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Supersport Series 1996/97
Natal v Border
Kingsmead, Durban
1,2,3,4 November 1996

Result: Border won by 4 wickets
Points: Ntl: 8 (bat 4, bowl 4, match 0)
Bdr: 14 (bat 2, bowl 2, match 10)

Toss: Natal
Umpires: WA Diedricks, RE Koertzen
Debuts: Ntl: AG Botha, GM Gilder (Both SS),
Bdr: VC Drakes, BM White (Both FC for Bdr)
Man of the Match: VC Drakes

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Ntl (1) 315-5 (Benkenstein 129*, Pollock 59*, 104 overs)
  • Day 2: Ntl (2) 22-0 (Watson 12*. Steyn 7*, 9 overs)
  • Day 3: Bdr (2) 70-1 (Botha 40*, Cronje 12*, 26 overs)
    Natal 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    DJ Watson             c White            b Drakes               0   2   3  0 0
    PJR Steyn             c Kirsten          b Drakes              11  61  38  1 0
    ELR Stewart                              b Horan                7  28  27  1 0
    NC Johnson            lbw                b Botha               22  90  68  4 0
    *DM Benkenstein       c Palframan        b Drakes             129 347 262 16 1
    ML Bruyns             c Palframan        b Drakes              73 146 129 12 0
    SM Pollock                               b Drakes              66 169 144  5 0
    +KA Forde             c Howell           b Drakes               2   8   7  0 0
    AG Botha              not out                                   2  35  19  0 0
    GM Gilder             c Palframan        b Drakes               2  16  16  0 0
    T Bosch               c Palframan        b Drakes               0   2   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 11)                  18
    Total                 (all out, 116.3 overs)                  332
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Watson), 2-11 (Stewart), 3-22 (Steyn), 4-65 (Johnson),
         5-201 (Bruyns), 6-316 (Benkenstein), 7-325 (Forde),
         8-328 (Pollock), 9-332 (Gilder), 10-332 (Bosch).
    
    Bowling                 O       M       R       W
    Drakes                 30.3     8      59       8
    Ntini                  18       2      76       0
    Horan                  26       6      85       1
    Botha                   9       5      11       1
    Howell                 26       4      63       0
    Cronje                  2       0      11       0
    White                   3       0      13       0
    Strydom                 2       0       8       0
    
    Border 1st innings                                              R   M   B  4 6
    +SJ Palframan         c Bosch            b Gilder              19  38  26  3 0
    BM White              c Bruyns           b Bosch                0   3   3  0 0
    FJC Cronje            c Botha            b Pollock             42 118  83  4 1
    PN Kirsten            lbw                b Benkenstein         25 108  78  4 0
    *PC Strydom           lbw                b Pollock              0   3   2  0 0
    MV Boucher                           c & b Johnson             30 122  81  3 0
    VC Drakes             c Forde            b Benkenstein         41  41  34  6 1
    PJ Botha              c Bosch            b Pollock              2  12  14  0 0
    IL Howell             c Watson           b Botha               15  36  33  3 0
    BP Horan              c Forde            b Johnson             11  24  23  2 0
    M Ntini               not out                                   2  14   9  0 0
    Extras                (lb 6, w 5, nb 7)                        18
    Total                 (all out, 63.1 overs)                   205
    
    FoW: 1-1 (White), 2-36 (Palframan), 3-89 (Cronje),
         4-90 (Strydom), 5-97 (Kirsten), 6-151 (Drakes),
         7-155 (Botha), 8-189 (Howell), 9-194 (Boucher),
         10-205 (Horan).
    
    Bowling                 O       M       R       W
    Bosch                  13       2      39       1
    Gilder                 11       0      50       1
    Pollock                11       1      35       3
    Benkenstein            15       5      38       2
    Botha                   7       0      22       1
    Johnson                 6.1     2      15       2
    
    Natal 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    DJ Watson             c Drakes           b Horan               75 338 226  9 0
    PJR Steyn             c White            b Drakes               7  48  32  0 0
    ELR Stewart           c White            b Drakes               0  10   8  0 0
    NC Johnson            lbw                b Drakes               4  17  14  1 0
    *DM Benkenstein       lbw                b Botha               41  84  65  8 0
    ML Bruyns                                b Botha                0   2   1  0 0
    SM Pollock                           c & b Botha               77 136 107  9 1
    +KA Forde             c White            b Horan               38  81  69  5 0
    AG Botha              c White            b Ntini                2  30  23  0 0
    GM Gilder             not out                                   3  19  14  0 0
    T Bosch               c Boucher          b Ntini                0   4   3  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4, w 4, nb 2)                        10
    Total                 (all out, 92.5 overs)                   257
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Steyn), 2-22 (Stewart), 3-30 (Johnson),
         4-86 (Benkenstein), 5-86 (Bruyns), 6-199 (Pollock),
         7-226 (Watson), 8-245 (Botha), 9-255 (Forde),
         10-257 (Bosch).
    
    Bowling                 O       M       R       W
    Drakes                 22       6      42       3
    Ntini                   6.5     1      25       2
    Horan                  11       0      41       2
    Botha                  16       4      55       3
    Howell                 23       9      47       0
    Cronje                  6       0      22       0
    White                   5       0      13       0
    Strydom                 3       1       8       0
    
    Border 2nd innings                                              R   M   B  4 6
    BM White              c Benkenstein      b Gilder              16  58  45  2 0
    PJ Botha              c Forde            b Bosch               49 137 110  9 0
    FJC Cronje                               b Botha               67 200 144 11 0
    PN Kirsten            c Bosch            b Johnson             90 264 215  8 1
    *PC Strydom           c Bosch            b Botha               61 164 127  7 0
    MV Boucher            not out                                  36 100  80  7 0
    +SJ Palframan         c Botha            b Gilder              30  54  46  2 1
    VC Drakes             not out                                  15  23  19  1 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 3)                  21
    Total                 (6 wkts, 130 overs)                     385
    
    DNB: IL Howell, BP Horan, M Ntini.
    
    FoW: 1-36 (White), 2-90 (Botha), 3-169 (Cronje), 4-286 (Kirsten),
         5-298 (Strydom), 6-347 (Palframan).
    
    Bowling                 O       M       R       W
    Bosch                  20       2      46       1
    Gilder                 22       3      78       2
    Johnson                30       4      94       1
    Benkenstein            15       4      36       0
    Pollock                 6       2      14       0
    Botha                  37       6     100       2
    

    • DJ Watson's 50 in Natal's 2nd innings took 283 minutes (185 balls)




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