KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19: Shaun Pollock's devastating opening spell and some superlative fielding by South Africa dashed Steve Waugh's dream of winning the inaugural Commonwealth Games gold medal this afternoon. The stand-in skipper sent back Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting for just 12 runs which send Australia reeling at three for 28.Scoreboard
Australia: M. Waugh c Boucher b Pollock 2; A. Gilchrist c Rindel b Pollock 15; R. Ponting c Dawson b Pollock 2; M. Bevan run out 13; S. Waugh not out 90; D. Lehmann c Boucher b Pollock 26; T. Moody st Boucher b Adams 3; B. Young c Benkenstein b Adams 2; G. Robertson lbw b Boje 2; M. Kasprowicz run out 12; D. Fleming run out 1; Extras: (b1, lb2, w11, nb1) 15. Total (49.3 overs) 183.
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-16, 3-28, 4-58, 5-121, 6-124, 7-142, 8-157, 9-177.
Bowling: Pollock 9-2-19-4, Kallis 6-1-21-0, Dawson 8.1-1-27-0, Crookes 10-0-43-0, Boje 8-0-36-1, Adams 8-0-33-2, Benkenstein 0.2-0-1-0.South Africa: A. Hudsonc Bevan b Robertson 36; M. Rindel c M. Waugh b Lehmann 67; D. Crookes c Moody b Robertson 3; J. Kallis c Gilchrist b Lehmann 44; H. Gibbs b Fleming 9; D. Benkenstein not out 2; S. Pollock c Young b Lehmann 2; M. Boucher not out 0. Extras: (b6, lb1, w10, nb4) 21. Total (six wickets - 46 overs) 184. Fall of wickets: 1-73, 2-86, 3-158, 4-172, 5-181, 6-183.
Bowling: Fleming 10-1-44-1, Kasprowicz 5-0-34-0, Young 10-3-31-0, Robertson 10-2-28-2, Moody 4-0-15-0, Bevan 3-0-11-0, Lehmann 4-1-14-3.
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