f36727	Natal B v Boland
	Castle Bowl 1986/87
Venue	Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Boland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal B 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Boland 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	KE Liebenberg, TL Pole
Close of play day 1	Boland (1) 279/7 (Henry 85*; 97.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal B (1) 288/8 (Lowe 7*, Smith 2*; 98 overs)

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Boland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A du Toit	c Hobson b Lowe	31	52	68	4	-
+CF Spilhaus	c Fuhri b Lowe	15	34	57	1	-
MS Nackerdien	lbw b Smith	91	211	230	4	-
HWH Bergins	b Allan	4	26	34	-	-
*SA Jones	c Smith b Mellor	29	99	108	3	-
JD du Toit	c Allan b Mellor	0	3	2	-	-
O Henry	not out	114	149	173	16	-
M la Grange	lbw b Holmes	9	34	52	-	-
A Watts	c Allan b Holmes	0	4	2	-	-
P Anker	not out	13	19	29	1	-
J Hendricks	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 452 minutes, 105 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Spilhaus), 2-59 (A du Toit), 3-74 (Bergins), 4-148 (Jones), 5-148 (JD du Toit), 6-227 (Nackerdien), 7-279 (la Grange, 97.2 ov), 8-279 (Watts)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hobson	17	4	62	0	2	1
Smith	9	2	42	1	1	-
Lowe	23	4	65	2	1	-
Allan	21	5	54	1	2	-
Holmes	24	6	71	2	-	-
Mellor	11	5	19	2	-	-

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MD Mellor	c A du Toit b JD du Toit	11	79	102	-	-
LM Fuhri	c Spilhaus b Hendricks	0	8	14	-	-
+MJ Pearse	c Hendricks b Henry	171	270	332	11	2
KD Dawson	run out	2	6	9	-	-
MAW Bowman	lbw b JD du Toit	1	10	17	-	-
GM Walsh	b JD du Toit	16	46	51	2	-
PJ Allan	lbw b Henry	51	138	166	5	-
CA Lowe	not out	26	35	47	2	-
MR Hobson	lbw b Henry	1	9	8	-	-
PE Smith	b Hendricks	7	26	35	-	-
MG Holmes	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 11 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 404 minutes, 102.1 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Fuhri), 2-63 (Mellor), 3-72 (Dawson), 4-86 (Bowman), 5-131 (Walsh), 6-278 (Pearse), 7-278 (Allan), 8-282 (Hobson), 9-312 (Smith, 102.1 ov)

Boland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendricks	11.1	0	52	2	1	10
Watts	21	7	66	0	1	-
JD du Toit	24	4	52	3	-	-
Anker	33	4	93	0	-	-
Henry	7	2	17	3	-	-
la Grange	6	0	20	0	1	3

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Boland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A du Toit	c and b Lowe	28	67	79	4	-
+CF Spilhaus	c Fuhri b Allan	25	86	122	1	-
MS Nackerdien	c Fuhri b Holmes	47	90	107	4	-
HWH Bergins	b Allan	11	16	16	-	1
*SA Jones	c Pearse b Holmes	27	52	70	2	-
JD du Toit	c Walsh b Lowe	10	11	15	1	-
O Henry	b Holmes	13	27	46	-	-
M la Grange	not out	25	33	39	3	-
A Watts	did not bat
P Anker	did not bat
J Hendricks	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 250 minutes, 63.2 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (A du Toit), 2-62 (Spilhaus), 3-82 (Bergins), 4-135 (Nackerdien), 5-152 (JD du Toit), 6-156 (Jones), 7-197 (Henry, 63.2 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hobson	8	3	18	0	-	-
Smith	5	0	19	0	1	1
Lowe	15	2	50	2	-	-
Holmes	14.2	5	26	3	-	-
Allan	9	2	24	2	1	-
Mellor	12	3	51	0	-	-

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Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MD Mellor	c Spilhaus b Henry	10	24	33	-	-
LM Fuhri	run out	2	7	11	-	-
+MJ Pearse	c Hendricks b Henry	13	18	17	1	-
KD Dawson	c la Grange b Anker	34	50	45	3	1
MAW Bowman	c la Grange b Anker	41	87	109	3	2
GM Walsh	c Bergins b Anker	0	4	5	-	-
PJ Allan	c Jones b Henry	12	31	25	1	-
CA Lowe	c Henry b Anker	20	31	28	4	-
MR Hobson	lbw b Henry	0	2	4	-	-
PE Smith	not out	0	0	5	-	-
MG Holmes	not out	4	5	3	1	-
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(9 wickets, 147 minutes, 43 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Fuhri), 2-28 (Pearse), 3-28 (Mellor), 4-78 (Dawson), 5-80 (Walsh), 6-99 (Allan), 7-136 (Lowe), 8-140 (Hobson), 9-140 (Bowman)

Boland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hendricks	4	0	14	0	1	1
Anker	21	4	51	4	-	-
Henry	18	3	73	4	-	-

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Notes
--> M la Grange made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KD Dawson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MS Nackerdien (1) 50 in 114 balls, 155 minutes with 3 fours
--> SA Jones (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> O Henry (1) 50 in 96 balls, 122 minutes with 8 fours
--> O Henry (1) 100 in 142 balls, 163 minutes with 14 fours
--> MJ Pearse (1) 50 in 88 balls, 106 minutes with 4 fours
--> MJ Pearse (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Pearse (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MJ Pearse (1) 100 in 161 balls, 191 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> MJ Pearse (1) 150 in 236 balls, 286 minutes with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> PJ Allan (1) 50 in 136 balls, 161 minutes with 5 fours
--> PJ Allan (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> MG Holmes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Boland second innings (previous best was 3-73)

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