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South Africa v India @ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
16, 17, 18, 19, 20 January 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: CJ Mitchley, P Willey
Third Umpire: DL Orchard
Match Referee: BN Jarman
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vikram Rathour | c Dave Richardson b Paul Adams | 13 | 69 | 92 | 1 | - |
| +2. Nayan Mongia | b Allan Donald | 21 | 104 | 142 | 3 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Shaun Pollock b Hansie Cronje | 148 | 362 | 541 | 21 | - |
| *4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Brian McMillan b Hansie Cronje | 35 | 55 | 72 | 7 | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Brian McMillan b Lance Klusener | 73 | 138 | 174 | 13 | 1 |
| 6. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Andrew Hudson b Lance Klusener | 18 | 20 | 19 | 4 | - |
| 7. VVS Laxman | retired hurt | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Anil Kumble | c Dave Richardson b Lance Klusener | 29 | 80 | 104 | 3 | - |
| 9. Javagal Srinath | c Andrew Hudson b Allan Donald | 41 | 65 | 83 | 4 | - |
| 10. Dodda Ganesh | c Daryll Cullinan b Allan Donald | 1 | 13 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Vikram Rathour), 2-46 (Nayan Mongia), 3-100 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-245 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-266 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-327 (Anil Kumble), 7-403 (Javagal Srinath), 8-408 (Dodda Ganesh), 9-410 (Rahul Dravid). |
| Extras | 0b, 15lb, 5w, 9nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 150.3 ovs) 410 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 32.1 | 9 | 88 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 30 | 11 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 20.5 | 4 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 27 | 6 | 75 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Adams | 24 | 6 | 88 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 16.3 | 5 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hudson | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Anil Kumble | 18 | 27 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | b Venkatesh Prasad | 29 | 48 | 74 | 5 | - |
| 3. Adam Bacher | lbw b Javagal Srinath | 13 | 19 | 24 | 3 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | c sub b Javagal Srinath | 33 | 46 | 70 | 6 | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | c Nayan Mongia b Javagal Srinath | 43 | 57 | 77 | 7 | - |
| 6. Brian McMillan | lbw b Sourav Ganguly | 47 | 83 | 136 | 4 | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | c Nayan Mongia b Javagal Srinath | 79 | 158 | 204 | 12 | - |
| +8. Dave Richardson | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Sourav Ganguly | 13 | 46 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 9. Lance Klusener | not out | 22 | 38 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Allan Donald | b Venkatesh Prasad | 4 | 14 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Adams | c Rahul Dravid b Javagal Srinath | 2 | 8 | 12 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-36 (Andrew Hudson), 2-64 (Adam Bacher), 3-73 (Gary Kirsten), 4-139 (Daryll Cullinan), 5-147 (Hansie Cronje), 6-259 (Brian McMillan), 7-285 (Dave Richardson), 8-303 (Shaun Pollock), 9-318 (Allan Donald), 321 (Paul Adams). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 1w, 8nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 89.1 ovs) 321 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 25.1 | 5 | 104 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 20 | 2 | 83 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 25 | 5 | 63 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dodda Ganesh | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 12 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vikram Rathour | lbw b Allan Donald | 44 | 111 | 149 | 5 | - |
| +2. Nayan Mongia | c Brian McMillan b Allan Donald | 50 | 89 | 132 | 6 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Daryll Cullinan b Paul Adams | 81 | 146 | 208 | 11 | - |
| *4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Dave Richardson b Hansie Cronje | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | b Paul Adams | 60 | 93 | 124 | 11 | 1 |
| 6. Mohammad Azharuddin | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 2 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Anil Kumble | b Paul Adams | 6 | 17 | 29 | - | - |
| 8. Javagal Srinath | lbw b Allan Donald | 4 | 11 | 10 | - | - |
| 9. Dodda Ganesh | not out | 0 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| 10. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. VVS Laxman |
| FOW | 1-90 (Nayan Mongia), 2-109 (Vikram Rathour), 3-124 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-232 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-235 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-256 (Anil Kumble), 7-265 (Javagal Srinath), 8-265 (Rahul Dravid). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 83 ovs) 266 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Allan Donald | 18 | 6 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 11 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 11 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 13 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Adams | 21 | 1 | 80 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 8 | 3 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Adam Bacher | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hudson | b Anil Kumble | 3 | 23 | 19 | - | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | c Vikram Rathour b Venkatesh Prasad | 1 | 10 | 23 | - | - |
| 3. Adam Bacher | b Venkatesh Prasad | 23 | 33 | 51 | 4 | - |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | not out | 122 | 200 | 261 | 15 | 1 |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | run out (Anil Kumble > Nayan Mongia > ) | 6 | 21 | 30 | - | - |
| 6. Brian McMillan | c sub b Javagal Srinath | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | b Javagal Srinath | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| +8. Dave Richardson | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Anil Kumble | 7 | 28 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 9. Lance Klusener | c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble | 49 | 77 | 117 | 5 | 1 |
| 10. Allan Donald | not out | 0 | 16 | 25 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Adams |
| FOW | 1-4 (Andrew Hudson), 2-4 (Gary Kirsten), 3-49 (Adam Bacher), 4-71 (Hansie Cronje), 5-76 (Brian McMillan), 6-78 (Shaun Pollock), 7-95 (Dave Richardson), 8-222 (Lance Klusener). |
| Extras | 1b, 13lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 68 ovs) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 24 | 6 | 89 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 15 | 1 | 59 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 23 | 7 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dodda Ganesh | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Andrew Hudson, Gary Kirsten, Adam Bacher, Daryll Cullinan, Hansie Cronje, Brian McMillan, Shaun Pollock, Dave Richardson, Lance Klusener, Allan Donald, Paul Adams