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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