Cricinfo - 4th Match: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Dec 9, 1997

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Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 9 December 1997 - day/night (50-over match)

Result South Africa won by 45 runs


South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Kirsten	c Warne b Reiffel	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	HH Gibbs	run out (Harvey)	15	52	30	1	0	50.00
	L Klusener	c Gilchrist b Moody	17	40	31	2	0	54.83
	WJ Cronje	run out (Bevan/Gilchrist)	2	19	17	0	0	11.76
	JH Kallis	st Gilchrist b ME Waugh	27	76	58	0	0	46.55
	JN Rhodes	run out (Bichel)	42	86	71	1	0	59.15
	SM Pollock	c Moody b ME Waugh	18	38	36	0	0	50.00
	BM McMillan	run out (Harvey/Bichel/Gilchrist)	13	35	24	0	0	54.16
	DJ Richardson	not out	18	28	22	0	0	81.81
	PL Symcox	not out	4	11	11	0	0	36.36
	Extras	(lb 5, w 8, nb 1)	14

	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 197 mins)	170	(3.40 runs per over)

Did not bat AA Donald


Australia innings (target: 171 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Di Venuto	c Pollock b Klusener	6	7	4	1	0	150.00
	ME Waugh	c Pollock b Symcox	45	119	76	1	1	59.21
	SR Waugh	c Richardson b Klusener	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
	RT Ponting	c Kirsten b Klusener	15	27	22	1	0	68.18
	MG Bevan	c Rhodes b McMillan	19	55	39	0	0	48.71
	AC Gilchrist	not out	29	76	57	2	0	50.87
	TM Moody	lbw b Symcox	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	IJ Harvey	lbw b McMillan	1	10	6	0	0	16.66
	PR Reiffel	run out (Kirsten/Symcox)	1	7	2	0	0	50.00
	SK Warne	c Gibbs b Klusener	5	27	21	0	0	23.80
	AJ Bichel	c McMillan b Klusener	0	6	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 1)	4

	Total	(all out; 39.1 overs; 175 mins)	125	(3.19 runs per over)

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Points South Africa 2, Australia 0

Player of the match L Klusener (South Africa)

Umpires DJ Harper and PD Parker
TV umpire WP Sheahan
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

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