1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1997

Test # 1392
South Africa in Australia, 1997/98, 1st Test
Australia v South Africa
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: 3-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: JH Kallis

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 206/4 (SR Waugh 87*, Ponting 56*, 90 overs) Day 2: Australia 309, South Africa 94/4 (Kirsten 61*, McMillan 6*, 56 ov) Day 3: South Africa 186, Australia 67/4 (Taylor 30*, Ponting 8*, 37 ov) Day 4: Australia 257, South Africa 79/1 (Bacher 34*, Kallis 40*, 30 ov) Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MTG Elliott c Richardson b Klusener 6 55 33 0 0 *MA Taylor c Kirsten b McMillan 20 98 78 1 0 GS Blewett st Richardson b Symcox 26 156 114 1 0 ME Waugh c Richardson b Donald 0 21 18 0 0 SR Waugh c Cullinan b Donald 96 264 188 9 0 RT Ponting b Symcox 105 269 208 14 0 +IA Healy b Donald 16 28 25 2 0 PR Reiffel b Symcox 27 77 54 2 0 SK Warne c & b Pollock 1 11 8 0 0 MS Kasprowicz c Bacher b Symcox 0 8 3 0 0 GD McGrath not out 0 5 5 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 5) 12 Total (all out, 121.2 overs, 500 mins) 309 FoW: 1-18 (Elliott, 13.2 ov), 2-42 (Taylor, 22.5 ov), 3-44 (ME Waugh, 28.3 ov), 4-77 (Blewett, 51.3 ov), 5-222 (SR Waugh, 94.3 ov), 6-250 (Healy, 100.6 ov), 7-302 (Ponting, 117.4 ov), 8-309 (Reiffel, 119.5 ov), 9-309 (Warne, 120.1 ov), 10-309 (Kasprowicz, 121.2 ov). Bowling O M R W Donald 29 6 74 3 (2nb) Pollock 28 6 76 1 (2nb) Klusener 19 3 48 1 (2nb) McMillan 10 3 19 1 Symcox 27.2 4 69 4 Kallis 4 2 5 0 Cronje 4 2 11 0 South Africa 1st innings R M B 4 6 AM Bacher c Healy b Kasprowicz 3 53 35 0 0 G Kirsten c Healy b ME Waugh 83 323 256 7 0 JH Kallis c Healy b McGrath 15 77 57 1 0 DJ Cullinan run out (Ponting) 5 39 29 0 0 *WJ Cronje c Blewett b Warne 0 3 2 0 0 BM McMillan c Healy b Kasprowicz 48 227 189 2 0 SM Pollock lbw b Warne 7 28 25 1 0 +DJ Richardson lbw b ME Waugh 1 10 9 0 0 L Klusener lbw b Warne 11 47 35 1 0 PL Symcox b Kasprowicz 4 12 9 1 0 AA Donald not out 0 4 2 0 0 Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 6) 9 Total (all out, 106.5 overs, 416 mins) 186 FoW: 1-28 (Bacher, 12.3 ov), 2-62 (Kallis, 32.2 ov), 3-75 (Cullinan, 40.6 ov), 4-76 (Cronje, 41.5 ov), 5-138 (Kirsten, 81.4 ov), 6-155 (Pollock, 90.4 ov), 7-158 (Richardson, 93.5 ov), 8-182 (McMillan, 104.2 ov), 9-182 (Klusener, 105.3 ov), 10-186 (Symcox, 106.5 ov). Bowling O M R W McGrath 17 9 20 1 Reiffel 14 5 32 0 (2nb) Kasprowicz 13.5 3 28 3 (2nb) Warne 42 15 64 3 (2nb, 1w) ME Waugh 18 8 28 2 SR Waugh 2 0 12 0 Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 *MA Taylor c Cullinan b Symcox 59 248 195 4 0 MTG Elliott lbw b Donald 1 28 19 0 0 GS Blewett c McMillan b Donald 6 10 7 0 0 ME Waugh b Donald 1 15 12 0 0 SR Waugh c Richardson b Pollock 17 43 27 2 0 RT Ponting c & b Pollock 32 113 84 2 0 +IA Healy b Donald 4 39 17 0 0 PR Reiffel not out 79 154 115 6 0 SK Warne c Symcox b Donald 10 19 16 2 0 MS Kasprowicz c Kirsten b Donald 19 62 43 2 0 GD McGrath c McMillan b Pollock 18 66 47 