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Australia v South Africa @ Sydney Cricket Ground
27 January 1998
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SJ Davis, DB Hair
Third Umpire: IS Thomas
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 14 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Waugh | b Lance Klusener | 21 | 38 | 61 | 2 | - |
| +2. Adam Gilchrist | b Brian McMillan | 6 | 15 | 19 | - | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | st Dave Richardson b Paul Adams | 76 | 96 | 140 | 6 | - |
| 4. Darren Lehmann | c Jonty Rhodes b Pat Symcox | 10 | 22 | 23 | - | - |
| *5. Steve Waugh | run out (Brian McMillan > Shaun Pollock) | 71 | 88 | 96 | 3 | 1 |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 36 | 30 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 7. Tom Moody | c Adam Bacher b Brian McMillan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Ian Harvey | c Adam Bacher b Brian McMillan | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | not out | 11 | 9 | 20 | - | - |
| 10. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 11. Paul Wilson |
| FOW | 1-11 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-58 (Mark Waugh), 3-79 (Darren Lehmann), 4-181 (Ricky Ponting), 5-210 (Steve Waugh), 6-210 (Tom Moody), 7-212 (Ian Harvey). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 10w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 209 mins) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 3 | (1w,2nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | (4w,1nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Adams | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 3 | 10 | 18 | - | - |
| 2. Adam Bacher | c Adam Gilchrist b Paul Reiffel | 45 | 51 | 52 | 4 | - |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | hit wicket b Paul Reiffel | 14 | 21 | 36 | - | - |
| *4. Hansie Cronje | st Adam Gilchrist b Shane Warne | 5 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | c & b Mark Waugh | 29 | 44 | 72 | 1 | - |
| 6. Shaun Pollock | st Adam Gilchrist b Michael Bevan | 28 | 45 | 43 | 3 | - |
| 7. Lance Klusener | c Steve Waugh b Tom Moody | 46 | 42 | 56 | 3 | - |
| 8. Pat Symcox | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 22 | 36 | 53 | - | 1 |
| 9. Brian McMillan | run out (Steve Waugh > Adam Gilchrist) | 15 | 14 | 31 | 1 | - |
| +10. Dave Richardson | c Ricky Ponting b Paul Reiffel | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Adams | not out | 15 | 12 | 15 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Gary Kirsten), 2-63 (Adam Bacher), 3-64 (Jacques Kallis), 4-72 (Hansie Cronje), 5-122 (Shaun Pollock), 6-139 (Jonty Rhodes), 7-191 (Lance Klusener), 8-202 (Pat Symcox), 9-204 (Dave Richardson), 233 (Brian McMillan). |
| Extras | 3b, 6lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.1 ovs, 204 mins) 233 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Paul Wilson | 10 | 1 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 9 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tom Moody | 9 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 9.1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan, Tom Moody, Ian Harvey, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Paul Wilson