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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 4th December 1997 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 67 runs |
| Points | Australia 0; South Africa 2 |
| Umpires | DJ Harper, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | DB Hair |
| Referee | CW Smith |
| Scorers | EW Cosgrove (Australia), MA Slarke (South Africa) |
| Player of the Match | PL Symcox |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Kirsten | c McGrath b ME Waugh | 44 | 69 | 109 | 3 | - | 63.77 |
| JH Kallis | c Harvey b McGrath | 8 | 22 | 38 | - | - | 36.36 |
| L Klusener | b McGrath | 3 | 6 | 10 | - | - | 50.00 |
| DJ Cullinan | run out (Bichel->Gilchrist) | 33 | 59 | 66 | 3 | - | 55.93 |
| *WJ Cronje | c and b Bichel | 21 | 44 | 60 | - | - | 47.73 |
| JN Rhodes | b Harvey | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | - | 133.33 |
| SM Pollock | run out (Harvey) | 6 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 75.00 |
| BM McMillan | c Warne b Bichel | 19 | 36 | 46 | - | - | 52.78 |
| +DJ Richardson | lbw b Bichel | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| PL Symcox | not out | 27 | 32 | 39 | 2 | - | 84.38 |
| AA Donald | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 11 | 20 | 26 | - | - | 55.00 |
| Extras | (11 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 212 minutes, 50 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Kallis), 2-37 (Klusener), 3-96 (Kirsten), 4-98 (Cullinan), 5-113 (Rhodes), 6-124 (Pollock), 7-153 (Cronje), 8-153 (Richardson), 9-160 (McMillan), 10-200 (Donald) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McGrath | 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20.00 | 4.00 |
| Reiffel | 8 | 3 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.12 |
| Bichel | 9 | 0 | 46 | 3 | - | 3 | 18.00 | 5.11 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.30 |
| ME Waugh | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 4.00 |
| Harvey | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.30 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Di Venuto | c Rhodes b Pollock | 1 | 10 | 11 | - | - | 10.00 |
| ME Waugh | b Symcox | 45 | 60 | 86 | 2 | - | 75.00 |
| GS Blewett | c Rhodes b Donald | 15 | 38 | 59 | - | - | 39.47 |
| *SR Waugh | lbw b Symcox | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 33.33 |
| MG Bevan | st Richardson b Symcox | 16 | 31 | 40 | - | - | 51.61 |
| +AC Gilchrist | c and b Cullinan | 4 | 10 | 13 | - | - | 40.00 |
| IJ Harvey | c Kallis b Symcox | 4 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 36.36 |
| PR Reiffel | c Kirsten b Klusener | 17 | 31 | 49 | - | - | 54.84 |
| SK Warne | lbw b Cullinan | 17 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 73.91 |
| AJ Bichel | run out (Cronje) | 3 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 25.00 |
| GD McGrath | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 163 minutes, 38 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Di Venuto), 2-61 (Blewett), 3-64 (SR Waugh), 4-71 (ME Waugh), 5-78 (Gilchrist), 6-89 (Harvey), 7-92 (Bevan), 8-122 (Warne), 9-133 (Bichel), 10-133 (Reiffel) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | - | 36.00 | 2.00 |
| Klusener | 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 4.86 |
| Cronje | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.50 |
| Donald | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.60 |
| Symcox | 10 | 1 | 28 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 2.80 |
| Cullinan | 8 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | 1 | 24.00 | 3.88 |
Notes
--> IJ Harvey made his debut in ODI matches
--> IJ Harvey made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> SM Pollock made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> SM Pollock made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> JH Kallis made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> JH Kallis made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> L Klusener made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> L Klusener made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> MJ Di Venuto made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> PL Symcox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed MG Bevan in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-11)
--> PL Symcox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed MG Bevan in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-20)
--> PL Symcox reached 50 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed MG Bevan, his 4th wicket in the Australia innings
12th Men: RT Ponting (Australia) and HH Gibbs (South Africa)
IJ Harvey took the wicket of JN Rhodes with his 2nd ball in One-day Internationals.
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