a10775	North West v Natal
	Standard Bank League 1997/98
Venue	Gert Van Rensburg Stadium, Fochville on 26th October 1997 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 14 runs
Points	North West 0; Natal 2
Umpires	R Brooks, NC Pretorius
Player of the Match	MC Venter

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NC Johnson	run out	39	58	69	5	-	67.24
DJ Watson	b Jordaan	15	47	82	1	-	31.91
*DM Benkenstein	not out	107	92	107	8	2	116.30
KD Donaldson	st Jacobs b Jordaan	41	48	44	5	-	85.42
+ELR Stewart	run out	8	7	18	1	-	114.29
CB Sugden	b Dreyer	25	21	30	2	-	119.05
WR Wingfield	not out	1	1	2	-	-	100.00
AG Botha	did not bat
GM Gilder	did not bat
RB MacQueen	did not bat
KG Storey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 9 nb, 8 w)	24
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (Johnson), 2-78 (Watson), 3-160 (Donaldson), 4-197 (Stewart), 5-257 (Sugden)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dreyer	9	0	58	1	3	-	54.00	6.44
Pryke	9	1	40	0	4	5	-	4.44
Lavine	9	0	39	0	-	4	-	4.33
Enslin	7	1	46	0	-	-	-	6.57
Jordaan	9	0	53	2	-	-	27.00	5.89
Nicolson	2	0	17	0	1	-	-	8.50

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North West innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Hewitt	c Johnson b Gilder	0	5	3	-	-	0.00
S Nicolson	c Johnson b Gilder	3	7	11	-	-	42.86
MJ Lavine	c Stewart b Gilder	9	17	38	2	-	52.94
*MC Venter	not out	166	113	168	16	8	146.90
AG Lawson	b Gilder	0	1	2	-	-	0.00
HM de Vos	c Stewart b Gilder	4	5	8	-	-	80.00
+A Jacobs	c Gilder b MacQueen	27	44	54	1	-	61.36
CT Enslin	c Sugden b Johnson	13	25	27	-	-	52.00
DJ Pryke	c and b Gilder	9	12	24	-	-	75.00
JN Dreyer	b Wingfield	0	3	4	-	-	0.00
LCR Jordaan	run out	3	5	12	-	-	60.00
Extras	(8 lb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Hewitt), 2-4 (Nicolson), 3-20 (Lavine), 4-20 (Lawson), 5-33 (de Vos), 6-110 (Jacobs), 7-171 (Enslin), 8-221 (Pryke), 9-224 (Dreyer), 10-246 (Jordaan, 39.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gilder	8	3	25	6	-	-	8.00	3.12
Storey	7.3	0	27	0	-	-	-	3.60
Wingfield	5	0	42	1	-	-	30.00	8.40
MacQueen	8	0	46	1	-	-	48.00	5.75
Johnson	6	0	51	1	-	-	36.00	8.50
Botha	5	0	47	0	-	-	-	9.40

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Notes
--> KD Donaldson made his debut in List A matches
--> KD Donaldson made his last appearance in List A matches
--> DM Benkenstein passed his previous highest score of 64 in List A matches
--> DM Benkenstein made his first century in List A matches
--> CB Sugden passed his previous highest score of 16 in List A matches
--> MC Venter passed his previous highest score of 95 in List A matches
--> MC Venter made his first century in List A matches
--> AG Lawson made his debut for North West in List A matches
--> GM Gilder achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed MJ Lavine in the North West innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> GM Gilder achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the North West innings

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