f42988	Border v Australians
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 7th, 8th March 1997 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by an innings and 105 runs
Umpires	DF Becker, SB Lambson, HJ Sutherland
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 206/5 (Blewett 38*, Healy 28*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Botha	c Waugh b Reiffel	0	5	2	-	-
BM White	c Blewett b Gillespie	28	60	86	4	-
CR Wilson	c Healy b Gillespie	13	50	66	-	-
PN Kirsten	c Elliott b Reiffel	7	26	42	-	-
+MV Boucher	c Reiffel b Gillespie	7	19	28	-	-
*PC Strydom	c Healy b Gillespie	13	22	36	3	-
SC Pope	b Gillespie	11	12	21	1	1
IL Howell	not out	26	35	59	4	-
PAN Emslie	b Bichel	4	11	20	-	-
D Taljard	b Gillespie	5	16	16	1	-
M Ntini	c Elliott b Gillespie	1	8	9	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Botha), 2-31 (Wilson), 3-42 (White), 4-54 (Kirsten), 5-56 (Boucher), 6-76 (Pope), 7-91 (Strydom), 8-104 (Emslie), 9-115 (Taljard), 10-117 (Ntini, 43.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reiffel	12	7	15	2	-	-
Bichel	14	2	51	1	-	-
Gillespie	14.5	5	34	7	1	-
Blewett	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTG Elliott	c and b Emslie	41	86	117	4	-
ML Hayden	c Strydom b Ntini	5	13	21	1	-
JL Langer	lbw b Botha	14	18	24	3	-
MG Bevan	b Botha	7	16	17	1	-
ME Waugh	c Strydom b Emslie	62	59	86	9	1
GS Blewett	st Boucher b Strydom	112	163	212	10	2
*+IA Healy	c Boucher b Taljard	35	67	92	4	-
SK Warne	c Wilson b White	15	44	59	1	-
PR Reiffel	not out	40	41	55	6	-
AJ Bichel	c Boucher b Ntini	10	15	23	-	-
JN Gillespie	not out	5	6	5	-	-
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Hayden), 2-44 (Langer), 3-55 (Bevan), 4-100 (Elliott), 5-149 (Waugh), 6-229 (Healy), 7-293 (Warne), 8-322 (Blewett), 9-360 (Bichel)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botha	19	1	70	2	-	-
Ntini	13	1	66	2	3	1
Taljard	25	2	104	1	-	-
Emslie	8	2	39	2	-	-
Howell	6	0	21	0	-	-
White	9	0	36	1	-	-
Strydom	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Botha	c Healy b Reiffel	0	5	2	-	-
BM White	c Healy b Bichel	0	10	15	-	-
CR Wilson	lbw b Reiffel	2	11	16	-	-
PN Kirsten	c Hayden b Bichel	2	9	15	-	-
+MV Boucher	c Healy b Gillespie	34	52	78	3	1
*PC Strydom	b Gillespie	55	52	73	11	-
SC Pope	lbw b Warne	26	48	61	2	-
IL Howell	lbw b Bichel	3	15	18	-	-
PAN Emslie	not out	11	36	40	2	-
D Taljard	lbw b Warne	0	1	1	-	-
M Ntini	b Warne	0	2	2	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Botha), 2-4 (White), 3-4 (Wilson), 4-6 (Kirsten), 5-99 (Boucher), 6-106 (Strydom), 7-114 (Howell), 8-148 (Pope), 9-148 (Taljard), 10-148 (Ntini, 40 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reiffel	7	2	22	2	-	-
Bichel	12	3	39	3	1	1
Waugh	11	5	29	0	-	-
Gillespie	7	1	44	2	-	-
Warne	3	2	1	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JN Gillespie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed M Ntini in the Border first innings (previous best was 6-68)
--> AJ Bichel reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed PAN Emslie, his 1st wicket in the Border first innings

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