a10444	Natal v Western Province
	Standard Bank Cup 1996/97 (Final 3rd Leg)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 28th April 1997 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Natal won by 2 wickets
Umpires	DF Becker, DL Orchard
TV umpire	WA Diedricks
Player of the Match	DM Benkenstein

Western Province innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Kirsten	b Johnson	33	34	45	2	1	97.06
HH Gibbs	c Stewart b Johnson	6	24	26	-	-	25.00
JH Kallis	c Johnson b Crookes	56	87	100	5	-	64.37
HD Ackerman	st Forde b Crookes	40	51	68	1	1	78.43
BM McMillan	b Benkenstein	26	28	32	1	-	92.86
EO Simons	b Klusener	35	27	36	2	2	129.63
AC Dawson	c Hudson b Klusener	12	13	20	1	-	92.31
+P Kirsten	not out	13	6	8	1	1	216.67
MW Pringle	run out (Benkenstein)	1	2	4	-	-	50.00
*CR Matthews	did not bat
PR Adams	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Gibbs), 2-47 (G Kirsten), 3-132 (Ackerman), 4-147 (Kallis), 5-181 (McMillan), 6-212 (Simons), 7-215 (Dawson), 8-228 (Pringle)

Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AC Hudson	c Gibbs b Dawson	22	30	29	2	1	73.33
L Klusener	b Dawson	11	19	38	1	-	57.89
DJ Watson	c Gibbs b McMillan	53	71	111	2	2	74.65
PL Symcox	lbw b McMillan	40	40	52	7	-	100.00
NC Johnson	run out (Ackerman)	1	8	10	-	-	12.50
JN Rhodes	c P Kirsten b Matthews	31	35	60	1	-	88.57
DN Crookes	c P Kirsten b Kallis	2	6	6	-	-	33.33
*DM Benkenstein	not out	37	30	49	2	2	123.33
ELR Stewart	c Ackerman b Adams	25	23	32	3	-	108.70
SM Pollock	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
+KA Forde	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, 43.2 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Hudson), 2-45 (Klusener), 3-101 (Symcox), 4-103 (Johnson), 5-143 (Watson), 6-148 (Crookes), 7-174 (Rhodes), 8-228 (Stewart)

Notes
--> AC Dawson reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed L Klusener, his 2nd wicket in the Natal innings