f35585	Natal B v Eastern Province B
	Castle Bowl 1984/85
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 12th, 13th, 14th January 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province B won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal B 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Eastern Province B 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	DH Bezuidenhout, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province B (1) 106/5 (Howell 57, Brickett 1; 36 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal B (2) 187/3 (Mellor 73, Robinson 8; 60 overs)

Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Mellor	b Havenga	19		52	2	-
AC Hudson	c Havenga b Brickett	9		27	1	-
+MJ Pearse	c Pieterse b Brickett	55		130	7	-
PH Williams	c Howell b Butters	12		25	2	-
DA Scott	b Havenga	12		15	3	-
CM Lister-James	c Howell b Havenga	8		22	1	-
*DK Pearse	b Callaghan	32		110	4	-
KD Robinson	c and b Callaghan	2		5	-	-
BDC Logan	c Tullis b Havenga	13		26	2	-
C Wulfsohn	not out	35		73	4	-
PE Smith	c sub b Birrell	7		36	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 17 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	30
Total	(all out, 265 minutes, 64.5 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Hudson), 2-37 (Mellor), 3-61 (Williams), 4-82 (Scott), 5-106 (Lister-James), 6-143 (MJ Pearse), 7-146 (Robinson), 8-173 (Logan), 9-196 (DK Pearse), 10-234 (Smith, 64.5 ov)

Eastern Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brickett	16	6	40	2	1	3
Butters	9	3	28	1	2	-
Callaghan	10	1	43	2	1	2
Havenga	17	2	60	4	1	1
Pieterse	9	4	25	0	-	-
Birrell	3.5	2	8	1	-	-

Eastern Province B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Birrell	b Smith	9		36	1	-
DH Howell	b Wulfsohn	59		152	8	-
TB Reid	b Lister-James	0		4	-	-
MW Rushmere	b Lister-James	8		25	1	-
*DG Emslie	b Lister-James	0		4	-	-
DJ Callaghan	c Hudson b Logan	22		52	4	-
DJ Brickett	c and b Lister-James	2		21	-	-
+PA Tullis	not out	10		51	-	-
J Pieterse	c MJ Pearse b Wulfsohn	16		17	1	1
J Havenga	c Hudson b Logan	10		28	-	-
ARB Butters	absent hurt
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 199 minutes, 50 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Birrell), 2-35 (Reid), 3-49 (Rushmere), 4-49 (Emslie), 5-101 (Callaghan), 6-108 (Brickett), 7-110 (Howell), 8-126 (Pieterse), 9-148 (Havenga, 50 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	0	24	1	2	1
Lister-James	20	4	55	4	1	-
Logan	11	3	28	2	-	5
Wulfsohn	12	3	29	2	1	1

Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Mellor	not out	124		279	14	1
AC Hudson	c Tullis b Birrell	16		50	3	-
+MJ Pearse	c Callaghan b Pieterse	40		104	3	-
PH Williams	lbw b Pieterse	38		54	6	-
KD Robinson	c Tullis b Pieterse	33		47	5	-
DA Scott	not out	12		17	2	-
CM Lister-James	did not bat
*DK Pearse	did not bat
BDC Logan	did not bat
C Wulfsohn	did not bat
PE Smith	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 279 minutes, 73 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-41 (Hudson), 2-112 (MJ Pearse), 3-169 (Williams), 4-235 (Robinson)

Eastern Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brickett	17	1	75	0	1	2
Havenga	9	3	21	0	-	1
Birrell	14	3	39	1	-	-
Pieterse	26	4	89	3	-	-
Callaghan	7	1	39	0	-	2

Eastern Province B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Birrell	c MJ Pearse b Wulfsohn	24		87	4	-
DH Howell	c MJ Pearse b DK Pearse	52		140	7	-
+PA Tullis	lbw b Robinson	9		33	1	-
TB Reid	st MJ Pearse b Mellor	47		89	7	-
DJ Callaghan	not out	20		74	4	-
MW Rushmere	not out	1		9	-	-
*DG Emslie	did not bat
DJ Brickett	did not bat
J Pieterse	did not bat
J Havenga	did not bat
ARB Butters	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	20
Total	(4 wickets, 221 minutes, 61.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Birrell), 2-91 (Tullis), 3-112 (Howell), 4-166 (Reid)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	3	16	0	-	1
Lister-James	8	2	20	0	-	-
Wulfsohn	12	2	40	1	4	4
Logan	2	0	9	0	-	-
Robinson	14.3	6	20	1	-	-
DK Pearse	10	4	20	1	-	1
Mellor	8	2	28	1	-	1

Notes
--> J Havenga made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MJ Pearse (1) 50 in 125 minutes with 7 fours
--> MJ Pearse (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> BDC Logan (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> DH Howell (1) 50 in 112 minutes with 8 fours
--> MD Mellor (2) 50 in 170 minutes with 7 fours
--> MD Mellor (2) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> MD Mellor (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MD Mellor (2) 100 in 266 minutes with 13 fours
--> DH Howell (2) 50 in 140 minutes with 7 fours
--> CM Lister-James achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed DG Emslie in the Eastern Province B first innings (previous best was 2-41)
--> J Pieterse achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed KD Robinson in the Natal B second innings (previous best was 2-34)