| a10784 | |
| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 31st October 1997 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Western Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Western Province won by 3 runs |
| Points | Gauteng 0; Western Province 2 |
| Umpires | RE Koertzen, CJ Mitchley |
| TV umpire | K Lavery |
| Player of the Match | LD Ferreira |
| Western Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LD Ferreira | c Koenig b Laing | 76 | 92 | 127 | 8 | - | 82.61 |
| HH Gibbs | lbw b Veenstra | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | 71.43 |
| BT Player | c Crookes b Veenstra | 11 | 22 | 32 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| HD Ackerman | c Veenstra b Eksteen | 19 | 34 | 44 | 2 | - | 55.88 |
| JB Commins | c and b Eksteen | 15 | 23 | 18 | 2 | - | 65.22 |
| EO Simons | run out (Rutherford) | 54 | 44 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 122.73 |
| AC Dawson | lbw b Crookes | 16 | 20 | 29 | 1 | - | 80.00 |
| +P Kirsten | not out | 17 | 17 | 21 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| DB Rundle | c Snell b Crookes | 8 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 114.29 |
| *CR Matthews | c Koenig b Jacobs | 4 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 100.00 |
| DG Payne | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 12 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Gibbs), 2-48 (Player), 3-98 (Ackerman), 4-127 (Commins), 5-147 (Ferreira), 6-206 (Dawson), 7-218 (Simons), 8-230 (Rundle), 9-243 (Matthews) | |||||||
| Gauteng bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Terbrugge | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | - | - | 6.00 |
| Veenstra | 9 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 2 | - | 27.00 | 5.44 |
| Jacobs | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4 | - | 54.00 | 4.67 |
| Eksteen | 9 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 3.44 |
| Laing | 9 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 1 | - | 54.00 | 7.33 |
| Crookes | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | - | 12.00 | 4.75 |
| Gauteng innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SG Koenig | run out (Player) | 24 | 57 | 75 | 2 | - | 42.11 |
| RP Snell | lbw b Payne | 5 | 12 | 21 | - | - | 41.67 |
| *KR Rutherford | b Matthews | 60 | 73 | 93 | 8 | - | 82.19 |
| ND McKenzie | run out (Ackerman) | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - | 28.57 |
| DN Crookes | c Kirsten b Simons | 22 | 39 | 49 | 2 | - | 56.41 |
| DR Laing | c Matthews b Dawson | 57 | 37 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 154.05 |
| +N Pothas | not out | 39 | 41 | 50 | 3 | - | 95.12 |
| S Jacobs | not out | 13 | 9 | 16 | - | 1 | 144.44 |
| CE Eksteen | did not bat | ||||||
| RE Veenstra | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Terbrugge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb, 8 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Snell), 2-72 (Koenig), 3-80 (McKenzie), 4-114 (Rutherford), 5-148 (Crookes), 6-205 (Laing) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Payne | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36.00 | 5.17 |
| Dawson | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54.00 | 4.11 |
| Player | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 5.75 |
| Rundle | 9 | 0 | 52 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.78 |
| Matthews | 9 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | - | 54.00 | 4.67 |
| Simons | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | 24.00 | 6.50 |