Match #4: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 9 Dec 1997

ODI # 1257
Carlton & United Series, 1997/98, 4th Match
Australia v South Africa
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
9 December 1997 (50-overs match)

Result: South Africa won by 45 runs
Points: South Africa 2, Australia 0

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: DJ Harper and PD Parker
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Man of the Match: L Klusener

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   M   B  4 6
G Kirsten             c Warne            b Reiffel              0   1   2  0 0
HH Gibbs              run out (Harvey)                         15  52  30  1 0
L Klusener            c Gilchrist        b Moody               17  40  31  2 0
*WJ Cronje            run out (Bevan/Gilchrist)                 2  19  17  0 0
JH Kallis             st Gilchrist       b ME Waugh            27  76  58  0 0
JN Rhodes             run out (Bichel)                         42  86  71  1 0
SM Pollock            c Moody            b ME Waugh            18  38  36  0 0
BM McMillan           run out (Harvey/Bichel/Gilchrist)        13  35  24  0 0
+DJ Richardson        not out                                  18  28  22  0 0
PL Symcox             not out                                   4  11  11  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 8, nb 1)                        14
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 197 mins)         170

DNB: AA Donald.

FoW: 1-1 (Kirsten), 2-36 (Klusener), 3-40 (Gibbs),
    4-44 (Cronje), 5-105 (Kallis), 6-125 (Rhodes),
    7-140 (Pollock), 8-161 (McMillan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Reiffel                     10      1     18      1 (1nb, 1w)
Bichel                       5      0     26      0 (3w)
Moody                        8      3     10      1
Harvey                       7      0     36      0 (1w)
Warne                       10      0     36      0 (3w)
ME Waugh                    10      0     39      2

Australia innings (target: 171 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
MJ Di Venuto          c Pollock          b Klusener             6   7   4  1 0
ME Waugh              c Pollock          b Symcox              45 119  76  1 1
*SR Waugh             c Richardson       b Klusener             0   6   7  0 0
RT Ponting            c Kirsten          b Klusener            15  27  22  1 0
MG Bevan              c Rhodes           b McMillan            19  55  39  0 0
+AC Gilchrist         not out                                  29  76  57  2 0
TM Moody              lbw                b Symcox               0   1   2  0 0
IJ Harvey             lbw                b McMillan             1  10   6  0 0
PR Reiffel            run out (Kirsten/Symcox)                  1   7   2  0 0
SK Warne              c Gibbs            b Klusener             5  27  21  0 0
AJ Bichel             c McMillan         b Klusener             0   6   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
Total                 (all out, 39.1 overs, 175 mins)         125

FoW: 1-11 (Di Venuto), 2-12 (SR Waugh), 3-38 (Ponting),
    4-79 (Bevan), 5-97 (ME Waugh), 6-97 (Moody), 7-100 (Harvey),
    8-104 (Reiffel), 9-123 (Warne), 10-125 (Bichel).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Pollock                 8       1      25       0
Klusener                7.1     0      24       5
Donald                  6       0      26       0 (1nb)
McMillan                8       0      29       2
Symcox                 10       2      18       2

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• Scorers: KV O'Neill (South Africa) and CJ Reece (Australia)
• 12th Men: GS Blewett (Australia) and AM Bacher (South Africa)
• Attendance: 55,673.