- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL226/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.52)Did not bat: DJ TerbruggeFall of wickets: 1-43 (Gary Kirsten, 12.5 ov), 2-70 (Andrew Hall, 18.4 ov), 3-78 (Daryll Cullinan, 20.6 ov), 4-95 (Jacques Kallis, 25.2 ov), 5-182 (Jonty Rhodes, 39.4 ov), 6-201 (Mark Boucher, 44.6 ov), 7-210 (Lance Klusener, 47.2 ov), 8-210 (Shaun Pollock, 47.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 10 0 47 1 4.70 0 1 JN Gillespie 10 0 40 3 4.00 1 0 IJ Harvey 10 1 43 2 4.30 0 0 SK Warne 10 0 33 0 3.30 0 0 A Symonds 10 0 56 2 5.60 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras18 (lb 11, nb 3, w 4)TOTAL226/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.52)Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Adam Gilchrist, 17.3 ov), 2-105 (Mark Waugh, 23.4 ov), 3-146 (Damien Martyn, 33.2 ov), 4-164 (Ricky Ponting, 38.2 ov), 5-177 (Andrew Symonds, 41.2 ov), 6-193 (Ian Harvey, 45.1 ov), 7-213 (Michael Bevan, 48.2 ov), 8-214 (Steve Waugh, 48.6 ov), 9-223 (Jason Gillespie, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 10 0 51 0 5.10 1 0 R Telemachus 10 1 37 1 3.70 1 2 DJ Terbrugge 3 0 24 0 8.00 1 0 JH Kallis 4 1 21 1 5.25 0 0 L Klusener 10 0 41 2 4.10 1 1 N Boje 10 1 33 2 3.30 0 0 AJ Hall 3 0 8 2 2.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
18 August 2000 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Scorers: JKE Higgs (South Africa) and JA Howard (Australia)
- 12th Men: S Lee (Australia) and HH Dippenaar (South Africa)
- South Africa 100 in 111 mins
- Rhodes/Boucher 5th wicket partnership 50 in 46 mins
- South Africa 150 in 154 mins
- Hall acted as runner for Rhodes after 38.2 overs
- Rhodes 50 in 84 mins
- Boucher 50 in 56 mins
- South Africa 200 in 195 mins
- Gilchrist/ME Waugh 5th wicket partnership 50 in 59 mins
- Australia 100 in 103 mins
- Australia 150 in 152 mins
- Australia 200 in 204 mins
- Attendance: 35,724
Match Coverage
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Tie reshapes cricket's frontiers again
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