f34438	Natal v Eastern Province
	SAB Currie Cup 1982/83
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Eastern Province 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	KE Liebenberg, DD Schoof
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 192/5 (Richards 46*, AJS Smith 25*; 86.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 168/4 (Willey 10*, Whyte 11*; 67 overs)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Whitfield	c Carse b Armitage	8	52	55	1	-
CL Smith	b Brickett	31	145	173	-	1
RM Bentley	c Carse b Watson	55	148	190	6	-
D Bestall	b Watson	11	32	38	2	-
*BA Richards	lbw b Watson	61	117	149	10	-
RA Smith	c Richardson b Brickett	2	12	14	-	-
+AJS Smith	c Brickett b Watson	27	59	88	2	-
JK Lever	b Watson	6	20	26	-	-
KR Cooper	b Watson	3	15	26	-	-
LB Taylor	b Watson	20	29	37	2	-
MD Clare	not out	3	16	25	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 415 minutes, 106.1 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Whitfield), 2-86 (CL Smith), 3-105 (Bestall), 4-124 (Bentley), 5-127 (RA Smith), 6-205 (AJS Smith), 7-210 (Richards), 8-217 (Lever), 9-230 (Cooper), 10-245 (Taylor, 106.1 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	24.1	4	50	7	-	-
Brickett	27	9	51	2	-	2
Willey	17	6	30	0	-	-
Armitage	15	7	25	1	-	3
Carse	18	7	48	0	2	1
Cowley	5	1	23	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJ Richardson	c AJS Smith b Clare	69	186	255	9	-
W Larkins	lbw b Clare	32	64	103	3	-
RLS Armitage	lbw b Cooper	17	74	87	2	-
RG Fensham	b Clare	13	29	43	2	-
P Willey	c AJS Smith b Lever	14	49	77	1	-
RJD Whyte	not out	45	77	94	7	-
PH Williams	not out	14	22	36	3	-
*GS Cowley	did not bat
DJ Brickett	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
JA Carse	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 11 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 350 minutes, 83 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-77 (Larkins), 2-111 (Armitage), 3-145 (Fensham), 4-148 (Richardson), 5-194 (Willey)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	18	8	44	0	1	3
Lever	23	6	48	1	1	3
Cooper	21	6	59	1	-	3
Clare	19	4	45	3	-	2
CL Smith	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Whitfield	st Richardson b Willey	30	86	122	3	-
CL Smith	c Richardson b Cowley	12	59	42	1	-
RM Bentley	c Richardson b Armitage	18	41	39	1	-
RA Smith	not out	75	167	185	6	1
D Bestall	lbw b Armitage	1	5	5	-	-
+AJS Smith	not out	47	131	139	5	1
*BA Richards	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
KR Cooper	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
MD Clare	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 268 minutes, 77.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (CL Smith), 2-51 (Bentley), 3-77 (Whitfield), 4-78 (Bestall)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	11	4	21	0	-	-
Carse	6	3	19	0	-	-
Cowley	10	1	30	1	-	6
Armitage	18	5	36	2	-	1
Willey	24	7	56	1	-	-
Williams	8	1	21	0	-	1
Larkins	0.2	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Bentley (1) 50 in 135 balls, 174 minutes with 6 fours
--> BA Richards (1) 50 in 94 balls, 125 minutes with 8 fours
--> DJ Richardson (1) 50 in 149 balls, 195 minutes with 6 fours
--> RA Smith (2) 50 in 101 balls, 121 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> AJS Smith (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> WK Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LB Taylor in the Natal first innings (previous best was 6-47)
--> DJ Brickett reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CL Smith, his 1st wicket in the Natal first innings

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