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| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 28th, 29th, 30th November, 1st December 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn (single innings match) |
| Points | Natal 0; Eastern Province 0 |
| Umpires | R Brooks, SB Lambson |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Eastern Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MG Beamish | c Stewart b Storey | 9 | 31 | 34 | - | - | |
| MW Rushmere | c Watson b Bastow | 19 | 56 | 91 | 3 | - | |
| LJ Koen | b Bastow | 21 | 28 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| *KC Wessels | c Sugden b MacQueen | 65 | 155 | 179 | 7 | - | |
| DJ Callaghan | c MacQueen b Storey | 15 | 47 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| GV Grace | c Stewart b MacQueen | 11 | 61 | 70 | 1 | - | |
| JM Kemp | not out | 51 | 69 | 85 | 6 | 1 | |
| EAE Baptiste | not out | 33 | 39 | 48 | 5 | - | |
| M Hayward | did not bat | ||||||
| +L Masikazana | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 79.1 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Beamish), 2-52 (Koen), 3-53 (Rushmere), 4-94 (Callaghan), 5-135 (Grace), 6-174 (Wessels) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilder | 15 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | 4 | |
| Storey | 15 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bastow | 18 | 5 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| MacQueen | 27.1 | 6 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Bruyns | c Hayward b Pringle | 15 | 38 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Watson | c Masikazana b Pringle | 0 | 7 | 17 | - | - | |
| +ELR Stewart | not out | 9 | 30 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| AC Hudson | not out | 0 | 6 | 16 | - | - | |
| JE Bastow | did not bat | ||||||
| *DM Benkenstein | did not bat | ||||||
| GM Gilder | did not bat | ||||||
| NC Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| RB MacQueen | did not bat | ||||||
| KG Storey | did not bat | ||||||
| CB Sugden | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 13 overs) | 33 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Watson), 2-32 (Bruyns) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pringle | 7 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hayward | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |