| a10858 o1257 |
|
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 9th December 1997 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 45 runs |
| Points | Australia 0; South Africa 2 |
| Umpires | DJ Harper, PD Parker |
| TV umpire | WP Sheahan |
| Referee | CW Smith |
| Scorers | KV O'Neill (South Africa), CJ Reece (Australia) |
| Player of the Match | L Klusener |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Kirsten | c Warne b Reiffel | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| HH Gibbs | run out (Harvey) | 15 | 30 | 52 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| L Klusener | c Gilchrist b Moody | 17 | 31 | 40 | 2 | - | 54.84 |
| *WJ Cronje | run out (Bevan->Gilchrist) | 2 | 17 | 19 | - | - | 11.76 |
| JH Kallis | st Gilchrist b ME Waugh | 27 | 58 | 76 | - | - | 46.55 |
| JN Rhodes | run out (Bichel) | 42 | 71 | 86 | 1 | - | 59.15 |
| SM Pollock | c Moody b ME Waugh | 18 | 36 | 38 | - | - | 50.00 |
| BM McMillan | run out (Harvey->Bichel->Gilchrist) | 13 | 24 | 35 | - | - | 54.17 |
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 18 | 22 | 28 | - | - | 81.82 |
| PL Symcox | not out | 4 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 36.36 |
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb, 8 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 197 minutes, 50 overs) | 170 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Kirsten), 2-36 (Klusener), 3-40 (Gibbs), 4-44 (Cronje), 5-105 (Kallis), 6-125 (Rhodes), 7-140 (Pollock), 8-161 (McMillan) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 1.80 |
| Bichel | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 5.20 |
| Moody | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 1.25 |
| Harvey | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.14 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 3.60 |
| ME Waugh | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.90 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Di Venuto | c Pollock b Klusener | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | 150.00 |
| ME Waugh | c Pollock b Symcox | 45 | 76 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 59.21 |
| *SR Waugh | c Richardson b Klusener | 0 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 0.00 |
| RT Ponting | c Kirsten b Klusener | 15 | 22 | 27 | 1 | - | 68.18 |
| MG Bevan | c Rhodes b McMillan | 19 | 39 | 55 | - | - | 48.72 |
| +AC Gilchrist | not out | 29 | 57 | 76 | 2 | - | 50.88 |
| TM Moody | lbw b Symcox | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| IJ Harvey | lbw b McMillan | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - | 16.67 |
| PR Reiffel | run out (Kirsten->Symcox) | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 50.00 |
| SK Warne | c Gibbs b Klusener | 5 | 21 | 27 | - | - | 23.81 |
| AJ Bichel | c McMillan b Klusener | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 175 minutes, 39.1 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Di Venuto), 2-12 (SR Waugh), 3-38 (Ponting), 4-79 (Bevan), 5-97 (ME Waugh), 6-97 (Moody), 7-100 (Harvey), 8-104 (Reiffel), 9-123 (Warne), 10-125 (Bichel) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.12 |
| Klusener | 7.1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | - | - | 8.60 | 3.35 |
| Donald | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 4.33 |
| McMillan | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.62 |
| Symcox | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 1.80 |
Notes
--> AC Gilchrist passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 11
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
12th Men: GS Blewett (Australia) and AM Bacher (South Africa)
Attendance: 55,673.
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Bahrain in Bhutan 2025/26
- Brazil in Argentina 2025/26
- England in Australia 2025/26
- ICC Women's Emerging Nations Trophy 2025/26
- Ireland in Bangladesh 2025/26
- Ireland Women in South Africa 2025/26
- Mini South East Asia Games 2025/26
- Myanmar Women in Singapore 2025/26
- Pakistan International T20 Tri-series 2025/26
- South Africa in India 2025/26
- South East Asia Games Women's Twenty20 Competition 2025/26
- West Africa Trophy 2025/26
- West Indies in New Zealand 2025/26
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


