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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 26th January 1998 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | DB Hair, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | IS Thomas |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | ME Gorham (Australia), MA Slarke (South Africa) |
| Man of the Match | AC Gilchrist |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Warne b ME Waugh | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 75.00 |
| G Kirsten | c Gilchrist b Wilson | 14 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - | 45.16 |
| L Klusener | c Harvey b Reiffel | 31 | 54 | 79 | 3 | - | 57.41 |
| JH Kallis | c Ponting b Reiffel | 10 | 27 | 22 | - | - | 37.04 |
| *WJ Cronje | c Bevan b Warne | 73 | 77 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 94.81 |
| JN Rhodes | not out | 82 | 98 | 113 | 4 | - | 83.67 |
| SM Pollock | lbw b Reiffel | 3 | 5 | 11 | - | - | 60.00 |
| PL Symcox | not out | 5 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 125.00 |
| +DJ Richardson | did not bat | ||||||
| BM McMillan | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 200 minutes, 50 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Cullinan, 1.2 ov), 2-35 (Kirsten, 10.2 ov), 3-55 (Kallis, 17.4 ov), 4-64 (Klusener, 21.1 ov), 5-198 (Cronje, 45.4 ov), 6-211 (Pollock, 47.6 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Wilson | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.90 |
| ME Waugh | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.40 |
| Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 1 | - | 20.00 | 3.20 |
| Moody | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.50 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 5.20 |
| Harvey | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.75 |
| Lehmann | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.67 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +AC Gilchrist | b McMillan | 100 | 104 | 136 | 9 | 1 | 96.15 |
| ME Waugh | b Klusener | 25 | 31 | 37 | 4 | - | 80.65 |
| RT Ponting | lbw b Klusener | 47 | 72 | 107 | 3 | - | 65.28 |
| IJ Harvey | not out | 27 | 27 | 36 | 3 | - | 100.00 |
| DS Lehmann | not out | 17 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | 89.47 |
| *SR Waugh | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Bevan | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Moody | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| P Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 5 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 175 minutes, 41.5 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51 (ME Waugh, 9.6 ov), 2-177 (Gilchrist, 33.5 ov), 3-184 (Ponting, 34.6 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.88 |
| Klusener | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 30.00 | 5.70 |
| Donald | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.67 |
| Symcox | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 |
| McMillan | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | 1 | 48.00 | 5.62 |
| Cullinan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.50 |
| Cronje | 1.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.91 |
Notes
--> WJ Cronje 50 in 68 balls, 93 minutes with 1 four
--> JN Rhodes 50 in 73 balls, 79 minutes with 2 fours
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 63 balls, 88 minutes with 7 fours
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 77 in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his first century in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 77 in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his first century in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist 100 in 101 balls, 134 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
Match delayed from 25 January 1998 due to rain and a soaked ground
12th Men: SG Law (Australia) and HH Gibbs (South Africa)
Attendance: 26,293
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