a10983 o1285	Australia v South Africa
	Carlton and United Series 1997/98 (2nd Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 26th January 1998 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 7 wickets
Umpires	DB Hair, SG Randell
TV umpire	IS Thomas
Referee	RS Madugalle
Scorers	ME Gorham (Australia), MA Slarke (South Africa)
Player of the Match	AC Gilchrist

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DJ Cullinan	c Warne b ME Waugh	3	4	6	-	-	75.00
G Kirsten	c Gilchrist b Wilson	14	31	36	1	-	45.16
L Klusener	c Harvey b Reiffel	31	54	79	3	-	57.41
JH Kallis	c Ponting b Reiffel	10	27	22	-	-	37.04
*WJ Cronje	c Bevan b Warne	73	77	105	4	1	94.81
JN Rhodes	not out	82	98	113	4	-	83.67
SM Pollock	lbw b Reiffel	3	5	11	-	-	60.00
PL Symcox	not out	5	4	9	-	-	125.00
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
BM McMillan	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 w)	7
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 200 minutes, 50 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Cullinan, 1.2 ov), 2-35 (Kirsten, 10.2 ov), 3-55 (Kallis, 17.4 ov), 4-64 (Klusener, 21.1 ov), 5-198 (Cronje, 45.4 ov), 6-211 (Pollock, 47.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wilson	10	0	39	1	-	-	60.00	3.90
ME Waugh	5	0	17	1	1	-	30.00	3.40
Reiffel	10	1	32	3	1	-	20.00	3.20
Moody	8	0	28	0	-	-	-	3.50
Warne	10	0	52	1	1	-	60.00	5.20
Harvey	4	0	27	0	-	-	-	6.75
Lehmann	3	0	29	0	-	-	-	9.67

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	b McMillan	100	104	136	9	1	96.15
ME Waugh	b Klusener	25	31	37	4	-	80.65
RT Ponting	lbw b Klusener	47	72	107	3	-	65.28
IJ Harvey	not out	27	27	36	3	-	100.00
DS Lehmann	not out	17	19	29	2	-	89.47
*SR Waugh	did not bat
MG Bevan	did not bat
TM Moody	did not bat
PR Reiffel	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
P Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 175 minutes, 41.5 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (ME Waugh, 9.6 ov), 2-177 (Gilchrist, 33.5 ov), 3-184 (Ponting, 34.6 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pollock	8	0	39	0	1	-	-	4.88
Klusener	10	0	57	2	3	1	30.00	5.70
Donald	3	0	17	0	1	-	-	5.67
Symcox	9	0	39	0	-	-	-	4.33
McMillan	8	0	45	1	-	1	48.00	5.62
Cullinan	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
Cronje	1.5	0	9	0	-	-	-	4.91

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Notes
--> WJ Cronje 50 in 68 balls, 93 minutes with 1 four
--> JN Rhodes 50 in 73 balls, 79 minutes with 2 fours
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 63 balls, 88 minutes with 7 fours
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 77 in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his first century in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 77 in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his first century in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist 100 in 101 balls, 134 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six

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Match delayed from 25 January 1998 due to rain and a soaked ground
12th Men: SG Law (Australia) and HH Gibbs (South Africa)
Attendance: 26,293

 

 

 

 

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