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Test no. 1397

South Africa in Australia Test Series - 3rd Test
Australia v South Africa

1997/98 season

Played at Adelaide Oval on 30,31 January, 1,2,3 February 1998 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AM Bacher	c Warne b Bichel	64	184	161	9	0	39.75
	G Kirsten	c Warne b Kasprowicz	77	205	155	12	0	49.67
	JH Kallis	lbw b MacGill	15	32	24	3	0	62.50
	WJ Cronje	b Warne	73	173	148	9	1	49.32
	HH Gibbs	c Healy b Blewett	37	133	103	4	1	35.92
	DJ Richardson	c Taylor b Warne	15	77	56	2	0	26.78
	JN Rhodes	c Bichel b Kasprowicz	6	24	21	1	0	28.57
	BM McMillan	not out	87	223	165	12	1	52.72
	SM Pollock	c Blewett b Kasprowicz	40	81	66	7	0	60.60
	L Klusener	c Warne b MacGill	38	68	59	6	0	64.40
	PL Symcox	lbw b SR Waugh	54	47	42	6	0	128.57
	Extras	(lb 8, w 2, nb 1)	11

	Total	(all out; 166 overs)	517	(3.11 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-140 (Bacher, 49.5 ov), 2-148 (Kirsten, 54.5 ov), 3-160 (Kallis, 57.4 ov), 4-269 (Gibbs, 94.1 ov), 5-275 (Cronje, 101.6 ov), 6-286 (Rhodes, 106.4 ov), 7-305 (Richardson, 113.6 ov), 8-374 (Pollock, 136.4 ov), 9-443 (Klusener, 154.2 ov), 10-517 (Symcox, 165.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MS Kasprowicz	39	7	125	3	3.20	(3nb)
AJ Bichel	35	10	103	1	2.94	(1w)
SK Warne	33	6	95	2	2.87
SCG MacGill	29	7	112	2	3.86
ME Waugh	6	1	21	0	3.50	(1w)
GS Blewett	14	5	26	1	1.85
SR Waugh	10	3	27	1	2.70


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Taylor	not out	169	524	378	21	0	44.70
	MTG Elliott	c Kallis b Pollock	8	24	22	1	0	36.36
	GS Blewett	c Bacher b Pollock	31	56	44	5	0	70.45
	ME Waugh	c Gibbs b Pollock	63	171	127	9	0	49.60
	SR Waugh	c Richardson b Pollock	6	10	8	1	0	75.00
	RT Ponting	b Klusener	26	97	72	4	0	36.11
	IA Healy	c & b Pollock	1	25	14	0	0	7.14
	AJ Bichel	c Symcox b Pollock	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
	SK Warne	c Richardson b Pollock	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	MS Kasprowicz	c Symcox b Kallis	17	42	26	4	0	65.38
	SCG MacGill	b Symcox	10	71	47	1	0	21.27
	Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 5)	19

	Total	(all out; 122.5 overs)	350	(2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Elliott, 6.2 ov), 2-71 (Blewett, 22.4 ov), 3-197 (ME Waugh, 63.2 ov), 4-207 (SR Waugh, 65.4 ov), 5-263 (Ponting, 88.5 ov), 6-273 (Healy, 93.6 ov), 7-279 (Bichel, 95.6 ov), 8-279 (Warne, 96.1 ov), 9-317 (Kasprowicz, 105.5 ov), 10-350 (MacGill, 122.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	41	11	87	7	2.12	(3nb)
BM McMillan	23	5	60	0	2.60	(1nb)
JH Kallis	18	5	45	1	2.50
L Klusener	27	6	104	1	3.85	(2nb)
PL Symcox	13.5	3	40	1	2.89


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	not out	108	235	159	12	1	67.92
	AM Bacher	c MacGill b Warne	41	102	82	5	0	50.00
	JH Kallis	b Kasprowicz	15	54	43	3	0	34.88
	WJ Cronje	c Warne b Kasprowicz	5	26	17	0	0	29.41
	L Klusener	b MacGill	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	PL Symcox	c Healy b MacGill	2	2	3	0	0	66.66
	HH Gibbs	st Healy b MacGill	2	20	18	0	0	11.11
	JN Rhodes	not out	19	23	26	3	0	73.07
	Extras	(nb 1)	1

	Total	(6 wickets dec; 58 overs)	193	(3.32 runs per over)

Did not bat SM Pollock, BM McMillan,

DJ Richardson

Fall of wickets1-80 (Bacher, 26.3 ov), 2-133 (Kallis, 39.2 ov), 3-155 (Cronje, 45.5 ov), 4-155 (Klusener, 46.1 ov), 5-157 (Symcox, 46.4 ov), 6-165 (Gibbs, 52.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MS Kasprowicz	18	5	55	2	3.05
AJ Bichel	14	2	51	0	3.64	(1nb)
SR Waugh	4	1	13	0	3.25
SK Warne	15	2	52	1	3.46
SCG MacGill	7	1	22	3	3.14


