South Africa also competed in a Carlton and United Series with Australia and New Zealand they won 7 of their 8 round robin matches but lost the best of three final 2-1 to Australia despite having won the first 'final'.
south, african, cricket, team, australia, 1997, south, african, national, cricket, team, toured, australia, 1997, season, they, played, test, matches, australia, test, series, south, africa, also, competed, carlton, united, series, with, australia, zealand, th. The South African national cricket team toured Australia in the 1997 98 season They played 3 test matches Australia won the Test series 1 0 South Africa also competed in a Carlton and United Series with Australia and New Zealand they won 7 of their 8 round robin matches but lost the best of three final 2 1 to Australia despite having won the first final Contents 1 Test series summary 1 1 1st Test 1 2 2nd Test 1 3 3rd Test 2 External sources 3 ReferencesTest series summary edit1st Test edit 26 30 December 1997 5 day match ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp South Africa309 121 2 overs RT Ponting 105 208 PL Symcox 4 69 27 2 overs 186 106 5 overs G Kirsten 83 256 MS Kasprowicz 3 28 13 5 overs 257 96 2 overs PR Reiffel 79 115 AA Donald 6 59 27 overs 273 7 122 overs JH Kallis 101 279 SK Warne 3 97 44 overs Match drawnMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires SA Bucknor SA and SG Randell AUS Player of the match JH Kallis SA Australia won the toss and elected to bat 2nd Test edit 2 5 January 1998 5 day match ScorecardSouth Africa nbsp v nbsp Australia287 124 1 overs WJ Cronje 88 262 SK Warne 5 75 32 1 overs 421 167 4 overs ME Waugh 100 186 SM Pollock 3 71 33 overs 113 53 overs JH Kallis 45 110 SK Warne 6 34 21 overs Australia won by an innings and 21 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires DB Hair AUS and P Willey ENG Player of the match SK Warne AUS South Africa won the toss and elected to bat The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four 3rd Test edit 30 January 3 February 1998 5 day match ScorecardSouth Africa nbsp v nbsp Australia517 166 overs BM McMillan 87 165 MS Kasprowicz 3 125 39 overs 350 122 5 overs MA Taylor 169 378 SM Pollock 7 87 41 overs 193 6d 58 overs G Kirsten 108 159 SCG MacGill 3 22 7 overs 227 7 108 4 overs ME Waugh 115 305 L Klusener 4 67 30 overs Match drawnAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires DB Cowie NZ and SG Randell AUS Player of the match SM Pollock SA South Africa won the toss and elected to bat SCG MacGill AUS made his Test debut External sources editCricketArchiveReferences editWisden Cricketers Almanack nbsp This article on an international cricket tour of Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South African cricket team in Australia in 1997 98 amp oldid 1100991723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
