f42945 fran33	Transvaal v Natal
	SuperSport Series 1996/97
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th February 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 145 runs
Points	Transvaal 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Natal 19 (Batting 5, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DF Becker, SB Lambson
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 294/7 (Rhodes 94*, Klusener 10*; 86.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (1) 217/6 (Rutherford 87*, Veenstra 11*; 87 overs)
Close of play day 3	Transvaal (2) 4/0 (Bacher 1*, Benfield 0*; 4 overs)
Player of the Match	JN Rhodes

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	lbw b Veenstra	27	49	58	5	-
DJ Watson	c Pothas b Veenstra	42	88	133	6	-
ELR Stewart	b de Bruyn	10	20	28	-	-
DN Crookes	lbw b Eksteen	20	35	33	4	-
JN Rhodes	c Cullinan b Eksteen	137	233	304	13	-
*DM Benkenstein	c Rutherford b Eksteen	16	46	57	2	-
NC Johnson	b Eksteen	34	66	80	3	-
SM Pollock	c Cullinan b Eksteen	15	26	28	1	-
L Klusener	c McKenzie b Kidwell	38	74	108	4	-
PL Symcox	not out	24	23	28	5	-
+KA Forde	b Kidwell	10	9	13	2	-
Extras	(18 lb, 5 nb, 11 w)	34
Total	(all out, 109.4 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Hudson), 2-75 (Stewart), 3-104 (Crookes), 4-117 (Watson), 5-158 (Benkenstein), 6-236 (Johnson), 7-266 (Pollock), 8-366 (Klusener), 9-378 (Rhodes), 10-407 (Forde)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kidwell	20.4	0	107	2	-	-
Veenstra	19	2	75	2	-	-
Jacobs	18	6	47	0	-	-
de Bruyn	18	3	73	1	-	-
Eksteen	32	4	83	5	-	-
Bacher	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Bacher	c Forde b Klusener	35	85	116	4	-
MR Benfield	run out (Rhodes->Forde)	26	59	80	4	-
ND McKenzie	c Stewart b Klusener	18	37	46	2	-
*KR Rutherford	c Johnson b Pollock	88	176	246	9	1
DJ Cullinan	c and b Klusener	13	62	66	1	-
Z de Bruyn	c Crookes b Symcox	1	10	20	-	-
+N Pothas	lbw b Pollock	13	38	48	2	-
RE Veenstra	lbw b Pollock	15	88	124	-	-
S Jacobs	c Crookes b Pollock	0	3	2	-	-
CE Eksteen	b Klusener	19	26	29	4	-
EW Kidwell	not out	0	5	8	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Benfield), 2-77 (Bacher), 3-84 (McKenzie), 4-117 (Cullinan), 5-126 (de Bruyn), 6-157 (Pothas), 7-218 (Rutherford), 8-218 (Jacobs), 9-233 (Veenstra), 10-241 (Eksteen)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Klusener	25.4	6	61	4	-	-
Pollock	23	7	58	4	-	-
Crookes	11	1	40	0	-	-
Johnson	9	3	24	0	-	-
Symcox	27	7	50	1	-	-
Benkenstein	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Watson	c Benfield b Eksteen	17	50	70	1	-
AC Hudson	st Pothas b Jacobs	49	98	110	6	-
ELR Stewart	c Cullinan b Kidwell	26	104	121	3	-
DN Crookes	c Rutherford b Eksteen	10	21	26	2	-
JN Rhodes	c Benfield b Kidwell	43	143	175	2	-
*DM Benkenstein	c Rutherford b Eksteen	0	3	3	-	-
NC Johnson	c Cullinan b Eksteen	25	18	27	3	1
SM Pollock	b Jacobs	4	30	25	1	-
L Klusener	not out	33	50	80	3	-
PL Symcox	not out	9	13	17	2	-
+KA Forde	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Watson), 2-83 (Hudson), 3-94 (Crookes), 4-124 (Stewart), 5-125 (Benkenstein), 6-158 (Johnson), 7-171 (Pollock), 8-216 (Rhodes)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kidwell	12	2	49	2	-	-
Veenstra	10	2	31	0	-	-
Eksteen	41	14	75	4	-	-
Jacobs	23	4	66	2	-	-
Cullinan	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Bacher	b Pollock	43	105	132	4	-
MR Benfield	c Johnson b Symcox	9	48	70	1	-
ND McKenzie	lbw b Klusener	0	3	4	-	-
*KR Rutherford	c Forde b Symcox	1	5	5	-	-
DJ Cullinan	c Forde b Symcox	78	162	205	11	-
Z de Bruyn	c Johnson b Pollock	39	49	59	7	-
+N Pothas	c Forde b Pollock	38	107	135	5	-
RE Veenstra	lbw b Johnson	5	13	17	1	-
S Jacobs	lbw b Pollock	0	12	17	-	-
CE Eksteen	not out	7	31	49	1	-
EW Kidwell	b Symcox	15	40	45	3	-
Extras	(2 b, 17 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	27
Total	(all out, 94.5 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Benfield), 2-39 (McKenzie), 3-42 (Rutherford), 4-74 (Bacher), 5-141 (de Bruyn), 6-203 (Cullinan), 7-223 (Veenstra), 8-235 (Jacobs), 9-238 (Pothas), 10-262 (Kidwell)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Klusener	25	9	49	1	-	-
Pollock	21	6	61	4	-	-
Symcox	27.5	8	76	4	-	-
Johnson	8	2	19	1	-	-
Crookes	11	1	36	0	-	-
Benkenstein	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> L Klusener (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9

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