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350 & 227-7
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517 & 193-6d
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Overs: 108.4 RR: 2.09 vs spin: 2.33
vs seam: 2.02
Overs: 58.0 RR: 3.33 vs spin: 3.36
vs seam: 3.31
Fri 30/01/98 Australia v South Africa, 3rd Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
match drawn Match Drawn
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South Africa - 1st Inns 517 (166.0; RR: 3.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AM Bacher c Warne b Bichel 64 161 9 0 39.75
G Kirsten c Warne b Kasprowicz 77 155 12 0 49.68
JH Kallis lbw b MacGill 15 24 3 0 62.50
WJ Cronje b Warne 73 148 9 1 49.32
HH Gibbs c Healy b Blewett 37 103 4 1 35.92
DJ Richardson c Taylor b Warne 15 56 2 0 26.79
JN Rhodes c Bichel b Kasprowicz 6 21 1 0 28.57
BM McMillan not out 87 165 12 1 52.73
SM Pollock c Blewett b Kasprowicz 40 66 7 0 60.61
L Klusener c Warne b MacGill 38 59 6 0 64.41
PL Symcox lbw b Waugh 54 42 6 0 128.57
Extras (0b, 8lb, 2w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 517 all out (166.0 overs; RR: 3.11)

Fall of wickets

140-1 (AM Bacher 49.5 ov), 148-2 (G Kirsten 54.5 ov), 160-3 (JH Kallis 57.4 ov), 269-4 (HH Gibbs 94.1 ov), 275-5 (WJ Cronje 101.6 ov), 286-6 (JN Rhodes 106.4 ov), 305-7 (DJ Richardson 113.6 ov), 374-8 (SM Pollock 136.4 ov), 443-9 (L Klusener 154.2 ov), 517-10 (PL Symcox 166.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 39.0 7 125 3 3.21 0 3
AJ Bichel 35.0 10 103 1 2.94 1 0
SK Warne 33.0 6 95 2 2.88 0 0
SCG MacGill 29.0 7 112 2 3.86 0 0
ME Waugh 6.0 1 21 0 3.50 1 0
GS Blewett 14.0 5 26 1 1.86 0 0
SR Waugh 10.0 3 27 1 2.70 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 350 (122.5; RR: 2.85)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor not out 169 378 21 0 44.71
MTG Elliott c Kallis b Pollock 8 22 1 0 36.36
GS Blewett c Bacher b Pollock 31 44 5 0 70.45
ME Waugh c Gibbs b Pollock 63 127 9 0 49.61
SR Waugh c Richardson b Pollock 6 8 1 0 75.00
RT Ponting b Klusener 26 72 4 0 36.11
IA Healy c & b Pollock 1 14 0 0 7.14
AJ Bichel c Symcox b Pollock 0 5 0 0 0.00
SK Warne c Richardson b Pollock 0 1 0 0 0.00
MS Kasprowicz c Symcox b Kallis 17 26 4 0 65.38
SCG MacGill b Symcox 10 47 1 0 21.28
Extras (2b, 12lb, 0w, 5nb) 19  
TOTAL 350 all out (122.5 overs; RR: 2.85)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (MTG Elliott 6.2 ov), 71-2 (GS Blewett 22.4 ov), 197-3 (ME Waugh 63.2 ov), 207-4 (SR Waugh 65.4 ov), 263-5 (RT Ponting 88.5 ov), 273-6 (IA Healy 93.6 ov), 279-7 (AJ Bichel 95.6 ov), 279-8 (SK Warne 96.1 ov), 317-9 (MS Kasprowicz 105.5 ov), 350-10 (SCG MacGill 122.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SM Pollock 41.0 11 87 7 2.12 0 3
BM McMillan 23.0 5 60 0 2.61 0 1
JH Kallis 18.0 5 45 1 2.50 0 0
L Klusener 27.0 6 104 1 3.85 0 2
PL Symcox 13.5 3 40 1 3.08 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 193-6 (58.0; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten not out 108 159 12 1 67.92
AM Bacher c MacGill b Warne 41 82 5 0 50.00
JH Kallis b Kasprowicz 15 43 3 0 34.88
WJ Cronje c Warne b Kasprowicz 5 17 0 0 29.41
L Klusener b MacGill 0 1 0 0 0.00
PL Symcox c Healy b MacGill 2 3 0 0 66.67
HH Gibbs st Healy b MacGill 2 18 0 0 11.11
JN Rhodes not out 19 26 3 0 73.08
SM Pollock  
BM McMillan  
DJ Richardson  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 1  
TOTAL 193-6 (58.0 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

80-1 (AM Bacher 26.3 ov), 133-2 (JH Kallis 39.2 ov), 155-3 (WJ Cronje 45.5 ov), 155-4 (L Klusener 46.1 ov), 157-5 (PL Symcox 46.4 ov), 165-6 (HH Gibbs 52.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 18.0 5 55 2 3.06 0 0
AJ Bichel 14.0 2 51 0 3.64 0 1
SR Waugh 4.0 1 13 0 3.25 0 0
SK Warne 15.0 2 52 1 3.47 0 0
SCG MacGill 7.0 1 22 3 3.14 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 227-7 (108.4; RR: 2.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MTG Elliott c Richardson b Pollock 4 16 1 0 25.00
MA Taylor b Klusener 6 27 0 0 22.22
GS Blewett b Pollock 16 79 2 0 20.25
ME Waugh not out 115 305 16 0 37.70
SR Waugh c Richardson b Klusener 34 93 6 0 36.56
RT Ponting c Symcox b Klusener 23 84 3 0 27.38
IA Healy c Richardson b Kallis 10 18 2 0 55.56
AJ Bichel lbw b Klusener 7 26 1 0 26.92
SK Warne not out 4 13 0 0 30.77
MS Kasprowicz  
SCG MacGill  
Extras (2b, 0lb, 0w, 6nb) 8  
TOTAL 227-7 (108.4 overs; RR: 2.09)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (MTG Elliott 4.4 ov), 17-2 (MA Taylor 9.2 ov), 54-3 (GS Blewett 30.2 ov), 112-4 (SR Waugh 59.3 ov), 185-5 (RT Ponting 89.5 ov), 202-6 (IA Healy 94.4 ov), 215-7 (AJ Bichel 103.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SM Pollock 30.4 12 61 2 2.03 0 2
L Klusener 30.0 10 67 4 2.23 0 5
JH Kallis 16.0 10 20 1 1.25 0 0
PL Symcox 18.0 2 42 0 2.33 0 0
BM McMillan 13.0 2 33 0 2.54 0 2
WJ Cronje 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, 3rd Test

Date

Friday January 30, 1998

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:30am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

DB Cowie, SG Randell

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, GS Blewett, RT Ponting, MS Kasprowicz, MTG Elliott, AJ Bichel, SCG MacGill

South Africa Team

Playing XI

WJ Cronje, DJ Richardson, BM McMillan, JN Rhodes, PL Symcox, G Kirsten, SM Pollock, JH Kallis, L Klusener, HH Gibbs, AM Bacher