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Australia v South Africa @ Sydney Cricket Ground
2, 3, 4, 5 January 1998 (five-day match)
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, P Willey
Third Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 21 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Adam Bacher | lbw b Greg Blewett | 39 | 85 | 121 | 4 | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | c Mark Taylor b Glenn McGrath | 11 | 42 | 55 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | run out (Ricky Ponting > > ) | 16 | 59 | 68 | 2 | - |
| *4. Hansie Cronje | c Mark Taylor b Shane Warne | 88 | 262 | 335 | 8 | - |
| 5. Herschelle Gibbs | c Ian Healy b Michael Bevan | 54 | 150 | 162 | 6 | - |
| 6. Brian McMillan | c Matthew Elliott b Michael Bevan | 6 | 17 | 14 | - | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | c Mark Taylor b Shane Warne | 18 | 67 | 91 | 3 | - |
| +8. Dave Richardson | b Shane Warne | 6 | 15 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. Pat Symcox | c Ian Healy b Shane Warne | 29 | 40 | 56 | 5 | - |
| 10. Allan Donald | not out | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 11. Paul Adams | c Steve Waugh b Shane Warne | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Gary Kirsten), 2-70 (Adam Bacher), 3-70 (Jacques Kallis), 4-167 (Herschelle Gibbs), 5-174 (Brian McMillan), 6-228 (Shaun Pollock), 7-236 (Dave Richardson), 8-276 (Hansie Cronje), 9-287 (Pat Symcox), 287 (Paul Adams). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 1w, 7nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124.1 ovs) 287 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 20 | 6 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 24 | 7 | 48 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Shane Warne | 32.1 | 8 | 75 | 5 | (0w,3nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 23 | 3 | 56 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 13 | 5 | 30 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Matthew Elliott | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Elliott | c Brian McMillan b Pat Symcox | 32 | 66 | 90 | 4 | - |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Dave Richardson b Shaun Pollock | 11 | 45 | 50 | - | - |
| 3. Greg Blewett | b Brian McMillan | 28 | 113 | 119 | 4 | - |
| 4. Mark Waugh | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 100 | 186 | 211 | 12 | 1 |
| 5. Steve Waugh | b Allan Donald | 85 | 199 | 279 | 9 | - |
| 6. Ricky Ponting | c & b Paul Adams | 62 | 155 | 219 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Michael Bevan | c Brian McMillan b Pat Symcox | 12 | 39 | 42 | 1 | - |
| +8. Ian Healy | not out | 46 | 130 | 152 | 2 | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | b Allan Donald | 0 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| 10. Shane Warne | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 12 | 28 | 46 | 2 | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | c Dave Richardson b Allan Donald | 14 | 45 | 59 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-35 (Mark Taylor), 2-59 (Matthew Elliott), 3-103 (Greg Blewett), 4-219 (Mark Waugh), 5-317 (Steve Waugh), 6-337 (Michael Bevan), 7-354 (Ricky Ponting), 8-357 (Paul Reiffel), 9-385 (Shane Warne), 421 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 1b, 12lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 167.4 ovs) 421 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 30.4 | 5 | 81 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 33 | 8 | 71 | 3 | (0w,6nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 39 | 9 | 103 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Adams | 38 | 9 | 66 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 18 | 5 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 2. Adam Bacher | c Ricky Ponting b Paul Reiffel | 2 | 12 | 22 | - | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | b Shane Warne | 45 | 110 | 155 | 4 | - |
| *4. Hansie Cronje | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Warne | 5 | 35 | 36 | - | - |
| 5. Herschelle Gibbs | c Greg Blewett b Shane Warne | 1 | 25 | 33 | - | - |
| 6. Brian McMillan | b Shane Warne | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | c Mark Taylor b Shane Warne | 4 | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| +8. Dave Richardson | c & b Shane Warne | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Pat Symcox | b Paul Reiffel | 38 | 72 | 69 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. Allan Donald | c Ian Healy b Paul Reiffel | 2 | 23 | 34 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Adams | not out | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Gary Kirsten), 2-3 (Adam Bacher), 3-21 (Hansie Cronje), 4-27 (Herschelle Gibbs), 5-41 (Brian McMillan), 6-55 (Shaun Pollock), 7-55 (Dave Richardson), 8-96 (Jacques Kallis), 9-112 (Pat Symcox), 113 (Allan Donald). |
| Extras | 2b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 53 ovs) 113 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Reiffel | 12 | 3 | 14 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 21 | 9 | 34 | 6 | (0w,1nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 10 | 2 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Matthew Elliott, Mark Taylor, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath