Australia in South Africa Test Series - 3rd Test
South Africa won by 8 wickets
- Test no. 1362 | 1996/97 season
- Played at Centurion Park
- 21,22,23,24 March 1997 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | c †Richardson b Klusener | 38 | 197 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 27.53 | |
| ML Hayden | b Schultz | 10 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| MTG Elliott | c Schultz b Donald | 18 | 68 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 34.61 | |
| ME Waugh | b Donald | 5 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| SR Waugh | c †Richardson b Schultz | 67 | 174 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 50.75 | |
| GS Blewett | c †Richardson b Symcox | 37 | 94 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 41.11 | |
| MG Bevan | lbw b Schultz | 6 | 40 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| IA Healy† | c †Richardson b Donald | 19 | 67 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 40.42 | |
| SK Warne | lbw b Schultz | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JN Gillespie | not out | 6 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| GD McGrath | b Klusener | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 7, nb 9) | 21 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 89.5 overs) | 227 | (2.52 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-23 (Hayden), 2-60 (Elliott), 3-72 (ME Waugh), 4-110 (Taylor), 5-190 (Blewett), 6-197 (SR Waugh), 7-212 (Bevan), 8-212 (Warne), 9-226 (Healy), 10-227 (McGrath) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AA Donald | 20 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 3.00 | (4nb, 3w) | ||
| BN Schultz | 20 | 4 | 52 | 4 | 2.60 | (8nb, 3w) | ||
| WJ Cronje | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | |||
| L Klusener | 14.5 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1.55 | (1w) | ||
| PL Symcox | 23 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 2.69 | |||
| JH Kallis | 7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.85 | (1nb) |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Kirsten | c †Healy b McGrath | 16 | 59 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| AM Bacher | lbw b McGrath | 96 | 444 | 322 | 10 | 1 | 29.81 | |
| BM McMillan | c Hayden b ME Waugh | 55 | 159 | 119 | 8 | 0 | 46.21 | |
| DJ Cullinan | b McGrath | 47 | 120 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 45.63 | |
| PL Symcox | c Blewett b Gillespie | 16 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| JH Kallis | c SR Waugh b McGrath | 2 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
| WJ Cronje* | not out | 79 | 148 | 111 | 9 | 2 | 71.17 | |
| DJ Richardson† | b McGrath | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| L Klusener | b Gillespie | 30 | 58 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 65.21 | |
| AA Donald | c †Healy b Gillespie | 8 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| BN Schultz | c †Healy b McGrath | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| Extras | (b 11, lb 16, w 1, nb 5) | 33 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 134.4 overs) | 384 | (2.85 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-26 (Kirsten), 2-128 (McMillan), 3-229 (Cullinan), 4-252 (Symcox), 5-255 (Kallis), 6-262 (Bacher), 7-262 (Richardson), 8-330 (Klusener), 9-367 (Donald), 10-384 (Schultz) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 40.4 | 15 | 86 | 6 | 2.11 | |||
| JN Gillespie | 31 | 13 | 75 | 3 | 2.41 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| GS Blewett | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | (1nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 36 | 11 | 89 | 0 | 2.47 | (4nb) | ||
| MG Bevan | 15 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 3.60 | |||
| ME Waugh | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 4.85 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | c †Richardson b Donald | 5 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 | |
| ML Hayden | lbw b Schultz | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MTG Elliott | b Donald | 12 | 50 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 34.28 | |
| ME Waugh | b Symcox | 42 | 139 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 42.00 | |
| SR Waugh | not out | 60 | 266 | 179 | 8 | 0 | 33.51 | |
| GS Blewett | b Donald | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MG Bevan | b Symcox | 5 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| IA Healy† | c †Richardson b Schultz | 12 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| SK Warne | lbw b Donald | 12 | 55 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 27.90 | |
| JN Gillespie | b Donald | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GD McGrath | b Klusener | 11 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 6, w 4, nb 14) | 26 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 73.4 overs) | 185 | (2.51 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Hayden), 2-10 (Taylor), 3-28 (Elliott), 4-94 (ME Waugh), 5-99 (Blewett), 6-108 (Bevan), 7-131 (Healy), 8-164 (Warne), 9-164 (Gillespie), 10-185 (McGrath) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AA Donald | 18 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2.00 | (3w) | ||
| BN Schultz | 17 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 2.29 | (9nb, 1w) | ||
| L Klusener | 14.4 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2.72 | (3nb) | ||
| PL Symcox | 19 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 2.57 | |||
| JH Kallis | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | (1nb) |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 29 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Kirsten | c Taylor b Blewett | 6 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| AM Bacher | c Elliott b Gillespie | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| BM McMillan | not out | 7 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| DJ Cullinan | not out | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Extras | (w 1, nb 1) | 2 | ||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 6.4 overs) | 32 | (4.80 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat PL Symcox, JH Kallis, WJ Cronje*, DJ Richardson†, L Klusener, AA Donald, BN Schultz |
| Fall of wickets1-11 (Bacher), 2-15 (Kirsten) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JN Gillespie | 3.4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5.18 | (1w) | ||
| GS Blewett | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 | (1nb) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series Australia won the 3-match series 2-1 |
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Player of the match
AA Donald (South Africa) Player of the series SR Waugh (Australia) |
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Umpires
MJ Kitchen (England) and CJ Mitchley TV umpire RE Koertzen Match referee R Subba Row (England) |
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Close of play 21 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 227 22 Mar day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 240/3 (AM Bacher 94*, PL Symcox 5*) 23 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 96/4 (SR Waugh 24*, GS Blewett 0*) 24 Mar day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 32/2 (6.4 ov) - end of match |
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