| f42948 | |
| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 15th, 16th, 17th February 1997 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 32 runs |
| Umpires | RE Koertzen, CJ Mitchley, DL Orchard |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 439/4 (Blewett 48*, Langer 31*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (2) 74/4 (Blewett 39*, Elliott 2*) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Hayden | c Ackerman b Schultz | 112 | 177 | 220 | 15 | - | |
| *MA Taylor | c Solomons b Pringle | 85 | 140 | 258 | 10 | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Koenig b Kallis | 74 | 88 | 140 | 10 | 2 | |
| SR Waugh | c Koenig b Pringle | 69 | 102 | 124 | 12 | - | |
| GS Blewett | not out | 48 | 83 | 89 | 6 | - | |
| JL Langer | not out | 31 | 49 | 68 | 2 | - | |
| MG Bevan | did not bat | ||||||
| +IA Healy | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Bichel | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 12 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 104 overs) | 439 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-194 (Hayden), 2-220 (Taylor), 3-335 (Elliott), 4-361 (Waugh) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Schultz | 22 | 2 | 96 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Pringle | 24 | 3 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Matthews | 21 | 1 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 22 | 1 | 108 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirsten | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ackerman | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Kirsten | c Waugh b Gillespie | 37 | 102 | 117 | 5 | - | |
| SG Koenig | c Elliott b Blewett | 45 | 135 | 179 | 6 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c Elliott b Reiffel | 31 | 70 | 99 | 4 | - | |
| HH Gibbs | c Healy b Bichel | 28 | 53 | 74 | 6 | - | |
| *JB Commins | not out | 59 | 95 | 107 | 10 | 1 | |
| HD Ackerman | b Blewett | 25 | 36 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| BM McMillan | not out | 9 | 15 | 19 | - | 1 | |
| +MT Solomons | did not bat | ||||||
| CR Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| BN Schultz | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 4 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 83 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-78 (Kirsten), 2-116 (Koenig), 3-144 (Kallis), 4-178 (Gibbs), 5-238 (Ackerman) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Reiffel | 15 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gillespie | 15 | 4 | 33 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Waugh | 13 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bichel | 15 | 2 | 54 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Bevan | 16 | 7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blewett | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Elliott | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Blewett | c McMillan b Kallis | 86 | 104 | 142 | 13 | 1 | |
| JL Langer | c Solomons b Schultz | 21 | 22 | 20 | 4 | - | |
| MG Bevan | lbw b Kallis | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Pringle b Kallis | 3 | 29 | 39 | - | - | |
| PR Reiffel | c Kirsten b Kallis | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Solomons b Schultz | 36 | 63 | 92 | 3 | 1 | |
| AJ Bichel | not out | 14 | 18 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| ML Hayden | not out | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | did not bat | ||||||
| *MA Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 40 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Langer), 2-34 (Bevan), 3-71 (Healy), 4-71 (Reiffel), 5-151 (Blewett), 6-159 (Elliott) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Schultz | 13 | 1 | 56 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Pringle | 9 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Kallis | 12 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 2 | - | |
| Matthews | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Koenig | c Healy b Bevan | 38 | 76 | 103 | 5 | - | |
| G Kirsten | c Elliott b Bichel | 29 | 53 | 70 | 4 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c Hayden b Bevan | 16 | 36 | 62 | - | 1 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Elliott b Gillespie | 80 | 92 | 101 | 10 | 3 | |
| *JB Commins | c Healy b Bichel | 51 | 91 | 122 | 6 | - | |
| HD Ackerman | c Bevan b Bichel | 37 | 63 | 86 | 2 | - | |
| BM McMillan | c Bevan b Bichel | 3 | 11 | 15 | - | - | |
| +MT Solomons | c Blewett b Gillespie | 28 | 37 | 40 | 4 | - | |
| MW Pringle | lbw b Bichel | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CR Matthews | not out | 13 | 12 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| BN Schultz | c and b Bevan | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 12 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.4 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61 (Kirsten), 2-77 (Koenig), 3-100 (Kallis), 4-210 (Gibbs), 5-253 (Commins), 6-267 (McMillan), 7-285 (Ackerman), 8-285 (Pringle), 9-314 (Solomons), 10-321 (Schultz) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bichel | 22 | 2 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Reiffel | 9 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Gillespie | 11 | 1 | 51 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Bevan | 29.4 | 3 | 113 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Blewett | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Elliott | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JH Kallis (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> MT Solomons made his debut for Western Province in First-Class matches
--> JL Langer made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MG Bevan made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> JN Gillespie made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MTG Elliott made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> AJ Bichel made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
SR Waugh on 9* dropped by BM McMillan off the bowling of JH Kallis
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