f43595 fran67	Border v Northerns
	SuperSport Series 1997/98
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 26th, 27th, 28th February, 1st March 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Border 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Northerns 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Brooks, SB Lambson
Close of play day 1	Northerns (1) 267/6 (de Vos 27*, Davis 2*; 98.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Border (1) 199/8 (Howell 9*, Taljard 0*; 65.1 overs)
Close of play day 3	No play

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Northerns first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJR Steyn	c Mitchell b Ntini	22	64	88	3	-
RF Pienaar	b Ntini	56	123	171	8	-
G Dros	c Mitchell b Drakes	47	180	236	8	-
M van Jaarsveld	b Strydom	34	74	84	6	-
DJJ de Vos	c Wiblin b Ntini	27	108	159	3	-
MJR Rindel	c Mitchell b Taljard	39	32	52	7	-
S Elworthy	b Taljard	12	17	19	1	-
*MJG Davis	lbw b Taljard	3	31	38	-	-
+DJ Smith	lbw b Taljard	46	56	79	8	-
RE Bryson	c Mitchell b Taljard	6	14	26	1	-
GJ Smith	not out	4	13	29	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 13 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Steyn), 2-111 (Pienaar), 3-168 (van Jaarsveld), 4-198 (Dros), 5-247 (Rindel), 6-261 (Elworthy), 7-268 (de Vos), 8-279 (Davis), 9-303 (Bryson), 10-326 (DJ Smith, 116 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drakes	18	3	63	1	-	6
Botha	17	4	47	0	-	7
Taljard	28	10	54	5	-	-
Ntini	28	7	101	3	1	-
Howell	16	7	29	0	-	-
Strydom	9	3	16	1	-	-

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Botha	c Pienaar b Bryson	16	27	33	2	-
GM Hammond	c DJ Smith b Elworthy	0	4	8	-	-
W Wiblin	c GJ Smith b Rindel	11	48	79	2	-
+SC Pope	c de Vos b GJ Smith	70	98	118	10	-
*PC Strydom	c van Jaarsveld b Elworthy	15	27	45	2	-
CC van der Merwe	c Rindel b Davis	11	55	82	1	-
VC Drakes	run out (de Vos)	59	95	124	9	1
I Mitchell	lbw b de Vos	3	3	5	-	-
IL Howell	not out	9	37	50	-	-
D Taljard	not out	0	0	1	-	-
M Ntini	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 65.1 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Hammond), 2-17 (Botha), 3-67 (Wiblin), 4-102 (Strydom), 5-116 (Pope), 6-161 (van der Merwe), 7-171 (Mitchell), 8-199 (Drakes)

Northerns bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elworthy	18	6	47	2	-	-
GJ Smith	15	3	46	1	-	3
Bryson	12.1	3	42	1	-	-
Rindel	6	1	14	1	-	-
Davis	9	3	16	1	-	-
de Vos	5	0	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GM Hammond made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IL Howell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Taljard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DJ Smith, his 5th wicket in the Northerns first innings

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