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209 & 168 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
108 & 271-8 AUS flag
Overs: 73.4 RR: 2.28 vs spin: 1.24
vs seam: 2.88
 Overs: 93.3 RR: 2.90 vs spin: 3.14
vs seam: 2.57
Fri 14/03/97 South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 2 wickets
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South Africa - 1st Inns 209 (74.4; RR: 2.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten c Hayden b Gillespie 0 19 0 0 0.00
AM Bacher c Elliott b McGrath 11 34 2 0 32.35
JH Kallis c Blewett b Gillespie 0 12 0 0 0.00
DJ Cullinan c Warne b Gillespie 34 59 4 0 57.63
WJ Cronje b McGrath 0 7 0 0 0.00
HH Gibbs b Gillespie 31 65 5 0 47.69
BM McMillan c Waugh b Warne 55 108 7 0 50.93
SM Pollock lbw b Gillespie 0 1 0 0 0.00
DJ Richardson c McGrath b Warne 47 105 4 1 44.76
AA Donald c & b Warne 9 30 1 0 30.00
PR Adams not out 5 8 1 0 62.50
Extras (8b, 8lb, 1w, 0nb) 17  
TOTAL 209 all out (74.4 overs; RR: 2.80)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 17-2 (JH Kallis 0.0 ov), 21-3 (AM Bacher 0.0 ov), 22-4 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 70-5 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 95-6 (HH Gibbs 0.0 ov), 95-7 (SM Pollock 0.0 ov), 180-8 (DJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 204-9 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov), 209-10 (AA Donald 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 22.0 7 66 2 3.00 0 0
JN Gillespie 23.0 10 54 5 2.35 1 0
SK Warne 23.4 5 62 3 2.70 0 0
GS Blewett 4.0 2 3 0 0.75 0 0
MG Bevan 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 108 (70.4; RR: 1.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ML Hayden c Cullinan b Pollock 0 14 0 0 0.00
MA Taylor c Richardson b Pollock 8 44 0 0 18.18
MTG Elliott run out 23 121 4 0 19.01
ME Waugh lbw b Cronje 20 36 3 0 55.56
SR Waugh c Richardson b McMillan 8 49 1 0 16.33
GS Blewett b Donald 13 46 0 0 28.26
MG Bevan c Richardson b McMillan 0 13 0 0 0.00
IA Healy c Bacher b Cronje 5 33 0 0 15.15
SK Warne lbw b Adams 18 27 2 0 66.67
JN Gillespie not out 1 37 0 0 2.70
GD McGrath c Richardson b Kallis 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 7lb, 2w, 2nb) 12  
TOTAL 108 all out (70.4 overs; RR: 1.53)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (ML Hayden 0.0 ov), 13-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 48-3 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 64-4 (MTG Elliott 0.0 ov), 66-5 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 70-6 (MG Bevan 0.0 ov), 85-7 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 86-8 (GS Blewett 0.0 ov), 106-9 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 108-10 (GD McGrath 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 23.0 13 18 1 0.78 0 1
SM Pollock 6.0 3 6 2 1.00 0 1
PR Adams 4.0 0 5 1 1.25 0 0
BM McMillan 14.0 2 32 2 2.29 0 0
WJ Cronje 14.0 7 21 2 1.50 0 0
JH Kallis 9.4 2 18 1 2.00 2 1

South Africa - 2nd Inns 168 (73.4; RR: 2.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten b Gillespie 43 106 7 0 40.57
AM Bacher c McGrath b Gillespie 49 129 7 0 37.98
JH Kallis run out 2 26 0 0 7.69
DJ Cullinan lbw b Gillespie 2 11 0 0 18.18
WJ Cronje c Healy b Bevan 27 66 5 0 40.91
HH Gibbs c Waugh b McGrath 7 22 0 0 31.82
BM McMillan lbw b Bevan 2 15 0 0 13.33
SM Pollock lbw b Warne 17 22 4 0 77.27
DJ Richardson not out 3 21 0 0 14.29
AA Donald c Warne b Bevan 7 19 1 0 36.84
PR Adams c Taylor b Warne 1 8 0 0 12.50
Extras (1b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb) 8  
TOTAL 168 all out (73.4 overs; RR: 2.28)

Fall of wickets

87-1 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 98-2 (JH Kallis 0.0 ov), 99-3 (AM Bacher 0.0 ov), 100-4 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 122-5 (HH Gibbs 0.0 ov), 137-6 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov), 152-7 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 156-8 (SM Pollock 0.0 ov), 167-9 (AA Donald 0.0 ov), 168-10 (PR Adams 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 13.0 3 43 1 3.31 0 2
JN Gillespie 18.0 4 49 3 2.72 0 0
SR Waugh 4.3 0 16 0 4.00 0 0
GS Blewett 7.3 3 16 0 2.29 0 0
SK Warne 17.4 7 20 2 1.18 0 1
MG Bevan 13.0 3 18 3 1.38 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 271-8 (93.3; RR: 2.90)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor lbw b McMillan 13 31 1 0 41.94
ML Hayden run out 14 37 2 0 37.84
MTG Elliott c & b Adams 44 91 8 0 48.35
ME Waugh b Kallis 116 228 17 1 50.88
SR Waugh c Cronje b Kallis 18 54 1 0 33.33
GS Blewett b Adams 7 42 1 0 16.67
MG Bevan c Cullinan b Cronje 24 62 3 0 38.71
IA Healy not out 10 9 1 1 111.11
SK Warne lbw b Kallis 3 3 0 0 100.00
JN Gillespie not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
GD McGrath  
Extras (11b, 8lb, 3w, 0nb) 22  
TOTAL 271-8 (93.3 overs; RR: 2.90)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 30-2 (ML Hayden 0.0 ov), 113-3 (MTG Elliott 0.0 ov), 167-4 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 192-5 (GS Blewett 0.0 ov), 258-6 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 258-7 (MG Bevan 0.0 ov), 265-8 (SK Warne 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 26.0 6 75 0 2.88 1 0
BM McMillan 21.0 5 46 1 2.19 0 0
WJ Cronje 9.3 1 36 1 4.00 1 0
JH Kallis 16.0 7 29 3 1.81 0 1
PR Adams 21.0 4 66 2 3.14 1 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, 2nd Test

Date

Friday March 14, 1997

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Umpires

S Venkataraghavan, RE Koertzen

South Africa Team

Playing XI

WJ Cronje, AA Donald, DJ Richardson, BM McMillan, DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten, SM Pollock, JH Kallis, PR Adams, HH Gibbs, AM Bacher

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, GD McGrath, ML Hayden, MG Bevan, GS Blewett, JN Gillespie, MTG Elliott