a10434	Natal v Western Province
	Standard Bank Cup 1996/97 (Final 2nd Leg)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 27th April 1997 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 3 wickets
Umpires	DF Becker, DL Orchard
TV umpire	WA Diedricks
Player of the Match	JN Rhodes

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Western Province innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Kirsten	st Forde b Symcox	63	92	112	5	1	68.48
HH Gibbs	c Stewart b Johnson	40	57	77	2	2	70.18
JH Kallis	c Forde b Johnson	9	17	24	-	-	52.94
HD Ackerman	lbw b Benkenstein	42	44	69	3	-	95.45
BM McMillan	b Crookes	31	39	38	4	-	79.49
EO Simons	c Stewart b Crookes	6	9	9	-	-	66.67
AC Dawson	not out	27	11	15	2	2	245.45
+P Kirsten	run out (Rhodes)	8	4	3	-	1	200.00
*CR Matthews	did not bat
BN Schultz	did not bat
PR Adams	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-86 (Gibbs), 2-111 (Kallis), 3-123 (G Kirsten), 4-186 (McMillan), 5-198 (Simons), 6-227 (Ackerman), 7-238 (P Kirsten)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pollock	7.5	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.21
Johnson	9	0	38	2	1	3	27.00	4.22
Klusener	7	0	44	0	1	-	-	6.29
Benkenstein	3.1	0	35	1	-	-	19.00	11.05
Symcox	9	0	30	1	-	-	54.00	3.33
Crookes	9	1	51	2	1	-	27.00	5.67

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AC Hudson	b Kallis	37	58	80	3	-	63.79
L Klusener	b Dawson	4	4	8	1	-	100.00
DJ Watson	lbw b McMillan	60	70	95	8	1	85.71
NC Johnson	c Gibbs b McMillan	9	22	30	1	-	40.91
JN Rhodes	not out	46	48	84	2	-	95.83
DN Crookes	c and b Dawson	25	29	34	1	-	86.21
*DM Benkenstein	c P Kirsten b Schultz	22	20	18	2	-	110.00
ELR Stewart	c Matthews b Schultz	3	7	10	-	-	42.86
SM Pollock	not out	12	8	12	2	-	150.00
+KA Forde	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 9 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, 44.2 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Klusener), 2-95 (Hudson), 3-123 (Watson), 4-126 (Johnson), 5-181 (Crookes), 6-212 (Benkenstein), 7-223 (Stewart)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Schultz	9	0	48	2	5	-	27.00	5.33
Dawson	8	0	37	2	1	-	24.00	4.62
Kallis	9	2	38	1	3	-	54.00	4.22
Matthews	4.2	0	22	0	-	-	-	5.08
Adams	3	0	31	0	-	-	-	10.33
McMillan	6	0	24	2	-	-	18.00	4.00
Simons	5	0	27	0	-	-	-	5.40

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