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South Africa v Australia |
| Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (1st Test) |
| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 1997 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 196 runs |
| Umpires | CJ Mitchley, S Venkataraghavan |
| TV umpire | RE Koertzen |
| Referee | R Subba Row |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 302 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 191/4 (SR Waugh 14*, Blewett 3*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 479/4 (SR Waugh 137*, Blewett 156*) |
| Close of play day 4 | South Africa (2) 99/4 (Kallis 29*, Rhodes 3*) |
| Man of the Match | SR Waugh, GS Blewett |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| AC Hudson | c Healy b McGrath | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Healy b McGrath | 9 | 36 | 67 | 1 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c ME Waugh b McGrath | 6 | 30 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Healy b McGrath | 27 | 73 | 100 | 5 | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c ME Waugh b Warne | 76 | 144 | 187 | 10 | 1 | |
| JN Rhodes | c Healy b Gillespie | 22 | 37 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| SM Pollock | c SR Waugh b Bevan | 35 | 42 | 44 | 8 | - | |
| L Klusener | c Taylor b Bevan | 9 | 22 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 72 | 87 | 112 | 10 | 1 | |
| AA Donald | c Healy b Gillespie | 21 | 45 | 56 | 4 | - | |
| PR Adams | lbw b Warne | 15 | 33 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) | 10 |
| Total | (all out, 357 minutes, 91.4 overs) | 302 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-0 (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) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| *MA Taylor | b Pollock | 16 | 35 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| ML Hayden | c Cullinan b Pollock | 40 | 115 | 154 | 5 | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Adams b Donald | 85 | 113 | 160 | 13 | 1 | |
| ME Waugh | c Richardson b Donald | 26 | 34 | 46 | 4 | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Richardson b Kallis | 160 | 366 | 501 | 22 | - | |
| GS Blewett | c Adams b Klusener | 214 | 421 | 519 | 33 | - | |
| MG Bevan | not out | 37 | 58 | 73 | 6 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Kirsten b Adams | 11 | 22 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| SK Warne | b Cronje | 9 | 9 | 11 | - | 1 | |
| JN Gillespie | did not bat | | | | | | |
| GD McGrath | did not bat | | | | | | |
| Extras | (1 b, 15 lb, 10 nb, 4 w) | 30 |
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 777 minutes, 193.4 overs) | 628 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-33 (Taylor), 2-128 (Hayden), 3-169 (ME Waugh), 4-174 (Elliott), 5-559 (SR Waugh), 6-577 (Blewett), 7-613 (Healy), 8-628 (Warne) |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| G Kirsten | b Warne | 8 | 47 | 64 | - | - | |
| AC Hudson | run out (SR Waugh) | 31 | 62 | 80 | 5 | - | |
| JH Kallis | b Warne | 39 | 155 | 171 | 5 | - | |
| DJ Cullinan | c Healy b Warne | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| *WJ Cronje | c Healy b SR Waugh | 22 | 49 | 60 | 4 | - | |
| JN Rhodes | lbw b Warne | 8 | 44 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 14 | 33 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| L Klusener | c Hayden b Bevan | 0 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | c Hayden b Bevan | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| AA Donald | b Bevan | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| PR Adams | b Bevan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 |
| Total | (all out, 260 minutes, 69 overs) | 130 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-36 (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) |
Notes
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G Kirsten (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
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MTG Elliott (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Test matches
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GS Blewett (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in Test matches
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GS Blewett (1) 200 in 399 balls, 489 minutes with 32 fours
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GS Blewett (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 131
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MG Bevan reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
L Klusener, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
G Kirsten dropped on 3* by Taylor off the bowling of Gillespie. SA score was 11/1
Lunch: SA 58/3 (Cullinan 19*, Cronje 21*) off 29 overs
WJ Cronje dropped on 63* at 176/6 by Blewett off Warne
Tea: SA 182/6 (Cronje 68*, Klusener 9*) off 62 overs
L Klusener was originally given as dismissed lbw. It was later clarified with umpire Venkataraghavan to be caught by Taylor.
91.4 overs bowled in the day
Lunch: Aus 93/1 (Hayden 37*, Elliott 36*) off 28 overs
Tea: Aus 180/4 (SR Waugh 5*, Blewett 1*) off 56 overs
Bad Light Stopped play at 3:37pm (7 minutes after tea)
Combination of rain and bad light forced play to be abandoned for the rest of the day
59.2 overs bowled in the day
Lunch: Aus 284/4 (SR Waugh 58*, Blewett 46*) off 90 overs
Tea: Aus 378/4 (SR Waugh 93*, Blewett 103*) off 123 overs
92.4 overs bowled in the day
Lunch: Aus 574/5 (Blewett 213*, Bevan 6*) off 180 overs
Bad light abandoned play 1 over before the scheduled finish
89.4 overs bowled in the day
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