AUS vs SA 1st Test, 26 Dec 1997 Fantasy AI Predictions

South Africa

Melbourne

Melbourne Cricket Ground

AUS

309/10 (121.2)

Australia chose to BAT

186/10 (106.5)

Match drawn

South Africa in Australia Test Series AUS vs SA players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC
Shane Warne	AUS	BOWL	✅	145	RHB	199	17	3154	99	17.32	57.65	12	390	LBG	273	708	24.9	25.41	2.65	57.4	85	8/71	125							9	0	0	0
Ricky Ponting	AUS	BAT	✅	168	RHB	287	29	13378	257	51.85	58.72	103	1582	RM	36	5	2.7	55.2	2.82	117.4	0	1/0	196							6	0	0	0
Mark Waugh	AUS	ALL	✅	128	RHB	209	17	8029	153	41.81	52.27	67	885	RM,OB	128	59	6.3	41.16	3	82.2	2	5/40	181							4	0	0	0
Hansie Cronje	SA	ALL	✅	68	RHB	111	9	3714	135	36.41	44.63	29	442	RM	85	43	7.5	29.95	2.03	88.3	0	3/14	33							5	0	0	0
Shaun Pollock	SA	ALL	✅	108	RHB	156	39	3781	111	32.31	52.52	18	447	RFM	202	421	20.1	23.11	2.39	57.8	39	7/87	72							7	0	0	0
Lance Klusener	SA	ALL	✅	49	LHB	69	11	1906	174	32.86	59.8	12	256	RFM	84	80	13.7	37.91	2.64	86	3	8/64	34							9	0	0	0
Michael Kasprowicz	AUS	BOWL	✅	38	RHB	54	12	445	25	10.59	46.06	0	49	RFM	73	113	16.3	32.88	3.12	63.1	8	7/36	16							10	0	0	0
Glenn McGrath	AUS	BOWL	✅	124	RHB	138	51	641	61	7.36	40.82	1	52	RFM	243	563	20.1	21.64	2.49	51.9	57	8/24	38							11	0	0	0
Matthew Elliott	AUS	BAT	✅	21	LHB	36	1	1172	199	33.48	44.44	7	159	LM	2	0	1		2		0	-	14							1	0	0	0
Allan Donald	SA	BOWL	✅	72	RHB	94	33	652	37	10.68	35.12	0	66	RF	129	330	20.1	22.25	2.83	47	31	8/71	18							11	0	0	0
Daryll Cullinan	SA	BAT	✅	70	RHB	115	12	4554	275	44.21	48.96	34	573	OB	8	2	2.5	35.5	3.55	60	0	1/10	67							4	0	0	0
Steve Waugh	AUS	BAT	✅	168	RHB	260	46	10927	200	51.06	48.64	82	1195	RM	150	92	8.7	37.44	2.64	84.8	7	5/28	112							5	0	0	0
Adam Bacher	SA	BAT	✅	19	RHB	33	1	833	96	26.03	40.47	5	111	RM	1	0	1		4		0	-	11							1	0	0	0
Paul Reiffel	AUS	BOWL	✅	35	RHB	50	14	955	79	26.52	46.76	6	103	RFM	67	104	15.9	26.96	2.62	61.5	8	6/71	15							8	0	0	0
Jacques Kallis	SA	ALL	✅	166	RHB	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45.97	103	1585	RFM	272	292	12.4	32.65	2.82	69.2	12	6/54	200							3	0	0	0
Greg Blewett	AUS	ALL	✅	46	RHB	79	4	2552	214	34.02	41.26	19	280	RM	42	14	5.7	51.42	3	102.5	0	2/9	45							3	0	0	0
Brian McMillan	SA	ALL	✅	38	RHB	62	12	1968	113	39.36	42.85	16	217	RMF	64	75	15.8	33.82	2.51	80.6	2	4/65	49							6	0	0	0
Gary Kirsten	SA	BAT	✅	101	LHB	176	15	7289	275	45.27	43.43	55	934	OB	15	2	3.9	71	2.44	174.5	0	1/0	83							2	0	0	0
Pat Symcox	SA	ALL	✅	20	RHB	27	1	741	108	28.5	56.09	5	92	OB	34	37	17.5	43.32	2.7	96.2	1	4/69	5							10	0	0	0
Ian Healy	AUS	WK	✅	119	RHB	182	23	4356	161	27.39	49.72	26	430		0	0					0	-	395							7	0	0	0
Mark Taylor	AUS	BAT	✅	104	LHB	186	13	7525	334	43.49	41.48	59	736	RM	2	1	3.5	26	3.71	42	0	1/11	157							2	0	0	0
David Richardson	SA	WK	✅	42	RHB	64	8	1359	109	24.26	41.93	9	146		0	0					0	-	152							8	0	0	0

