Australia in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
Australia won by an innings and 196 runs
- Test no. 1356 | 1996/97 season
- Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- 28 February, 1,2,3,4 March 1997 (5-day match)
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Hudson | c †Healy b McGrath | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| G Kirsten | c †Healy b McGrath | 9 | 67 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| JH Kallis | c ME Waugh b McGrath | 6 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| DJ Cullinan | c †Healy b McGrath | 27 | 100 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 36.98 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c ME Waugh b Warne | 76 | 187 | 144 | 10 | 1 | 52.77 | |
| JN Rhodes | c †Healy b Gillespie | 22 | 36 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 59.45 | |
| SM Pollock | c SR Waugh b Bevan | 35 | 44 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| L Klusener | c Taylor b Bevan | 9 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 40.90 | |
| DJ Richardson† | not out | 72 | 112 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 82.75 | |
| AA Donald | c †Healy b Gillespie | 21 | 56 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| PR Adams | lbw b Warne | 15 | 44 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 3) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 91.4 overs) | 302 | (3.29 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Hudson), 2-15 (Kallis), 3-25 (Kirsten), 4-78 (Cullinan), 5-115 (Rhodes), 6-165 (Pollock), 7-183 (Klusener), 8-195 (Cronje), 9-253 (Donald), 10-302 (Adams) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 26 | 8 | 77 | 4 | 2.96 | (1nb) | ||
| JN Gillespie | 17 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 3.88 | (2w) | ||
| SK Warne | 27.4 | 9 | 68 | 2 | 2.45 | (2nb) | ||
| MG Bevan | 17 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 3.76 | (1w) | ||
| GS Blewett | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | b Pollock | 16 | 47 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 45.71 | |
| ML Hayden | c Cullinan b Pollock | 40 | 154 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 34.78 | |
| MTG Elliott | c Adams b Donald | 85 | 160 | 113 | 13 | 1 | 75.22 | |
| ME Waugh | c †Richardson b Donald | 26 | 46 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 76.47 | |
| SR Waugh | c †Richardson b Kallis | 160 | 501 | 366 | 22 | 0 | 43.71 | |
| GS Blewett | c Adams b Klusener | 214 | 519 | 421 | 33 | 0 | 50.83 | |
| MG Bevan | not out | 37 | 73 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 63.79 | |
| IA Healy† | c Kirsten b Adams | 11 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| SK Warne | b Cronje | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 15, w 4, nb 10) | 30 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 193.4 overs) | 628 | (3.24 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat JN Gillespie, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-33 (Taylor), 2-128 (Hayden), 3-169 (ME Waugh), 4-174 (Elliott), 5-559 (SR Waugh), 6-577 (Blewett), 7-613 (Healy), 8-628 (Warne) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AA Donald | 35 | 7 | 136 | 2 | 3.88 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| SM Pollock | 32 | 3 | 105 | 2 | 3.28 | (9nb) | ||
| L Klusener | 37 | 10 | 122 | 1 | 3.29 | (1nb) | ||
| JH Kallis | 21 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 2.57 | (2w) | ||
| PR Adams | 52 | 7 | 163 | 1 | 3.13 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 16.4 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 1.92 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Kirsten | b Warne | 8 | 64 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 17.02 | |
| AC Hudson | run out (SR Waugh) | 31 | 80 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JH Kallis | b Warne | 39 | 171 | 155 | 5 | 0 | 25.16 | |
| DJ Cullinan | c †Healy b Warne | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c †Healy b SR Waugh | 22 | 60 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 44.89 | |
| JN Rhodes | lbw b Warne | 8 | 57 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 14 | 44 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 42.42 | |
| L Klusener | c Hayden b Bevan | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DJ Richardson† | c Hayden b Bevan | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| AA Donald | b Bevan | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PR Adams | b Bevan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 69 overs) | 130 | (1.88 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-36 (Kirsten), 2-41 (Hudson), 3-46 (Cullinan), 4-90 (Cronje), 5-108 (Rhodes), 6-127 (Kallis), 7-128 (Klusener), 8-130 (Richardson), 9-130 (Donald), 10-130 (Adams) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 10 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1.70 | (1nb) | ||
| JN Gillespie | 11 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 2.18 | |||
| SK Warne | 28 | 15 | 43 | 4 | 1.53 | |||
| MG Bevan | 15 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 2.13 | |||
| SR Waugh | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.00 | |||
| ME Waugh | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Players of the match
GS Blewett (Australia) and SR Waugh (Australia) |
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Umpires
CJ Mitchley and S Venkataraghavan (India) TV umpire RE Koertzen Match referee R Subba Row (England) |
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Close of play 28 Feb day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 302 1 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 191/4 (SR Waugh 14*, GS Blewett 3*) 2 Mar day 3 - Australia 1st innings 479/4 (SR Waugh 137*, GS Blewett 156*) 3 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/4 (JH Kallis 29*, JN Rhodes 3*) 4 Mar day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 130 (69 ov) - end of match |
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