| a10814 | |
| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 9th November 1997 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Western Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Western Province won by 12 runs |
| Points | Eastern Province 0; Western Province 2 |
| Umpires | WA Diedricks, DL Orchard |
| TV umpire | M Gajjar |
| Player of the Match | P Kirsten |
| Western Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| LD Ferreira | c Masikazana b Pringle | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| HH Gibbs | c Abrahams b Hayward | 18 | 50 | 62 | 2 | - | 36.00 |
| BT Player | lbw b Pringle | 34 | 27 | 40 | 5 | - | 125.93 |
| HD Ackerman | c Wessels b Kemp | 41 | 73 | 77 | 1 | - | 56.16 |
| JB Commins | c Pringle b Hayward | 29 | 54 | 64 | - | - | 53.70 |
| +P Kirsten | run out (Masikazana) | 67 | 35 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 191.43 |
| BM McMillan | c Victor b Hayward | 1 | 14 | 14 | - | - | 7.14 |
| AC Dawson | c Wessels b Callaghan | 3 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 37.50 |
| F Davids | c Victor b Pringle | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| DB Rundle | not out | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 50.00 |
| *CR Matthews | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 11 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Ferreira), 2-53 (Player), 3-63 (Gibbs), 4-134 (Ackerman), 5-142 (Commins), 6-151 (McMillan), 7-167 (Dawson), 8-209 (Davids), 9-223 (Kirsten) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pringle | 9 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18.00 | 5.33 |
| Baptiste | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.11 |
| Hayward | 8 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16.00 | 6.12 |
| Callaghan | 8 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 6 | - | 48.00 | 5.50 |
| Abrahams | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.50 |
| Kemp | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.20 |
| Eastern Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GC Victor | c Gibbs b Dawson | 14 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 140.00 |
| *KC Wessels | c McMillan b Davids | 80 | 101 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 79.21 |
| DJ Callaghan | run out (Commins) | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 33.33 |
| LJ Koen | lbw b McMillan | 2 | 19 | 19 | - | - | 10.53 |
| MW Rushmere | run out | 72 | 98 | 135 | 3 | 1 | 73.47 |
| JM Kemp | c Ackerman b Player | 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 93.33 |
| EAE Baptiste | b McMillan | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 25.00 |
| S Abrahams | lbw b Player | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MW Pringle | not out | 17 | 15 | 22 | - | - | 113.33 |
| +L Masikazana | b Dawson | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 50.00 |
| M Hayward | b Dawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44 overs) | 212 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Victor), 2-19 (Callaghan), 3-31 (Koen), 4-145 (Wessels), 5-167 (Kemp), 6-173 (Baptiste), 7-176 (Abrahams), 8-205 (Rushmere), 9-212 (Masikazana), 10-212 (Hayward) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McMillan | 9 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 3.44 |
| Dawson | 9 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18.00 | 3.56 |
| Matthews | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | 3 | - | 4.12 |
| Player | 9 | 0 | 36 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 4.00 |
| Davids | 7 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 6.71 |
| Rundle | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 14.00 |