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f40612 t1242	Australia v South Africa
	South Africa in Australia 1993/94 (1st Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1993 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DB Hair, TA Prue
Third umpire	LJ King
Referee	JL Hendriks
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 71/2 (Taylor 30, Boon 4)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 140/3 (Taylor 63, Waugh 11)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (1) 59/1 (Hudson 35, Cronje 3)
Man of the Match	MA Taylor

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Taylor	b Symcox	170	349	495	12	-
MJ Slater	c Kirsten b Donald	32	89	104	1	-
SK Warne	lbw b de Villiers	0	2	5	-	-
DC Boon	b Matthews	25	79	114	2	-
ME Waugh	lbw b Matthews	84	144	211	5	1
*AR Border	c Richardson b Matthews	2	12	18	-	-
DR Martyn	b Symcox	8	17	23	1	-
+IA Healy	not out	7	8	15	-	-
PR Reiffel	did not bat
TBA May	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 495 minutes, 115.5 overs)	342
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Slater), 2-58 (Warne), 3-127 (Boon), 4-296 (Waugh), 5-300 (Border), 6-327 (Martyn), 7-342 (Taylor)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	30	4	108	1	-	3
de Villiers	32	6	83	1	-	2
Matthews	24	5	68	3	-	-
Cronje	13	4	25	0	-	-
Symcox	16.5	3	49	2	-	-

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	retired hurt	64	245	201	3	-
G Kirsten	c Taylor b Waugh	16	89	59	-	-
WJ Cronje	c Boon b Warne	71	168	141	5	-
DJ Cullinan	c Border b McDermott	0	8	1	-	-
JN Rhodes	not out	35	193	124	1	-
*KC Wessels	not out	63	189	172	2	-
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
CR Matthews	did not bat
PS de Villiers	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 349 minutes, 115 overs)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Kirsten), 2-157 (Cullinan), 3-157 (Cronje)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	23	5	60	1	-	6
Reiffel	21	4	55	0	-	1
Waugh	12	3	20	1	-	-
May	28	7	58	0	-	-
Warne	31	8	63	1	-	-

Notes
--> MA Taylor (1) passed 4000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 126
--> AC Hudson (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 42
--> G Kirsten made his debut in Test Matches
--> WJ Cronje (1) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 49
--> PS de Villiers made his debut in Test Matches
--> AC Hudson retired hurt in the South Africa first innings having scored 64 (team score 152/1)

12th Men: GD McGrath (Aus) and DJ Callaghan (RSA)