a10187	Griqualand West v Natal
	Standard Bank League 1996/97
Venue	Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley on 22nd November 1996 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 35 runs
Points	Griqualand West 0; Natal 2
Umpires	DL Orchard, NC Pretorius
Player of the Match	NC Johnson

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NC Johnson	not out	146	150	177	12	5	97.33
DJ Watson	c Bossenger b Walsh	64	80	130	7	-	80.00
SM Pollock	c Barnard b English	23	18	22	2	-	127.78
*DM Benkenstein	not out	35	23	23	2	1	152.17
PJR Steyn	did not bat
ML Bruyns	did not bat
CB Sugden	did not bat
+KA Forde	did not bat
AG Botha	did not bat
DJ Pryke	did not bat
T Bosch	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(2 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-172 (Watson), 2-220 (Pollock)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Walsh	9	0	62	1	-	-	54.00	6.89
Roe	9	1	39	0	-	-	-	4.33
Dry	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
English	7	0	43	1	-	-	42.00	6.14
Benkenstein	9	0	47	0	-	-	-	5.22
Gidley	9	0	62	0	-	-	-	6.89

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Griqualand West innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*JM Arthur	b Botha	84	83	103	8	2	101.20
MI Gidley	c Forde b Pollock	2	14	20	-	-	14.29
BN Benkenstein	c Bosch b Botha	52	78	112	5	-	66.67
WM Dry	c Benkenstein b Bosch	24	25	28	1	1	96.00
RA Koster	b Benkenstein	21	23	34	1	-	91.30
C Light	run out (Watson->Forde)	17	15	19	1	-	113.33
+W Bossenger	b Johnson	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
VA Walsh	b Johnson	2	6	8	-	-	33.33
PH Barnard	not out	12	12	22	-	-	100.00
CV English	b Pollock	11	6	6	-	1	183.33
GA Roe	not out	8	11	10	-	-	72.73
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Gidley), 2-139 (Arthur), 3-167 (Benkenstein), 4-177 (Dry), 5-208 (Light), 6-208 (Bossenger), 7-212 (Koster), 8-218 (Walsh), 9-234 (English)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pollock	9	0	33	2	-	-	27.00	3.67
Pryke	6	0	38	0	-	-	-	6.33
Bosch	7	0	43	1	-	-	42.00	6.14
Benkenstein	6	0	43	1	-	-	36.00	7.17
Botha	9	0	50	2	-	-	27.00	5.56
Johnson	8	0	34	2	-	-	24.00	4.25

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Notes
--> NC Johnson passed his previous highest score of 77 in List A matches
--> NC Johnson made his first century in List A matches
--> DJ Watson passed his previous highest score of 44 in List A matches
--> BN Benkenstein passed his previous highest score of 19 in List A matches
--> RA Koster passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 8
--> T Bosch reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed WM Dry, his 1st wicket in the Griqualand West innings

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