| a10432 | |
| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 25th April 1997 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Western Province won by 6 wickets |
| Umpires | RE Koertzen, CJ Mitchley |
| TV umpire | SB Lambson |
| Player of the Match | PR Adams |
| Natal innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AC Hudson | run out (Simons) | 14 | 36 | 49 | - | - | 38.89 |
| L Klusener | b Matthews | 34 | 29 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 117.24 |
| NC Johnson | c Ackerman b Simons | 49 | 64 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 76.56 |
| DN Crookes | c P Kirsten b Dawson | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| JN Rhodes | c McMillan b Dawson | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *DM Benkenstein | c McMillan b Kallis | 30 | 46 | 51 | 3 | - | 65.22 |
| ELR Stewart | c Simons b Adams | 21 | 33 | 44 | 2 | - | 63.64 |
| SM Pollock | c Matthews b Simons | 3 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 33.33 |
| PL Symcox | c P Kirsten b Simons | 10 | 20 | 20 | - | - | 50.00 |
| +KA Forde | c Dawson b Kallis | 3 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 50.00 |
| GM Gilder | not out | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 42.1 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52 (Klusener), 2-54 (Hudson), 3-62 (Crookes), 4-62 (Rhodes), 5-120 (Benkenstein), 6-151 (Johnson), 7-160 (Pollock), 8-164 (Stewart), 9-173 (Forde), 10-174 (Symcox) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Schultz | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 6.00 |
| Dawson | 9 | 1 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 3.44 |
| Matthews | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 4.25 |
| Adams | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 2.44 |
| Kallis | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | - | 1 | 21.00 | 4.86 |
| Simons | 6.1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12.33 | 3.89 |
| Western Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Kirsten | c Benkenstein b Symcox | 62 | 91 | 121 | 6 | - | 68.13 |
| HH Gibbs | run out (Pollock) | 30 | 27 | 37 | 5 | - | 111.11 |
| JH Kallis | c Forde b Crookes | 43 | 78 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 55.13 |
| HD Ackerman | c Forde b Benkenstein | 2 | 14 | 18 | - | - | 14.29 |
| BM McMillan | not out | 8 | 30 | 26 | - | - | 26.67 |
| EO Simons | not out | 7 | 21 | 23 | - | - | 33.33 |
| AC Dawson | did not bat | ||||||
| +P Kirsten | did not bat | ||||||
| *CR Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| BN Schultz | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 10 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 42.3 overs) | 175 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Gibbs), 2-144 (G Kirsten), 3-158 (Ackerman), 4-160 (Kallis) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | 6.17 |
| Klusener | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.00 |
| Gilder | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 6.25 |
| Benkenstein | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | 1 | 54.00 | 2.00 |
| Symcox | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 2.44 |
| Crookes | 7.3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 45.00 | 3.87 |