Standard Bank International One-Day Series - 5th match
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
- ODI no. 1171 | 1996/97 season
- Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- 31 January 1997 - day/night (50-over match)
| Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GW Flower | b Cronje | 62 | 154 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| AC Waller | c & b Donald | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| A Flower† | c †Richardson b Donald | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CB Wishart | c †Richardson b Pollock | 24 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 58.53 | |
| ADR Campbell* | run out (Hudson) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| DL Houghton | c Rhodes b Symcox | 57 | 63 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 93.44 | |
| GJ Whittall | c Cronje b Donald | 41 | 56 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 91.11 | |
| PA Strang | not out | 40 | 58 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 105.26 | |
| HH Streak | b Donald | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| EA Brandes | not out | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 7, nb 1) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs) | 256 | (5.12 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat EZ Matambanadzo |
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Waller), 2-6 (A Flower), 3-51 (Wishart), 4-61 (Campbell), 5-154 (Houghton), 6-168 (GW Flower), 7-231 (Whittall), 8-247 (Streak) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AA Donald | 10 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 4.60 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| RE Bryson | 8 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 5.50 | (1w) | ||
| SM Pollock | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 4.30 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| L Klusener | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5.57 | (2w) | ||
| PL Symcox | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 5.50 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4.80 | (1w) |
| South Africa innings (target: 257 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Hudson | lbw b Brandes | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| G Kirsten | lbw b Brandes | 7 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| L Klusener | c Whittall b Brandes | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| DJ Cullinan | b Whittall | 30 | 72 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| JN Rhodes | c Campbell b Matambanadzo | 34 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 121.42 | |
| WJ Cronje* | not out | 70 | 147 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 81.39 | |
| SM Pollock | b Streak | 75 | 98 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 88.23 | |
| DJ Richardson† | not out | 11 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 7, w 16) | 26 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 48.3 overs) | 259 | (5.34 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat PL Symcox, RE Bryson, AA Donald |
| Fall of wickets1-4 (Hudson), 2-15 (Klusener), 3-16 (Kirsten), 4-72 (Rhodes), 5-102 (Cullinan), 6-239 (Pollock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| EA Brandes | 10 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 4.50 | (1w) | ||
| HH Streak | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.88 | (3w) | ||
| GJ Whittall | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 5.22 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| EZ Matambanadzo | 8.3 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 6.23 | (9w) | ||
| PA Strang | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | (1w) | ||
| GW Flower | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to bat Points South Africa 2, Zimbabwe 0 |
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Player of the match
WJ Cronje (South Africa) |
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Umpires
DF Becker and SB Lambson TV umpire CJ Mitchley Match referee BN Jarman (Australia) |
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