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Tuesday, December 16, 1997

Tasmania v South Africans at Devonport, 13-16 Dec 1997

South Africa in Australia, 1997/98
Tasmania v South Africans
Devonport Oval
13,14,15,16 December 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: KJ Jones and TA Prue
First-Class Debut: SR Mason (Tasmania).

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Tasmania 278/3 (Young 61*, Boon 25*)
  • Day 2: Tasmania 535/5d, South Africans 132/5 (Cronje 21*, Klusener 14*)
  • Day 3: South Africans 402/8d, Tasmania 27/0 (Hills 7*, Cox 19*)
    Tasmania 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    DF Hills b Kallis 68 160 117 11 0
    J Cox c Donald b Kallis 73 198 141 10 0
    SR Mason lbw b Adams 28 94 66 1 0
    S Young b Cronje 145 283 237 17 0
    *DC Boon c Cullinan b Donald 33 129 91 3 0
    DJ Marsh not out 129 161 132 17 1
    +MN Atkinson not out 25 65 54 1 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 24) 34
    Total (5 wickets decl, 137 overs, 548 mins) 535

    DNB: RJ Tucker, CR Miller, PJ Hutchison, MW Ridgway.

    FoW: 1-134 (Hills), 2-155 (Cox), 3-195 (Mason), 4-288 (Boon),
    5-440 (Young).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 24 4 89 1
    Ntini 19 2 84 0 (5nb)
    McMillan 8 0 51 0
    Klusener 18 4 53 0
    Adams 32 1 116 1 (3nb)
    Kallis 16 3 52 2 (1w)
    Cronje 19 4 68 1 (3nb)
    Cullinan 1 0 13 0 (1nb)

    South Africans 1st innings R M B 4 6
    AM Bacher c Hills b Ridgway 0 1 1 0 0
    G Kirsten c Hills b Miller 19 61 38 1 0
    JH Kallis b Ridgway 11 9 11 2 0
    DJ Cullinan c Hills b Miller 30 64 62 4 0
    *WJ Cronje c Hills b Marsh 165 385 336 13 3
    BM McMillan c Boon b Ridgway 27 54 38 4 0
    L Klusener b Ridgway 15 43 34 2 0
    +MV Boucher c Young b Marsh 55 124 95 10 0
    AA Donald not out 55 159 112 2 0
    PR Adams not out 3 14 12 0 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 6, nb 10) 22
    Total (8 wickets decl, 123 overs, 464 mins) 402

    DNB: M Ntini.

    FoW: 1-0 (Bacher), 2-14 (Kallis), 3-60 (Kirsten),
    4-71 (Cullinan), 5-110 (McMillan), 6-136 (Klusener),
    7-247 (Boucher), 8-393 (Cronje).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ridgway 29 6 105 4 (2nb)
    Miller 41 10 94 2 (1nb)
    Hutchison 28 6 111 0 (1nb)
    Marsh 14 3 54 2
    Young 8 2 16 0 (1nb)
    Tucker 3 0 10 0

    Tasmania 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    DF Hills c Cullinan b Ntini 20 105 76 2 0
    J Cox c McMillan b Ntini 35 93 79 3 0
    SR Mason b McMillan 11 43 26 1 0
    RJ Tucker not out 44 107 68 8 0
    S Young c & b McMillan 2 3 3 0 0
    DJ Marsh b Kallis 0 12 10 0 0
    +MN Atkinson run out (Bacher) 11 33 30 1 0
    PJ Hutchison c Cronje b Adams 4 15 14 1 0
    CR Miller not out 7 6 4 1 0
    Extras (lb 9, nb 4) 13
    Total (7 wickets decl, 51 overs, 214 mins) 147

    DNB: *DC Boon, MW Ridgway.

    FoW: 1-59 (Cox), 2-60 (Hills), 3-80 (Mason), 4-82 (Young),
    5-89 (Marsh), 6-124 (Atkinson), 7-139 (Hutchison).

    Bowling O M R W
    Klusener 14 5 29 0
    McMillan 11 3 34 2
    Adams 7 2 19 1 (1nb)
    Ntini 8 0 24 2 (1nb)
    Kallis 10 2 26 1
    Cronje 1 0 6 0

    South Africans 2nd innings (target: 281 runs) R M B 4 6
    AM Bacher c Atkinson b Miller 2 6 6 0 0
    G Kirsten b Hutchison 19 79 57 3 0
    JH Kallis not out 51 152 126 4 0
    DJ Cullinan not out 17 80 69 2 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 4) 5
    Total (2 wickets, 43 overs, 160 mins) 94

    DNB: *WJ Cronje, BM McMillan, L Klusener, +MV Boucher, AA Donald,
    PR Adams, M Ntini.

    FoW: 1-7 (Bacher), 2-47 (Kirsten).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ridgway 6 1 21 0
    Miller 10 3 13 1
    Hutchison 13 4 41 1
    Young 8 4 11 0
    Marsh 6 3 3 0

    • Twelfth Men: RW Hodgson (Tasmania) and JN Rhodes (South Africans)
    • South Africans 1st Innings:
    • WJ Cronje's first century in any form of cricket since December 9, 1995 (116, Free State v Natal at Bloemfontein, Castle Cup).
    • AA Donald's highest first-class score (prev. 46*, OFS v Western Province at Cape Town, 1990-91)

    • South Africans 2nd Innings:
    • Target for victory was 281 runs in 51 overs.
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