f43647 fran72	Northerns v Western Province
	SuperSport Series 1997/98
Venue	Supersport Centurion, Centurion on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th March 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northerns won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northerns 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Western Province 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	EH Baillie, WA Diedricks
Close of play day 1	Northerns (1) 313/5 (van Jaarsveld 52, de Bruyn 27; 95 overs)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 30/0 (G Kirsten 12, Kallis 13; 9 overs)
Close of play day 3	Western Province (2) 378/3 (Ackerman 95, McMillan 51; 108.3 overs)
Player of the Match	HD Ackerman

Northerns first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJR Steyn	c George b Dawson	141	226	245	18	1
*MJG Davis	lbw b Kallis	28	76	94	6	-
RF Pienaar	lbw b Dawson	11	35	43	2	-
G Dros	c and b Dawson	38	82	121	6	-
DJJ de Vos	c G Kirsten b Adams	1	6	5	-	-
M van Jaarsveld	not out	139	244	309	15	4
P de Bruyn	lbw b Player	50	124	175	8	-
S Elworthy	b Kallis	19	32	32	3	1
+DJ Smith	lbw b Adams	8	8	13	2	-
P Joubert	not out	25	77	78	3	-
GJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 151 overs)	483
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Davis), 2-107 (Pienaar), 3-224 (Steyn), 4-225 (de Vos), 5-225 (Dros), 6-353 (de Bruyn), 7-385 (Elworthy), 8-398 (DJ Smith)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
George	14	1	74	0	-	-
Dawson	33	15	80	3	-	-
McMillan	2	1	1	0	1	-
Kallis	26	11	55	2	1	4
Adams	43	9	144	2	-	-
Player	31	4	104	1	-	-
G Kirsten	2	0	11	0	-	-

Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Kirsten	b GJ Smith	7	20	25	1	-
JH Kallis	lbw b Elworthy	1	11	13	-	-
HH Gibbs	c Joubert b Elworthy	21	73	112	3	-
HD Ackerman	c Steyn b GJ Smith	4	9	10	1	-
BM McMillan	lbw b GJ Smith	6	16	19	-	-
AG Prince	b de Bruyn	0	8	14	-	-
+P Kirsten	c DJ Smith b Joubert	47	54	69	10	-
BT Player	b GJ Smith	21	30	55	1	1
AC Dawson	c Elworthy b GJ Smith	18	21	32	3	-
PR Adams	c DJ Smith b GJ Smith	8	10	17	1	-
MF George	not out	4	6	8	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 9 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Kallis), 2-12 (G Kirsten), 3-16 (Ackerman), 4-31 (McMillan), 5-36 (Prince), 6-90 (Gibbs), 7-96 (P Kirsten), 8-131 (Dawson), 9-140 (Player), 10-153 (Adams, 41.1 ov)

Northerns bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elworthy	14	2	49	2	-	5
GJ Smith	10.1	2	35	6	-	6
de Bruyn	5	0	34	1	1	-
Joubert	10	6	15	1	-	-
Davis	2	0	14	0	-	-

Western Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Kirsten	c van Jaarsveld b de Bruyn	32	104	151	4	-
JH Kallis	lbw b Joubert	111	208	263	15	-
HH Gibbs	lbw b de Vos	63	127	156	6	-
HD Ackerman	not out	202	294	359	25	-
BM McMillan	c Dros b Joubert	64	106	155	9	-
AG Prince	c DJ Smith b de Vos	42	79	116	3	-
+P Kirsten	c Pienaar b Davis	27	33	28	2	2
BT Player	st DJ Smith b de Vos	8	10	11	-	1
AC Dawson	not out	1	1	3	-	-
PR Adams	did not bat
MF George	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 13 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	31
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 158 overs)	581
Fall of wickets:
1-102 (G Kirsten), 2-200 (Kallis), 3-251 (Gibbs), 4-417 (McMillan), 5-515 (Prince), 6-558 (P Kirsten), 7-576 (Player)

Northerns bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elworthy	30	3	115	0	-	3
GJ Smith	19	0	85	0	-	10
Joubert	28	6	59	2	-	-
Davis	40	5	112	1	-	-
de Vos	24	2	117	3	-	-
de Bruyn	17	2	74	1	1	-

Northerns second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJR Steyn	lbw b Dawson	7	24	27	1	-
*MJG Davis	b Adams	21	64	84	4	-
RF Pienaar	lbw b Adams	15	21	27	2	1
G Dros	not out	23	112	136	1	-
M van Jaarsveld	c Dawson b Kallis	12	21	20	2	-
DJJ de Vos	c P Kirsten b George	6	20	27	-	-
P de Bruyn	not out	23	57	57	4	-
S Elworthy	did not bat
+DJ Smith	did not bat
P Joubert	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, 53 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Steyn), 2-42 (Pienaar), 3-52 (Davis), 4-69 (van Jaarsveld), 5-87 (de Vos)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dawson	13	6	20	1	-	-
Kallis	10	3	21	1	-	-
Adams	18	10	34	2	-	-
Player	4	1	8	0	-	-
George	4	0	11	1	-	1
G Kirsten	4	1	14	0	-	-

Notes
--> M van Jaarsveld (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Smith (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AC Dawson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> HD Ackerman (2) passed his previous highest score of 174 in First-Class matches
--> GJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed PR Adams in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 5-24)