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 4) 11 Total (all out, 96.2 overs, 403 mins) 257 FoW: 1-4 (Elliott, 6.1 ov), 2-10 (Blewett, 8.3 ov), 3-12 (ME Waugh, 12.5 ov), 4-44 (SR Waugh, 22.2 ov), 5-106 (Ponting, 50.4 ov), 6-128 (Taylor, 59.3 ov), 7-128 (Healy, 60.1 ov), 8-146 (Warne, 64.4 ov), 9-208 (Kasprowicz, 80.4 ov), 10-257 (McGrath, 96.2 ov). Bowling O M R W Donald 27 8 59 6 (3nb) Pollock 21.2 5 56 3 (1nb) Symcox 35 9 90 1 McMillan 2 0 6 0 Klusener 9 2 28 0 Cronje 2 0 11 0 South Africa 2nd innings (target: 381 runs) R M B 4 6 G Kirsten b Reiffel 0 23 14 0 0 AM Bacher c Taylor b Warne 39 149 109 1 0 JH Kallis b Reiffel 101 357 279 6 0 DJ Cullinan b Warne 0 10 8 0 0 *WJ Cronje c Taylor b SR Waugh 70 170 143 2 0 BM McMillan c Taylor b Warne 16 84 69 2 0 SM Pollock not out 15 101 70 1 0 +DJ Richardson lbw b McGrath 11 47 39 0 0 L Klusener not out 6 16 10 1 0 Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 6) 15 Total (7 wickets, 122 overs, 483 mins) 273 DNB: PL Symcox, AA Donald. FoW: 1-1 (Kirsten, 5.1 ov), 2-88 (Bacher, 37.1 ov), 3-88 (Cullinan, 39.3 ov), 4-211 (Cronje, 84.2 ov), 5-229 (Kallis, 97.2 ov), 6-241 (McMillan, 105.6 ov), 7-260 (Richardson, 118.2 ov). Bowling O M R W McGrath 28 11 57 1 Reiffel 18 7 24 2 (2nb) Kasprowicz 14 1 45 0 Warne 44 11 97 3 (8nb) ME Waugh 10 0 25 0 SR Waugh 7 2 12 1 Blewett 1 0 4 0 Scorers: MK Walsh (Australia) and KV O'Neill (South Australia) 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and JN Rhodes (Southg Australia) Day 1 Lunch: Australia 44/3 (Blewett 13*; 28.4 overs) Tea: Australia 92/4 (SR Waugh 28*, Ponting 5*; 59 overs) Elliott dropped by Kallis off Donald in the 1st over. Richardson took the South African record for Most Fielding Dismissals apon catching Elliott (previous: JHB Waite, 141 Dismissals). SR Waugh was caught by Richardson off a no-ball by Donald soon after reaching his 50. SR Waugh was dropped by Kirsten in 2nd last over of the day. Day 2 Lunch: Australia 302/7 (Reiffel 21*; 117.5 overs) Tea: South Africa 41/1 (Kirsten 31*, Kallis 5*; 22 overs) Day 3 Lunch: South Africa 147/5 (McMillan 31*, Pollock 3*; 87 overs) Tea: Australia 8/1 (Taylor 2*, Blewett 4*; 8 overs) The dismissal of Pollock was SK Warne's 500th First-class wicket Day 4 Lunch: Australia 146/8 (Reiffel 8*, Kasprowicz 0*; 65 overs) Tea: Australia 257 all out 96.2 overs With the dismissal of Kasprowicz, Donald passes the highest number of Test wickets taken in a career by a South African (170, HJ Tayfield) Paul Reiffel passes his highest Test score With the dismissal of Kirsten, Reiffel claims his 100th Test wicket With the score on 2/0 AM Bacher was given out to a catch by RT Ponting, Ponting then advises that the catch was grounded and the decision was reversed. Day 5 Lunch: South Africa 139/3 (Kallis 67*, Cronje 27*; 60 overs) Tea: South Africa 226/4 (Kallis 100*, McMillan 6*; 93 overs) Jacques Kallis passes his highest Test score Attendance: Day 1 - 73,812 (third-largest Boxing Day crowd at the MCG); Day 2 - 31,367; Day 3 - 24,859; Day 4 - 18,895; Day 5 - 11,249. Aggregate 160,182.

