a10874	Gauteng v Natal
	Standard Bank League 1997/98
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 17th December 1997 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gauteng won the toss and decided to field
Result	Natal won by 75 runs
Points	Gauteng 0; Natal 2
Umpires	BG Jerling, RE Koertzen
Player of the Match	ML Bruyns

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NC Johnson	c Jacobs b Crookes	14	17	22	2	-	82.35
+KA Forde	c Jacobs b Crookes	22	16	20	2	1	137.50
DJ Watson	c Pothas b Laing	47	72	89	-	-	65.28
ML Bruyns	c Snell b Jacobs	111	115	137	12	2	96.52
AC Hudson	run out	35	29	42	4	-	120.69
*DM Benkenstein	not out	25	14	20	1	1	178.57
ELR Stewart	c Crookes b Jacobs	3	4	8	-	-	75.00
CB Sugden	not out	9	4	4	-	1	225.00
AG Botha	did not bat
GM Gilder	did not bat
RB MacQueen	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Forde), 2-37 (Johnson), 3-144 (Watson), 4-226 (Hudson), 5-238 (Bruyns), 6-259 (Stewart)

Gauteng bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Terbrugge	5	0	35	0	-	-	-	7.00
Crookes	9	1	39	2	-	-	27.00	4.33
Jacobs	8	0	64	2	-	-	24.00	8.00
Eksteen	9	0	38	0	-	-	-	4.22
Engelke	6	0	45	0	-	-	-	7.50
Laing	7	0	39	1	-	-	42.00	5.57
McKenzie	1	0	12	0	-	-	-	12.00

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Gauteng innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RP Snell	c Forde b MacQueen	12	13	24	2	-	92.31
ND McKenzie	c Botha b Gilder	25	35	54	3	-	71.43
*KR Rutherford	c Bruyns b MacQueen	3	9	9	-	-	33.33
S Jacobs	c Bruyns b Johnson	32	23	27	1	4	139.13
Z de Bruyn	run out	30	43	59	1	-	69.77
DN Crookes	b MacQueen	51	55	55	3	2	92.73
DR Laing	c Sugden b Botha	16	25	31	-	-	64.00
+N Pothas	run out	11	16	26	-	-	68.75
CE Eksteen	c Watson b Botha	7	4	11	-	1	175.00
JM Engelke	lbw b Botha	0	3	2	-	-	0.00
DJ Terbrugge	not out	2	6	5	-	-	33.33
Extras	(1 lb, 10 w)	11
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Snell), 2-32 (Rutherford), 3-72 (McKenzie), 4-78 (Jacobs), 5-155 (de Bruyn), 6-166 (Crookes), 7-191 (Laing), 8-191 (Pothas), 9-191 (Engelke), 10-200 (Eksteen, 38.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gilder	7	1	14	1	-	-	42.00	2.00
Johnson	7	0	43	1	-	-	42.00	6.14
MacQueen	9	0	57	3	-	-	18.00	6.33
Botha	7.4	1	38	3	-	-	15.33	4.96
Watson	5	0	28	0	-	-	-	5.60
Bruyns	3	0	19	0	-	-	-	6.33

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Notes
--> ML Bruyns passed his previous highest score of 85 in List A matches
--> ML Bruyns made his first century in List A matches
--> RB MacQueen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed KR Rutherford in the Gauteng innings (previous best was 1-30)

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