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Standard Bank League, 1997/98 
Natal v Free State 
Kingsmead, Durban 
6 January, 1998 
Result: Free State won by 40 runs 
Points: Free State 2, Natal 0 
Toss: Free State 
Umpires: CJ Mitchley, DF Becker 
Man of the Match:
 
 
Free State innings                                              R   M   B  4 6
JF Venter             st Forde           b MacQueen             2   6   5  0 0
+*GFJ Liebenberg                     c & b Watson              69 144  92  6 0
CF Craven             c Botha            b Gilder               5  13   9  1 0
LJ Wilkinson          st Forde           b Botha               39  65  54  3 1
HH Dippenaar          c Botha            b Watson              45  42  50  6 0
N Boje                not out                                  42  45  36  1 0
WJ Smit               c Stewart          b Johnson             23  18  18  2 0
HC Bakkes             not out                                  14  11  10  0 1
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 10, nb 1)                  17
Total                 (6 wickets, 45 overs)                   256
DNB: J Beukes, H Botha, CJ Vorster.
FoW: 1-3 (Venter), 2-20 (Craven), 3-95 (Wilkinson),
     4-164 (Dippenaar), 5-184 (Liebenberg), 6-233 (Smit).
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Gilder                  9       0      52       1 (1w, 1nb)
MacQueen                9       0      36       1
Johnson                 9       0      51       1 (2w, 1nb)
Wingfield               8       0      36       0 (1w)
Botha                   7       0      53       1 (2w)
Watson                  3       0      22       2 (2w)
Natal innings                                                   R   M   B  4 6
NC Johnson            c Smit             b Bakkes              19  25  22  3 0
+KA Forde                                b Vorster             16  18  10  3 0
DJ Watson                                b Boje                40  88  61  4 0
ML Bruyns             lbw                b Craven              20  24  17  4 0
AC Hudson             c Liebenberg       b Boje                23  48  34  3 0
*DM Benkenstein       c Bakkes           b Venter              10  20  22  1 0
ELR Stewart           c Smit             b Venter               3  10   9  0 0
WR Wingfield          c Craven           b Bakkes              39  57  48  2 2
AG Botha              c Boje             b Vorster             23  43  35  1 0
RB MacQueen           c Boje             b Vorster              0   2   2  0 0
GM Gilder             not out                                   1   4   1  0 0
Extras                (b 8, lb 6, w 8)                         22
Total                 (all out, 43.3 overs)                   216
FoW: 1-37 (Forde), 2-37 (Johnson), 3-71 (Bruyns),
     4-128 (Hudson), 5-137 (Watson), 6-147 (Stewart),
     7-151 (Benkenstein), 8-206 (Botha), 9-207 (MacQueen),
     10-216 (Wingfield).
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Vorster                 7       0      42       3 (2w)
Bakkes                  6.3     1      40       2 (1w)
Botha                   5       0      31       0 (1w)
Craven                  6       0      23       1 (1w)
Boje                    9       1      26       2 (1w)
Venter                  9       0      31       2 (2w)
Smit                    1       0       9       0
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