- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras18 (b 1, lb 10, nb 7)TOTAL277 all out (103.5 Overs, RR: 2.66, 427 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.2 ov), 2-36 (Gary Kirsten, 18.2 ov), 3-59 (Boeta Dippenaar, 30.4 ov), 4-131 (Jacques Kallis, 59.3 ov), 5-131 (Lance Klusener, 59.4 ov), 6-198 (Mark Boucher, 77.5 ov), 7-220 (Neil McKenzie, 89.1 ov), 8-225 (Claude Henderson, 89.6 ov), 9-233 (Allan Donald, 91.6 ov), 10-277 (Nantie Hayward, 103.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 26 8 70 2 2.69 0 1 B Lee 31 10 77 3 2.48 0 0 AJ Bichel 19.5 6 44 3 2.21 0 1 SK Warne 19 3 56 0 2.94 0 1 ME Waugh 8 1 19 1 2.37 0 0
26/12Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2001
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
277 & 219 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
487 & 10/1 (3 ov)
Player of the Match
26/12Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2001
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
277 & 219 -
![Australia]( "Australia")
487 & 10/1 (3 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras27 (lb 17, nb 9, w 1)TOTAL487 all out (139 Overs, RR: 3.5, 563 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-202 (Justin Langer, 55.5 ov), 2-267 (Ricky Ponting, 69.4 ov), 3-267 (Matthew Hayden, 70.2 ov), 4-348 (Mark Waugh, 91.4 ov), 5-429 (Steve Waugh, 115.6 ov), 6-462 (Damien Martyn, 126.5 ov), 7-463 (Shane Warne, 127.1 ov), 8-470 (Brett Lee, 133.3 ov), 9-475 (Andy Bichel, 134.5 ov), 10-487 (Glenn McGrath, 138.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Donald 29 5 103 3 3.55 0 0 SM Pollock 31 3 84 3 2.7 0 6 M Hayward 26 1 109 2 4.19 0 2 JH Kallis 17 3 55 0 3.23 1 0 CW Henderson 29 3 108 1 3.72 0 1 L Klusener 7 1 11 0 1.57 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (b 4, nb 2)TOTAL219 all out (75.1 Overs, RR: 2.91, 331 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gary Kirsten, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (Herschelle Gibbs, 9.5 ov), 3-74 (Boeta Dippenaar, 25.1 ov), 4-107 (Neil McKenzie, 38.1 ov), 5-120 (Lance Klusener, 45.5 ov), 6-121 (Mark Boucher, 46.4 ov), 7-157 (Shaun Pollock, 55.5 ov), 8-192 (Claude Henderson, 68.3 ov), 9-215 (Allan Donald, 73.6 ov), 10-219 (Jacques Kallis, 75.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 21 6 43 2 2.04 0 1 B Lee 18 5 52 2 2.88 0 0 SK Warne 24 3 68 3 2.83 0 0 AJ Bichel 12.1 0 52 1 4.27 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL10/1 (3 Overs, RR: 3.33, 14 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Justin Langer, 1.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Donald 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 SM Pollock 1 0 6 1 6 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
26,27,28,29 December 2001 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 26 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 89/3 (JH Kallis 22*, ND McKenzie 14*, 40 ov)
- Thu, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 126/0 (JL Langer 67*, ML Hayden 55*, 32.1 ov)
- Fri, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 487/9 (AC Gilchrist 30*, GD McGrath 0*, 138 ov)
- Sat, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 10/1 (3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
- South Africa 50 in 67 minutes from 93 balls (15.3 overs)
- Lunch: South Africa 97/3 (Kallis 36*, McKenzie 5*, 31 overs)
- South Africa 100 in 134 minutes from 190 balls (31.2 overs)
- Kallis 50 in 170 minutes from 113 balls, 5x4
- South Africa 150 in 236 minutes from 323 balls (53.3 overs)
- South Africa 200 in 310 minutes from 424 balls (70.2 overs)
- Match finished at 5:49pm
- Attendance: 21,680
- Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
- Australia 150 in 168 minutes from 242 balls (39.4 overs)
- Hayden 100 in 226 minutes from 158 balls, 14x4
- Australia 200 in 232 minutes from 338 balls (55.4 overs)
- Ponting struck an all run 4 off Claude Henderson (62.5 overs)
- Australia 250 in 268 minutes from 388 balls (63.6 overs)
- Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 34 minutes from 49 balls
- At 130 Hayden reached 1,000 first-class runs for the 2001/02 season (4th time 1000 runs in an Australian season)
- When Hayden passed 132 runs he broke RB Simpson's Australian Test record for most runs in a calendar year (1381 runs @ 60.04, 3x100 in 1964)
- Lunch: Australia 267/2 (Hayden 138*, 69.4 overs)
- Australia 300 in 318 minutes from 474 balls (78.0 overs)
- New Ball taken by South Africa after 80.3 overs
- SR Waugh/ME Waugh 50 partnership in 37 minutes from 63 balls
- Australia 350 in 375 minutes from 558 balls (92.0 overs)
- Tea: Australia 375/4 (SR Waugh 65*, Martyn 6*, 100 overs)
- Australia 400 in 430 minutes from 644 balss (106.1 overs)
- SR Waugh/Martyn 50 partnership in 65 minutes from 86 balls
- SR Waugh's 90 was his 10th Test innings in the 90s passing MJ Slater's record of 9 times
- Australia 450 in 490 minutes from 744 balls (122.4 overs)
- Martyn 50 in 118 minutes from 89 balls, 4x4
- Attendance: 39,494
- Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
- South Africa 100 in 204 minutes from 293 balls (48.5 overs)
- McKenzie struck an all run 4 off Brett Lee (49.2 overs)
- McKenzie/Kallis 50 partnership in 82 minutes, 118 balls
- McKenzie 50 in 165 minutes from 117 balls
- South Africa 150 in 274 minutes from 394 balls (65.3 overs)
- McKenzie/Boucher 50 partnership in 55 minutes from 70 balls
- Lunch: South Africa 190/5 (McKenzie 53, Boucher 37, 75 overs)
- South Africa 200 in 325 minutes from 470 balls (78.1 overs)
- New Ball taken by Australia after 87.3 overs
- South Africa 250 in 392 minutes from 575 balls (95.3 overs)
- Tea: South Africa 277
- Australia 50 in 49 minutes from 65 balls (10.2 overs)
- Langer 50 in 107 minutes from 81 balls
- Hayden 50 in 111 minutes from 73 balls
- Rain stopped play at 6:24pm
- Attendance: 30,055
- Rain delayed the start of play until 12:19pm
- Lunch: South Africa 17/0 (Gibbs 8, Kirsten 9*, 11 overs)
- Rain stopped play from 1:51pm to 2.34pm
- Rain stopped play from 2.43pm to 4.10pm
- Tea: South Africa 27/1 (Kirsten 10*, Dippenaar 2*, 14.5 overs)
- South Africa 50 in 111 minutes from 160 balls (26.3 overs)
- South Africa 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (over 32, Bichel's 7th over)
- Play abandoned at 6:27pm
- Attendance: 61,796
- Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
- Scorers: KV O'Neill and CJ Reece
- 12th Men: BA Williams (Australia) and JL Ontong (South Africa)
- Mark Waugh's 100th consecutive Test for Australia (England 1993 - South Africa 2001/02)
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