Australia 'A' v South Africans at Brisbane, 19-22 Dec 1997

South Africa in Australia, 1997/98
Australia 'A' v South Africans
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
19,20,21,22 December 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: South Africans
Umpires: SJ Davis and PD Parker
TV Umpire: MD Ralston

Close of Play:

Day 1: South Africans 242/7 (Cronje 20*, Richardson 2*) Day 2: South Africans 458/9d, Australia 'A' 192/2 (Langer 78*, Law 19*) Day 3: Australia 'A' 330, South Africans 114/3 (Cullinan 50*, Gibbs 6*) South Africans 1st innings R M B 4 6 AM Bacher c Gilchrist b Dale 5 23 19 1 0 G Kirsten c Law b Dale 79 236 189 10 0 JH Kallis c Gilchrist b Dale 6 16 14 1 0 DJ Cullinan lbw b MacGill 43 109 90 8 0 HH Gibbs c Hayden b Bevan 54 125 103 7 1 *WJ Cronje not out 107 322 235 7 1 BM McMillan c Hayden b Wilson 5 35 22 1 0 SM Pollock lbw b Law 17 38 27 2 1 +DJ Richardson b MacGill 55 117 95 6 0 L Klusener c Gilchrist b Lee 12 31 24 2 0 PL Symcox not out 55 57 44 7 1 Extras (lb 6, nb 14) 20 Total (9 wickets decl, 141 overs, 559 mins) 458 FoW: 1-19 (Bacher), 2-28 (Kallis), 3-110 (Cullinan), 4-159 (Kirsten), 5-200 (Gibbs), 6-215 (McMillan), 7-236 (Pollock), 8-342 (Richardson), 9-372 (Klusener). Bowling O M R W Wilson 28 7 82 1 Dale 20 5 45 3 (1nb) Lee 28 6 73 1 (9nb) Law 7 2 15 1 MacGill 39 10 150 2 (2nb) Bevan 19 3 87 1 (2nb) Australia 'A' 1st innings R M B 4 6 ML Hayden c Richardson b Klusener 8 8 12 2 0 MJ Slater c Symcox b Cronje 80 144 103 8 4 JL Langer c Cronje b Klusener 89 203 130 10 1 *SG Law c Bacher b Klusener 23 38 36 3 0 DS Lehmann c Pollock b Klusener 66 163 129 10 0 MG Bevan c Richardson b Pollock 26 94 55 4 0 +AC Gilchrist b Pollock 6 37 25 1 0 AC Dale c Cullinan b Klusener 2 6 5 0 0 B Lee not out 9 27 14 1 0 SCG MacGill c sub (PR Adams) b Pollock 5 17 11 0 0 P Wilson c Cullinan b Pollock 0 4 3 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 11, w 1, nb 2) 16 Total (all out, 86.4 overs, 375 mins) 330 FoW: 1-9 (Hayden), 2-168 (Slater), 3-199 (Law), 4-216 (Langer), 5-291 (Bevan), 6-313 (Gilchrist), 7-313 (Lehmann), 8-315 (Dale), 9-330 (MacGill), 10-330 (Wilson). Bowling O M R W Pollock 22.4 5 68 4 (1w) Klusener 19 1 84 5 McMillan 10 1 33 0 (1nb) Symcox 17 1 71 0 Kallis 10 2 34 0 (1nb) Cronje 8 1 27 1 South Africans 2nd innings R M B 4 6 G Kirsten lbw b Lee 11 23 16 2 0 AM Bacher c Hayden b Wilson 4 19 15 1 0 JH Kallis lbw b Langer 35 118 94 6 0 DJ Cullinan lbw b MacGill 83 198 148 11 1 HH Gibbs b Bevan 22 106 80 3 0 BM McMillan not out 13 89 75 1 0 SM Pollock c Gilchrist b MacGill 23 39 37 2 0 *WJ Cronje b Langer 16 25 28 3 0 Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 7) 13 Total (7 wickets decl, 81 overs, 311 mins) 220 DNB: +DJ Richardson, L Klusener, PL Symcox. FoW: 1-15 (Bacher), 2-19 (Kirsten), 3-99 (Kallis), 4-163 (Cullinan), 5-167 (Gibbs), 6-195 (Pollock), 7-220 (Cronje). Bowling O M R W Wilson 15 5 29 1 Lee 13 3 42 1 (4nb) MacGill 24 8 69 2 (3nb) Bevan 18 1 57 1 Langer 11 5 17 2 Australia 'A' 2nd innings (target: 349 runs) R M B 4 6 MJ Slater not out 64 167 113 8 1 ML Hayden c Richardson b Symcox 17 75 52 2 0 JL Langer not out 34 92 78 5 0 Extras (lb 6, nb 1) 7 Total (1 wicket, 40 overs, 167 mins) 122 DNB: *SG Law, DS Lehmann, MG Bevan, +AC Gilchrist, AC Dale, B Lee, SCG MacGill, P Wilson. FoW: 1-38 (Hayden). Bowling O M R W Pollock 5 2 8 0 (1nb) Klusener 4 0 10 0 Kallis 7 0 32 0 McMillan 3 1 2 0 Symcox 11 1 35 1 Cronje 8 1 20 0 Bacher 1 0 6 0 Richardson 1 0 3 0 Hours of play: 10.00am - 12.00pm, 12.40pm - 2.40pm, 3.00pm - 5.00 pm Scorers: JI Harris (Australia 'A') and M Jensz (South Africans) Twelfth Men: CT Perren (Australia 'A') and JN Rhodes (South Africans) AC Dale (side strain) was unable to field after day 2. CT Perren acted as substitute. DS Lehmann lead the Australians in the second innings (SG Law off the field with a gashed foot). Zubin Surkari (Sandgate-Redcliffe) fielded in place of Stuart Law Scorers debited no-balls as 1 run each, no penalty if other runs scored. Attendance: Day 1 - 1,691; Day 2 - 1,656; Day 3 - 1,747; Day 4 - 799.

