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SuperSport Series, 1997/98 
Free State v Natal 
Springbok Park, Bloemfontein 
12,13,14,15 December 1997 (4-day match) 
Result: Free State won by an innings and 36 runs 
Points: Free State 17, Natal 4 
Toss: Free State 
Umpires: R Brooks, W Diedricks and W Grobler 
Man of the Match: C Craven
 
Close of play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
 Day 3:
Natal 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
ML Bruyns             lbw                b Bakkes               3  15   9  0 0
DJ Watson             c Radley           b Vorster              4  11  10  0 0
+ELR Stewart          c Wilkinson        b Vorster              0  10   5  0 0
AC Hudson                                b Vorster              3  13   7  0 0
*DM Benkenstein       c Radley           b Bakkes               5  24  16  1 0
NC Johnson            c Cilliers         b Vorster             15  23  16  2 0
CB Sugden             c Beukes           b Craven              18  57  37  4 0
AG Botha              c Dippenaar        b Craven              20  84  58  3 0
KG Storey             c Radley           b Craven               4   9   7  1 0
GM Gilder             c Wilkinson        b Craven              16  15  12  3 0
JE Bastow             not out                                   8   9   8  0 1
Extras                (lb 7, nb 1, w 2)                        10
Total                 (all out, 30.4 overs)                   106
FoW: 1-7, 2-7, 3-7, 4-10, 5-22, 6-30, 7-65, 8-73, 9-91, 10-106.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Vorster                12       3      34       4
Bakkes                  6       2      15       2
Cilliers                4       0      23       0
Craven                  8.4     1      27       4
Free State 1st innings                                          R   M   B  4 6
*GFJ Liebenberg       c Stewart          b Gilder               0   3   4  0 0
C Craven              lbw                b Bastow               0   7   1  0 0
HH Dippenaar          c Stewart          b Gilder              42 146 100  5 1
LJ Wilkinson                             b Gilder               1  15  10  0 0
JF Venter             c Sugden           b Johnson             50  85  55  8 1
N Boje                run out                                  55 102  75  8 0
J Beukes              c Hudson           b Gilder              52 124  87  9 0
HC Bakkes             c Benkenstein      b Johnson             10  22  17  1 0
+PJL Radley           c Gilder           b Johnson              5  17   9  0 0
CJ Vorster            c Stewart          b Bastow              33  58  42  7 0
SA Cilliers           not out                                   5  35  21  1 0
Extras                (lb 10, nb 5, w 1)                       16
Total                 (all out, 69.1 overs)                   269
FoW: 1-2, 2-2, 3-15, 4-96, 5-128, 6-173,
     7-186, 8-207, 9-239, 10-269.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Gilder                 17       2      70       4
Bastow                 14.1     3      49       2
Johnson                12       2      38       3
Storey                 14       2      69       0
Botha                  12       4      33       0
Natal 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
ML Bruyns             c Wilkinson        b Craven              18  86  62  3 0
DJ Watson                                b Bakkes               4  10   7  0 1
+ELR Stewart          c Wilkinson        b Bakkes               0   2   2  0 0
AC Hudson             c Radley           b Vorster             36 114  82  7 0
*DM Benkenstein       c Radley           b Bakkes               1   9   3  0 0
NC Johnson            c Liebenberg       b Bakkes              29  67  57  4 0
CB Sugden             lbw                b Bakkes               3  46  27  0 0
AG Botha              lbw                b Craven               5  16  14  1 0
KG Storey             not out                                   8  41  19  1 0
GM Gilder             c Radley           b Craven               6  24   7  1 0
JE Bastow                                b Craven               6  10   9  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 2)                   11
Total                 (all out, 47.3 overs)                   127
FoW: 1-9, 2-10, 3-53, 4-59, 5-71, 6-98, 7-105, 8-105, 9-117, 10-127.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Bakkes                 16       5      33       4
Vorster                10       1      32       1
Cilliers                4       1      19       0
Craven                 10.3     3      25       5
Boje                    7       2      11       0
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