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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 23rd January 1998 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 6 runs |
| Umpires | DB Hair, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | WP Sheahan |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | KV O'Neill (Australia), CJ Reece (South Africa) |
| Player of the Match | AA Donald |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DJ Cullinan | st Gilchrist b Warne | 26 | 22 | 33 | 1 | - | 118.18 |
| G Kirsten | st Gilchrist b ME Waugh | 70 | 87 | 96 | 5 | - | 80.46 |
| L Klusener | c Bevan b Moody | 0 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 0.00 |
| JH Kallis | c Gilchrist b Wilson | 33 | 44 | 64 | 1 | - | 75.00 |
| *WJ Cronje | c Bevan b Lehmann | 29 | 41 | 63 | 1 | - | 70.73 |
| JN Rhodes | c Gilchrist b Lehmann | 21 | 34 | 45 | - | - | 61.76 |
| SM Pollock | c Bevan b Warne | 36 | 35 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 102.86 |
| PL Symcox | b ME Waugh | 10 | 14 | 13 | - | - | 71.43 |
| BM McMillan | lbw b Warne | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 25.00 |
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 11 | 10 | 14 | 1 | - | 110.00 |
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 2 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 193 minutes, 50 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55 (Cullinan, 7.5 ov), 2-62 (Klusener, 10.5 ov), 3-126 (Kirsten, 24.2 ov), 4-137 (Kallis, 28.3 ov), 5-178 (Cronje, 37.2 ov), 6-186 (Rhodes, 39.4 ov), 7-203 (Symcox, 44.1 ov), 8-210 (McMillan, 45.6 ov), 9-241 (Pollock, 50 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Wilson | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 5.78 |
| Reiffel | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 6.00 |
| Warne | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 2 | - | 20.00 | 5.20 |
| Moody | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.80 |
| Harvey | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 |
| ME Waugh | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.50 |
| Lehmann | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 12.00 | 2.75 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| ME Waugh | run out (Rhodes->Pollock->Richardson) | 3 | 10 | 16 | - | - | 30.00 |
| +AC Gilchrist | c Symcox b Pollock | 20 | 27 | 34 | 2 | - | 74.07 |
| RT Ponting | c Richardson b Donald | 33 | 42 | 69 | 2 | - | 78.57 |
| DS Lehmann | run out (Cullinan) | 31 | 49 | 66 | 2 | - | 63.27 |
| *SR Waugh | c Richardson b McMillan | 53 | 73 | 102 | 3 | - | 72.60 |
| MG Bevan | run out (Kirsten->McMillan) | 57 | 68 | 100 | 2 | - | 83.82 |
| TM Moody | run out (Kallis->Richardson) | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1 | - | 83.33 |
| IJ Harvey | b Donald | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| PR Reiffel | c Richardson b Donald | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 33.33 |
| SK Warne | b Pollock | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 0.00 |
| P Wilson | not out | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 33.33 |
| Extras | (6 lb, 3 nb, 5 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 227 minutes, 49.5 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (ME Waugh, 4.1 ov), 2-37 (Gilchrist, 8.2 ov), 3-95 (Ponting, 20.2 ov), 4-105 (Lehmann, 23.4 ov), 5-206 (SR Waugh, 43.4 ov), 6-221 (Bevan, 45.5 ov), 7-231 (Harvey, 48.2 ov), 8-233 (Reiffel, 48.6 ov), 9-234 (Moody, 49.1 ov), 10-235 (Warne, 49.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 9.5 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29.50 | 3.97 |
| Klusener | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.14 |
| Symcox | 10 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 5.60 |
| Donald | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.60 |
| McMillan | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | - | 54.00 | 4.33 |
| Kallis | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.75 |
Notes
--> G Kirsten 50 in 60 balls, 70 minutes with 5 fours
--> JH Kallis passed 2500 runs in List A matches when he reached 19
--> PL Symcox passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 3
--> SR Waugh 50 in 70 balls, 97 minutes with 3 fours
--> MG Bevan 50 in 58 balls, 77 minutes with 2 fours
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