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August 21, 2000
MELBOURNE (AP) - South Africa, minus two of its key players due to injuries, staged an amazing recovery Sunday to beat Australia by eight runs in the third and final limited-overs cricket international at Colonial Stadium.
It left the three-game series level at 1-1 after Friday night's tie. South Africa leads the two nations at 3-2 in one-dayers this year after winning the April home series 2-1.
Penalized two overs after the South African innings of 206-7 finished late, Australia reached 198-8 off its 48 overs.
South Africa went into the match without injured players Mark Boucher and Jonty Rhodes and was reeling at 19-4 after seven overs.
But a 108-run stand for the fifth wicket between Lance Klusener, who top-scored with 49, and Neil McKenzie (45) steadied the innings.
The tourists seemed unlikely to reach 200 at 150-7 in the 43rd over, but a quickfire 34 not out from captain Shaun Pollock and an unbeaten 28 from Nicky Boje added to the score.
Glenn McGrath, with 3-26 from 10 overs, and fellow speedster Brett Lee (3-56) were the pick of the Australian attack.
Despite a big-hitting 63 off 67 balls from opener Adam Gilchrist, Australia put itself under early pressure with a slow run rate.
Boje was named man of the match and man of the series after also taking 2-29 Sunday with his left-arm spin and snaring 2-33 on Friday night.
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Bevan managed 33 and Damien Martyn 31 for Australia. Scoreboard Sunday of the Australia-South Africa limited-overs cricket match at Colonial Stadium: South African Innings Andrew Hall c Mark Waugh b McGrath 1 Gary Kirsten c Mark Waugh b McGrath 9 Jacques Kallis c Gilchrist b Brett Lee 3 Daryl Cullinan b Brett Lee 0 Neil McKenzie b McGrath 45 Lance Klusener c Gilchrist b Brett Lee 49 Boeta Dippenaar run out 21 Shaun Pollock not out 34 Nicky Boje not out 28 Extras (4b 6lb 1w 5nb) 16 TOTAL: 206 for seven wickets. Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-19, 3-19, 4-19, 5-117, 6-119, 7150. Bowling: Glenn McGrath 10-4-26-3, Brett Lee 10-1-56-3 (4nb), Shane Warne 10-2-30-0 (1w), Jason Gillespie 10-1-39-0 (1nb), Shane Lee 5-0-23-0, Michael Bevan 5-0-22-0. Batting time: 223 minutes. Overs: 50. Australian Innings Adam Gilchrist c McKenzie b Ntini 63 Mark Waugh b Pollock 1 Rick Ponting c Ntini b Pollock 5 Michael Bevan run out 33 Steve Waugh c Pollock b Klusener 17 Damien Martyn b Telemachus 31 Shane Warne c Kirsten b Boje 7 Shane Lee c McKenzie b Boje 12 Jason Gillespie c Kirsten c Kallis 10 Brett Lee not out 6 Glenn McGrath not out 0 Extras (9lb 1w 3nb) 13 TOTAL: 198 for nine wickets. Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-31, 3-75, 4-114, 5-131, 6-143, 7-171, 8-176, 9-195. Bowling: Shaun Pollock 8-0-36-2, Roger Telemachus 10-2-36-1 (1nb), Jacques Kallis 8-0-37-1, Makhaya Ntini 6-0-19-1, Lance Klusener 5-0-27-1 (2nb), Nicky Boje 10-0-29-2, Andrew Hall 1-0-5-0 (1w). Batting time: 231 minutes. Overs: 48. Result: South Africa defeated Australia by eight runs; three-match series level 1-1. Man of the match: Nicky Boje, South Africa.
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