| a5883 | |
| Venue | University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein on 26th November 1988 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Orange Free State won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Orange Free State won by 2 wickets |
| Umpires | HJ de Bruin, JW Peacock |
| Batter of the Match | AA Metcalfe |
| Bowler of the Match | HL Alleyne |
| Fielder of the Match | BT Player |
| Natal innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BJ Whitfield | c Strydom b van Zyl | 0 | 20 | 20 | - | - | 0.00 |
| AC Hudson | c Player b Parsons | 70 | 136 | 148 | 5 | 1 | 51.47 |
| *RM Bentley | c van Zyl b van Heerden | 23 | 47 | 91 | 2 | - | 48.94 |
| +TR Madsen | c Strydom b van Heerden | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| PH Rayner | run out | 59 | 85 | 94 | 2 | - | 69.41 |
| KM Curran | c East b Donald | 23 | 31 | 42 | 3 | - | 74.19 |
| JN Rhodes | c Wilkinson b van Zyl | 10 | 14 | 13 | 1 | - | 71.43 |
| NP Daniels | not out | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | 150.00 |
| D Norman | not out | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 166.67 |
| TJ Packer | did not bat | ||||||
| HL Alleyne | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 6 nb, 6 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 214 minutes, 55 overs) | 235 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Whitfield), 2-79 (Bentley), 3-91 (Madsen), 4-141 (Hudson), 5-191 (Curran), 6-216 (Rayner), 7-217 (Rhodes) | |||||||
| Orange Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Donald | 11 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 66.00 | 4.45 |
| van Zyl | 11 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 33.00 | 5.82 |
| Player | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.73 |
| Parsons | 11 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 | 66.00 | 3.09 |
| van Heerden | 11 | 0 | 46 | 2 | - | 3 | 33.00 | 4.18 |
| Orange Free State innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PJR Steyn | c Daniels b Alleyne | 13 | 31 | 28 | - | - | 41.94 |
| WJ Cronje | b Packer | 46 | 68 | 101 | 5 | 2 | 67.65 |
| AA Metcalfe | lbw b Packer | 59 | 68 | 83 | 11 | - | 86.76 |
| LJ Wilkinson | b Daniels | 15 | 26 | 44 | 1 | - | 57.69 |
| *JJ Strydom | c Packer b Alleyne | 31 | 49 | 68 | 2 | - | 63.27 |
| CJ van Heerden | c Rayner b Alleyne | 24 | 34 | 40 | 2 | - | 70.59 |
| +RJ East | not out | 4 | 14 | 22 | - | - | 28.57 |
| BT Player | c Hudson b Alleyne | 14 | 7 | 13 | 3 | - | 200.00 |
| GJ Parsons | c sub b Packer | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| CJPG van Zyl | not out | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 |
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 11 nb, 6 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 202 minutes, 48.4 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Steyn), 2-125 (Cronje), 3-138 (Metcalfe), 4-176 (Wilkinson), 5-212 (Strydom), 6-212 (van Heerden), 7-231 (Player), 8-231 (Parsons) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Packer | 10.4 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21.33 | 6.47 |
| Alleyne | 10 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15.00 | 3.50 |
| Norman | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Curran | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.50 |
| Daniels | 11 | 0 | 50 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.55 |