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a14017 o1790	Australia v South Africa
	VB Series 2001/02
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground on 22nd January 2002 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 8 wickets
Points	Australia 5 (Bonus 1); South Africa 0
Umpires	DB Hair, DJ Harper
Third umpire	SJA Taufel
Referee	Hanumant Singh
Scorers	ME Gorham, R Kelleher
Man of the Match	AJ Bichel

South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HH Gibbs	c Gilchrist b McGrath	0	2	1	-	-
G Kirsten	lbw b Warne	44	77	128	5	-
HH Dippenaar	c Warne b McGrath	0	6	9	-	-
ND McKenzie	b Bichel	18	47	58	2	-
JN Rhodes	c Gilchrist b Bichel	0	7	4	-	-
+MV Boucher	lbw b Bichel	1	11	10	-	-
*SM Pollock	lbw b Bichel	0	2	2	-	-
L Klusener	lbw b Gillespie	0	2	3	-	-
N Boje	not out	13	36	68	1	-
S Elworthy	c SR Waugh b McGrath	18	35	27	3	-
M Ntini	c and b Bichel	0	6	6	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 9 w)	12
Total	(all out, 161 minutes, 38.3 overs)	106
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gibbs, 0.2 ov), 2-5 (Dippenaar, 2.2 ov), 3-42 (McKenzie, 16.5 ov), 4-44 (Rhodes, 18.2 ov), 5-49 (Boucher, 20.4 ov), 6-49 (Pollock, 20.6 ov), 7-50 (Klusener, 21.3 ov), 8-79 (Kirsten, 29.3 ov), 9-103 (Elworthy, 36.6 ov), 10-106 (Ntini, 38.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	10	1	29	3	3	-
Gillespie	9	1	27	1	1	-
Symonds	4	0	7	0	1	-
Bichel	6.3	0	19	5	1	-
Warne	6	1	13	1	3	-
ME Waugh	3	0	8	0	-	-

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Waugh	not out	55	62	78	8	-
+AC Gilchrist	b Pollock	8	13	20	1	-
RT Ponting	b Klusener	33	37	54	3	1
DR Martyn	not out	6	3	2	1	-
*SR Waugh	did not bat
MG Bevan	did not bat
A Symonds	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
AJ Bichel	did not bat
JN Gillespie	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 78 minutes, 18.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gilchrist, 4.6 ov), 2-101 (Ponting, 18.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	7	0	36	1	1	1
Ntini	7	2	36	0	-	1
Klusener	2.4	0	28	1	-	1
Boje	2	0	6	0	-	-

Notes
--> South Africa innings: 50 in 21.1 overs, 91 minutes
--> South Africa innings: 100 in 36.5 overs, 153 minutes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 10.4 overs, 44 minutes
--> Australia innings: 100 in 17.1 overs, 73 minutes
--> ME Waugh 50 in 54 balls, 70 minutes with 8 fours
--> ME Waugh passed 14000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 42
--> AJ Bichel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches in the South Africa innings (previous best was 5-21)
--> AJ Bichel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed SM Pollock in the South Africa innings (previous best was 3-17)
--> SK Warne reached 350 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed G Kirsten, his 1st wicket in the South Africa innings
--> ME Waugh and RT Ponting added 50 in 58 balls, 40 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket

Hours of Play: 2.30pm - 6.00pm, 6.45pm - 10.15pm
12th Men: IJ Harvey (Aus) and JL Ontong (SA)
Rain interupted play from 2.53pm to 3.34pm, with South Africa 10/2 after 5 overs, no change was made to the length of the match, dinner postponed to 6.42pm but not shortened
Kirsten 1x5 (single plus boundary overthrow)
ME Waugh 1x5 (single plus boundary overthrow)
Dinner: Australia 34/1 (ME Waugh 22*, Ponting 2*, 8 overs)
Attendance: 39,213