a10207	Border v Natal
	Standard Bank League 1996/97
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 6th December 1996 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 53 runs (Clark curves method)
Points	Border 0; Natal 2
Umpires	D Boyd, CJ Mitchley
Player of the Match	DM Benkenstein

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NC Johnson	b Botha	1	4	5	-	-	25.00
DJ Watson	c and b du Plessis	50	100	130	6	-	50.00
SM Pollock	c Boucher b Botha	7	12	17	1	-	58.33
*DM Benkenstein	c Strydom b Botha	0	7	14	-	-	0.00
ELR Stewart	not out	51	84	99	4	-	60.71
ML Bruyns	not out	7	10	9	-	-	70.00
PJR Steyn	did not bat
+KA Forde	did not bat
AG Botha	did not bat
GM Gilder	did not bat
T Bosch	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 36 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Johnson), 2-15 (Pollock), 3-19 (Benkenstein), 4-108 (Watson)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Drakes	6	1	21	0	-	-	-	3.50
Botha	7	3	11	3	-	-	14.00	1.57
du Plessis	8	0	27	1	-	-	48.00	3.38
Howell	7	1	24	0	-	-	-	3.43
Emslie	4	0	18	0	-	-	-	4.50
Cronje	4	0	17	0	-	-	-	4.25

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Border innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PN Kirsten	b Gilder	1	4	7	-	-	25.00
VC Drakes	run out	7	11	15	1	-	63.64
SC Pope	lbw b Benkenstein	17	30	39	3	-	56.67
FJC Cronje	c Forde b Bosch	9	26	38	1	-	34.62
*PC Strydom	b Benkenstein	0	9	13	-	-	0.00
MV Boucher	c Johnson b Benkenstein	0	4	1	-	-	0.00
PJ Botha	b Benkenstein	2	20	40	-	-	10.00
+SJ Palframan	c Pollock b Bosch	1	3	1	-	-	33.33
PB du Plessis	c Steyn b Gilder	15	41	45	2	-	36.59
IL Howell	c Pollock b Johnson	5	10	20	1	-	50.00
PAN Emslie	not out	1	3	3	-	-	33.33
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 18 w)	26
Total	(all out, 26 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Kirsten), 2-17 (Drakes), 3-53 (Cronje), 4-53 (Pope), 5-53 (Boucher), 6-58 (Strydom), 7-59 (Palframan), 8-68 (Botha), 9-82 (du Plessis), 10-84 (Howell)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pollock	4	1	26	0	-	-	-	6.50
Gilder	6	1	18	2	-	-	18.00	3.00
Bosch	7	5	9	2	-	-	21.00	1.29
Benkenstein	7	1	23	4	-	-	10.50	3.29
Johnson	2	0	4	1	-	-	12.00	2.00

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Notes
--> Natal innings was reduced to 36 overs, Border target was 138 runs in 35 overs
--> DM Benkenstein achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed PJ Botha in the Border innings (previous best was 3-10)

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Border target adjusted to 138 in 35 overs

 

 

 

 

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