Legends At Battle Season VI
Round 4, Match 16
at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne
Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat
AUSTRALIA 1st innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Victor Trumper lbw b. Tayfield 197 231 37 2 85.3%
Arthur Morris b. Donald 4 8 1 0 50.0%
Don Bradman* c. Kirsten b. S Pollock 342 433 71 3 79.0%
Greg Chappell c. Donald b. Tayfield 42 57 8 0 73.7%
Allan Border c. Richards b. Steyn 17 57 3 0 29.8%
Ricky Ponting c. †Villiers b. Donald 36 71 6 1 50.7%
Adam Gilchrist† not out 21 18 2 2 116.7%
Keith Miller not out 4 5 1 0 80.0%
Bill O'Reilly
Ray Lindwall
Charlie Turner
Total: 684/6 Overs: 146.2 Run Rate: 4.67 Extras: 21
Day 2 2:17 PM
INNINGS DECLARED
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AUSTRALIA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
V Trumper A Morris þþ 25 (23)
V Trumper D Bradman þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 377 (465)
G Chappell D Bradman þþþþþþ 67 (94)
A Border D Bradman þþþþþ 59 (104)
R Ponting D Bradman þþþþþþþþþþ 117 (149)
Gilchrist D Bradman þþ 31 (36)
Gilchrist K Miller þ 8 (7)
Fall of Wickets 25/1 402/2 469/3 528/4 645/5
676/6
Total: 684/6 Overs: 146.2 Run Rate: 4.67 Extras: 21
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SOUTH AFRICA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Vince van der Bijl 18.0 1 98 0 5.44 0 4
Allan Donald 28.0 5 126 2 4.50 0 4
Shaun Pollock 33.0 6 145 1 4.39 0 0
Dale Steyn 30.2 6 125 1 4.12 1 2
Hugh Tayfield 28.0 7 118 2 4.21 1 3
Jacques Kallis 9.0 1 67 0 7.44 0 1
EXTRAS Wides: 2 No Balls: 14 Leg Byes: 4 Byes: 1
Total: 684/6 Overs: 146.2 Run Rate: 4.67 Extras: 21
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With Don Bradman having a run of mediocre scores and then being left out for Australia's match against Sri Lanka, something monstrous was on it's way. In the end, he even surpassed his personal best score of 334 in Tests.
SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Hashim Amla c. Trumper b. Lindwall 17 24 2 0 70.8%
Barry Richards c. Morris b. Lindwall 69 92 14 1 75.0%
Graeme Pollock* c. Border b. Turner 107 130 22 0 82.3%
Gary Kirsten lbw b. Turner 33 110 5 1 30.0%
Jacques Kallis c. O'Reilly b. Miller 110 249 18 1 44.2%
AB de Villiers† c. †Gilchrist b. Turner 38 112 5 0 33.9%
Shaun Pollock lbw b. Miller 11 23 2 0 47.8%
Hugh Tayfield c. Morris b. Turner 19 95 3 0 20.0%
Allan Donald not out 12 61 2 0 19.7%
Dale Steyn c. O'Reilly b. Turner 8 9 2 0 88.9%
Vince van der Bijl b. O'Reilly 4 14 1 0 28.6%
Total: 457/10 Overs: 152.1 Run Rate: 3.00 Extras: 29
Day 4 11:55 AM
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SOUTH AFRICA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
H Amla B Richards þþþþþþþþþþ 35 (56)
G Pollock B Richards þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 120 (124)
G Pollock G Kirsten þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 70 (131)
J Kallis G Kirsten þþþþþþþ 26 (82)
J Kallis A Villiers þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 101 (231)
J Kallis S Pollock þþþþþ 18 (45)
J Kallis H Tayfield þþþþþþþþþþþþþ 45 (117)
A Donald H Tayfield þþþþþþþ 26 (89)
A Donald D Steyn þþ 10 (15)
A Donald V Bijl þ 6 (23)
Fall of Wickets 35/1 155/2 225/3 251/4 352/5
370/6 415/7 441/8 451/9 457/10
Total: 457/10 Overs: 152.1 Run Rate: 3.00 Extras: 29
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AUSTRALIA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Ray Lindwall 31.0 8 115 2 3.71 1 1
Keith Miller 36.0 12 72 2 2.00 0 1
Charlie Turner 34.0 7 117 5 3.44 1 3
Bill O'Reilly 43.1 12 112 1 2.59 4 1
Allan Border 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0
Greg Chappell 6.0 1 18 0 3.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 6 No Balls: 6 Leg Byes: 9 Byes: 8
Total: 457/10 Overs: 152.1 Run Rate: 3.00 Extras: 29
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Other than Graeme Pollock, everyone in South Africa's lineup tried the typical hard grind. They still need to survive for another day and a half to get out of this mess with some credit.
