misc10109	Natal Invitation XI v Indians
	India in South Africa and Zimbabwe 1996/97
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 30th December 1996 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal Invitation XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal Invitation XI won by 52 runs
Umpires	WA Diedricks, RE Koertzen

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Natal Invitation XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NC Johnson	run out (Rathour)	80	112		7	1	71.43
DJ Watson	c Ganguly b Johnson	10	11		2	-	90.91
ELR Stewart	c Johnson b Raman	64	94		3	-	68.09
JN Rhodes	b Ganesh	37	46		-	-	80.43
*DM Benkenstein	st Karim b Raman	10	14		-	-	71.43
DN Crookes	not out	63	40		6	2	157.50
ML Bruyns	not out	14	17		1	-	82.35
+KA Forde	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
GM Gilder	did not bat
T Bosch	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Watson), 2-156 (Johnson), 3-172 (Stewart), 4-195 (Benkenstein), 5-227 (Rhodes)

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Johnson	12	0	66	1	1	-	72.00	5.50
Ganesh	14	3	58	1	-	4	84.00	4.14
Raju	16	0	73	0	-	-	-	4.56
Ganguly	4	0	32	0	-	-	-	8.00
Dravid	4	0	23	0	-	-	-	5.75
Raman	5	0	28	2	-	-	15.00	5.60

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Indians innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
V Rathour	b Johnson	9	27		1	-	33.33
WV Raman	c Benkenstein b Johnson	54	89		4	1	60.67
RS Dravid	st Forde b Symcox	64	81		9	-	79.01
SC Ganguly	run out (Benkenstein)	19	28		1	-	67.86
*SR Tendulkar	c Johnson b Crookes	12	14		1	-	85.71
VVS Laxman	not out	26	45		1	-	57.78
P Dharmani	c Benkenstein b Bruyns	38	40		4	-	95.00
D Ganesh	c Forde b Rhodes	0	5		-	-	0.00
DJ Johnson	not out	6	1		-	1	600.00
+SS Karim	did not bat
SLV Raju	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Rathour), 2-128 (Raman), 3-134 (Dravid), 4-157 (Tendulkar), 5-166 (Ganguly), 6-226 (Dharmani), 7-230 (Ganesh)

Natal Invitation XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gilder	8	2	34	0	-	1	-	4.25
Bosch	11	2	32	0	1	-	-	2.91
Johnson	7	0	25	2	-	-	21.00	3.57
Benkenstein	7	1	21	0	-	-	-	3.00
Symcox	10	0	55	1	-	-	60.00	5.50
Crookes	10	0	48	1	-	-	60.00	4.80
Bruyns	1	0	8	1	-	-	6.00	8.00
Rhodes	1	0	6	1	-	-	6.00	6.00

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Dharmani took over wicketkeeping duties from Karim at the end of the 45th over, after Karim was injured by a return

 

 

 

 

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