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| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 5th April 1997 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 15 runs |
| Umpires | WA Diedricks, DL Orchard |
| TV umpire | RE Koertzen |
| Referee | R Subba Row |
| Scorers | BD Crouch (South Africa), MK Walsh (Australia) |
| Player of the Match | SM Pollock |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Di Venuto | run out (Crookes->Richardson) | 14 | 17 | 23 | 2 | - | 82.35 |
| GS Blewett | c Crookes b Bryson | 53 | 73 | 103 | 6 | - | 72.60 |
| SG Law | c Kallis b Pollock | 0 | 14 | 18 | - | - | 0.00 |
| SR Waugh | c Crookes b Donald | 1 | 19 | 24 | - | - | 5.26 |
| MG Bevan | run out (Rhodes) | 0 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 0.00 |
| AC Gilchrist | c Cronje b Pollock | 77 | 88 | 115 | 5 | 2 | 87.50 |
| *+IA Healy | c Richardson b Pollock | 19 | 29 | 33 | 1 | - | 65.52 |
| SK Warne | b Bryson | 12 | 20 | 25 | 1 | - | 60.00 |
| AJ Bichel | lbw b Pollock | 17 | 22 | 33 | 1 | - | 77.27 |
| AC Dale | not out | 10 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | 125.00 |
| JN Gillespie | not out | 5 | 7 | 10 | - | - | 71.43 |
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 208 minutes, 50 overs) | 211 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Di Venuto), 2-40 (Law), 3-48 (Waugh), 4-50 (Bevan), 5-83 (Blewett), 6-129 (Healy), 7-153 (Warne), 8-195 (Gilchrist), 9-198 (Bichel) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 10 | 1 | 33 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 3.30 |
| Bryson | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.70 |
| Donald | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | 1 | 60.00 | 3.70 |
| Kallis | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.86 |
| Crookes | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Cronje | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AM Bacher | lbw b Warne | 45 | 76 | 111 | 2 | - | 59.21 |
| HH Gibbs | c Waugh b Dale | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DJ Cullinan | c and b Warne | 38 | 74 | 97 | 2 | - | 51.35 |
| JH Kallis | run out (Waugh) | 1 | 4 | 17 | - | - | 25.00 |
| JN Rhodes | b Gillespie | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 33.33 |
| *WJ Cronje | b Bichel | 28 | 36 | 54 | 2 | - | 77.78 |
| DN Crookes | b Bichel | 17 | 33 | 35 | 2 | - | 51.52 |
| SM Pollock | not out | 41 | 37 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 110.81 |
| +DJ Richardson | lbw b Bichel | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| RE Bryson | c Warne b Blewett | 9 | 12 | 18 | 1 | - | 75.00 |
| AA Donald | run out (Di Venuto->Warne->Healy) | 6 | 4 | 17 | - | - | 150.00 |
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 211 minutes, 48.1 overs) | 196 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Gibbs), 2-81 (Cullinan), 3-88 (Bacher), 4-89 (Rhodes), 5-89 (Kallis), 6-125 (Crookes), 7-143 (Cronje), 8-143 (Richardson), 9-165 (Bryson), 10-196 (Donald) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Dale | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.20 |
| Bichel | 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 2 | - | 20.00 | 4.30 |
| Gillespie | 9 | 3 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 3.33 |
| Law | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.33 |
| Warne | 8.1 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | - | 24.50 | 4.41 |
| Waugh | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Blewett | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 6.00 |
Notes
--> GS Blewett 50 in 71 balls, 101 minutes with 6 fours
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 18 in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 63 balls, 75 minutes with 5 fours
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 76 in List A matches
--> AJ Bichel passed his previous highest score of 16 in ODI matches
--> AM Bacher passed his previous highest score of 27 in ODI matches
--> AJ Bichel made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> AJ Bichel made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> SM Pollock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 4-34)
12th Men: LJ keon (South Africa) and BP Julian (Australia)
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