SOUTH AFRICA 2nd innings (Follow on)
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Hashim Amla c. O'Reilly b. Lindwall 0 4 0 0 0.0%
Barry Richards c. †Gilchrist b. Turner 4 14 1 0 28.6%
Graeme Pollock* c. †Gilchrist b. Miller 104 170 20 0 61.2%
Gary Kirsten lbw b. Turner 1 16 0 0 6.3%
Jacques Kallis c. Morris b. O'Reilly 4 12 1 0 33.3%
AB de Villiers† c. †Gilchrist b. Miller 43 104 6 1 41.3%
Shaun Pollock c. †Gilchrist b. Miller 14 41 2 0 34.1%
Hugh Tayfield b. O'Reilly 19 51 3 0 37.3%
Allan Donald run out (Chappell) 15 40 3 0 37.5%
Dale Steyn b. Miller 11 23 2 0 47.8%
Vince van der Bijl not out 9 13 2 0 69.2%
Total: 233/10 Overs: 81.2 Run Rate: 2.86 Extras: 9
Day 5 11:21 AM
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SOUTH AFRICA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
H Amla B Richards 0 (4)
G Pollock B Richards þ 5 (23)
G Pollock G Kirsten þþþ 12 (36)
G Pollock J Kallis þ 5 (20)
G Pollock A Villiers þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 110 (212)
G Pollock S Pollock þþþþþþþþþþþþ 40 (58)
H Tayfield S Pollock þþþ 10 (19)
H Tayfield A Donald þþþþþþþ 24 (63)
D Steyn A Donald þþþþ 13 (34)
D Steyn V Bijl þþþþ 14 (19)
Fall of Wickets 0/1 5/2 17/3 22/4 132/5
172/6 182/7 206/8 219/9 233/10
Total: 233/10 Overs: 81.2 Run Rate: 2.86 Extras: 9
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AUSTRALIA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Ray Lindwall 23.0 7 56 1 2.43 0 1
Keith Miller 17.2 7 40 4 2.31 0 0
Charlie Turner 20.0 4 70 2 3.50 0 2
Bill O'Reilly 21.0 6 62 2 2.95 0 1
EXTRAS Wides: 0 No Balls: 4 Leg Byes: 4 Byes: 1
Total: 233/10 Overs: 81.2 Run Rate: 2.86 Extras: 9
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It didn't quite go according to plan for the the South Africans. Keith Miller and Adam Gilchrist made sure of that.
AUSTRALIA 2nd innings (Target: 7)
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Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Victor Trumper not out 8 12 2 0 66.7%
Arthur Morris not out 1 9 0 0 11.1%
Don Bradman
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Ricky Ponting
Adam Gilchrist
Keith Miller
Bill O'Reilly
Ray Lindwall
Charlie Turner
Total: 9/0 Overs: 3.3 Run Rate: 2.57 Extras: 0
Day 5 11:35 AM
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AUSTRALIA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
V Trumper A Morris þþþ 9 (21)
Fall of Wickets
Total: 9/0 Overs: 3.3 Run Rate: 2.57 Extras: 0
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SOUTH AFRICA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Vince van der Bijl 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Allan Donald 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
Dale Steyn 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Shaun Pollock 0.3 0 4 0 8.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 0 No Balls: 0 Leg Byes: 0 Byes: 0
Total: 9/0 Overs: 3.3 Run Rate: 2.57 Extras: 0
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Victor Trumper, whose brilliant first innings knock of 197 was completely overshadowed by Bradman's triple-century, at least had the honor of striking the winning runs.
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Australia 684/6d & 9/0
South Africa 457 & 233
Australia won by 10 wickets
Man of the match: Don Bradman (Australia)
Points
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Australia - 22 (Win - 16, Batting - 5, Bowling - 1)
South Africa - 5 (Loss - 0, Batting - 4, Bowling - 1)