Date-stamped : 16 Feb94 - 10:39
Australia vs Northern Transvaal.
Played at Centurion Park, Verwoerdburg, 12-15 February 1994.

Ian Healy broke the  South  African  record  for  the  number  of
dismissals  in  a  first  class  match  with his 10 catches and 1
stumping. The previous record of  10  dismissals  had been   held
jointly by 5 different players.

Merv Hughes was obviously not quite up to match  fitness  and  in
fact has since broken down with a back injury.

The Australian approach to batting was very  refreshing  and  one
can   only   hope  that  their  attacking approach is contagious.
Some of the South African sides can do with some  more aggression
in their batting.

Paul Reiffel impressed with his accuracy and picked up 8  wickets
in the match.

The Australian fielding was a bit sloppy at times and needs to be
worked on before the 1st one day international on Saturday.

Northern Transvaal are currently bottom of the Castle Cup log  of
8 teams.

<END> Contributed by Frank.Sokolic  (sokolic@*und.ac.za)