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| Venue | Buffalo Park, East London on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Border won by 40 runs |
| Points | Border 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Griqualand West 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | BG Jerling, S Wadvalla |
| Close of play day 1 | Border (1) 312/7 (Kirsten 127*, Emslie 0*; 104 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Griqualand West (1) 177/5 (Barnard 52*, Benkenstein 9*; 75 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Griqualand West (2) 38/1 (Arthur 21*, Bossenger 2*; 11 overs) |
| Player of the Match | PN Kirsten |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM White | c Dry b Walsh | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| PJ Botha | b Roe | 34 | 56 | 73 | 5 | - | |
| CR Wilson | c Bossenger b Roe | 24 | 55 | 87 | 5 | - | |
| PN Kirsten | not out | 173 | 349 | 437 | 18 | - | |
| +MV Boucher | c Walsh b Roe | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| *PC Strydom | c Bossenger b English | 25 | 53 | 68 | 5 | - | |
| SC Pope | c Brooker b Gidley | 38 | 62 | 80 | 5 | - | |
| IL Howell | c Bossenger b Gidley | 46 | 123 | 147 | 5 | - | |
| PAN Emslie | b Walsh | 6 | 16 | 21 | - | - | |
| D Taljard | lbw b Benkenstein | 32 | 54 | 72 | - | 3 | |
| M Ntini | c Bossenger b Gidley | 2 | 12 | 18 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.5 overs) | 400 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (White), 2-59 (Botha), 3-68 (Wilson), 4-68 (Boucher), 5-122 (Strydom), 6-179 (Pope), 7-309 (Howell), 8-321 (Emslie), 9-385 (Taljard), 10-400 (Ntini) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walsh | 27 | 3 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Roe | 26 | 6 | 84 | 3 | - | - | |
| Swanepoel | 17 | 4 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benkenstein | 22 | 6 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| English | 16 | 1 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gidley | 22.5 | 5 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Griqualand West first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JM Arthur | c Boucher b Emslie | 37 | 78 | 111 | 4 | - | |
| MI Gidley | c Wilson b Botha | 13 | 38 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| CV English | c Wilson b Taljard | 21 | 63 | 79 | 2 | - | |
| PH Barnard | c Taljard b Ntini | 79 | 221 | 281 | 9 | 1 | |
| WM Dry | c Strydom b Taljard | 0 | 15 | 13 | - | - | |
| FC Brooker | c Wilson b Howell | 38 | 78 | 125 | 3 | - | |
| BN Benkenstein | b Botha | 18 | 62 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| +W Bossenger | b Taljard | 8 | 24 | 30 | - | - | |
| AJ Swanepoel | c White b Ntini | 2 | 21 | 32 | - | - | |
| GA Roe | not out | 6 | 12 | 25 | - | - | |
| VA Walsh | c Taljard b Howell | 13 | 10 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 103 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Gidley), 2-72 (Arthur), 3-76 (English), 4-80 (Dry), 5-162 (Brooker), 6-202 (Benkenstein), 7-219 (Bossenger), 8-232 (Swanepoel), 9-235 (Barnard), 10-253 (Walsh) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ntini | 24 | 2 | 78 | 2 | - | - | |
| Botha | 24 | 5 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Emslie | 11 | 3 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taljard | 20 | 6 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Howell | 16 | 5 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| White | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Botha | not out | 90 | 169 | 256 | 9 | - | |
| BM White | c English b Swanepoel | 20 | 48 | 51 | 3 | - | |
| CR Wilson | run out (Benkenstein->Bossenger) | 21 | 69 | 104 | 2 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | c Gidley b Benkenstein | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| +MV Boucher | run out (Gidley) | 8 | 19 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| PN Kirsten | c Barnard b Benkenstein | 11 | 34 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| SC Pope | not out | 30 | 44 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| IL Howell | did not bat | ||||||
| PAN Emslie | did not bat | ||||||
| D Taljard | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ntini | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 64 overs) | 192 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (White), 2-99 (Wilson), 3-100 (Strydom), 4-112 (Boucher), 5-134 (Kirsten) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walsh | 13 | 0 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roe | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swanepoel | 10 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benkenstein | 21 | 3 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| English | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griqualand West second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JM Arthur | c and b Pope | 67 | 169 | 192 | 7 | - | |
| MI Gidley | lbw b Taljard | 11 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| +W Bossenger | lbw b Ntini | 82 | 250 | 318 | 6 | - | |
| CV English | c White b Howell | 31 | 80 | 69 | 4 | - | |
| PH Barnard | c Pope b Ntini | 30 | 52 | 54 | 7 | - | |
| WM Dry | c White b Botha | 5 | 16 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| FC Brooker | c Boucher b Ntini | 13 | 16 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| BN Benkenstein | c Strydom b Ntini | 1 | 14 | 13 | - | - | |
| AJ Swanepoel | b Taljard | 14 | 42 | 64 | - | 1 | |
| GA Roe | not out | 21 | 45 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| VA Walsh | lbw b Taljard | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (15 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 116.5 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Gidley), 2-143 (Arthur), 3-190 (English), 4-237 (Barnard), 5-243 (Dry), 6-249 (Bossenger), 7-253 (Benkenstein), 8-262 (Brooker), 9-299 (Swanepoel), 10-299 (Roe) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ntini | 20 | 2 | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Howell | 32 | 6 | 69 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taljard | 18.5 | 4 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Botha | 16 | 8 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Emslie | 19 | 5 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pope | 11 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |