | 1 | - |
| +8. Adam Parore | not out | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | ||||||
| 10. Gavin Larsen | ||||||
| 11. Shayne O'Connor |
| FOW | 1-6 (Matt Horne), 2-6 (Nathan Astle), 3-58 (Stephen Fleming), 4-89 (Chris Cairns), 5-93 (Roger Twose), 6-217 (Craig McMillan). |
| Extras | 1b, 8lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 2 | 36 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 9 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 10 | 0 | 57 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | st Adam Parore b Nathan Astle | 35 | 63 | 103 | 2 | - |
| 2. Jacques Kallis | c Nathan Astle b Shayne O'Connor | 14 | 18 | 17 | 2 | - |
| 3. Lance Klusener | c Matt Horne b Shayne O'Connor | 25 | 35 | 30 | 4 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Gavin Larsen | 13 | 34 | 41 | 1 | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | c Adam Parore b Chris Cairns | 11 | 26 | 37 | - | - |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | lbw b Gavin Larsen | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | c Matt Horne b Craig McMillan | 37 | 51 | 66 | 1 | - |
| 8. Brian McMillan | b Nathan Astle | 3 | 14 | 21 | - | - |
| 9. Pat Symcox | c & b Chris Harris | 9 | 14 | 11 | - | - |
| +10. Dave Richardson | not out | 21 | 17 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 11. Allan Donald | b Chris Cairns | 4 | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Jacques Kallis), 2-52 (Lance Klusener), 3-85 (Daryll Cullinan), 4-91 (Gary Kirsten), 5-94 (Jonty Rhodes), 6-113 (Hansie Cronje), 7-126 (Brian McMillan), 8-141 (Pat Symcox), 9-161 (Shaun Pollock), 177 (Allan Donald). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.5 ovs) 177 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shayne O'Connor | 7 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Chris Cairns | 9.5 | 1 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gavin Larsen | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Harris | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nathan Astle | 9 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McMillan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
Matt Horne, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Roger Twose, Chris Harris, Adam Parore, Daniel Vettori, Gavin Larsen, Shayne O'Connor