| f42828 fran19 |
|
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th January 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Natal 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Free State 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | DF Becker, DL Orchard |
| Close of play day 1 | Free State (1) 16/1 (Jordaan 14*, Dippenaar 0*; 10.5 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 120/2 (Bruyns 48*, Rhodes 10*; 41.4 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Free State (2) 68/0 (Jordaan 37*, Liebenberg 29*; 26 overs) |
| Player of the Match | HH Dippenaar |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ Watson | lbw b Player | 5 | 26 | 30 | - | - | |
| ML Bruyns | c Craven b Stephenson | 21 | 61 | 82 | 3 | - | |
| ELR Stewart | c Venter b Cilliers | 3 | 10 | 13 | - | - | |
| JN Rhodes | lbw b Boje | 33 | 51 | 85 | 3 | 2 | |
| *DM Benkenstein | c Radley b Craven | 100 | 129 | 185 | 15 | 2 | |
| NC Johnson | c Boje b Venter | 50 | 124 | 124 | 8 | - | |
| DN Crookes | c Cilliers b Pretorius | 1 | 18 | 19 | - | - | |
| +KA Forde | c Liebenberg b Pretorius | 18 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | |
| PL Symcox | c Pretorius b Cilliers | 30 | 36 | 65 | 3 | 1 | |
| KG Storey | not out | 2 | 39 | 53 | - | - | |
| T Bosch | b Player | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 lb, 7 nb, 2 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 282 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Watson), 2-21 (Stewart), 3-47 (Bruyns), 4-86 (Rhodes), 5-219 (Johnson), 6-226 (Benkenstein), 7-226 (Crookes), 8-248 (Forde), 9-282 (Symcox), 10-282 (Bosch) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cilliers | 14 | 3 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stephenson | 11.3 | 4 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Player | 16.1 | 2 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pretorius | 13 | 2 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boje | 13 | 4 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Venter | 10 | 4 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Craven | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | b Storey | 20 | 73 | 98 | 3 | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | c Crookes b Bosch | 1 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | st Forde b Symcox | 81 | 206 | 265 | 10 | - | |
| JF Venter | c Rhodes b Johnson | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| CF Craven | c Rhodes b Bosch | 3 | 11 | 23 | - | - | |
| N Boje | c Watson b Storey | 11 | 23 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| BT Player | c Forde b Crookes | 6 | 23 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| FD Stephenson | c Stewart b Bosch | 3 | 19 | 36 | - | - | |
| +PJL Radley | not out | 17 | 44 | 72 | 1 | - | |
| NW Pretorius | c Benkenstein b Symcox | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| SA Cilliers | c Stewart b Symcox | 7 | 18 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb, 3 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Liebenberg), 2-47 (Jordaan), 3-49 (Venter), 4-55 (Craven), 5-79 (Boje), 6-88 (Player), 7-106 (Stephenson), 8-139 (Dippenaar), 9-139 (Pretorius), 10-160 (Cilliers) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bosch | 23 | 9 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Storey | 23 | 8 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 9 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Symcox | 11 | 1 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Bruyns | c Radley b Cilliers | 48 | 136 | 170 | 6 | 1 | |
| ELR Stewart | lbw b Player | 9 | 12 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| DN Crookes | c and b Boje | 52 | 71 | 84 | 7 | - | |
| JN Rhodes | not out | 156 | 285 | 347 | 15 | 3 | |
| *DM Benkenstein | b Pretorius | 10 | 54 | 71 | - | - | |
| NC Johnson | b Venter | 21 | 41 | 43 | 3 | - | |
| +KA Forde | c Jordaan b Boje | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| PL Symcox | b Venter | 6 | 27 | 26 | - | - | |
| DJ Watson | not out | 33 | 118 | 135 | 5 | - | |
| KG Storey | did not bat | ||||||
| T Bosch | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 123 overs) | 349 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Stewart), 2-95 (Crookes), 3-126 (Bruyns), 4-169 (Benkenstein), 5-209 (Johnson), 6-210 (Forde), 7-225 (Symcox) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cilliers | 17 | 2 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Player | 24 | 7 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pretorius | 12 | 0 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Craven | 13 | 2 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boje | 35 | 10 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Venter | 21 | 5 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jordaan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | c Bruyns b Crookes | 81 | 206 | 226 | 10 | 1 | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | b Storey | 34 | 99 | 128 | 3 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | b Crookes | 93 | 312 | 329 | 7 | - | |
| JF Venter | b Crookes | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| CF Craven | c Bruyns b Crookes | 2 | 10 | 13 | - | - | |
| N Boje | run out (Storey->Forde) | 20 | 30 | 37 | 4 | - | |
| FD Stephenson | c Storey b Crookes | 1 | 10 | 14 | - | - | |
| BT Player | b Crookes | 3 | 17 | 16 | - | - | |
| +PJL Radley | not out | 58 | 142 | 150 | 9 | - | |
| NW Pretorius | c Rhodes b Crookes | 0 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| SA Cilliers | not out | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 141 overs) | 312 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-88 (Liebenberg), 2-148 (Jordaan), 3-154 (Venter), 4-156 (Craven), 5-182 (Boje), 6-193 (Stephenson), 7-205 (Player), 8-304 (Dippenaar), 9-304 (Pretorius) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bosch | 14 | 4 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Storey | 17 | 5 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 55 | 17 | 114 | 7 | - | - | |
| Benkenstein | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Symcox | 42 | 12 | 79 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 11 | 4 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FD Stephenson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Boje (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JN Rhodes (2) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> DN Crookes (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> PJL Radley (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> DN Crookes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed HH Dippenaar in the Free State second innings (previous best was 5-59)
--> DN Crookes reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed D Jordaan, his 1st wicket in the Free State second innings
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Afghanistan in Zimbabwe 2025/26
- Bulgaria in Cyprus 2025/26
- Canada Women in Tanzania 2025/26
- Canada Women in Uganda 2025/26
- Cyprus International Twenty20 Tri-Series 2025/26
- England in Australia 2025/26
- England in New Zealand 2025/26
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC Women's World Cup 2025/26
- India in Australia 2025/26
- Ireland in Bangladesh 2025/26
- South Africa in India 2025/26
- South Africa in Pakistan 2025/26
- South American Championships 2025/26
- Sri Lanka in Pakistan 2025/26
- West Indies in Bangladesh 2025/26
- West Indies in New Zealand 2025/26
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


