South Africa Vs Australia 6Th Odi

Australia tour of South Africa - 2002 (2001/02) · St George's Park, Gqeberha · 6 April 2002

Australia won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Australia won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining). Ricky Ponting top-scored with 92 for Australia.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of South Africa - 2002 (2001/02)
Ground: St George's Park, Gqeberha
Date: 6 April 2002
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist
Captains: Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Umpires: IL Howell and S Wadvalla
Match referee: CW Smith

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.

South Africa batted first and made 326 for 3. Graeme Smith top-scored with 84 off 103 balls, and Jacques Kallis made 80. The innings was built on a 131-run stand for the fourth wicket between Jonty Rhodes and Jacques Kallis, 40% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at St George's Park, 238 across 21 ODIs.

Chasing 327, Australia made 330 for 7. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 92 off 107 balls, and Darren Lehmann made 91. The innings was built on a 183-run stand for the fourth wicket between Ricky Ponting and Darren Lehmann, 55% of the total.

Australia won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining).

SOUTH AFRICA: 326 FOR 3

Batter	How out	R	B
Herschelle Gibbs	c & b Ian Harvey	37	40
Graeme Smith	c Darren Lehmann b Shane Warne	84	103
Nicky Boje	b Darren Lehmann	47	48
Jacques Kallis	not out	80	59
Jonty Rhodes	not out	71	50

Did not bat: Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Jon Kent, Makhaya Ntini, Roger Telemachus

Extras 7 · Total 326 for 3

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Glenn McGrath	10	2	52	0
Jason Gillespie	9	0	60	0
Ian Harvey	9	0	64	1
Shane Warne	7	0	58	1
Shane Watson	9	0	47	0
Darren Lehmann	6	0	40	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-74 (Herschelle Gibbs, 13.2 ov), 2-157 (Nicky Boje, 29.3 ov), 3-195 (Graeme Smith, 34.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Herschelle Gibbs (37) and Graeme Smith (34)	74	74
second	Nicky Boje (47) and Graeme Smith (34)	83	97
third	Jacques Kallis (22) and Graeme Smith (16)	38	31
fourth	Jonty Rhodes (71) and Jacques Kallis (57)	131	91

AUSTRALIA: 330 FOR 7

Batter	How out	R	B
Matthew Hayden	c Shaun Pollock b Jacques Kallis	35	29
Adam Gilchrist	c Makhaya Ntini b Roger Telemachus	52	34
Ian Harvey	c Mark Boucher b Roger Telemachus	4	6
Ricky Ponting	c Shaun Pollock b Jacques Kallis	92	107
Darren Lehmann	st Mark Boucher b Graeme Smith	91	94
Damien Martyn	c Jonty Rhodes b Makhaya Ntini	15	15
Michael Bevan	not out	3	4
Shane Watson	run out (Nicky Boje)	11	13
Shane Warne	not out	4	1

Did not bat: Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath

Extras 23 · Total 330 for 7

Bowler (South Africa)	O	R	W
Shaun Pollock	8	57	0
Makhaya Ntini	9.1	83	1
Roger Telemachus	10	48	2
Jacques Kallis	10	59	2
Nicky Boje	6	34	0
Jon Kent	2	16	0
Graeme Smith	4	24	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-81 (Adam Gilchrist, 8.4 ov), 2-93 (Ian Harvey, 10.2 ov), 3-104 (Matthew Hayden, 11.6 ov), 4-287 (Darren Lehmann, 41.2 ov), 5-312 (Damien Martyn, 45.6 ov), 6-312 (Ricky Ponting, 46.1 ov), 7-326 (Shane Watson, 48.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Matthew Hayden (25) and Adam Gilchrist (45)	81	52
second	Matthew Hayden (8) and Ian Harvey (4)	12	10
third	Matthew Hayden (2) and Ricky Ponting (8)	11	10
fourth	Ricky Ponting (70) and Darren Lehmann (91)	183	177
fifth	Damien Martyn (15) and Ricky Ponting (9)	25	28
sixth	Michael Bevan (0) and Ricky Ponting (0)	0	1
seventh	Michael Bevan (3) and Shane Watson (10)	14	15
eighth	Shane Warne (4) and Michael Bevan (0)	4	1

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