Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
14 April 2000 - day/night match (50-over match)
It was the 1591st ODI in cricket history
It was the 1589th ODI in cricket history
It was the sort of batting revival which was more in keeping with the World Cup than the emotion-charged early evening at an over-flowing Wanderers but South Africa came back almost from the dead to bury the Edgbaston ghost
It was the 1587th ODI match in cricket history
As you would expect from World Cup champions, Australia bounced off the ropes and stubbed out South Africa's aim of wrapping up the Challenge Series at Newlands last night and head for the Wanderers on Sunday mentally better prepared