Completed matches of Australia
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SA vs AUS	02 Jan - 05:30 AM	Sydney	South Africa	SASouth Africa	AUS	287/10 (124.1)	421/10 (167.4)	Australia Australia won by an innings and 21 runs

Completed matches of South Africa
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
SA vs AUS	02 Jan - 05:30 AM	Sydney	South Africa	SASouth Africa	AUS	287/10 (124.1)	421/10 (167.4)	Australia Australia won by an innings and 21 runs

Top batting performance for AUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
SA vs AUS	1	Mark Taylor	not out	169	378	21	0	44.7
SA vs AUS	4	Mark Waugh	not out	115	305	16	0	37.7
AUS vs SA	6	Ricky Ponting	bowled	105	208	14	0	50.48
SA vs AUS	4	Mark Waugh	lbw	100	186	12	1	53.76
AUS vs SA	5	Steve Waugh	caught	96	188	9	0	51.06
SA vs AUS	5	Steve Waugh	bowled	85	199	9	0	42.71
AUS vs SA	8	Paul Reiffel	not out	79	115	6	0	68.69
SA vs AUS	4	Mark Waugh	caught	63	127	9	0	49.6
SA vs AUS	6	Ricky Ponting	caught	62	155	1	1	40
AUS vs SA	1	Mark Taylor	caught	59	195	4	0	30.25
SA vs AUS	8	Ian Healy	not out	46	130	2	0	35.38
SA vs AUS	5	Steve Waugh	caught	34	93	6	0	36.55
SA vs AUS	1	Matthew Elliott	caught	32	66	4	0	48.48
AUS vs SA	6	Ricky Ponting	caught	32	84	2	0	38.09
SA vs AUS	3	Greg Blewett	caught	31	44	5	0	70.45
SA vs AUS	3	Greg Blewett	bowled	28	113	4	0	24.77
AUS vs SA	8	Paul Reiffel	bowled	27	54	2	0	50
SA vs AUS	6	Ricky Ponting	bowled	26	72	4	0	36.11
AUS vs SA	3	Greg Blewett	stumped	26	114	1	0	22.8
SA vs AUS	6	Ricky Ponting	caught	23	84	3	0	27.38

Top bowling performance for AUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
SA vs AUS	Shane Warne	21	9	34	6	1.61
SA vs AUS	Shane Warne	32.1	8	75	5	2.33
SA vs AUS	Michael Kasprowicz	39	7	125	3	3.2
SA vs AUS	Stuart MacGill	7	1	22	3	3.14
SA vs AUS	Paul Reiffel	12	3	14	3	1.16
AUS vs SA	Shane Warne	42	15	64	3	1.52
AUS vs SA	Michael Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02
AUS vs SA	Shane Warne	44	11	97	3	2.2
SA vs AUS	Shane Warne	33	6	95	2	2.87
SA vs AUS	Stuart MacGill	29	7	112	2	3.86
SA vs AUS	Michael Kasprowicz	18	5	55	2	3.05
SA vs AUS	Michael Bevan	23	3	56	2	2.43
AUS vs SA	Mark Waugh	18	8	28	2	1.55
AUS vs SA	Paul Reiffel	18	7	24	2	1.33
SA vs AUS	Steve Waugh	10	3	27	1	2.7
SA vs AUS	Andy Bichel	35	10	103	1	2.94
SA vs AUS	Greg Blewett	14	5	26	1	1.85
SA vs AUS	Shane Warne	15	2	52	1	3.46
SA vs AUS	Glenn McGrath	20	6	51	1	2.55
SA vs AUS	Greg Blewett	13	5	30	1	2.3