Australia 2nd innings (target: 361 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MTG Elliott	c Richardson b Pollock	4	18	16	1	0	25.00
	MA Taylor	b Klusener	6	39	27	0	0	22.22
	GS Blewett	b Pollock	16	104	79	2	0	20.25
	ME Waugh	not out	115	404	305	16	0	37.70
	SR Waugh	c Richardson b Klusener	34	110	93	6	0	36.55
	RT Ponting	c Symcox b Klusener	23	118	84	3	0	27.38
	IA Healy	c Richardson b Kallis	10	24	18	2	0	55.55
	AJ Bichel	lbw b Klusener	7	40	26	1	0	26.92
	SK Warne	not out	4	23	13	0	0	30.76
	Extras	(b 2, nb 6)	8

	Total	(7 wickets; 108.4 overs)	227	(2.08 runs per over)

Did not bat MS Kasprowicz, SCG MacGill

Fall of wickets1-6 (Elliott, 4.4 ov), 2-17 (Taylor, 9.2 ov), 3-54 (Blewett, 30.2 ov), 4-112 (SR Waugh, 59.3 ov), 5-185 (Ponting, 89.5 ov), 6-202 (Healy, 94.4 ov), 7-215 (Bichel, 103.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	30.4	12	61	2	1.98	(2nb)
L Klusener	30	10	67	4	2.23	(5nb)
JH Kallis	16	10	20	1	1.25
PL Symcox	18	2	42	0	2.33
BM McMillan	13	2	33	0	2.53	(2nb)
WJ Cronje	1	0	2	0	2.00

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut SCG MacGill (Australia)
Player of the match SM Pollock (South Africa)
Player of the series SK Warne (Australia)

Umpires DB Cowie (New Zealand) and SG Randell
TV umpire SJ Davis
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Close of play
30 Jan day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 269/4 (WJ Cronje 70*, DJ Richardson 0*, 96 ov)
31 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 71/1 (MA Taylor 26*, GS Blewett 31*, 22 ov)
1 Feb day 3 - Australia 1st innings 327/9 (MA Taylor 157*, SCG MacGill 2*, 112 ov)
2 Feb day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 32/2 (GS Blewett 9*, ME Waugh 11*, 17 ov)
3 Feb day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 227/7 (108.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

IA Healy's 100th Test
SG Randell's 33rd Test, equals the Australian umpiring record (also: AR Crafter, 33)
PR Reiffel injured his little finger on his right hand in the 3rd ODI final
AA Donald's buttock strain from the 2nd final also kept him out

Day 1
The last time a century opening partnership was scored on the morning of the 1st day of a Test against Australia was by New Zealand at Wellington, 1992/93.
Lunch: South Africa 105/0 (Bacher 52*, Kirsten 51*, 32 overs)
Tea: South Africa 178/3 (Cronje 9*, Gibbs 10*, 64 overs)
Stumps: South Africa 4/269 (Cronje 70*, Richardson 0*; 96 overs)
Attendance: 17,357.

Day 2
Lunch: South Africa 7/353 (McMillan 24*, Pollock 35*; 128 overs)
Tea: South Africa 517 all out
Stumps: Australia 1/71 (Taylor 26*, Blewett 31*; 22 overs)
The Tea break was delayed for 30 minutes due to South Africa having lost 9 wickets at the scheduled time. Pat Symcox was dismissed with the last ball before the rescheduled tea would have taken place.

Day 3
Lunch: Australia 2/154 (Taylor 69*, ME Waugh 38*; 51 overs)
Tea: Australia 4/236 (Taylor 109*, Ponting 9*; 71 overs)
Stumps: Australia 9/327 (Taylor 157*, MacGill 2*; 112 overs)

Day 4
Rain interrupted play from 11:08 until 11:16am.
MA Taylor carries his bat, the first Australian to do so since DC Boon v New Zealand at Auckland, 1985/86.
Lunch: South Africa 43/0 (Kirsten 22*, Bacher 20*; 15 overs)
Tea: South Africa 144/2 (Kirsten 87*, Cronje 0*; 44 overs)
Stumps: Australia 32/2 (Blewett 9*, ME Waugh 11*; 17 overs)

Day 5
Lunch: Australia 90/3 (ME Waugh 41*, SR Waugh 21*; 48 overs)
Tea: Australia 162/4 (ME Waugh 78*, Ponting 18*; 79 overs)

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