South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, 19-22 Dec 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
South Australia v New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
19,20,21,22 December 1997 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 10 wickets
Points: New South Wales 6, South Australia 0

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: RG Kinnear and AJ McQuillan.
First-Class Debut: MD Kelton (South Australia).

Close of play:

Day 1: South Australia 323/7 (Young 16*, Gillespie 2*) Day 2: South Australia 366, New South Wales 229/3 (Davison 113*, Richards 0*) Day 3: New South Wales 519, South Australia 54/5 (Gillespie 0*, Webber 0*) South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c SR Waugh b Cook 57 155 87 8 0 MD Kelton b Stuart 6 21 15 1 0 GS Blewett b Cook 9 24 19 1 0 *JD Siddons c Lee b Cook 0 1 2 0 0 BA Johnson lbw b Robertson 33 76 69 3 0 DS Webber c & b Robertson 145 233 197 18 1 +TJ Nielsen c Taylor b Cook 40 159 128 4 0 BE Young c ME Waugh b Freedman 46 117 102 6 0 JN Gillespie c Taylor b Stuart 8 42 37 1 0 SP George c Richards b Freedman 6 47 25 0 0 MA Harrity not out 1 16 10 0 0 Extras (lb 11, nb 4) 15 Total (all out, 116.3 overs, 450 mins) 366 FoW: 1-10 (Kelton), 2-25 (Blewett), 3-25 (Siddons), 4-98 (Johnson), 5-138 (Fitzgerald), 6-276 (Nielsen), 7-316 (Webber), 8-333 (Gillespie), 9-360 (Young), 10-366 (George). Bowling O M R W Cook 26 6 86 4 (1nb) Stuart 32 9 96 2 Lee 16 4 51 0 Freedman 20.3 3 55 2 Robertson 19 7 55 2 SR Waugh 3 1 12 0 (1nb) New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 *MA Taylor c Siddons b Young 50 144 101 4 0 RJ Davison c Nielsen b Young 137 373 323 13 0 SR Waugh lbw b Young 2 29 23 0 0 ME Waugh run out (Harrity) 47 117 104 5 0 CJ Richards c sub (MJP Minagall) b Harrity 4 18 12 0 0 S Lee not out 183 259 206 20 3 +PA Emery c Young b Blewett 42 121 104 7 0 GR Robertson c sub (MJP Minagall) b George 5 12 10 1 0 DA Freedman c Young b Blewett 1 19 11 0 0 AM Stuart lbw b Blewett 10 13 17 2 0 SH Cook b Harrity 3 27 20 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 19, nb 14) 35 Total (all out, 154 overs) 519 FoW: 1-104 (Taylor), 2-122 (SR Waugh), 3-228 (ME Waugh), 4-233 (Richards), 5-290 (Davison), 6-410 (Emery), 7-425 (Robertson), 8-456 (Freedman), 9-476 (Stuart), 10-519 (Cook). Bowling O M R W Gillespie 11 5 22 0 Harrity 30 5 97 2 Blewett 27 6 85 3 (1nb) George 23 3 97 1 (6nb) Young 53 13 173 3 Johnson 10 2 24 0 South Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c Emery b Cook 2 19 15 0 0 MD Kelton run out (Richards) 6 42 30 1 0 GS Blewett c Emery b Robertson 