a9702	Natal v Northern Transvaal
	Benson and Hedges Series 1995/96
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 2nd February 1996 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Transvaal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Natal won by 2 runs
Points	Natal 2; Northern Transvaal 0
Umpires	R Brooks, KE Liebenberg
Player of the Match	DN Crookes

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PJR Steyn	c Rindel b Elworthy	22	51	51	3	-	43.14
L Klusener	run out	40	62	103	4	-	64.52
NC Johnson	c van Jaarsveld b Elworthy	0	1	2	-	-	0.00
DM Benkenstein	c Pistorius b Bryson	2	10	9	-	-	20.00
ML Bruyns	c Lambert b Davis	15	27	34	-	-	55.56
ELR Stewart	run out	36	60	64	2	-	60.00
DN Crookes	b Smith	32	36	35	1	1	88.89
+KA Forde	c Lambert b Rindel	2	6	10	-	-	33.33
RE Veenstra	not out	23	16	18	1	1	143.75
*MD Marshall	not out	3	2	4	-	-	150.00
DJ Pryke	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 5 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Steyn), 2-45 (Johnson), 3-52 (Benkenstein), 4-82 (Bruyns), 5-83 (Klusener), 6-135 (Crookes), 7-146 (Forde), 8-172 (Stewart)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Smith	9	1	29	1	2	-	54.00	3.22
Bryson	8	2	31	1	1	-	48.00	3.88
Elworthy	9	0	34	2	-	-	27.00	3.78
Davis	9	1	28	1	-	-	54.00	3.11
van Zyl	7	0	40	0	1	-	-	5.71
Rindel	3	0	18	1	1	-	18.00	6.00

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Northern Transvaal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*RF Pienaar	lbw b Veenstra	18	50	69	2	-	36.00
S Elworthy	c Marshall b Pryke	17	20	25	2	-	85.00
BJ Sommerville	lbw b Veenstra	18	42	61	2	-	42.86
CB Lambert	c Forde b Crookes	16	27	39	-	-	59.26
MJR Rindel	b Klusener	20	32	58	-	-	62.50
DJ van Zyl	lbw b Crookes	0	4	3	-	-	0.00
M van Jaarsveld	c Johnson b Marshall	2	10	9	-	-	20.00
MJG Davis	c Forde b Marshall	6	9	8	-	-	66.67
+I Pistorius	not out	22	48	55	-	-	45.83
RE Bryson	not out	44	34	41	1	3	129.41
GJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb, 11 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Elworthy), 2-59 (Pienaar), 3-71 (Sommerville), 4-91 (Lambert), 5-91 (van Zyl), 6-96 (van Jaarsveld), 7-104 (Davis), 8-115 (Rindel)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pryke	9	0	41	1	5	1	54.00	4.56
Marshall	9	0	24	2	2	2	27.00	2.67
Veenstra	9	0	51	2	4	-	27.00	5.67
Klusener	9	0	35	1	-	1	54.00	3.89
Crookes	9	1	27	2	-	-	27.00	3.00

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Notes
--> M van Jaarsveld made his debut in List A matches
--> ELR Stewart passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 13
--> DN Crookes passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> RE Bryson passed his previous highest score of 38 in List A matches

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