Flag1 South Africa vs Australia 1996-97 Flag2
Date Venue Captains Scores Result Player of the Match
28 Feb 1997
 
Johannesburg
 
WJ Cronje (SAf)
MA Taylor (Aus)
SAf 302 & 130
Aus 628-8d
Australia
Innings & 196 runs
14 Mar 1997
 
Gqeberha
 
WJ Cronje (SAf)
MA Taylor (Aus)
SAf 209 & 168
Aus 108 & 271-8
Australia
2 wickets
21 Mar 1997
 
Centurion
 
WJ Cronje (SAf)
MA Taylor (Aus)
Aus 227 & 185
SAf 384 & 32-2
South Africa
8 wickets


South Africa Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
WJ Cronje 3 5 1 204 51.00 2 0 79* 54.11 28/3 1
AM Bacher 2 4 0 161 40.25 1 0 96 32.79 20/1 1
DJ Richardson 3 5 2 124 41.33 1 0 72* 56.36 14/2 12
DJ Cullinan 3 6 1 122 24.40 0 0 47 46.04 20 3
BM McMillan 2 4 1 119 39.66 2 0 55 47.22 15 0
G Kirsten 3 6 0 82 13.66 0 0 43 30.83 11 1
SM Pollock 2 4 1 66 22.00 0 0 35 67.35 14 0
JH Kallis 3 5 0 49 9.80 0 0 39 20.59 6 0
AA Donald 3 5 0 45 9.00 0 0 21 39.82 8 0
L Klusener 2 3 0 39 13.00 0 0 30 54.17 5/1 0
HH Gibbs 1 2 0 38 19.00 0 0 31 43.68 5 0
AC Hudson 1 2 0 31 15.50 0 0 31 46.97 5 0
JN Rhodes 1 2 0 30 15.00 0 0 22 37.04 4 0
PR Adams 2 4 1 21 7.00 0 0 15 41.18 3 3
PL Symcox 1 1 0 16 16.00 0 0 16 53.33 3 0
BN Schultz 1 1 0 2 2.00 0 0 2 22.22 0 1


South Africa Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
AA Donald 122 36 325 11 29.54 5/36 2.66 1 6 9
BN Schultz 37 8 91 6 15.16 4/52 2.46 0 17 4
JH Kallis 58.4 16 134 5 26.80 3/29 2.28 0 4 4
L Klusener 66.3 15 185 4 46.25 2/23 2.78 0 4 1
PR Adams 77 11 234 4 58.50 2/66 3.04 0 0 1
SM Pollock 38 6 111 4 27.75 2/6 2.92 0 10 0
WJ Cronje 45.1 16 94 4 23.50 2/21 2.08 0 0 1
BM McMillan 35 7 78 3 26.00 2/32 2.23 0 0 0
PL Symcox 42 9 111 3 37.00 2/49 2.64 0 0 0


Australia Batting and Fielding

  Mat Inn no Runs Avg 50 100 HS S/R 4s/6s Ct/St
SR Waugh 3 5 1 313 78.25 2 1 160 40.13 41 3
GS Blewett 3 5 0 271 54.20 0 1 214 44.50 39 2
ME Waugh 3 5 0 209 41.80 0 1 116 50.61 32/1 3
MTG Elliott 3 5 0 182 36.40 1 0 85 44.17 28/1 2
MA Taylor 3 5 0 80 16.00 0 0 38 29.96 9 3
MG Bevan 3 5 1 72 18.00 0 0 37* 41.14 11 0
ML Hayden 3 5 0 64 12.80 0 0 40 32.99 9 4
IA Healy 3 5 1 57 14.25 0 0 19 42.22 4/1 11
SK Warne 3 5 0 42 8.40 0 0 18 49.41 4/1 3
GD McGrath 3 3 0 11 3.66 0 0 11 35.48 2 2
JN Gillespie 3 4 3 7 7.00 0 0 6* 10.29 0 0


Australia Bowling

  Ov M R Wkt Avg BBi Econ 5/10 nb wd
JN Gillespie 103.4 37 287 14 20.50 5/54 2.77 1 1 5
GD McGrath 111.4 38 289 13 22.23 6/86 2.59 1 4 0
SK Warne 133 47 282 11 25.63 4/43 2.12 0 7 0
MG Bevan 62 10 176 9 19.55 4/32 2.84 0 0 1
GS Blewett 23.3 5 74 1 74.00 1/13 3.15 0 2 0
ME Waugh 8 1 38 1 38.00 1/34 4.75 0 0 0
SR Waugh 8.3 1 20 1 20.00 1/4 2.35 0 0 0


Partnerships

  Avg 0-9 10-49 50-99 100+ Best Test Batsmen
South Africa
1st 28.8 1 4 1 - 87 2(2) Kirsten & Bacher
2nd 23.5 3 2 - 1 102 3(1) McMillan & Bacher
3rd 27.6 3 2 - 1 101 3(1) Cullinan & Bacher
4th 24.4 2 2 1 - 53 1(1) Cullinan & Cronje
5th 25.6 1 4 - - 48 2(1) Cullinan & Gibbs
6th 23.2 1 3 1 - 50 1(1) Pollock & Cronje
7th 6.8 3 2 - - 18 1(1) Klusener & Cronje
8th 34.2 2 1 2 - 85 2(1) McMillan & Richardson
9th 26.0 1 3 1 - 58 1(1) Richardson & Donald
10th 14.4 3 2 - - 49 1(1) Richardson & Adams
   20 25 6 2
 
Australia
1st 17.0 2 3 - - 33 1(1) Taylor & Hayden
2nd 31.2 2 2 1 - 95 1(1) Elliott & Hayden
3rd 37.8 - 4 1 - 83 2(2) Elliott & ME Waugh
4th 35.8 1 2 2 - 66 3(2) ME Waugh & SR Waugh
5th 99.4 2 1 1 1 385 1(1) Blewett & SR Waugh
6th 20.8 3 1 1 - 66 2(2) Bevan & ME Waugh
7th 17.8 1 4 - - 36 1(1) Healy & Bevan
8th 11.2 3 2 - - 33 3(2) Warne & SR Waugh
9th 13.3 2 2 - - 20 2(1) Gillespie & Warne
10th 8.0 2 1 - - 21 3(2) McGrath & SR Waugh
   18 22 6 1


Overall Summary

    SAf Aus
Runs Scored   1225 1419
Wickets lost   52 46
Overs faced   450.2 521.2
Runs per wicket   23.56 30.85
Runs per over   2.72 2.72
Innings  59 52
Ducks  10 8
Fifties  6 3
Centuries  0 3
5 w/inn  1 2
10 w/mat  0 0

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