2001–02 VB Series2nd Match · ODI
South Africa beat Australia by 4 wickets in the 2nd Match - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Australia19848.5 ov
South Africa199/648.3 ov
South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
South Africa won the tournament
Match details
- Match
- 2nd Match, ODI · 2001–02 VB Series
- Date
- (Sun 13 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Shaun Pollock
Head to head (ODI)
Played 117 · AUS won 53 · SA won 59 · Tied 3 · No result 2
Last 5 meetings
- 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of Australia · AUS 198/9 v SA 206/7South Africa won by 8 runs
- 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of Australia · AUS 226/9 v SA 226/8Match tied
- 1st ODI · South Africa tour of Australia · AUS 295/5 v SA 201/7Australia won by 94 runs
- 3rd ODI · Australia tour of South Africa · AUS 205 v SA 209/6South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
- 2nd ODI · Australia tour of South Africa · SA 144/9 v AUS 145/5Australia won by 5 wickets (with 153 balls remaining)
Recent results (ODI)
- L vs NZ · AUS 176 v NZ 199/8New Zealand won by 23 runs
- W vs PAK · AUS 156/1 v PAK 152Australia won by 9 wickets (with 141 balls remaining)
- W vs ENG · ENG 176 v AUS 177/2Australia won by 8 wickets (with 119 balls remaining)
- L vs PAK · AUS 254 v PAK 290/9Pakistan won by 36 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 86 v AUS 208/7Australia won by 125 runs (D/L method)
- W vs IND · IND 183 v SA 187/4South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 47 balls remaining)
- W vs KEN · SA 354/3 v KEN 146South Africa won by 208 runs
- W vs IND · SA 282/4 v IND 236South Africa won by 46 runs
- W vs KEN · KEN 229/7 v SA 230/1South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 53 balls remaining)
- L vs IND · SA 192 v IND 233India won by 41 runs
Top players in this fixture
AUS v SA ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Waugh AUS | 41 | 1455 | 120 | 41.57 | 78.39 |
| Jonty Rhodes SA | 41 | 1207 | 83 | 37.72 | 74.19 |
| Michael Bevan AUS | 26 | 1076 | 106 | 48.91 | 77.58 |
| Gary Kirsten SA | 32 | 1043 | 112 | 34.77 | 63.95 |
| Mark Waugh AUS | 38 | 1007 | 115 | 27.97 | 69.02 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Warne AUS | 37 | 53 | 4.09 |
| Allan Donald SA | 28 | 43 | 4.23 |
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 28 | 34 | 3.60 |
| Shaun Pollock SA | 22 | 30 | 4.05 |
| Lance Klusener SA | 18 | 22 | 5.10 |
ODIs at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 108
- Average 1st-innings score
- 208
- Won batting first
- 53
- Won chasing
- 52
- Highest total
- 338/6 by Australia ()