11 27 21 2 0 *JD Siddons c Emery b Robertson 27 48 42 5 0 BA Johnson c Davison b Robertson 6 34 23 0 0 JN Gillespie b Stuart 25 196 172 0 0 DS Webber b Robertson 30 74 71 5 0 +TJ Nielsen b Robertson 12 26 21 2 0 BE Young not out 41 113 110 7 0 SP George b Stuart 6 18 12 1 0 MA Harrity b Cook 0 8 5 0 0 Extras (b 2) 2 Total (all out, 87 overs, 307 mins) 168 FoW: 1-3, 2-19, 3-21, 4-53, 5-54, 6-91, 7-111, 8-151, 9-163, 10-168. Bowling O M R W Cook 18 4 40 2 Stuart 14 5 46 2 Robertson 32 16 37 5 Freedman 20 11 29 0 Lee 3 0 14 0 New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 16 runs) R M B 4 6 GR Robertson not out 7 12 5 1 0 RJ Davison not out 7 12 15 1 0 Extras (nb 2) 2 Total (0 wickets, 3.1 overs, 12 mins) 16 DNB: *MA Taylor, SR Waugh, ME Waugh, CJ Richards, S Lee, +PA Emery, DA Freedman, AM Stuart, SH Cook. Bowling O M R W Harrity 2 0 13 0 Johnson 1.1 1 3 0 Twelfth Men: MJP Minagall (South Australia) and SR Clark (New South Wales). South Australia 1st Innings: Fitzgerald 50 133 mins 89 balls 8 fours Webber 50 67 mins 60 balls 6x4 1x6; 100 160 mins 140 balls 10x4 1x6 6th wkt partnership: 138 159 mins 264 balls Webber/Nielsen New South Wales 1st Innings: Taylor 50 141 mins 97 balls 4x4 Davison 137 (50 149 mins 125 balls 4x4; 100 252 mins 223 balls 9x4) Second consecutive first-class century, highest fc score (prev. 133* on debut, NSW v Tasmania at Sydney, 1993-94) S Lee 183*: 50 103 mins 85 balls 6x4 100 167 mins 141 balls 13x4 150 236 mins 185 balls 18x4 3x6 54* to 183* between lunch and tea (149 minute session) Highest first-class score (prev, 167* Somerset v Worcestershire at Bath, 1996) Emery appeared to be out caught behind when 6* (5-303) off Blewett. The umpire was Tony McQuillan. JN Gillespie did not take the field after tea on the second day or for the remainder of the NSW innings on the third day due to leg cramps. South Australia 2nd Innings: New Ball taken at 7-151 after 81 overs Day 1 Lunch: SA 3-90 Fitzgerald 38 Johnson 33 30 overs Tea: 5-204 Webber 75 Nielsen 17 61 overs Day 2 Lunch: NSW 0-15 Taylor 4 Davison 11 11 overs Tea 1-114 Davison 53 S Waugh 1 42 overs Day 3 NSW 5-328 Lee 54 Emery 14 115 overs Tea taken at close of NSW innings at 4.09pm Day 4 ** Lunch: SA (2) 7-120 Gillespie 22, Young 2 64 overs Chances put down in the match: SA 1st Innings: Fitzgerald 52* Lee 2nd slip at 4-128 NSW 1st Innings: Davison 16* Webber (1st slip)/George at 0-23 Taylor 10* Young (gully)/Harrity at 0-41 Davison 91* Neilsen/Young at 2-183 Lee 34* George (mid on)/Blewett at 4-296 Attendance: Day 1 - 1924. Day 2 - 1855. Day 3 - 2243. Day 4 - approx 200. Total: 6022 + day 4.

Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, 19-22 Dec 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
Tasmania v Victoria
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
19,20,21,22 December 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Tasmania won by 7 wickets
Points: Tasmania 6, Victoria 2

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: DJ Harper and BW Jackman

Close of Play:

Day 1: Victoria 180/9d, Tasmania 51/3 (Ponting 21*, Young 8*) Day 2: Tasmania 130, Victoria 210/4 (Harper 118*, Harvey 42*) Day 3: Victoria 348, Tasmania 179/0 (Hills 125*, Cox 46*) Victoria 1st innings R M B 4 6 MTG Elliott c Atkinson b Ridgway 35 124 93 3 0 GR Vimpani c Di Venuto b Ridgway 10 26 25 0 0 DM Jones c Atkinson b Miller 42 137 115 3 0 LD Harper c Cox b Miller 28 87 60 3 0 GB Gardiner lbw b Miller 2 3 4 0 0 IJ Harvey c Atkinson b Targett 2 27 18 0 0 +DS Berry c Young b Targett 2 8 5 0 0 *SK Warne c Hills b Miller 4 15 7 0 0 SL Flegler lbw b Young 12 61 54 2 0 DJ Saker not out 15 63 51 2 0 DW Fleming not out 9 18 15 1 0 Extras (b 7, lb 5, w 1, nb 6) 19 Total (9 wickets decl, 74 overs, 287 mins) 180 FoW: 1-21 (Vimpani), 2-81 (Elliott), 3-112 (Jones), 4-114 (Gardiner), 5-125 (Harvey), 6-131 (Berry), 7-131 (Harper), 8-136 (Warne), 9-166 (Flegler). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 22 9 42 2 Miller 25 5 67 4 (1nb) Young 13 3 25 1 (2nb) Targett 14 6 34 2 (1w) Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills c Elliott b Saker 0 9 11 0 0 J Cox lbw b Saker 5 26 21 0 0 MJ Di Venuto c Elliott b Fleming 13 45 31 1 0 RT Ponting c Vimpani b Saker 38 123 100 3 0 S Young c Berry b Warne 19 80 57 2 0 *DC Boon c Elliott b Saker 0 4 6 0 0 DJ Marsh c Harper b Harvey 23 51 37 4 0 +MN Atkinson lbw b Fleming 14 47 41 0 0 BS Targett not out 4 22 12 0 0 MW Ridgway c Berry b Harvey 0 10 10 0 0 CR Miller c Berry b Harvey 4 6 9 1 0 Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) 10 Total (all out, 55.4 overs, 219 mins) 130 FoW: 1-2 (Hills), 2-9 (Cox), 3-35 (Di Venuto), 4-75 (Young), 5-76 (Boon), 6-83 (Ponting), 7-121 (Marsh), 8-121 (Atkinson), 9-122 (Ridgway), 10-130 (Miller). Bowling O M R W Saker 20 7 42 4 Fleming 20 6 51 2 (1nb) Harvey 5.4 5 1 3 Warne 9 3 30 1 (3w) Flegler 1 0 1 0 Victoria 2nd innings R M B 4 6 GR Vimpani lbw b Miller 8 22 17 1 0 MTG Elliott c Atkinson b Ridgway 3 15 15 0 0 DM Jones lbw b Miller 14 28 26 2 0 LD Harper c Atkinson b Young 152 299 249 20 0 GB Gardiner c & b Marsh 14 84 66 2 0 IJ Harvey lbw b Young 83 206 160 8 0 +DS Berry c Atkinson b Marsh 38 102 80 6 0 *SK Warne c Atkinson b Young 4 16 10 1 0 SL Flegler c Atkinson b Targett 9 50 32 1 0 DJ Saker not out 3 27 23 0 0 DW Fleming c Targett b Marsh 4 8 7 1 0 Extras (b 3, lb 6, w 3, nb 4) 16 Total (all out, 113.5 overs, 432 mins) 348 FoW: 1-9 (Elliott), 2-15 (Vimpani), 3-38 (Jones), 4-100 (Gardiner), 5-284 (Harper), 6-295 (Harvey), 7-301 (Warne), 8-340 (Flegler), 9-341 (Berry), 10-348 (Fleming). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 12 2 46 1 (2w) Miller 33 8 116 2 Young 27 10 69 3 (2nb) Targett 15 4 44 1 Ponting 5 2 15 0 Marsh 21.5 8 49 3 Tasmania 2nd innings (target: 399 runs) R M B 4 6 DF Hills b Saker 205 335 270 32 0 J Cox c Vimpani b Saker 95 308 258 12 0 MJ Di Venuto c Berry b Fleming 53 78 70 9 0 RT Ponting not out 25 55 33 2 1 S Young not out 4 1 2 1 0 Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 8) 19 Total (3 wickets, 104.4 overs, 390 mins) 401 DNB: *DC Boon, DJ Marsh, +MN Atkinson, BS Targett, MW Ridgway, CR Miller. FoW: 1-297 (Cox), 2-324 (Hills), 3-397 (Di Venuto). Bowling O M R W Saker 24 4 91 2 Fleming 20.4 2 58 1 Flegler 15 3 61 0 Harvey 25 6 93 0 Warne 20 4 87 0 (4nb) Twelfth Men: RJ Tucker (Tasmania) and PR Reiffel/SAJ Craig (Victoria) Victoria set Tasmania a target of 399 to win in 150 overs, minimum. Hills and Cox 1st wicket partnership of 297 - a record for Tasmania in all first-class cricket for the first wicket.

