f43415 fran51	Gauteng v Border
	SuperSport Series 1997/98
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

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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	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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 )

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CC van der Merwe kept wicket during the Gauteng second innings.

 

 

 

 

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