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 |
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2 Jan 1998 | Sydney |
MA Taylor (Aus)
WJ Cronje (SAf) |
SAf 287 & 113
Aus 421 |
Australia Innings & 21 runs |
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30 Jan 1998 | Adelaide |
MA Taylor (Aus)
WJ Cronje (SAf) |
SAf 517 & 193-6d
Aus 350 & 227-7 |
Match Drawn |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |