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Test no. 1242

South Africa in Australia Test Series - 1st Test
Australia v South Africa

1993/94 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26,27,28,29,30 December 1993 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Taylor	b Symcox	170	495	349	12	0	48.71
	MJ Slater	c Kirsten b Donald	32	104	89	1	0	35.95
	SK Warne	lbw b de Villiers	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
	DC Boon	b Matthews	25	114	79	2	0	31.64
	ME Waugh	lbw b Matthews	84	211	144	5	1	58.33
	AR Border	c Richardson b Matthews	2	18	12	0	0	16.66
	DR Martyn	b Symcox	8	23	17	1	0	47.05
	IA Healy	not out	7	15	8	0	0	87.50
	Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 5)	14

	Total	(7 wickets dec; 115.5 overs; 495 mins)	342	(2.95 runs per over)

Did not bat PR Reiffel, TBA May, CJ McDermott

Fall of wickets1-57 (Slater), 2-58 (Warne), 3-127 (Boon), 4-296 (Waugh), 5-300 (Border), 6-327 (Martyn), 7-342 (Taylor)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	30	4	108	1	3.60	(3nb)
PS de Villiers	32	6	83	1	2.59	(2nb)
CR Matthews	24	5	68	3	2.83
WJ Cronje	13	4	25	0	1.92
PL Symcox	16.5	3	49	2	2.91


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Hudson	retired hurt	64	201	245	3	0	26.12
	G Kirsten	c Taylor b Waugh	16	59	89	0	0	17.97
	WJ Cronje	c Boon b Warne	71	141	168	5	0	42.26
	DJ Cullinan	c Border b McDermott	0	1	8	0	0	0.00
	JN Rhodes	not out	35	124	193	1	0	18.13
	KC Wessels	not out	63	172	189	2	0	33.33
	Extras	(lb 2, nb 7)	9

	Total	(3 wickets; 115 overs; 349 mins)	258	(2.24 runs per over)

Did not bat

DJ Richardson, PL Symcox, CR Matthews, PS de Villiers, AA Donald

Fall of wickets1-49 (Kirsten), 1-152* (Hudson, retired not out), 2-157 (Cullinan), 3-157 (Cronje)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CJ McDermott	23	5	60	1	2.60	(6nb)
PR Reiffel	21	4	55	0	2.61	(1nb)
ME Waugh	12	3	20	1	1.66
TBA May	28	7	58	0	2.07
SK Warne	31	8	63	1	2.03

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debuts PS de Villiers and G Kirsten (South Africa)
Player of the match MA Taylor (Australia)

Umpires DB Hair and TA Prue
TV umpire LJ King
Match referee JL Hendriks (West Indies)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 71/2 (MA Taylor 30*, DC Boon 4*)
27 Dec day 2 - no play
28 Dec day 3 - Australia 1st innings 140/3 (MA Taylor 63*, ME Waugh 11*)
29 Dec day 4 - South Africa 1st innings 59/1 (AC Hudson 35*, WJ Cronje 3*)
30 Dec day 5 - South Africa 1st innings 258/3 (115 ov) - end of match

Match notes

12th Men: GD McGrath (Aus) and DJ Callaghan (RSA)
AC Hudson retired hurt at 152/1

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