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f43210 t1393	Australia v South Africa
	South Africa in Australia 1997/98 (2nd Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1998 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 21 runs
Umpires	DB Hair, P Willey
Third umpire	SJA Taufel
Referee	RS Madugalle
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 197/5 (Cronje 56, Pollock 1; 97 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 174/3 (ME Waugh 78, SR Waugh 18; 67 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 392/9 (Healy 31, McGrath 3; 157 overs)
Man of the Match	SK Warne

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Bacher	lbw b Blewett	39	85	121	4	-
G Kirsten	c Taylor b McGrath	11	42	55	-	-
JH Kallis	run out (Ponting)	16	59	68	2	-
*WJ Cronje	c Taylor b Warne	88	262	335	8	-
HH Gibbs	c Healy b Bevan	54	150	162	6	-
BM McMillan	c Elliott b Bevan	6	17	14	-	-
SM Pollock	c Taylor b Warne	18	67	91	3	-
+DJ Richardson	b Warne	6	15	14	-	-
PL Symcox	c Healy b Warne	29	40	56	5	-
AA Donald	not out	4	15	19	1	-
PR Adams	c SR Waugh b Warne	0	3	7	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 477 minutes, 124.1 overs)	287
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Kirsten, 12.2 ov), 2-70 (Bacher, 30.2 ov), 3-70 (Kallis, 30.5 ov), 4-167 (Gibbs, 77.4 ov), 5-174 (McMillan, 81.2 ov), 6-228 (Pollock, 105.6 ov), 7-236 (Richardson, 109.4 ov), 8-276 (Cronje, 120.1 ov), 9-287 (Symcox, 122.4 ov), 10-287 (Adams, 124.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	20	6	51	1	-	-
Reiffel	24	7	48	0	-	3
Warne	32.1	8	75	5	-	3
Bevan	23	3	56	2	-	2
Blewett	13	5	30	1	-	2
SR Waugh	8	4	10	0	1	-
ME Waugh	3	1	5	0	-	-
Elliott	1	0	4	0	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTG Elliott	c McMillan b Symcox	32	66	90	4	-
*MA Taylor	c Richardson b Pollock	11	45	50	-	-
GS Blewett	b McMillan	28	113	119	4	-
ME Waugh	lbw b Pollock	100	186	211	12	1
SR Waugh	b Donald	85	199	279	9	-
RT Ponting	c and b Adams	62	155	219	1	1
MG Bevan	c McMillan b Symcox	12	39	42	1	-
+IA Healy	not out	46	130	152	2	-
PR Reiffel	b Donald	0	7	12	-	-
SK Warne	lbw b Pollock	12	28	46	2	-
GD McGrath	c Richardson b Donald	14	45	59	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 646 minutes, 167.4 overs)	421
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Taylor, 13.2 ov), 2-59 (Elliott, 24.6 ov), 3-103 (Blewett, 49.4 ov), 4-219 (ME Waugh, 83.6 ov), 5-317 (SR Waugh, 118.5 ov), 6-337 (Bevan, 128.5 ov), 7-354 (Ponting, 136.6 ov), 8-357 (Reiffel, 139.6 ov), 9-385 (Warne, 153.1 ov), 10-421 (McGrath, 167.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	30.4	5	81	3	-	-
Pollock	33	8	71	3	-	6
Symcox	39	9	103	2	-	-
Adams	38	9	66	1	-	-
McMillan	18	5	55	1	-	-
Kallis	8	1	30	0	-	1
Cronje	1	0	2	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	lbw b McGrath	0	9	8	-	-
AM Bacher	c Ponting b Reiffel	2	12	22	-	-
JH Kallis	b Warne	45	110	155	4	-
*WJ Cronje	c Ponting b Warne	5	35	36	-	-
HH Gibbs	c Blewett b Warne	1	25	33	-	-
BM McMillan	b Warne	11	13	11	2	-
SM Pollock	c Taylor b Warne	4	12	11	-	-
+DJ Richardson	c and b Warne	0	3	2	-	-
PL Symcox	b Reiffel	38	72	69	4	1
AA Donald	c Healy b Reiffel	2	23	34	-	-
PR Adams	not out	1	5	8	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 199 minutes, 53 overs)	113
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kirsten, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (Bacher, 4.5 ov), 3-21 (Cronje, 13.6 ov), 4-27 (Gibbs, 23.2 ov), 5-41 (McMillan, 25.6 ov), 6-55 (Pollock, 29.3 ov), 7-55 (Richardson, 29.6 ov), 8-96 (Kallis, 43.4 ov), 9-112 (Symcox, 50.3 ov), 10-113 (Donald, 53 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reiffel	12	3	14	3	-	-
McGrath	5	2	8	1	-	-
Warne	21	9	34	6	-	1
Blewett	2	1	1	0	-	-
Bevan	3	0	18	0	-	-
ME Waugh	10	2	35	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> HH Gibbs (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 31
--> PL Symcox (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 1
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 48
--> SK Warne (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> SK Warne reached 300 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed JH Kallis, his 6th wicket in the South Africa second innings

Lunch: South Africa 1/47 (Bacher 30*, Kallis 3*, 22 overs)
Tea: South Africa 3/140 (Cronje 25*, Gibbs 43*, 64 overs)
Start of play delayed 30 minutes due to dampness on a batting strip adjacent to the Test pitch, due to overwatering on the previous day.
Attendance: 34,952.
Lunch: South Africa 287 all out (Donald 4*, 124.1 overs)
Tea: Australia 2/78 (Blewett 19*, M Waugh 11*, 36 overs)
Floodlights turned on at 2.55pm.
Rain ends play at 5.54pm.
Attendance: 27,246.
Lunch: Australia 4/259 (SR Waugh 57*, Ponting 19*, 96 overs)
Tea: Australia 5/332 (Ponting 48*, Bevan 12*, 126 overs)
Floodlights turned on at 4.40pm.
Attendance: 26,118.
Lunch: South Africa 3/21 (Kallis 12*, Gibbs 0*; 16 overs)
Tea: South Africa: 7/85 (Kallis 40*, Symcox 18*; 39 overs)
Floodlights switched on at 2.40pm.
Rain stopped play at 3.05pm. Tea was taken during the interruption. Play resumed at 6.20pm, with stumps rescheduled to 7.00pm. Taylor claimed the additional half-hour with the score 9/112. The match ended at 7.10pm. No further play would have been possible on the day with a heavy downpour commencing as the final delivery was bowled.
Attendance: 17,169. Match aggregate: 105,125.