f37340	Natal B v Northern Transvaal B
	Castle Bowl 1987/88 (Northern Section)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 15th, 16th, 17th January 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Transvaal B won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal B 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Northern Transvaal B 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	HJ de Bruin, TL Pole
Close of play day 1	Northern Transvaal B (1) 52/1 (da Costa 24*, Turner 10*)
Close of play day 2	Natal B (2) 82/0 (Mellor 11*, Stirk 66*)

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MD Mellor	c Cresswell b Robinson	6	24	26	-	-
CS Stirk	c da Costa b Robinson	28	54	74	4	-
MD Tramontino	b Rindel	4	42	60	-	-
GM Walsh	c Cresswell b Geringer	4	14	18	1	-
DA Scott	c Cresswell b Norris	23	79	96	2	-
+MJ Pearse	c Cresswell b Norris	44	63	78	6	-
MAW Bowman	c da Costa b Symcox	31	69	81	2	-
D Norman	c Robinson b Rindel	97	120	157	12	2
RJ Varner	c Rindel b Ackermann	26	44	51	3	1
RP Snell	not out	16	28	35	3	-
MR Hobson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 342 minutes, 89.2 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Mellor), 2-46 (Stirk), 3-52 (Tramontino), 4-52 (Walsh), 5-128 (Pearse), 6-137 (Scott), 7-187 (Bowman), 8-250 (Varner), 9-303 (Norman, 89.2 ov)

Northern Transvaal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	18	3	41	2	1	-
Ackermann	21	4	64	1	1	-
Rindel	10.2	3	34	2	1	-
Geringer	15	4	52	1	-	-
Botha	5	1	27	0	-	1
Norris	10	4	30	2	2	1
Symcox	10	2	38	1	-	-

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Northern Transvaal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A da Costa	c Mellor b Snell	49	109	132	8	-
*+VG Cresswell	c Varner b Hobson	10	21	24	2	-
GJ Turner	c Tramontino b Stirk	31	76	113	4	-
A Geringer	b Snell	9	7	15	1	-
MJR Rindel	not out	157	192	239	23	-
CR Norris	run out	0	23	29	-	-
PL Symcox	b Mellor	36	83	125	5	1
BL van Onselen	c Walsh b Mellor	0	4	8	-	-
PC Botha	c Pearse b Snell	11	48	66	1	-
PA Robinson	did not bat
GL Ackermann	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 379 minutes, 93.3 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Cresswell), 2-102 (da Costa), 3-104 (Turner), 4-112 (Geringer), 5-123 (Norris), 6-247 (Symcox), 7-259 (van Onselen), 8-321 (Botha, 93.3 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hobson	6	0	31	1	3	-
Snell	25.3	6	71	3	1	-
Varner	17	3	63	0	-	-
Norman	8	1	34	0	-	-
Stirk	16	3	56	1	-	1
Mellor	21	5	52	2	-	-

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Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MD Mellor	c +da Costa b Robinson	17	98	123	-	-
CS Stirk	c +da Costa b Ackermann	154	152	209	17	6
MD Tramontino	c +da Costa b Robinson	5	27	25	1	-
GM Walsh	b Ackermann	0	23	23	-	-
D Norman	st +da Costa b Symcox	13	17	31	1	-
DA Scott	c Norris b Botha	32	23	27	4	-
+MJ Pearse	b Botha	53	38	40	5	1
MAW Bowman	not out	6	14	23	-	-
RJ Varner	not out	2	7	6	-	-
RP Snell	did not bat
MR Hobson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 257 minutes, 67 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-119 (Mellor), 2-130 (Tramontino), 3-140 (Walsh), 4-201 (Norman), 5-201 (Stirk), 6-264 (Scott), 7-294 (Pearse)

Northern Transvaal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	16	4	53	2	1	-
Ackermann	15	0	74	2	-	-
Botha	9	1	42	2	-	-
Symcox	27	7	114	1	-	-

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Northern Transvaal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A da Costa	c sub (IB Hobson) b Hobson	0	10	10	-	-
*+VG Cresswell	c Bowman b Norman	53	111	135	6	-
GJ Turner	c and b Norman	30	77	112	1	1
A Geringer	c Stirk b Mellor	48	63	79	7	-
MJR Rindel	st +Scott b Mellor	13	9	20	3	-
PL Symcox	c Snell b Mellor	16	17	31	1	1
BL van Onselen	c Walsh b Stirk	29	48	46	2	1
CR Norris	c Varner b Mellor	4	33	35	-	-
PC Botha	not out	0	2	7	-	-
PA Robinson	not out	0	3	3	-	-
GL Ackermann	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 243 minutes, 62 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (da Costa), 2-85 (Turner), 3-96 (Cresswell), 4-121 (Rindel), 5-157 (Symcox), 6-171 (Geringer), 7-199 (van Onselen), 8-199 (Norris)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hobson	7	1	23	1	1	-
Snell	7	0	20	0	-	-
Norman	15	1	36	2	-	-
Varner	3	2	2	0	-	-
Mellor	21	7	88	4	-	-
Tramontino	5	0	19	0	-	-
Stirk	4	2	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RP Snell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BL van Onselen made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Norman (1) 50 in 89 balls, 111 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> D Norman (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> MJR Rindel (1) 50 in 66 balls, 85 minutes with 10 fours
--> MJR Rindel (1) 100 in 133 balls, 167 minutes with 16 fours
--> MJR Rindel (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in First-Class matches
--> MJR Rindel (1) 150 in 186 balls, 232 minutes with 22 fours
--> CS Stirk (2) 50 in 44 balls, 57 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> CS Stirk (2) 100 in 112 balls, 166 minutes with 14 fours and 2 sixes
--> CS Stirk (2) passed his previous highest score of 124 in First-Class matches
--> CS Stirk (2) 150 in 147 balls, 202 minutes with 17 fours and 6 sixes
--> CS Stirk (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 154
--> MJ Pearse (2) 50 in 36 balls, 37 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> VG Cresswell (2) 50 in 110 balls, 134 minutes with 6 fours
--> MD Mellor reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MJR Rindel, his 1st wicket in the Northern Transvaal B second innings
--> MD Mellor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CR Norris in the Northern Transvaal B second innings (previous best was 3-20)

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da Costa kept wicket in place of Cresswell and Scott in place of Pearse in the 2nd innings

 

 

 

 

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