f42854 fran22	Eastern Province v Natal
	SuperSport Series 1996/97
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 17th, 18th, 19th January 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 46 runs
Points	Eastern Province 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1); Natal 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Brooks, RA Noble
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 221/6 (Shaw 11*, Love 3*; 81.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal (1) 278/2 (Stewart 125*, Rhodes 91*; 90 overs)
Player of the Match	DN Crookes

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Victor	c Forde b Gilder	18	49	54	1	-
LJ Koen	c Benkenstein b Johnson	43	66	103	6	-
KC Wessels	c and b Johnson	61	157	155	7	1
*DJ Callaghan	run out (Stewart)	5	21	42	1	-
MW Rushmere	st Forde b Crookes	37	106	144	-	-
+G Morgan	run out (Rhodes)	14	54	55	2	-
EAE Baptiste	c Forde b Benkenstein	17	25	27	2	-
TG Shaw	c Johnson b Crookes	23	60	73	3	-
GT Love	c Forde b Crookes	25	68	91	3	-
LD Botha	b Crookes	0	1	1	-	-
M Hayward	not out	9	13	16	2	-
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Victor), 2-81 (Koen), 3-106 (Callaghan), 4-152 (Wessels), 5-188 (Morgan), 6-208 (Baptiste), 7-246 (Shaw), 8-248 (Rushmere), 9-248 (Botha), 10-265 (Love)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilder	21	3	74	1	-	-
Bosch	24	6	53	0	-	-
Johnson	19	6	26	2	-	-
Crookes	24	7	62	4	-	-
Symcox	12	0	34	0	-	-
Benkenstein	2	0	11	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Watson	c Koen b Baptiste	47	89	119	6	-
ML Bruyns	b Hayward	0	6	9	-	-
ELR Stewart	c Morgan b Love	138	320	420	14	-
JN Rhodes	lbw b Botha	108	208	261	8	1
*DM Benkenstein	c Morgan b Baptiste	1	9	7	-	-
NC Johnson	c Morgan b Baptiste	1	9	8	-	-
DN Crookes	c Victor b Callaghan	25	37	50	2	1
+KA Forde	lbw b Callaghan	28	54	61	4	1
PL Symcox	not out	45	58	89	3	2
GM Gilder	run out (Victor)	8	39	39	1	-
T Bosch	b Botha	0	4	7	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 7 w)	28
Total	(all out, 136.5 overs)	429
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Bruyns), 2-76 (Watson), 3-311 (Rhodes), 4-312 (Benkenstein), 5-315 (Johnson), 6-325 (Stewart), 7-351 (Crookes), 8-394 (Forde), 9-427 (Gilder), 10-429 (Bosch)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botha	25.5	4	74	2	-	-
Hayward	17	1	81	1	-	-
Shaw	26	10	54	0	-	-
Baptiste	34	5	77	3	-	-
Love	22	2	87	1	-	-
Callaghan	12	1	43	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Victor	c Stewart b Bosch	2	15	11	-	-
LJ Koen	b Crookes	4	44	54	-	-
KC Wessels	c Forde b Symcox	9	39	63	1	-
*DJ Callaghan	c Stewart b Crookes	2	11	11	-	-
MW Rushmere	c Rhodes b Symcox	28	97	135	2	-
+G Morgan	lbw b Crookes	3	27	22	-	-
EAE Baptiste	b Symcox	39	74	82	1	-
TG Shaw	c Watson b Johnson	6	13	13	1	-
GT Love	not out	1	9	17	-	-
LD Botha	c Stewart b Symcox	9	16	13	1	-
M Hayward	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 56.3 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Victor), 2-19 (Koen), 3-21 (Callaghan), 4-21 (Wessels), 5-32 (Morgan), 6-97 (Baptiste), 7-105 (Shaw), 8-105 (Rushmere), 9-118 (Botha)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bosch	12	4	23	1	-	-
Gilder	8	1	15	0	-	-
Crookes	15	6	27	3	-	-
Johnson	8	3	11	1	-	-
Symcox	11.3	2	26	4	-	-
Benkenstein	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> JN Rhodes (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21

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