f42976 t1356	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*)
Player of the Match	SR Waugh, GS Blewett

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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 bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	26	8	77	4	-	1
Gillespie	17	6	66	2	2	-
Warne	27.4	9	68	2	-	2
Bevan	17	1	64	2	1	-
Blewett	4	0	23	0	-	-

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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 bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	35	7	136	2	2	1
Pollock	32	3	105	2	-	9
Klusener	37	10	122	1	-	1
Kallis	21	4	54	1	2	-
Adams	52	7	163	1	-	-
Cronje	16.4	5	32	1	-	-

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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)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	10	5	17	0	-	1
Gillespie	11	4	24	0	-	-
Warne	28	15	43	4	-	-
Bevan	15	3	32	4	-	-
SR Waugh	4	1	4	1	-	-
ME Waugh	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 58/3 (Cullinan 19*, Cronje 21*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 182/6 (Cronje 68*, Klusener 9*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 93/1 (Hayden 37*, Elliott 36*; 28 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 180/4 (SR Waugh 5*, Blewett 1*; 56 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 284/4 (SR Waugh 58*, Blewett 46*; 90 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 378/4 (SR Waugh 93*, Blewett 103*; 123 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (1) 574/5 (Blewett 213*, Bevan 6*; 180 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 30/0 (Hudson 20*, Kirsten 8*)
--> G Kirsten (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> WJ Cronje (1) 50 in 91 balls, 117 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Richardson (1) 50 in 67 balls, 87 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> MTG Elliott (1) 50 in 63 balls, 84 minutes with 7 fours
--> MTG Elliott (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Test matches
--> SR Waugh (1) 50 in 113 balls, 150 minutes with 6 fours
--> SR Waugh (1) 100 in 223 balls, 287 minutes with 13 fours
--> SR Waugh (1) 150 in 341 balls with 21 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) 50 in 142 balls, 175 minutes with 8 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) 100 in 222 balls, 270 minutes with 17 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in Test matches
--> GS Blewett (1) 150 in 302 balls with 26 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) 200 in 399 balls, 489 minutes with 31 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 131
--> MG Bevan made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> JN Gillespie made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MTG Elliott made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MG Bevan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed L Klusener, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings

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G Kirsten dropped on 3* by Taylor off the bowling of Gillespie. SA score was 11/1
WJ Cronje dropped on 63* at 176/6 by Blewett off Warne
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
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
92.4 overs bowled in the day
Bad light abandoned play 1 over before the scheduled finish
89.4 overs bowled in the day

 

 

 

 

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