Top batting performance for SA
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
SA vs AUS	1	Gary Kirsten	not out	108	159	12	1	67.92
AUS vs SA	3	Jacques Kallis	bowled	101	279	6	0	36.2
SA vs AUS	4	Hansie Cronje	caught	88	262	8	0	33.58
SA vs AUS	8	Brian McMillan	not out	87	165	12	1	52.72
AUS vs SA	2	Gary Kirsten	caught	83	256	7	0	32.42
SA vs AUS	2	Gary Kirsten	caught	77	155	12	0	49.67
SA vs AUS	4	Hansie Cronje	bowled	73	148	9	1	49.32
AUS vs SA	5	Hansie Cronje	caught	70	143	2	0	48.95
SA vs AUS	1	Adam Bacher	caught	64	161	9	0	39.75
SA vs AUS	11	Pat Symcox	lbw	54	42	6	0	128.57
SA vs AUS	5	Herschelle Gibbs	caught	54	150	6	0	36
AUS vs SA	6	Brian McMillan	caught	48	189	2	0	25.39
SA vs AUS	3	Jacques Kallis	bowled	45	110	4	0	40.9
SA vs AUS	2	Adam Bacher	caught	41	82	5	0	50
SA vs AUS	9	Shaun Pollock	caught	40	66	7	0	60.6
SA vs AUS	1	Adam Bacher	lbw	39	85	4	0	45.88
AUS vs SA	2	Adam Bacher	caught	39	109	1	0	35.77
SA vs AUS	10	Lance Klusener	caught	38	59	6	0	64.4
SA vs AUS	9	Pat Symcox	bowled	38	72	4	1	52.77
SA vs AUS	5	Herschelle Gibbs	caught	37	103	4	1	35.92

Top bowling performance for SA
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
SA vs AUS	Shaun Pollock	41	11	87	7	2.12
AUS vs SA	Allan Donald	27	8	59	6	2.18
SA vs AUS	Lance Klusener	30	10	67	4	2.23
AUS vs SA	Pat Symcox	27.2	4	69	4	2.52
SA vs AUS	Shaun Pollock	33	8	71	3	2.15
SA vs AUS	Allan Donald	30.4	5	81	3	2.64
AUS vs SA	Allan Donald	29	6	74	3	2.55
AUS vs SA	Shaun Pollock	21.2	5	56	3	2.62
SA vs AUS	Shaun Pollock	30.4	12	61	2	1.98
SA vs AUS	Pat Symcox	39	9	103	2	2.64
SA vs AUS	Pat Symcox	13.5	3	40	1	2.89
SA vs AUS	Jacques Kallis	16	10	20	1	1.25
SA vs AUS	Jacques Kallis	18	5	45	1	2.5
SA vs AUS	Lance Klusener	27	6	104	1	3.85
SA vs AUS	Paul Adams	38	9	66	1	1.73
SA vs AUS	Brian McMillan	18	5	55	1	3.05
AUS vs SA	Shaun Pollock	28	6	76	1	2.71
AUS vs SA	Brian McMillan	10	3	19	1	1.9
AUS vs SA	Lance Klusener	19	3	48	1	2.52
AUS vs SA	Pat Symcox	35	9	90	1	2.57

Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test