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a10410
o1186 South Africa v Australia

Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (1st ODI)

Venue Buffalo Park, East London on 29th March 1997 (50-over match)

Balls per over 6

Toss South Africa won the toss and decided to field

Result South Africa won by 6 wickets

Umpires CJ Mitchley, DL Orchard

Third umpire WA Diedricks

Referee R Subba Row

Scorers R Postman (South Africa), MK Walsh (Australia)

Man of the Match DJ Cullinan

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Rhodes b Pollock	7	24	29	1	-
MJ Di Venuto	c Cullinan b Kallis	23	14	16	1	-
SG Law	c Kallis b Symcox	50	68	92	6	-
SR Waugh	run out (Gibbs->Richardson)	50	61	85	4	-
GS Blewett	run out (Cronje)	14	23	29	-	-
MG Bevan	not out	51	60	95	3	1
+AC Gilchrist	run out (Rhodes)	1	2	10	-	-
SK Warne	c Cullinan b Donald	4	5	6	-	-
PR Reiffel	b Klusener	1	4	8	-	-
JN Gillespie	c Cullinan b Klusener	0	1	1	-	-
AC Dale	not out	15	38	42	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 6 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 211 minutes, 50 overs)	223
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Di Venuto), 2-32 (Taylor), 3-129 (Law), 4-134 (Waugh), 5-163 (Blewett), 6-169 (Gilchrist), 7-176 (Warne), 8-178 (Reiffel), 9-178 (Gillespie)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	10	1	36	1	-	-
Kallis	8	0	42	1	2	-
Donald	10	0	37	1	-	-
Klusener	6	1	29	2	4	-
Symcox	10	0	53	1	-	-
Cronje	6	0	25	0	-	-

South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Bacher	c Warne b Reiffel	27	39	45	4	-
HH Gibbs	c Gilchrist b Dale	10	19	29	2	-
JH Kallis	st Gilchrist b Warne	63	76	120	4	-
L Klusener	b Warne	0	4	8	-	-
DJ Cullinan	not out	85	116	136	9	-
JN Rhodes	not out	24	29	40	2	-
*WJ Cronje	did not bat
SM Pollock	did not bat
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 191 minutes, 47 overs)	227
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Gibbs), 2-48 (Bacher), 3-50 (Klusener), 4-172 (Kallis)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reiffel	10	1	44	1	1	2
Dale	10	0	55	1	-	-
Warne	10	0	36	2	3	-
Gillespie	7	0	36	0	-	-
Bevan	10	0	45	0	1	-

Notes
--> MJ Di Venuto made his debut in ODIs
--> MG Bevan passed 1500 runs in ODIs when he reached 31
--> MG Bevan passed 5000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 37
--> AC Dale made his debut in ODIs
--> AM Bacher passed his previous highest ODIs score of 14
--> JH Kallis passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 37

12th Men: DN Crookes (South Africa) and AJ Bichel (Australia)
Attendance: 14,742

a10410 o1186	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (1st ODI)
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 29th March 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 6 wickets
Umpires	CJ Mitchley, DL Orchard
Third umpire	WA Diedricks
Referee	R Subba Row
Scorers	R Postman (South Africa), MK Walsh (Australia)
Man of the Match	DJ Cullinan