f28536	Natal B v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1970/71 (Section B)
Venue	Settler's Park, Ladysmith on 15th, 16th, 18th January 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal B won by an innings and 87 runs
Points	Natal B 8; Orange Free State 0
Umpires	JL Nel, WW Wade
Close of play day 1	Natal B (1) 95/1
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 34/6 (le Roux ?*, Thompson ?*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Strydom	c Ireland b Lyons	18
KW Shand	b Driffill	5
AR Evans	b MacLeod	12
N Rosendorff	c Katz b Lyons	30
*PJ Graves	b Wood	12
GR Botha	c Young b Lyons	2
+PM Thompson	c Ireland b Lyons	0
RA le Roux	c Young b Wood	36
MG Jones	c Groves b Driffill	45
SJ Gardiner	not out	14
TA Melis	b Lyons	9
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-30, 3-53, 4-70, 5-77, 6-78, 7-80, 8-166, 9-166, 10-190 (104.4 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	24	13	28	2	-	-
Driffill	23	13	26	2	-	-
MacLeod	7	3	24	1	-	-
Smithyman	9	3	14	0	-	-
Lyons	28.4	5	49	5	-	-
Heath	13	2	42	0	-	-

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BS Groves	c Gardiner b le Roux	47
RN Ireland	c Thompson b Gardiner	41
GD Dyer	lbw b le Roux	45
GA Katz	c Thompson b Gardiner	0
*GC Heath	c Rosendorff b Melis	1
MJ Smithyman	c le Roux b Rosendorff	64
+PL Young	c Thompson b Gardiner	92			12	1
DG MacLeod	c Graves b Gardiner	10
PJ Lyons	b Jones	9
AG Wood	c and b Gardiner	8
JS Driffill	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-98, 3-98, 4-101, 5-179, 6-243, 7-317, 8-324, 9-332, 10-338 (103.5 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9.5	0	65	1	-	-
Melis	30	10	63	1	-	-
Gardiner	15	2	52	5	-	-
le Roux	14	4	41	2	-	-
Graves	16	3	52	0	-	-
Rosendorff	19	4	48	1	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KW Shand	b Wood	16
PA Strydom	b Wood	0
AR Evans	c Smithyman b Driffill	3
N Rosendorff	c Young b Driffill	4
*PJ Graves	c Lyons b Wood	3
RA le Roux	b Wood	11
GR Botha	c and b Wood	0
+PM Thompson	b Driffill	2
MG Jones	b Wood	2
SJ Gardiner	c MacLeod b Lyons	10
TA Melis	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-19, 3-19, 4-30, 5-30, 6-31, 7-39, 8-42, 9-53, 10-61 (48.3 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wood	23	13	26	6	-	-
Driffill	19	7	26	3	-	-
Lyons	5.3	4	4	1	-	-
Heath	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GR Botha made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PJ Lyons made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AR Evans made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DG MacLeod made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PL Young (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> KW Shand (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Lyons achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings
--> SJ Gardiner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal B first innings (previous best was 5-63)
--> AG Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 6-113)

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