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| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th December 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gauteng won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gauteng won by 163 runs |
| Points | Gauteng 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Border 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | K Lavery, DL Orchard, S Wadvalla |
| Close of play day 1 | Gauteng (1) 337/7 (Pothas 64*, Eksteen 12*; 104 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gauteng (2) 49/2 (Benfield 13*, Rutherford 27*; 18 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Border (2) 114/4 (van der Merwe 8*, Fourie 4*; 57 overs) |
| Player of the Match | KR Rutherford |
| Gauteng first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Koenig | c Pope b Drakes | 2 | 10 | 11 | - | - | |
| MR Benfield | b Taljard | 36 | 72 | 105 | 3 | - | |
| ND McKenzie | c Pope b Botha | 21 | 111 | 159 | 2 | - | |
| *KR Rutherford | c Pope b Botha | 143 | 193 | 261 | 21 | 1 | |
| DN Crookes | b White | 18 | 54 | 80 | 2 | - | |
| Z de Bruyn | c Taljard b Drakes | 13 | 18 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| +N Pothas | lbw b Drakes | 76 | 154 | 184 | 12 | - | |
| S Jacobs | c Pope b Botha | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CE Eksteen | c Pope b Drakes | 21 | 82 | 108 | 2 | - | |
| DJ Terbrugge | c White b Drakes | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| K Ingram | not out | 0 | 5 | 14 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 20 nb, 4 w) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.1 overs) | 361 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Koenig), 2-51 (Benfield), 3-92 (McKenzie), 4-175 (Crookes), 5-197 (de Bruyn), 6-279 (Rutherford), 7-279 (Jacobs), 8-353 (Pothas), 9-353 (Terbrugge), 10-361 (Eksteen) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 26.1 | 5 | 75 | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Botha | 24 | 2 | 68 | 3 | - | 12 | |
| Taljard | 21 | 5 | 66 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Fourie | 14 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Howell | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 9 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| van der Merwe | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM White | c Pothas b Terbrugge | 19 | 29 | 35 | 3 | - | |
| PG Amm | c de Bruyn b Terbrugge | 3 | 22 | 27 | - | - | |
| PJ Botha | c Pothas b Ingram | 32 | 68 | 91 | 5 | - | |
| W Wiblin | c Benfield b Terbrugge | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | c Rutherford b Eksteen | 82 | 119 | 155 | 11 | 2 | |
| +SC Pope | retired hurt | 6 | 39 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| CC van der Merwe | c Jacobs b Eksteen | 7 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| VC Drakes | c Jacobs b Eksteen | 3 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| IL Howell | c Koenig b Eksteen | 13 | 36 | 53 | 1 | - | |
| BC Fourie | lbw b Jacobs | 25 | 68 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |
| D Taljard | not out | 8 | 20 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.5 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Amm), 2-23 (White), 3-31 (Wiblin), 4-111 (Botha), 5-156 (van der Merwe), 6-162 (Drakes), 7-164 (Strydom), 8-204 (Howell), 9-216 (Fourie) | |||||||
| Gauteng bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Terbrugge | 16 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Ingram | 12 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jacobs | 17.5 | 6 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eksteen | 23 | 11 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gauteng second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Benfield | c White b Taljard | 35 | 102 | 144 | 4 | - | |
| SG Koenig | lbw b Drakes | 3 | 10 | 13 | - | - | |
| ND McKenzie | lbw b Botha | 0 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| *KR Rutherford | c +van der Merwe b Botha | 35 | 56 | 68 | 6 | - | |
| DN Crookes | not out | 106 | 124 | 155 | 13 | 2 | |
| Z de Bruyn | c Fourie b Strydom | 45 | 79 | 88 | 2 | 2 | |
| +N Pothas | not out | 2 | 20 | 16 | - | - | |
| S Jacobs | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Eksteen | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Terbrugge | did not bat | ||||||
| K Ingram | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 11 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Koenig), 2-8 (McKenzie), 3-58 (Rutherford), 4-109 (Benfield), 5-242 (de Bruyn) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 11 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Botha | 10 | 2 | 25 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Fourie | 13 | 0 | 43 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Taljard | 9 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Howell | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 11 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Amm | c Jacobs b Terbrugge | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| BM White | lbw b Jacobs | 51 | 148 | 194 | 4 | 1 | |
| PJ Botha | c and b Terbrugge | 0 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| W Wiblin | c Eksteen b Ingram | 38 | 120 | 137 | 5 | - | |
| CC van der Merwe | c McKenzie b Eksteen | 10 | 77 | 85 | - | - | |
| BC Fourie | c Koenig b Eksteen | 57 | 133 | 138 | 7 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | lbw b Eksteen | 14 | 25 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| +SC Pope | st Pothas b Eksteen | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| VC Drakes | lbw b Terbrugge | 23 | 21 | 26 | 3 | - | |
| IL Howell | not out | 12 | 19 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| D Taljard | run out (Benfield) | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 94.5 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Amm), 2-1 (Botha), 3-84 (Wiblin), 4-110 (White), 5-122 (van der Merwe), 6-157 (Strydom), 7-175 (Pope), 8-218 (Drakes), 9-222 (Fourie), 10-235 (Taljard) | |||||||
| Gauteng bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Terbrugge | 17.5 | 8 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ingram | 12 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jacobs | 15 | 7 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eksteen | 32 | 12 | 85 | 4 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 18 | 4 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> K Ingram made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KR Rutherford (1) 100 in 139 balls with 14 fours and 1 six
--> KR Rutherford (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DN Crookes (2) 100 in 111 balls with 13 fours and 2 sixes
--> DN Crookes (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> BC Fourie (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> MR Benfield made his debut for Gauteng in First-Class matches
--> CC van der Merwe made his debut for Border in First-Class matches
--> SC Pope retired hurt in the Border first innings having scored 6 (team score 136/4) (hit in the face )
CC van der Merwe kept wicket during the Gauteng second innings.
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