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f42775 t1362	South Africa v Australia
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97 (3rd Test)
Venue	Centurion Park on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th March 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 8 wickets
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, CJ Mitchley
Third umpire	RE Koertzen
Referee	R Subba Row
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 227 all out
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 240/3 (Bacher 94, Symcox 5)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 96/4 (SR Waugh 24, Blewett 0)
Man of the Match	AA Donald

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Richardson b Klusener	38	138	197	5	-
ML Hayden	b Schultz	10	22	36	2	-
MTG Elliott	c Schultz b Donald	18	52	68	2	-
ME Waugh	b Donald	5	15	27	1	-
SR Waugh	c Richardson b Schultz	67	132	174	9	-
GS Blewett	c Richardson b Symcox	37	90	94	5	-
MG Bevan	lbw b Schultz	6	22	40	1	-
+IA Healy	c Richardson b Donald	19	47	67	1	-
SK Warne	lbw b Schultz	0	3	3	-	-
JN Gillespie	not out	6	24	47	-	-
GD McGrath	b Klusener	0	7	8	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 9 nb, 7 w)	21
Total	(all out, 385 minutes, 89.5 overs)	227
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Hayden), 2-60 (Elliott), 3-72 (ME Waugh), 4-110 (Taylor), 5-190 (Blewett), 6-197 (SR Waugh), 7-212 (Bevan), 8-212 (Warne), 9-226 (Healy), 10-227 (McGrath)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	20	5	60	3	3	4
Schultz	20	4	52	4	3	8
Cronje	5	3	5	0	-	-
Klusener	14.5	4	23	2	1	-
Symcox	23	4	62	1	-	-
Kallis	7	2	20	0	-	1

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	c Healy b McGrath	16	42	59	2	-
AM Bacher	lbw b McGrath	96	322	444	10	1
BM McMillan	c Hayden b ME Waugh	55	119	159	8	-
DJ Cullinan	b McGrath	47	103	120	8	-
PL Symcox	c Blewett b Gillespie	16	30	44	3	-
JH Kallis	c SR Waugh b McGrath	2	15	21	-	-
*WJ Cronje	not out	79	111	148	9	2
+DJ Richardson	b McGrath	0	2	2	-	-
L Klusener	b Gillespie	30	46	58	3	1
AA Donald	c Healy b Gillespie	8	15	32	2	-
BN Schultz	c Healy b McGrath	2	9	16	-	-
Extras	(11 b, 16 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	33
Total	(all out, 556 minutes, 134.4 overs)	384
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Kirsten), 2-128 (McMillan), 3-229 (Cullinan), 4-252 (Symcox), 5-255 (Kallis), 6-262 (Bacher), 7-262 (Richardson), 8-330 (Klusener), 9-367 (Donald), 10-384 (Schultz)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	40.4	15	86	6	-	-
Gillespie	31	13	75	3	1	1
Blewett	5	0	19	0	-	1
Warne	36	11	89	0	-	4
Bevan	15	3	54	0	-	-
ME Waugh	7	1	34	1	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Richardson b Donald	5	19	26	1	-
ML Hayden	lbw b Schultz	0	6	9	-	-
MTG Elliott	b Donald	12	35	50	1	-
ME Waugh	b Symcox	42	100	139	7	-
SR Waugh	not out	60	179	266	8	-
GS Blewett	b Donald	0	10	12	-	-
MG Bevan	b Symcox	5	20	32	1	-
+IA Healy	c Richardson b Schultz	12	24	33	1	-
SK Warne	lbw b Donald	12	43	55	2	-
JN Gillespie	b Donald	0	2	3	-	-
GD McGrath	b Klusener	11	17	20	2	-
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 14 nb, 4 w)	26
Total	(all out, 327 minutes, 73.4 overs)	185
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Hayden), 2-10 (Taylor), 3-28 (Elliott), 4-94 (ME Waugh), 5-99 (Blewett), 6-108 (Bevan), 7-131 (Healy), 8-164 (Warne), 9-164 (Gillespie), 10-185 (McGrath)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	18	5	36	5	3	-
Schultz	17	4	39	2	1	9
Klusener	14.4	1	40	1	-	3
Symcox	19	5	49	2	-	-
Kallis	5	1	13	0	-	1

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	c Taylor b Blewett	6	16	18	1	-
AM Bacher	c Elliott b Gillespie	5	6	11	1	-
BM McMillan	not out	7	10	18	-	-
DJ Cullinan	not out	12	9	11	3	-
PL Symcox	did not bat
JH Kallis	did not bat
*WJ Cronje	did not bat
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
L Klusener	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
BN Schultz	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 30 minutes, 6.4 overs)	32
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Bacher), 2-15 (Kirsten)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gillespie	3.4	0	19	1	1	-
Blewett	3	0	13	1	-	1

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> MA Taylor (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 29
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 5500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 57
--> AM Bacher (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 55
--> AM Bacher (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 89
--> AM Bacher (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 6
--> BM McMillan (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 8
--> WJ Cronje (1) passed 2000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 67
--> AA Donald reached 150 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed IA Healy, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> AM Bacher and BM McMillan added 100 in 237 balls, 161 minutes for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> AM Bacher and DJ Cullinan added 100 in 190 balls, 115 minutes for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings

Healy dropped by Richardson off Schultz when he had 2 and the total was 199.
Attendance: 9100
Lunch: SA 58/1 (Bacher 20*, McMillan 19*, 30 overs)
Tea: SA 145/2 (Bacher 51*, Cullinan 8*, 60 overs)
Attendance: 9663
ME Waugh caught by Richardson off a no-ball from Brett Schultz when he was on 26 and the total was 71.
In the 22nd over, Klusener was no-balled under law 42 for bowling a third bouncer in the over to S Waugh.
Bad light stopped play with 7 scheduled overs remaining.
Attendance: 11 100.
IA Healy suspended for two matches for dissent.