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f42739 t1356	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (1st Test)
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th March 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 196 runs
Umpires	CJ Mitchley, S Venkataraghavan
Third umpire	RE Koertzen
Referee	R Subba Row
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 302 all out
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 191/4 (SR Waugh 14, Blewett 3)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 479/4 (SR Waugh 137, Blewett 156)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 99/4 (Kallis 29, Rhodes 3)
Man of the Match	SR Waugh, GS Blewett

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	c Healy b McGrath	0	4	2	-	-
G Kirsten	c Healy b McGrath	9	36	67	1	-
JH Kallis	c ME Waugh b McGrath	6	30	36	1	-
DJ Cullinan	c Healy b McGrath	27	73	100	5	-
*WJ Cronje	c ME Waugh b Warne	76	144	187	10	1
JN Rhodes	c Healy b Gillespie	22	37	36	3	-
SM Pollock	c SR Waugh b Bevan	35	42	44	8	-
L Klusener	c Taylor b Bevan	9	22	21	2	-
+DJ Richardson	not out	72	87	112	10	1
AA Donald	c Healy b Gillespie	21	45	56	4	-
PR Adams	lbw b Warne	15	33	44	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 357 minutes, 91.4 overs)	302
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Hudson), 2-15 (Kallis), 3-25 (Kirsten), 4-78 (Cullinan), 5-115 (Rhodes), 6-165 (Pollock), 7-183 (Klusener), 8-195 (Cronje), 9-253 (Donald), 10-302 (Adams)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	26	8	77	4	-	1
Gillespie	17	6	66	2	2	-
Warne	27.4	9	68	2	-	2
Bevan	17	1	64	2	1	-
Blewett	4	0	23	0	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	b Pollock	16	35	47	2	-
ML Hayden	c Cullinan b Pollock	40	115	154	5	-
MTG Elliott	c Adams b Donald	85	113	160	13	1
ME Waugh	c Richardson b Donald	26	34	46	4	-
SR Waugh	c Richardson b Kallis	160	366	501	22	-
GS Blewett	c Adams b Klusener	214	421	519	33	-
MG Bevan	not out	37	58	73	6	-
+IA Healy	c Kirsten b Adams	11	22	36	1	-
SK Warne	b Cronje	9	9	11	-	1
JN Gillespie	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 15 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	30
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 777 minutes, 193.4 overs)	628
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Taylor), 2-128 (Hayden), 3-169 (ME Waugh), 4-174 (Elliott), 5-559 (SR Waugh), 6-577 (Blewett), 7-613 (Healy), 8-628 (Warne)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	35	7	136	2	2	1
Pollock	32	3	105	2	-	9
Klusener	37	10	122	1	-	1
Kallis	21	4	54	1	2	-
Adams	52	7	163	1	-	-
Cronje	16.4	5	32	1	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	b Warne	8	47	64	-	-
AC Hudson	run out (SR Waugh)	31	62	80	5	-
JH Kallis	b Warne	39	155	171	5	-
DJ Cullinan	c Healy b Warne	0	10	15	-	-
*WJ Cronje	c Healy b SR Waugh	22	49	60	4	-
JN Rhodes	lbw b Warne	8	44	57	1	-
SM Pollock	not out	14	33	44	2	-
L Klusener	c Hayden b Bevan	0	4	9	-	-
+DJ Richardson	c Hayden b Bevan	2	5	4	-	-
AA Donald	b Bevan	0	4	5	-	-
PR Adams	b Bevan	0	2	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 260 minutes, 69 overs)	130
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Kirsten), 2-41 (Hudson), 3-46 (Cullinan), 4-90 (Cronje), 5-108 (Rhodes), 6-127 (Kallis), 7-128 (Klusener), 8-130 (Richardson), 9-130 (Donald), 10-130 (Adams)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	10	5	17	0	-	1
Gillespie	11	4	24	0	-	-
Warne	28	15	43	4	-	-
Bevan	15	3	32	4	-	-
SR Waugh	4	1	4	1	-	-
ME Waugh	1	0	4	0	-	-

Notes
--> G Kirsten (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 8
--> MTG Elliott (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 78
--> GS Blewett (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 115
--> GS Blewett (1) 200 in 399 balls, 489 minutes with 32 fours
--> GS Blewett (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 131
--> MG Bevan reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed L Klusener, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings

G Kirsten dropped on 3* by Taylor off the bowling of Gillespie. SA score was 11/1
Lunch: SA 58/3 (Cullinan 19*, Cronje 21*) off 29 overs
WJ Cronje dropped on 63* at 176/6 by Blewett off Warne
Tea: SA 182/6 (Cronje 68*, Klusener 9*) off 62 overs
L Klusener was originally given as dismissed lbw. It was later clarified with umpire Venkataraghavan to be caught by Taylor.
91.4 overs bowled in the day
Lunch: Aus 93/1 (Hayden 37*, Elliott 36*) off 28 overs
Tea: Aus 180/4 (SR Waugh 5*, Blewett 1*) off 56 overs
Bad Light Stopped play at 3:37pm (7 minutes after tea)
Combination of rain and bad light forced play to be abandoned for the rest of the day
59.2 overs bowled in the day
Lunch: Aus 284/4 (SR Waugh 58*, Blewett 46*) off 90 overs
Tea: Aus 378/4 (SR Waugh 93*, Blewett 103*) off 123 overs
92.4 overs bowled in the day
Lunch: Aus 574/5 (Blewett 213*, Bevan 6*) off 180 overs
Bad light abandoned play 1 over before the scheduled finish
89.4 overs bowled in the day