| a13976 | |
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 9th January 2002 (45-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Free State won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | KwaZulu-Natal won by 5 wickets |
| Points | KwaZulu-Natal 4; Free State 0 |
| Umpires | KH Hurter, NC Pretorius |
| TV umpire | KC Adams |
| Player of the Match | DM Benkenstein |
| Free State innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +MN van Wyk | c Stewart b Kent | 66 | 76 | 85 | 7 | - | 86.84 |
| JA Beukes | run out (Watson) | 89 | 110 | 157 | 6 | - | 80.91 |
| HC Bakkes | c McLean b Kent | 9 | 16 | 20 | 1 | - | 56.25 |
| *JC Adams | b Benkenstein | 31 | 46 | 54 | - | - | 67.39 |
| JJ van der Wath | not out | 16 | 13 | 21 | - | 1 | 123.08 |
| WA Deacon | c Kent b Benkenstein | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 240.00 |
| GFJ Liebenberg | not out | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 0.00 |
| RG Arendse | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Lewis | did not bat | ||||||
| D Pretorius | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Abrahams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb, 9 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 248 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-115 (van Wyk, 20.4 ov), 2-136 (Bakkes, 26.2 ov), 3-200 (Beukes, 39.5 ov), 4-202 (Adams, 40.3 ov), 5-239 (Deacon, 43.5 ov) | |||||||
| KwaZulu-Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McLean | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 4.75 |
| Gilder | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Tweedie | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Bender | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.22 |
| Kent | 9 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27.00 | 5.11 |
| Benkenstein | 8 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | - | 24.00 | 7.00 |
| Bodi | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.25 |
| KwaZulu-Natal innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DJ Watson | lbw b Pretorius | 2 | 8 | 7 | - | - | 25.00 |
| GH Bodi | c Adams b Bakkes | 23 | 21 | 39 | 5 | - | 109.52 |
| AM Amla | b Deacon | 27 | 26 | 43 | 5 | - | 103.85 |
| *DM Benkenstein | not out | 93 | 106 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 87.74 |
| JC Kent | c Lewis b Pretorius | 44 | 53 | 58 | 4 | - | 83.02 |
| A Mall | c Beukes b Abrahams | 33 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 126.92 |
| +ELR Stewart | not out | 15 | 19 | 40 | 1 | - | 78.95 |
| NAM McLean | did not bat | ||||||
| KS Bender | did not bat | ||||||
| ANW Tweedie | did not bat | ||||||
| GM Gilder | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 9 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 43.1 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Watson, 1.5 ov), 2-54 (Bodi, 8.4 ov), 3-58 (Amla, 11.3 ov), 4-140 (Kent, 26.6 ov), 5-193 (Mall, 35.2 ov) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Bakkes | 7 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 2 | - | 42.00 | 6.43 |
| Pretorius | 8.1 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 2 | - | 24.50 | 5.39 |
| Deacon | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 3 | - | 48.00 | 5.00 |
| van der Wath | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 5.75 |
| Adams | 8 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.25 |
| Abrahams | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 5.50 |