Archive & Stats

a10977 o1285	Australia v South Africa
	Carlton and United Series 1997/98 (2nd Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground 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
Third umpire	IS Thomas
Referee	RS Madugalle
Scorers	ME Gorham (Australia), MA Slarke (South Africa)
Man of the Match	AC Gilchrist

South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Cullinan	c Warne b ME Waugh	3	4	6	-	-
G Kirsten	c Gilchrist b Wilson	14	31	36	1	-
L Klusener	c Harvey b Reiffel	31	54	79	3	-
JH Kallis	c Ponting b Reiffel	10	27	22	-	-
*WJ Cronje	c Bevan b Warne	73	77	105	4	1
JN Rhodes	not out	82	98	113	4	-
SM Pollock	lbw b Reiffel	3	5	11	-	-
PL Symcox	not out	5	4	9	-	-
+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 innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+AC Gilchrist	b McMillan	100	104	136	9	1
ME Waugh	b Klusener	25	31	37	4	-
RT Ponting	lbw b Klusener	47	72	107	3	-
IJ Harvey	not out	27	27	36	3	-
DS Lehmann	not out	17	19	29	2	-
*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)

Notes
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 77
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest ODIs score of 77

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