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| Venue | Springbok Park, Bloemfontein on 11th, 12th, 13th January 1997 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Free State won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | R Brooks, BG Jerling, SB Lambson |
| Close of play day 1 | Indians (1) 56/1 (Rathour 33*, Raju 0*; 14 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Free State (2) 69/0 (Jordaan 33*, Liebenberg 30*; 18 overs) |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | c Laxman b Johnson | 20 | 34 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | c Laxman b Ganesh | 4 | 8 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Laxman b Ganesh | 96 | 170 | 228 | 15 | - | |
| WJ Cronje | c Laxman b Johnson | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| CF Craven | c Karim b Johnson | 76 | 157 | 210 | 6 | 1 | |
| JF Venter | not out | 54 | 84 | 110 | 10 | - | |
| N Boje | b Johnson | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| HC Bakkes | c Dravid b Johnson | 27 | 42 | 64 | 4 | - | |
| BT Player | not out | 14 | 17 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| +PJL Radley | did not bat | ||||||
| SA Cilliers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (16 lb, 5 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 87.4 overs) | 320 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Liebenberg), 2-30 (Jordaan), 3-34 (Cronje), 4-212 (Dippenaar), 5-212 (Craven), 6-218 (Boje), 7-288 (Bakkes) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Johnson | 23.4 | 6 | 78 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ganesh | 25 | 7 | 89 | 2 | - | - | |
| Raju | 13 | 2 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ganguly | 10 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kumble | 16 | 3 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| V Rathour | c Radley b Cilliers | 115 | 203 | 264 | 15 | 3 | |
| WV Raman | c Radley b Player | 18 | 33 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| SLV Raju | c Radley b Cilliers | 1 | 12 | 13 | - | - | |
| RS Dravid | c Cilliers b Player | 17 | 74 | 101 | 2 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | b Boje | 16 | 35 | 36 | 2 | 1 | |
| P Dharmani | c Cronje b Bakkes | 4 | 16 | 23 | - | - | |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 56 | 125 | 142 | 8 | - | |
| +SS Karim | not out | 53 | 98 | 111 | 9 | - | |
| *A Kumble | did not bat | ||||||
| D Ganesh | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 97.4 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52 (Raman), 2-60 (Raju), 3-116 (Dravid), 4-149 (Ganguly), 5-170 (Dharmani), 6-198 (Rathour) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cilliers | 16.4 | 4 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 25 | 8 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Player | 19 | 6 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boje | 18 | 3 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Venter | 12 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | run out (Laxman->Karim) | 66 | 119 | 178 | 8 | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | not out | 133 | 176 | 264 | 14 | 1 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Kumble b Ganguly | 21 | 41 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| WJ Cronje | not out | 28 | 30 | 34 | 5 | - | |
| CF Craven | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Venter | did not bat | ||||||
| N Boje | did not bat | ||||||
| HC Bakkes | did not bat | ||||||
| BT Player | did not bat | ||||||
| +PJL Radley | did not bat | ||||||
| SA Cilliers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 60.3 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-170 (Jordaan), 2-218 (Dippenaar) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Johnson | 13 | 1 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ganesh | 20.3 | 3 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ganguly | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Raju | 16 | 1 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kumble | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| V Rathour | b Player | 50 | 78 | 90 | 7 | - | |
| WV Raman | c Radley b Bakkes | 9 | 19 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| RS Dravid | c Jordaan b Boje | 44 | 76 | 131 | 7 | - | |
| SC Ganguly | c Jordaan b Boje | 1 | 15 | 14 | - | - | |
| P Dharmani | c Radley b Cilliers | 11 | 16 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 46 | 101 | 107 | 9 | - | |
| +SS Karim | c Cilliers b Boje | 8 | 29 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| *A Kumble | not out | 11 | 55 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| D Ganesh | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| SLV Raju | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 64 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Raman), 2-78 (Rathour), 3-83 (Ganguly), 4-104 (Dharmani), 5-135 (Dravid), 6-159 (Karim) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cilliers | 10.4 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 8 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Player | 7.2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boje | 21 | 2 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Venter | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jordaan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> D Jordaan (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> CF Craven (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> V Rathour (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> P Dharmani made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> SS Karim made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> DJ Johnson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HC Bakkes, his 5th wicket in the Free State first innings
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