3rd Youth Test: Australia Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s at Toowoomba, Dec 18-21, 1997

Youth Test no. 165

Pakistan Under-19s in Australia Youth Test Series - 3rd Youth Test Australia Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s

1997/98 season

Played at Heritage Oval, Toowoomba, on 18,19,20,21 December 1997 (4-day match) Result Match drawn

	Pakistan Under-19s 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		Majid Jahangir	c Clingeleffer b Busbridge	8	37	21	0	0	38.09
		Inam-ul-Haq	c Anderson b Hopes	29	75	66	2	0	43.93
		Bazid Khan	c Clingeleffer b Oliver	21	66	49	1	0	42.85
		Hasan Raza	c Anderson b Oliver	131	200	218	8	0	60.09
		Abdul Razzaq	c Clingeleffer b Oliver	75	230	190	7	1	39.47
		Jannisar Khan	c Clingeleffer b Miller	5	68	53	0	0	9.43
		Shoaib Malik	c Klinger b Oliver	0	7	3	0	0	0.00
		Yasir Arafat	c Clingeleffer b Oliver	7	23	18	0	0	38.88
		Ahmed Zeeshan	not out	36	71	58	2	0	62.06
		Imran Tahir	b Miller	1	12	13	0	0	7.69
		Irfan Fazil	b Hopes	22	54	33	2	0	66.66
		Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 11)	15
		Total	(all out; 118.1 overs; 476 mins)	350	(2.96 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26, 2-49, 3-63, 4-254, 5-281, 6-281, 7-290, 8-290, 9-295, 10-350

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MC Miller	34	9	87	2	2.55	(6nb)
	SG Busbridge	19	2	59	1	3.10	(2nb, 1w)
	JR Hopes	13.1	2	57	2	4.32	(2nb)
	BC Oliver	30	6	55	5	1.83	(1nb, 1w)
	SD French	10	1	46	0	4.60
	MJ North	4	1	19	0	4.75
	DM Burke	1	0	10	0	10.00
	TL Anderson	7	2	15	0	2.14

	Australia Under-19s 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		DM Burke	c Inam-ul-Haq b Abdul Razzaq	20	68	56	0	0	35.71
		MJ North	c Irfan Fazil b Abdul Razzaq	3	36	21	0	0	14.28
		M Klinger	c Irfan Fazil b Shoaib Malik	31	125	86	1	0	36.04
		CJ Davies	b Abdul Razzaq	99	228	131	9	1	75.57
		TL Anderson	b Abdul Razzaq	6	44	30	0	0	20.00
		BC Oliver	lbw b Imran Tahir	2	17	15	0	0	13.33
		MC Miller	not out	31	87	43	2	0	72.09
		JR Hopes	c Inam-ul-Haq b Abdul Razzaq	6	3	4	1	0	150.00
		SG Clingeleffer	c Inam-ul-Haq b Abdul Razzaq	16	35	41	1	0	39.02
		SG Busbridge	c Ahmed Zeeshan b Abdul Razzaq	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
		SD French	lbw b Imran Tahir	3	41	41	0	0	7.31
		Extras	(b 9, lb 1, nb 2)	12
		Total	(all out; 78 overs; 313 mins)	229	(2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15, 2-30, 3-112, 4-153, 5-166, 6-170, 7-176, 8-210, 9-210, 10-229

