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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1998 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 21 runs |
| Umpires | DB Hair, P Willey |
| TV umpire | SJA Taufel |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 197/5 (Cronje 56*, Pollock 1*; 97 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 174/3 (ME Waugh 78*, SR Waugh 18*; 67 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 392/9 (Healy 31*, McGrath 3*; 157 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SK Warne |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Bacher | lbw b Blewett | 39 | 85 | 121 | 4 | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Taylor b McGrath | 11 | 42 | 55 | - | - | |
| JH Kallis | run out (Ponting) | 16 | 59 | 68 | 2 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Taylor b Warne | 88 | 262 | 335 | 8 | - | |
| HH Gibbs | c Healy b Bevan | 54 | 150 | 162 | 6 | - | |
| BM McMillan | c Elliott b Bevan | 6 | 17 | 14 | - | - | |
| SM Pollock | c Taylor b Warne | 18 | 67 | 91 | 3 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | b Warne | 6 | 15 | 14 | - | - | |
| PL Symcox | c Healy b Warne | 29 | 40 | 56 | 5 | - | |
| AA Donald | not out | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| PR Adams | c SR Waugh b Warne | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 477 minutes, 124.1 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25 (Kirsten, 12.2 ov), 2-70 (Bacher, 30.2 ov), 3-70 (Kallis, 30.5 ov), 4-167 (Gibbs, 77.4 ov), 5-174 (McMillan, 81.2 ov), 6-228 (Pollock, 105.6 ov), 7-236 (Richardson, 109.4 ov), 8-276 (Cronje, 120.1 ov), 9-287 (Symcox, 122.4 ov), 10-287 (Adams, 124.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 20 | 6 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reiffel | 24 | 7 | 48 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Warne | 32.1 | 8 | 75 | 5 | - | 3 | |
| Bevan | 23 | 3 | 56 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Blewett | 13 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| SR Waugh | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| ME Waugh | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Elliott | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MTG Elliott | c McMillan b Symcox | 32 | 66 | 90 | 4 | - | |
| *MA Taylor | c Richardson b Pollock | 11 | 45 | 50 | - | - | |
| GS Blewett | b McMillan | 28 | 113 | 119 | 4 | - | |
| ME Waugh | lbw b Pollock | 100 | 186 | 211 | 12 | 1 | |
| SR Waugh | b Donald | 85 | 199 | 279 | 9 | - | |
| RT Ponting | c and b Adams | 62 | 155 | 219 | 1 | 1 | |
| MG Bevan | c McMillan b Symcox | 12 | 39 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| +IA Healy | not out | 46 | 130 | 152 | 2 | - | |
| PR Reiffel | b Donald | 0 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| SK Warne | lbw b Pollock | 12 | 28 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| GD McGrath | c Richardson b Donald | 14 | 45 | 59 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 12 lb, 6 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 646 minutes, 167.4 overs) | 421 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Taylor, 13.2 ov), 2-59 (Elliott, 24.6 ov), 3-103 (Blewett, 49.4 ov), 4-219 (ME Waugh, 83.6 ov), 5-317 (SR Waugh, 118.5 ov), 6-337 (Bevan, 128.5 ov), 7-354 (Ponting, 136.6 ov), 8-357 (Reiffel, 139.6 ov), 9-385 (Warne, 153.1 ov), 10-421 (McGrath, 167.4 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 30.4 | 5 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pollock | 33 | 8 | 71 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| Symcox | 39 | 9 | 103 | 2 | - | - | |
| Adams | 38 | 9 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 18 | 5 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Cronje | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Kirsten | lbw b McGrath | 0 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| AM Bacher | c Ponting b Reiffel | 2 | 12 | 22 | - | - | |
| JH Kallis | b Warne | 45 | 110 | 155 | 4 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Ponting b Warne | 5 | 35 | 36 | - | - | |
| HH Gibbs | c Blewett b Warne | 1 | 25 | 33 | - | - | |
| BM McMillan | b Warne | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c Taylor b Warne | 4 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | c and b Warne | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| PL Symcox | b Reiffel | 38 | 72 | 69 | 4 | 1 | |
| AA Donald | c Healy b Reiffel | 2 | 23 | 34 | - | - | |
| PR Adams | not out | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 199 minutes, 53 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Kirsten, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (Bacher, 4.5 ov), 3-21 (Cronje, 13.6 ov), 4-27 (Gibbs, 23.2 ov), 5-41 (McMillan, 25.6 ov), 6-55 (Pollock, 29.3 ov), 7-55 (Richardson, 29.6 ov), 8-96 (Kallis, 43.4 ov), 9-112 (Symcox, 50.3 ov), 10-113 (Donald, 53 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Reiffel | 12 | 3 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| McGrath | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Warne | 21 | 9 | 34 | 6 | - | 1 | |
| Blewett | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bevan | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| ME Waugh | 10 | 2 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 47/1 (Bacher 30*, Kallis 3*; 22 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 140/3 (Cronje 25*, Gibbs 43*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 287 all out
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 78/2 (Blewett 19*, ME Waugh 11*; 36 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 259/4 (SR Waugh 57*, Ponting 19*; 96 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 332/5 (Ponting 48*, Bevan 12*; 126 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 21/3 (Kallis 12*, Gibbs 0*; 16 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 85/7 (Kallis 40*, Symcox 18*; 39 overs)
--> MG Bevan made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WJ Cronje (1) 50 in 189 balls, 221 minutes with 4 fours
--> HH Gibbs (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Test matches
--> HH Gibbs (1) 50 in 137 balls, 149 minutes with 5 fours
--> PL Symcox (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> ME Waugh (1) 50 in 102 balls, 111 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> ME Waugh (1) 100 in 181 balls, 208 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> ME Waugh (1) 100 in 181 balls, 208 minutes
--> SR Waugh (1) 50 in 119 balls, 161 minutes with 8 fours
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 120 balls, 178 minutes with 0 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> SK Warne (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> PR Adams made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SK Warne reached 300 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JH Kallis, his 6th wicket in the South Africa second innings
Start of play delayed 30 minutes due to dampness on a batting strip adjacent to the Test pitch, due to overwatering on the previous day.
Attendance: 34,952.
Floodlights turned on at 2.55pm.
Rain ends play at 5.54pm.
Attendance: 27,246.
Floodlights turned on at 4.40pm.
Attendance: 26,118.
Floodlights switched on at 2.40pm.
Attendance: 17,169. Match aggregate: 105,125.
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