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South Africa v Australia @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
8 April 1997
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DF Becker, SB Lambson
Third Umpire: DL Orchard
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Australia won by 8 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Greg Blewett | c Dave Richardson b Hansie Cronje | 36 | 59 | 82 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. Michael Di Venuto | lbw b Allan Donald | 89 | 114 | 135 | 11 | - |
| 3. Stuart Law | c Derek Crookes b Hansie Cronje | 10 | 17 | 14 | - | - |
| 4. Jason Gillespie | c Herschelle Gibbs b Allan Donald | 26 | 30 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 5. Steve Waugh | b Rudi Bryson | 20 | 23 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | c Daryll Cullinan b Allan Donald | 32 | 35 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 7. Adam Gilchrist | b Shaun Pollock | 26 | 17 | 20 | 3 | - |
| *+8. Ian Healy | not out | 3 | 3 | 10 | - | - |
| 9. Shane Warne | not out | 6 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Andy Bichel | ||||||
| 11. Adam Dale |
| FOW | 1-93 (Greg Blewett), 2-109 (Stuart Law), 3-160 (Michael Di Venuto), 4-167 (Jason Gillespie), 5-202 (Steve Waugh), 6-244 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-248 (Michael Bevan). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 204 mins) 258 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Rudi Bryson | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Donald | 10 | 0 | 67 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Derek Crookes | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Adam Bacher | c Steve Waugh b Andy Bichel | 6 | 15 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | lbw b Adam Dale | 22 | 18 | 18 | 3 | - |
| 3. Derek Crookes | run out (Adam Gilchrist > ) | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | b Greg Blewett | 53 | 74 | 88 | 5 | - |
| 5. Jacques Kallis | c Steve Waugh b Jason Gillespie | 55 | 67 | 107 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | c Stuart Law b Jason Gillespie | 10 | 13 | 14 | 1 | - |
| *7. Hansie Cronje | not out | 40 | 49 | 90 | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | c Stuart Law b Shane Warne | 40 | 46 | 60 | 3 | - |
| +9. Dave Richardson | b Andy Bichel | 8 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Rudi Bryson | not out | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-27 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-31 (Adam Bacher), 3-31 (Derek Crookes), 4-132 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-149 (Jonty Rhodes), 6-154 (Jacques Kallis), 7-227 (Shaun Pollock), 8-240 (Dave Richardson). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 218 mins) 250 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Adam Dale | 10 | 1 | 40 | 1 | (3w,1nb) |
| Andy Bichel | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Adam Bacher, Herschelle Gibbs, Derek Crookes, Daryll Cullinan, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock, Dave Richardson, Rudi Bryson, Allan Donald