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Abdul Razzaq	21	6	53	7	2.52
	Irfan Fazil	8	1	27	0	3.37	(1nb)
	Jannisar Khan	8	1	23	0	2.87
	Yasir Arafat	7	1	24	0	3.42
	Imran Tahir	24	10	56	2	2.33	(1nb)
	Shoaib Malik	9	2	32	1	3.55
	Bazid Khan	1	0	4	0	4.00

	Pakistan Under-19s 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		Inam-ul-Haq	c Clingeleffer b Busbridge	9	29	19	0	0	47.36
		Majid Jahangir	c Burke b Busbridge	9	42	32	0	0	28.12
		Bazid Khan	lbw b North	9	62	45	0	0	20.00
		Hasan Raza	c Clingeleffer b Hopes	16	91	63	0	0	25.39
		Abdul Razzaq	c North b Hopes	4	17	9	1	0	44.44
		Jannisar Khan	c Anderson b Miller	4	40	41	0	0	9.75
		Ahmed Zeeshan	c North b Miller	16	91	65	0	0	24.61
		Shoaib Malik	c Klinger b Miller	13	31	31	0	0	41.93
		Irfan Fazil	c Oliver b Miller	17	53	44	2	0	38.63
		Yasir Arafat	c Clingeleffer b Hopes	18	57	44	1	0	40.90
		Imran Tahir	not out	5	46	41	0	0	12.19
		Extras	(b 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 10)	16
		Total	(all out; 71.2 overs; 284 mins)	136	(1.90 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15, 2-21, 3-44, 4-50, 5-54, 6-59, 7-79, 8-100, 9-107, 10-136

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MC Miller	27	8	58	4	2.14
	SG Busbridge	10.4	3	22	2	2.06	(1w)
	BC Oliver	18	13	20	0	1.11	(6nb)
	MJ North	1.2	1	4	1	3.00
	JR Hopes	13.2	2	27	3	2.02	(4nb)
	SD French	1	1	0	0	0.00

	Australia Under-19s 2nd innings (target: 258 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		MJ North	b Jannisar Khan	59	186	119	5	0	49.57
		DM Burke	c Shoaib Malik b Imran Tahir	25	100	79	2	0	31.64
		M Klinger	lbw b Abdul Razzaq	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
		CJ Davies	lbw b Jannisar Khan	41	67	68	5	0	60.29
		MC Miller	run out	1	15	4	0	0	25.00
		TL Anderson	c Jannisar Khan b Imran Tahir	13	70	46	1	0	28.26
		BC Oliver	b Jannisar Khan	4	24	11	0	0	36.36
		JR Hopes	not out	29	61	44	1	0	65.90
		SG Clingeleffer	not out	3	22	21	0	0	14.28
		Extras	(b 8, lb 2, w 3, nb 2)	15
		Total	(7 wickets; 66 overs; 280 mins)	190	(2.87 runs per over)

Did not bat SG Busbridge, SD French

Fall of wickets1-71, 2-73, 3-134, 4-136, 5-139, 6-147, 7-176

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Abdul Razzaq	26	5	64	1	2.46
	Irfan Fazil	8	3	21	0	2.62	(2nb)
	Imran Tahir	20	6	54	2	2.70
	Shoaib Malik	4	0	18	0	4.50
	Jannisar Khan	8	2	23	3	2.87	(3w)

Toss Australia Under-19s, who chose to field first
Series 3-match series drawn 0-0

Umpires JF Torpey and GC Zimmer

Close of play
18 Dec day 1 - Pakistan Under-19s 1st innings 266/4 (Hasan Raza 118*, Jannisar Khan 2*)
19 Dec day 2 - Australia Under-19s 1st innings 177/7 (MC Miller 1*)
20 Dec day 3 - Pakistan Under-19s 2nd innings 82/7 (Ahmed Zeeshan 11*, Irfan Fazil 0*)
21 Dec day 4 - Australia Under-19s 2nd innings 190/7 (66 ov) - end of match