ICC World Cup - 39th match, Super Sixes
Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Kirsten | c Ponting b Reiffel | 21 | 54 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 45.65 | |
| HH Gibbs | b McGrath | 101 | 185 | 134 | 10 | 1 | 75.37 | |
| DJ Cullinan | b Warne | 50 | 79 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 80.64 | |
| WJ Cronje* | lbw b Warne | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JN Rhodes | c ME Waugh b Fleming | 39 | 65 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 108.33 | |
| L Klusener | c Warne b Fleming | 36 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 171.42 | |
| SM Pollock | b Fleming | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 8, nb 6) | 21 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs) | 271 | (5.42 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat N Boje, S Elworthy, AA Donald |
| Fall of wickets1-45 (Kirsten, 12.4 ov), 2-140 (Cullinan, 32.3 ov), 3-141 (Cronje, 32.5 ov), 4-219 (Gibbs, 44.2 ov), 5-250 (Rhodes, 47.5 ov), 6-271 (Klusener, 49.5 ov), 7-271 (Pollock, 49.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 | (4nb, 1w) | ||
| DW Fleming | 10 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 5.70 | (3w) | ||
| PR Reiffel | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 5.22 | (1w) | ||
| TM Moody | 8 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 7.00 | (1w) | ||
| SK Warne | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3.30 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| MG Bevan | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | (1w) |
| Australia innings (target: 272 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Waugh | run out (Boje/†Boucher) | 5 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | b Elworthy | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| RT Ponting | c Donald b Klusener | 69 | 144 | 110 | 5 | 2 | 62.72 | |
| DR Martyn | c Boje b Elworthy | 11 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 | |
| SR Waugh* | not out | 120 | 176 | 110 | 10 | 2 | 109.09 | |
| MG Bevan | c Cullinan b Cronje | 27 | 49 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| TM Moody | not out | 15 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 93.75 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 7, nb 7) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 49.4 overs) | 272 | (5.47 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SK Warne, PR Reiffel, DW Fleming, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Gilchrist, 1.4 ov), 2-20 (ME Waugh, 5.2 ov), 3-48 (Martyn, 11.3 ov), 4-174 (Ponting, 34.1 ov), 5-247 (Bevan, 45.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 9.4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 4.65 | (3nb, 1w) | ||
| S Elworthy | 10 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 4.60 | (2nb) | ||
| AA Donald | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| L Klusener | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 5.30 | (1w) | ||
| WJ Cronje | 7 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 7.14 | (1w) | ||
| N Boje | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | (1nb, 2w) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Points Australia 2, South Africa 0 |
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Player of the match
SR Waugh (Australia) |
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Umpires
S Venkataraghavan (India) and P Willey TV umpire ID Robinson (Zimbabwe) Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand) |
| Match notes |
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