a637	Northern Transvaal v Natal
	Gillette Cup (South Africa) 1971/72 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Berea Park, Pretoria on 12th February 1972 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 7 wickets
Umpires	GS Hawkins, WA Stander

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Northern Transvaal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Boycott	c DD Dyer b Henwood	45		107	5	-
VS Nel	b Wood	40		65	6	-
D Bestall	c DD Dyer b Henwood	26		64	2	-
+DT Lindsay	c DD Dyer b Morgan	24		65	3	-
HR Lance	c Richards b Lilley	14		41	-	-
IW Finlay	c Groves b Morgan	8		14	-	1
K Burrow	not out	34		51	2	2
CI Dey	run out	1		9	-	-
RJ Falkson	run out	14		17	1	-
*JT Botten	c Short b Lilley	8		17	-	-
CJ Strydom	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 220 minutes, 60 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Nel), 2-112 (Boycott), 3-133 (Bestall), 4-157 (Lindsay), 5-175 (Finlay), 6-176 (Lance), 7-183 (Dey), 8-207 (Falkson), 9-235 (Botten)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
van der Bijl	12	3	43	0	-	-	-	3.58
Lilley	12	2	43	2	-	-	36.00	3.58
Wood	12	1	50	1	-	-	72.00	4.17
Henwood	12	2	30	2	-	-	36.00	2.50
Morgan	12	0	48	2	-	1	36.00	4.00

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BA Richards	c Lindsay b Strydom	110		93	19	1
AM Short	c Lindsay b Lance	18		63	3	-
+DD Dyer	not out	53		78	8	-
BS Groves	b Strydom	21		34	4	-
MB Madsen	not out	17		13	2	1
GD Dyer	did not bat
DJ Morgan	did not bat
PP Henwood	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
AR Lilley	did not bat
AG Wood	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(3 wickets, 42.3 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-93 (Short), 2-153 (Richards), 3-207 (Groves)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Botten	9.3	1	61	0	-	1	-	6.42
Finlay	7	0	29	0	-	-	-	4.14
Lance	12	0	75	1	-	1	72.00	6.25
Falkson	3	0	16	0	-	-	-	5.33
Strydom	11	1	38	2	-	-	33.00	3.45

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Notes
--> D Bestall made his debut in List A matches
--> IW Finlay made his debut in List A matches
--> GD Dyer made his debut in List A matches
--> AG Wood made his debut in List A matches
--> HR Lance made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JT Botten made his last appearance in List A matches
--> AG Wood made his last appearance in List A matches
--> VS Nel passed his previous highest score of 24 in List A matches
--> K Burrow passed his previous highest score of 20 in List A matches
--> BA Richards 50 in 41 minutes with 9 fours
--> BA Richards 100 in 87 minutes with 18 fours
--> BA Richards passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 38
--> DD Dyer passed his previous highest score of 28 in List A matches
--> BS Groves passed his previous highest score of 13 in List A matches
--> G Boycott made his debut in South Africa in List A matches

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