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1st Test

Fri, 26 December 1997, Starts from 00:00

Melbourne

Australia - 355/10 (31.10) , 257/10 (96.2) vs South Africa - 501/3 (20.00) , 273/7 (122)

South Africa in Australia Test Series

Match drawn

Australia innigs

355/10 (31.10)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Steve Waugh c Cullinan b Donald	96	264	188	9	0	51.06	In 1997				Career
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Matthew Elliott, 13.2 ov), 2-42 (Mark Taylor, 22.5 ov), 3-44 (Mark Waugh, 28. FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 5)	12	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTAL 309(121.2 Ov, RR: 2.54, 500 Mts)	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Matthew Elliott c †Richardson b Klusener	6	55	33	0	0	18.18	In 1997				Career
Mark Taylor (c) c Kirsten b McMillan	20	98	78	1	0	25.64	In 1997				Career
Greg Blewett st †Richardson b Symcox	26	156	114	1	0	22.80	In 1997				Career
Mark Waugh c †Richardson b Donald	0	21	18	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Ricky Ponting b Symcox	105	269	208	14	0	50.48	In 1997				Career
Ian Healy (WK) b Donald	16	28	25	2	0	64.00	In 1997				Career
Paul Reiffel b Symcox	27	77	54	2	0	50.00	In 1997				Career
Shane Warne c & b Pollock	1	11	8	0	0	12.50	In 1997				Career
Michael Kasprowicz c Bacher b Symcox	0	8	3	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Glenn McGrath not out	0	5	5	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 5)	12	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Allan Donald	29.00	6	74	3	2.55	0	0	2	In 1997				Career
Shaun Pollock	28.00	6	76	1	2.71	0	0	2	In 1997				Career
Lance Klusener	19.00	3	48	1	2.52	0	0	2	In 1997				Career
Brian McMillan	10.00	3	19	1	1.90	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Pat Symcox	27.20	4	69	4	2.52	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Jacques Kallis	4.00	2	5	0	1.25	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Hansie Cronje	4.00	2	11	0	2.75	0	0	0	In 1997				Career

South Africa innigs

501/3 (20.00)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Adam Bacher, 12.3 ov), 2-62 (Jacques Kallis, 32.2 ov), 3-75 (Daryll Cullinan, FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (lb 2, nb 6, w 1)	9	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTAL 186(106.5 Ov, RR: 1.74, 416 Mts)	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Adam Bacher c †Healy b Kasprowicz	3	53	35	0	0	8.57	In 1997				Career
Gary Kirsten c †Healy b ME Waugh	83	323	256	7	0	32.42	In 1997				Career
Jacques Kallis c †Healy b McGrath	15	77	57	1	0	26.31	In 1997				Career
Daryll Cullinan run out (Ponting)	5	39	29	0	0	17.24	In 1997				Career
Hansie Cronje (c) c Blewett b Warne	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Brian McMillan c †Healy b Kasprowicz	48	227	189	2	0	25.39	In 1997				Career
Shaun Pollock lbw b Warne	7	28	25	1	0	28.00	In 1997				Career
David Richardson (WK) lbw b ME Waugh	1	10	9	0	0	11.11	In 1997				Career
Lance Klusener lbw b Warne	11	47	35	1	0	31.42	In 1997				Career
Pat Symcox b Kasprowicz	4	12	9	1	0	44.44	In 1997				Career
Allan Donald not out	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (lb 2, nb 6, w 1)	9	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Glenn McGrath	17.00	9	20	1	1.17	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Paul Reiffel	14.00	5	32	0	2.28	0	0	2	In 1997				Career
Michael Kasprowicz	13.50	3	28	3	2.02	0	0	2	In 1997				Career
Shane Warne	42.00	15	64	3	1.52	0	1	2	In 1997				Career
Mark Waugh	18.00	8	28	2	1.55	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Steve Waugh	2.00	0	12	0	6.00	0	0	0	In 1997				Career

Australia innigs

257/10 (96.2)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Steve Waugh c †Richardson b Pollock	17	43	27	2	0	62.96	In 1997				Career
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Matthew Elliott, 6.1 ov), 2-10 (Greg Blewett, 8.3 ov), 3-12 (Mark Waugh, 12.5 FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 4)	11	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTAL 257(96.2 Ov, RR: 2.66, 403 Mts)	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Mark Taylor (c) c Cullinan b Symcox	59	248	195	4	0	30.25	In 1997				Career
Matthew Elliott lbw b Donald	1	28	19	0	0	5.26	In 1997				Career
Greg Blewett c McMillan b Donald	6	10	7	0	0	85.71	In 1997				Career
Mark Waugh b Donald	1	15	12	0	0	8.33	In 1997				Career
Ricky Ponting c & b Pollock	32	113	84	2	0	38.09	In 1997				Career
Ian Healy (WK) b Donald	4	39	17	0	0	23.52	In 1997				Career
Paul Reiffel not out	79	154	115	6	0	68.69	In 1997				Career
Shane Warne c Symcox b Donald	10	19	16	2	0	62.50	In 1997				Career
Michael Kasprowicz c Kirsten b Donald	19	62	43	2	0	44.18	In 1997				Career
Glenn McGrath c McMillan b Pollock	18	66	47	0	0	38.29	In 1997				Career
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 4)	11	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Allan Donald	27.00	8	59	6	2.18	0	0	3	In 1997				Career
Shaun Pollock	21.20	5	56	3	2.62	0	0	1	In 1997				Career
Pat Symcox	35.00	9	90	1	2.57	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Brian McMillan	2.00	0	6	0	3.00	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Lance Klusener	9.00	2	28	0	3.11	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Hansie Cronje	2.00	0	11	0	5.50	0	0	0	In 1997				Career

South Africa innigs

273/7 (122)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Did not bat: Pat Symcox, Allan Donald Did not bat	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gary Kirsten, 5.1 ov), 2-88 (Adam Bacher, 37.1 ov), 3-88 (Daryll Cullinan, 39. FOW	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 6)	15	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTAL 273/7(122 Ov, RR: 2.23, 483 Mts)	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Gary Kirsten b Reiffel	0	23	14	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Adam Bacher c Taylor b Warne	39	149	109	1	0	35.77	In 1997				Career
Jacques Kallis b Reiffel	101	357	279	6	0	36.20	In 1997				Career
Daryll Cullinan b Warne	0	10	8	0	0	0.00	In 1997				Career
Hansie Cronje (c) c Taylor b SR Waugh	70	170	143	2	0	48.95	In 1997				Career
Brian McMillan c Taylor b Warne	16	84	69	2	0	23.18	In 1997				Career
Shaun Pollock not out	15	101	70	1	0	21.42	In 1997				Career
David Richardson (WK) lbw b McGrath	11	47	39	0	0	28.20	In 1997				Career
Lance Klusener not out	6	16	10	1	0	60.00	In 1997				Career
Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 6)	15	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Glenn McGrath	28.00	11	57	1	2.03	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Paul Reiffel	18.00	7	24	2	1.33	0	0	2	In 1997				Career
Michael Kasprowicz	14.00	1	45	0	3.21	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Shane Warne	44.00	11	97	3	2.20	0	0	8	In 1997				Career
Mark Waugh	10.00	0	25	0	2.50	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Steve Waugh	7.00	2	12	1	1.71	0	0	0	In 1997				Career
Greg Blewett	1.00	0	4	0	4.00	0	0	0	In 1997				Career

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