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Fri, 23 Jan 1998 - 00:00 – 1st Final • Melbourne Cricket Ground
South Africa won by 6 runs
Australia
241/9 (44.00)
South Africa
235/10 (49.50)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
South Africa innigs
235/10 (49.50)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Daryll Cullinan
st †Gilchrist b Warne
26
22
33
1
0
118.18
In 1998
Career
Gary Kirsten
st †Gilchrist b ME Waugh
70
87
96
5
0
80.45
In 1998
Career
Lance Klusener
c Bevan b Moody
0
6
12
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Jacques Kallis
c †Gilchrist b Wilson
33
44
64
1
0
75.00
In 1998
Career
Hansie Cronje (c)
c Bevan b Lehmann
29
41
63
1
0
70.73
In 1998
Career
Jonty Rhodes
c †Gilchrist b Lehmann
21
34
45
0
0
61.76
In 1998
Career
Shaun Pollock
c Bevan b Warne
36
35
42
2
1
102.85
In 1998
Career
Pat Symcox
b ME Waugh
10
14
13
0
0
71.42
In 1998
Career
Brian McMillan
lbw b Warne
2
8
6
0
0
25.00
In 1998
Career
David Richardson (WK)
not out
11
10
14
1
0
110.00
In 1998
Career
Extras
(nb 1, w 2)
3
Total
241/9 50 Ov (RR: 4.82, 193 Mins)
4579
5719
0
209
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Paul Wilson
9.00
0
52
1
5.77
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Paul Reiffel
3.00
0
18
0
6.00
0
0
1
In 1998
Career
Shane Warne
10.00
1
52
3
5.20
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Tom Moody
5.00
0
24
1
4.80
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Ian Harvey
9.00
0
39
0
4.33
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Mark Waugh
10.00
0
45
2
4.50
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Darren Lehmann
4.00
0
11
2
2.75
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Australia innigs
241/9 (44.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mark Waugh
run out (Rhodes/Pollock/†Richardson)
3
10
16
0
0
30.00
In 1998
Career
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
c Symcox b Pollock
20
27
34
2
0
74.07
In 1998
Career
Ricky Ponting
c †Richardson b Donald
33
42
69
2
0
78.57
In 1998
Career
Darren Lehmann
run out (Cullinan)
31
49
66
2
0
63.26
In 1998
Career
Steve Waugh (c)
c †Richardson b McMillan
53
73
102
3
0
72.60
In 1998
Career
Michael Bevan
run out (Kirsten/McMillan)
57
68
100
2
0
83.82
In 1998
Career
Tom Moody
run out (Kallis/†Richardson)
15
18
33
1
0
83.33
In 1998
Career
Ian Harvey
b Donald
7
8
12
1
0
87.50
In 1998
Career
Paul Reiffel
c †Richardson b Donald
1
3
4
0
0
33.33
In 1998
Career
Shane Warne
b Pollock
0
1
6
0
0
0.00
In 1998
Career
Paul Wilson
not out
1
3
3
0
0
33.33
In 1998
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 3, w 5)
14
Total
235 49.5 Ov (RR: 4.71, 227 Mins)
4465
5738
0
247
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Shaun Pollock
9.50
1
39
2
3.96
0
1
3
In 1998
Career
Lance Klusener
7.00
0
36
0
5.14
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Pat Symcox
10.00
1
56
0
5.60
0
2
0
In 1998
Career
Allan Donald
10.00
0
36
3
3.60
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
Brian McMillan
9.00
1
39
1
4.33
0
1
0
In 1998
Career
Jacques Kallis
4.00
0
23
0
5.75
0
0
0
In 1998
Career
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