- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.4 coming down the wicket, driving, edging, outing to Ponting at pointing 45/144.2 same ball as before, only different is that this one was on the stump, Gibbs stepping back and choosing the wrong shot, trying to cut the slow ball yorker, ball hits the middle and leg stumps 219/432.3 Cullinan's brain taking one of its famous leaves of absence, trying to slog it on one knee over the mid wicket, ball spins into the off stump 140/232.5 Hansie obviously thought that last stroke of Cullinan's was a mighty fine idea, because he tries it himself, ball hits the thigh of the leg on the ground, big appeal, ball was spinning down the line, small chance of it missing the off stump 141/347.5 misjuding the pull over the square leg, ball floats in slow motion in the air for the easiest of catch for Mark waugh at mid wicket, excellent pocket innings from Jonty 250/549.5 trying to pull it, top edge is lifted over the point, Warne running towards the fence and takes a marvellous diving catch 271/650 pretending he's Klusener, but convinces noone, trying to pull down the ground, misses, ball knocks the leg stump out of the ground 271/7Extras21 (lb 7, nb 6, w 8)TOTAL271/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.42)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (G Kirsten, 12.4 ov), 2-140 (DJ Cullinan, 32.3 ov), 3-141 (WJ Cronje, 32.5 ov), 4-219 (HH Gibbs, 44.2 ov), 5-250 (JN Rhodes, 47.5 ov), 6-271 (L Klusener, 49.5 ov), 7-271 (SM Pollock, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 10 0 49 1 4.90 1 4 DW Fleming 10 0 57 3 5.70 3 0 PR Reiffel 9 0 47 1 5.22 1 0 TM Moody 8 1 56 0 7.00 1 0 SK Warne 10 1 33 2 3.30 1 2 MG Bevan 3 0 22 0 7.33 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 tapping it to the mid wicket, they're running off the cliffs, Waugh didn't want the run, and ends up being a metre short of his ground 20/21.4 and thru him, off stump goes cartwheeling out of the ground, Elworthy around the wicket, Gilchrist came with so much of a reputation, and he'll be flying home with none of it 6/134.1 trying to flick it over mid wicket, Ponting trying his darndest to mathc the scoring feats of his captain, skies it instead, there'll no droppies from Donald at mid on 174/411.3 pulling, utterly mistimed, ball floats to Boje at wide mid off, another memorable innings from the maestro Martyn 48/345.4 turned onto the on side, straight to Cullers at mid wicket, and the match takes a little deviation towards South Africa 247/5Extras20 (lb 6, nb 7, w 7)TOTAL272/5 (49.4 Overs, RR: 5.47)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (AC Gilchrist, 1.4 ov), 2-20 (ME Waugh, 5.2 ov), 3-48 (DR Martyn, 11.3 ov), 4-174 (RT Ponting, 34.1 ov), 5-247 (MG Bevan, 45.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 9.4 0 45 0 4.65 1 3 S Elworthy 10 1 46 2 4.60 0 2 AA Donald 10 0 43 0 4.30 2 1 L Klusener 10 0 53 1 5.30 1 0 WJ Cronje 7 0 50 1 7.14 1 0 N Boje 3 0 29 0 9.66 2 1
Match Details
Series
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
13 June 1999 (50-over match)
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Match Referee
Points
Australia 2, South Africa 0
Match Notes
- 4th (reserve) umpire: NT Plews
- HH Gibbs 50 off 72 balls, 8x4 0x6
- DJ Cullinan 50 off 60 balls, 4x4 1x6
- HH Gibbs 100 off 131 balls, 10x4 1x6
- RT Ponting 50 off 88 balls, 4x4 2x6
- SR Waugh 50 off 47 balls, 5x4 1x6
- SR Waugh 100 off 91 balls, 10x4 2x6
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