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South Africa v Australia @ Buffalo Park, East London
29 March 1997
Toss: South Africa (field)
Umpires: CJ Mitchley, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: WA Diedricks
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mark Taylor | c Jonty Rhodes b Shaun Pollock | 7 | 24 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 2. Michael Di Venuto | c Daryll Cullinan b Jacques Kallis | 23 | 14 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 3. Stuart Law | c Jacques Kallis b Pat Symcox | 50 | 68 | 92 | 6 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | run out (Herschelle Gibbs > Dave Richardson) | 50 | 61 | 85 | 4 | - |
| 5. Greg Blewett | run out (Hansie Cronje > ) | 14 | 23 | 29 | - | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 51 | 60 | 95 | 3 | 1 |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | run out (Jonty Rhodes > ) | 1 | 2 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Daryll Cullinan b Allan Donald | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | b Lance Klusener | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 10. Jason Gillespie | c Daryll Cullinan b Lance Klusener | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Adam Dale | not out | 15 | 38 | 42 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Michael Di Venuto), 2-32 (Mark Taylor), 3-129 (Stuart Law), 4-134 (Steve Waugh), 5-163 (Greg Blewett), 6-169 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-176 (Shane Warne), 8-178 (Paul Reiffel), 9-178 (Jason Gillespie). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 211 mins) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Adam Bacher | c Shane Warne b Paul Reiffel | 27 | 39 | 45 | 4 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Adam Gilchrist b Adam Dale | 10 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | st Adam Gilchrist b Shane Warne | 63 | 76 | 120 | 4 | - |
| 4. Lance Klusener | b Shane Warne | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 5. Daryll Cullinan | not out | 85 | 116 | 136 | 9 | - |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 24 | 29 | 40 | 2 | - |
| *7. Hansie Cronje | ||||||
| 8. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| +9. Dave Richardson | ||||||
| 10. Pat Symcox | ||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-31 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-48 (Adam Bacher), 3-50 (Lance Klusener), 4-172 (Jacques Kallis). |
| Extras | 4b, 7lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 47 ovs, 191 mins) 227 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Adam Dale | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 36 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Adam Bacher, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Daryll Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock, Dave Richardson, Pat Symcox, Allan Donald