| a10710 | |
| Venue | Kimberley Country Club, Kimberley on 3rd October 1997 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Griqualand West won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Western Province won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Griqualand West 0; Western Province 2 |
| Umpires | RE Koertzen, NC Pretorius |
| Player of the Match | JB Commins |
| Griqualand West innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *JM Arthur | c Ferreira b Player | 38 | 49 | 60 | 3 | - | 77.55 |
| MI Gidley | c Ferreira b Player | 40 | 67 | 98 | 4 | - | 59.70 |
| M Strydom | run out (Ackerman) | 12 | 19 | 18 | 1 | - | 63.16 |
| WM Dry | c Gibbs b Rundle | 53 | 48 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 110.42 |
| HR Bryan | c Kirsten b Rundle | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | - | 92.31 |
| PH Barnard | c Ferreira b Dawson | 20 | 20 | 21 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| FC Brooker | run out (Ferreira) | 11 | 16 | 30 | - | - | 68.75 |
| CV English | run out (Player) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| +W Bossenger | not out | 10 | 13 | 16 | - | - | 76.92 |
| AJ Swanepoel | run out (Ackerman) | 0 | 8 | 12 | - | - | 0.00 |
| GA Roe | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (9 lb, 6 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62 (Arthur), 2-83 (Strydom), 3-101 (Gidley), 4-130 (Bryan), 5-168 (Barnard), 6-189 (Dry), 7-215 (English), 8-216 (Brooker), 9-225 (Swanepoel) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Payne | 9 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 4.67 |
| Dawson | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | - | 54.00 | 4.44 |
| Matthews | 9 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.78 |
| Player | 9 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 4.44 |
| Rundle | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 5.89 |
| Western Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LD Ferreira | run out (English) | 29 | 37 | 65 | 2 | - | 78.38 |
| HH Gibbs | b Roe | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | - | 33.33 |
| BT Player | c Bossenger b Swanepoel | 14 | 35 | 29 | 1 | - | 40.00 |
| HD Ackerman | c Dry b English | 24 | 44 | 59 | - | - | 54.55 |
| JB Commins | c Arthur b Bryan | 78 | 90 | 114 | 4 | 2 | 86.67 |
| EO Simons | b Gidley | 23 | 26 | 41 | - | 1 | 88.46 |
| AC Dawson | not out | 31 | 25 | 34 | 4 | - | 124.00 |
| +P Kirsten | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 100.00 |
| *CR Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| DG Payne | did not bat | ||||||
| DB Rundle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 15 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 43.5 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Gibbs), 2-40 (Player), 3-62 (Ferreira), 4-101 (Ackerman), 5-166 (Simons), 6-221 (Commins) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Bryan | 7.5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 10 | - | 47.00 | 5.49 |
| Roe | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | - | 54.00 | 3.56 |
| Swanepoel | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.67 |
| English | 6 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36.00 | 6.67 |
| Strydom | 9 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 4.44 |
| Gidley | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 8.33 |