Related Link : Titan Cup 1996/97
Venue : Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad (D/N)
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : HS Sekhon and RC Sharma
Match Result : South Africa won by 47 runs
Man of the Match : Gary Kirsten
South Africa (50 Overs Maximum)
Andrew Hudson c Azharuddin b Prasad 34 (51) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Gary Kirsten c Azharuddin b Kumble 84 (81) 9 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Pat Symcox b Kumble 3 (12)
Daryll Cullinan c Prasad b Joshi 16 (24) 1 ‘4s’
Jonty Rhodes c&b Jadeja 10 (12)
Hansie Cronje (C) not out 63 (75) 6 ‘4s’
Derek Crookes b Kumble 2 (8)
Brian McMillan run out (Prasad) 32 (34) 4 ‘4s’
Dave Richardson (WK) not out 9 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Fanie de Villiers
Allan Donald
Extras: 8 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total: 261/7 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-74 (Hudson), 2-85 (Symcox), 3-128 (Cullinan), 4-145 (Rhodes), 5-158 (Kirsten), 6-166 (Crookes), 7-242 (McMillan)
India Bowling
Srinath 9-1-45-0 (2nb)
Prasad 10-0-45-1 (1w)
Joshi 10-0-64-1 (1w)
Kumble 10-0-42-3
Tendulkar 5-0-28-0
Jadeja 6-0-33-1
India (Target : 262 from 50 Overs)
Sujith Somasunder run out (Cullinan) 9 (31) 1 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Cullinan b de Villiers 11 (8) 2 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid c Rhodes b Crookes 62 (87) 6 ‘4s’
Mohammad Azharuddin c Cullinan b Crookes 32 (55) 3 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Symcox b Donald 31 (42) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ajay Jadeja c Cronje b Donald 15 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Nayan Mongia (WK) run out (Rhodes) 3 (4)
Javagal Srinath not out 17 (19)
Sunil Joshi run out (Cronje/McMillan) 2 (5)
Anil Kumble c Hudson b Donald 9 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Venkatesh Prasad c Crookes b de Villiers 0 (1)
Extras: 23 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 0 Byes: 5 Leg Byes: 14)
Total: 214 all out (Overs: 46.3)
Fall of Wickets 1-19 (Tendulkar), 2-30 (Somasunder), 3-97 (Azharuddin), 4-144 (Dravid), 5-171 (Ganguly), 6-178 (Mongia), 7-180 (Jadeja), 8-188 (Joshi), 9-206 (Kumble), 10-214 (Prasad)
South Africa Bowling
de Villiers 8.3-1-27-2
McMillan 8-1-30-0 (3w)
Donald 9-0-43-3
Cronje 2-0-11-0
Symcox 10-0-43-0 (1w)
Crookes 9-1-41-2