- ODI no. 1254 | 1997/98 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 4 December 1997 - day/night (50-over match)
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Kirsten | c McGrath b ME Waugh | 44 | 109 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 63.76 | |
| JH Kallis | c Harvey b McGrath | 8 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| L Klusener | b McGrath | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DJ Cullinan | run out (Bichel/†Gilchrist) | 33 | 66 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 55.93 | |
| WJ Cronje* | c & b Bichel | 21 | 60 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 47.72 | |
| JN Rhodes | b Harvey | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| SM Pollock | run out (Harvey) | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| BM McMillan | c Warne b Bichel | 19 | 46 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 52.77 | |
| DJ Richardson† | lbw b Bichel | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PL Symcox | not out | 27 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 84.37 | |
| AA Donald | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 11 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 11, w 1, nb 4) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 50 overs; 212 mins) | 200 | (4.00 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-28 (Kallis), 2-37 (Klusener), 3-96 (Kirsten), 4-98 (Cullinan), 5-113 (Rhodes), 6-124 (Pollock), 7-153 (Cronje), 8-153 (Richardson), 9-160 (McMillan), 10-200 (Donald) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 4.00 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| PR Reiffel | 8 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 3.12 | |||
| AJ Bichel | 9 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 5.11 | (3nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3.30 | |||
| ME Waugh | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4.00 | |||
| IJ Harvey | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 |
| Australia innings (target: 201 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Di Venuto | c Rhodes b Pollock | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| ME Waugh | b Symcox | 45 | 86 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| GS Blewett | c Rhodes b Donald | 15 | 59 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 39.47 | |
| SR Waugh* | lbw b Symcox | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| MG Bevan | st †Richardson b Symcox | 16 | 40 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 51.61 | |
| AC Gilchrist† | c & b Cullinan | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| IJ Harvey | c Kallis b Symcox | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| PR Reiffel | c Kirsten b Klusener | 17 | 49 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 54.83 | |
| SK Warne | lbw b Cullinan | 17 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 73.91 | |
| AJ Bichel | run out (Cronje) | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 38 overs; 163 mins) | 133 | (3.50 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Di Venuto), 2-61 (Blewett), 3-64 (SR Waugh), 4-71 (ME Waugh), 5-78 (Gilchrist), 6-89 (Harvey), 7-92 (Bevan), 8-122 (Warne), 9-133 (Bichel), 10-133 (Reiffel) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2.00 | (2w) | ||
| L Klusener | 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 4.85 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | (1w) | ||
| AA Donald | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.60 | |||
| PL Symcox | 10 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2.80 | |||
| DJ Cullinan | 8 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.87 | (1nb) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Points South Africa 2, Australia 0 |
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ODI debut
IJ Harvey
(Australia) Player of the match PL Symcox (South Africa) |
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Umpires
DJ Harper and SG Randell TV umpire DB Hair Match referee CW Smith (West Indies) |
| Match notes |
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Dec 4, 1997 
Dave Richardson stumps Michael Bevan, 1997 © Action Photographics |
Dec 4, 1997 
Lance Klusener bowled, 1997 © Action Photographics |
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