Australia v South Africa @ Sydney Cricket Ground
26 January 1998
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, SG Randell
Third Umpire: IS Thomas
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Daryll Cullinan | c Shane Warne b Mark Waugh | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | c Adam Gilchrist b Paul Wilson | 14 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Lance Klusener | c Ian Harvey b Paul Reiffel | 31 | 54 | 79 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Ricky Ponting b Paul Reiffel | 10 | 27 | 22 | - | - | |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | c Michael Bevan b Shane Warne | 73 | 77 | 105 | 4 | 1 | |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 82 | 98 | 113 | 4 | - | |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | lbw b Paul Reiffel | 3 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| 8. Pat Symcox | not out | 5 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| +9. Dave Richardson | |||||||
| 10. Brian McMillan | |||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-7 (Daryll Cullinan), 2-35 (Gary Kirsten), 3-55 (Jacques Kallis), 4-64 (Lance Klusener), 5-198 (Hansie Cronje), 6-211 (Shaun Pollock). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs, 200 mins) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Tom Moody | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ian Harvey | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b Brian McMillan | 100 | 104 | 136 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2. Mark Waugh | b Lance Klusener | 25 | 31 | 37 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Lance Klusener | 47 | 72 | 107 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Ian Harvey | not out | 27 | 27 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Darren Lehmann | not out | 17 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| *6. Steve Waugh | |||||||
| 7. Michael Bevan | |||||||
| 8. Tom Moody | |||||||
| 9. Paul Reiffel | |||||||
| 10. Shane Warne | |||||||
| 11. Paul Wilson |
| FOW | 1-51 (Mark Waugh), 2-177 (Adam Gilchrist), 3-184 (Ricky Ponting). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 41.5 ovs, 175 mins) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | (3w,1nb) |
| Allan Donald | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Daryll Cullinan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 1.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Ian Harvey, Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan, Tom Moody, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Paul Wilson
South Africa: Daryll Cullinan, Gary Kirsten, Lance Klusener, Jacques Kallis, Hansie Cronje, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, Pat Symcox, Dave Richardson, Brian McMillan, Allan Donald
