Flag1 Australia vs South Africa 1997-98 Flag2
Date Venue Captains Scores Result Player of the Match
26 Dec 1997
 
Melbourne
 
MA Taylor (Aus)
WJ Cronje (SAf)
Aus 309 & 257
SAf 186 & 273-7
Match Drawn
 
2 Jan 1998
 
Sydney
 
MA Taylor (Aus)
WJ Cronje (SAf)
SAf 287 & 113
Aus 421
Australia
Innings & 21 runs
30 Jan 1998
 
Adelaide
 
MA Taylor (Aus)
WJ Cronje (SAf)
SAf 517 & 193-6d
Aus 350 & 227-7
Match Drawn
 


Australia Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
ME Waugh 3 5 1 279 69.75 1 2 115* 43.06 37/1 0
MA Taylor 3 5 1 265 66.25 1 1 169* 36.65 26 8
RT Ponting 3 5 0 248 49.60 1 1 105 41.13 24/1 2
SR Waugh 3 5 0 238 47.60 2 0 96 46.21 27 1
GS Blewett 3 5 0 107 21.40 0 0 31 29.97 12 3
PR Reiffel 2 3 1 106 53.00 1 0 79* 60.23 8 0
IA Healy 3 5 1 77 19.25 0 0 46* 37.75 6 9/1
MTG Elliott 3 5 0 51 10.20 0 0 32 32.69 6 1
MS Kasprowicz 2 3 0 36 12.00 0 0 19 50.00 6 0
GD McGrath 2 3 1 32 16.00 0 0 18 32.99 0 0
SK Warne 3 5 1 27 6.75 0 0 12 40.91 4 5
MG Bevan 1 1 0 12 12.00 0 0 12 30.77 1 0
SCG MacGill 1 1 0 10 10.00 0 0 10 21.28 1 1
AJ Bichel 1 2 0 7 3.50 0 0 7 22.58 1 1


Australia Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
SK Warne 187.1 51 417 20 20.85 6/34 2.23 2/1 14 1
MS Kasprowicz 84.5 16 253 8 31.62 3/28 2.98 0 5 0
PR Reiffel 68 22 118 5 23.60 3/14 1.74 0 7 0
SCG MacGill 36 8 134 5 26.80 3/22 3.72 0 0 0
GD McGrath 70 28 136 4 34.00 1/8 1.94 0 0 0
GS Blewett 30 11 61 2 30.50 1/26 2.03 0 2 0
ME Waugh 47 12 114 2 57.00 2/28 2.43 0 0 1
MG Bevan 26 3 74 2 37.00 2/56 2.85 0 2 0
SR Waugh 31 10 74 2 37.00 1/12 2.39 0 0 1
AJ Bichel 49 12 154 1 154.00 1/103 3.14 0 1 1
MTG Elliott 1 0 4 0 - - 4.00 0 0 0


South Africa Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
G Kirsten 3 6 1 279 55.80 2 1 108* 43.94 31/1 2
WJ Cronje 3 6 0 241 40.16 3 0 88 39.70 19/1 0
JH Kallis 3 6 0 207 34.50 0 1 101 36.19 19 1
AM Bacher 3 6 0 188 31.33 1 0 64 38.84 19 2
BM McMillan 3 5 1 168 42.00 1 0 87* 37.09 18/1 4
PL Symcox 3 5 0 127 25.40 1 0 54 76.51 16/1 4
HH Gibbs 2 4 0 94 23.50 1 0 54 31.76 10/1 1
SM Pollock 3 5 1 84 21.00 0 0 40 35.00 12 3
L Klusener 2 4 1 55 18.33 0 0 38 52.38 8 0
DJ Richardson 3 5 0 33 6.60 0 0 15 27.05 2 10/1
JN Rhodes 1 2 1 25 25.00 0 0 19* 53.19 4 0
AA Donald 2 3 2 6 6.00 0 0 4* 15.00 1 0
DJ Cullinan 1 2 0 5 2.50 0 0 5 13.51 0 2
PR Adams 1 2 1 1 1.00 0 0 1* 12.50 0 1


South Africa Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
SM Pollock 154 42 351 16 21.93 7/87 2.28 1 14 0
AA Donald 86.4 19 214 12 17.83 6/59 2.47 1 5 0
PL Symcox 133.1 27 344 8 43.00 4/69 2.58 0 0 0
L Klusener 85 21 247 6 41.16 4/67 2.91 0 9 0
BM McMillan 66 15 173 2 86.50 1/19 2.62 0 3 0
JH Kallis 46 18 100 2 50.00 1/20 2.17 0 1 0
PR Adams 38 9 66 1 66.00 1/66 1.74 0 0 0
WJ Cronje 8 2 26 0 - - 3.25 0 0 0


Partnerships

  Avg 0-9 10-49 50-99 100+ Best Test Batsmen
Australia
1st 15.6 2 3 - - 35 2(1) Elliott & Taylor
2nd 24.2 1 3 1 - 56 3(1) Taylor & Blewett
3rd 42.2 2 2 - 1 126 3(1) Taylor & ME Waugh
4th 49.8 - 3 1 1 116 2(1) ME Waugh & SR Waugh
5th 86.8 - - 4 1 145 1(1) Ponting & SR Waugh
6th 19.4 - 5 - - 28 1(1) Ponting & Healy
7th 17.6 2 2 1 - 52 1(1) Ponting & Reiffel
8th 10.0 3 2 - - 18 1(2) Reiffel & Warne
9th 32.0 1 2 1 - 62 1(2) Reiffel & Kasprowicz
10th 29.5 1 3 - - 49 1(2) Reiffel & McGrath
   12 25 8 3
 
South Africa
1st 45.8 2 2 1 1 140 3(1) Bacher & Kirsten
2nd 38.2 2 2 2 - 87 1(2) Kallis & Bacher
3rd 10.8 2 4 - - 22 3(2) Kirsten & Cronje
4th 56.0 3 - 1 2 123 1(2) Kallis & Cronje
5th 18.2 3 2 1 - 62 1(1) McMillan & Kirsten
6th 19.3 1 4 1 - 54 2(1) Cronje & Pollock
7th 15.4 3 3 - - 28* 3(2) Kirsten & Rhodes
8th 46.8 - 4 1 - 69 3(1) Pollock & McMillan
9th 24.0 1 2 1 - 69 3(1) Klusener & McMillan
10th 19.8 3 - 1 - 74 3(1) Symcox & McMillan
   20 23 9 3


Overall Summary

    Aus SAf
Runs Scored   1564 1569
Wickets lost   47 53
Overs faced   616.5 630
Runs per wicket   33.28 29.60
Runs per over   2.54 2.49
Innings  53 61
Ducks  5 7
Fifties  6 9
Centuries  4 2
5 w/inn  2 2
10 w/mat  1 0

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