- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 3, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL240/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.8)Did not bat: GD McGrathFall of wickets: 1-10 (Mark Waugh, 2.1 ov), 2-13 (Matthew Hayden, 3.3 ov), 3-72 (Adam Gilchrist, 15.3 ov), 4-81 (Steve Waugh, 18.5 ov), 5-92 (Michael Bevan, 20.5 ov), 6-120 (Andrew Symonds, 24.5 ov), 7-120 (Shane Warne, 26.1 ov), 8-185 (Damien Fleming, 41.3 ov), 9-240 (Damien Martyn, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 10 3 43 1 4.30 0 0 JH Kallis 10 0 53 1 5.30 4 0 M Hayward 10 0 58 1 5.80 0 1 M Ntini 10 0 56 4 5.60 0 0 L Klusener 10 2 27 0 2.70 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras19 (b 1, lb 2, nb 7, w 9)TOTAL241/4 (48 Overs, RR: 5.02)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Herschelle Gibbs, 2.5 ov), 2-32 (Neil McKenzie, 9.3 ov), 3-161 (Jacques Kallis, 36.1 ov), 4-228 (Gary Kirsten, 45.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 9 2 21 2 2.33 1 0 DW Fleming 10 0 60 0 6.00 0 1 B Lee 10 0 57 2 5.70 3 4 SK Warne 8 0 47 0 5.87 5 1 A Symonds 5 0 21 0 4.20 0 1 SR Waugh 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0 ME Waugh 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
12 April 2000 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Australia 50, 51 minutes, 74 balls
- Gilchrist 50, 65 minutes, 39 balls
- Australia 100, 105 minutes, 135 balls
- 50 partnership (Gilchrist/Bevan) 45 minutes, 69 balls
- Australia 150, 212 balls, 157 mins
- 50 partnership (Martyn/Fleming) 150 minutes, 75 balls
- Australia 200, 195 minutes, 270 balls
- South Africa 50, 60 minutes, 86 balls
- 50 partnership (Kallis/Kirsten) 47 minutes, 69 balls
- 100 runs in 104 minutes, 150 balls
- Kirsten 50 114 minutes, 72 balls
- 100 partnership (Kirsten/Kallis) 86 minutes, 130 balls
- Kallis 50, 88 minutes, 70 balls
- South Africa 150, 137 minutes, 200 balls
- South Africa 200, 178 minutes, 253 balls
- 50 partnership (Kirsten/Rhodes) 32 minutes, 42 balls
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