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| Venue | Tills Crescent, Durban on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Natal won by an innings and 25 runs |
| Points | Natal 18 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Western Province 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2) |
| Close of play day 1 | Western Province (1) 53/4 |
| Close of play day 2 | Western Province (2) 68/4 (Salie 14*, Sonn 2*) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *Y Omar | b Magiet | 149 | |||||
| G Francois | c Thomas b Arnold | 85 | |||||
| R Julius | lbw b van Oordt | 23 | |||||
| CR Nicholson | b van Oordt | 1 | |||||
| A Bawa | lbw b Magiet | 5 | |||||
| RCD Compton | lbw b Magiet | 0 | |||||
| MM Khan | c Isaacs b Sonn | 20 | |||||
| R Rogers | run out | 22 | |||||
| M Govender | b Witbooi | 1 | |||||
| G Singh | not out | 0 | |||||
| +P Pillay | lbw b Witbooi | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 28 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 68.5 overs) | 334 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-178, 2-214, 3-222, 4-244, 5-244, 6-298, 7-328, 8-330, 9-334, 10-334 (68.5 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van Oordt | 15 | 2 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Magiet | 15 | 2 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Witbooi | 8.5 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sonn | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 15 | 0 | 81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Martin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Salie | c Pillay b Govender | 2 | |||||
| N Martin | b Govender | 0 | |||||
| MZ Allie | c Singh b Govender | 6 | |||||
| F Solomons | b Govender | 18 | |||||
| +E Isaacs | lbw b Govender | 17 | |||||
| A Sonn | c Nicholson b Compton | 17 | |||||
| K Thomas | lbw b Compton | 5 | |||||
| G van Oordt | c Pillay b Khan | 18 | |||||
| *MR Magiet | lbw b Nicholson | 33 | |||||
| R Witbooi | run out | 28 | |||||
| S Arnold | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | 26 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 62.4 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-8, 3-17, 4-41, 5-64, 6-82, 7-93, 8-114, 9-167, 10-177 (62.4 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Govender | 18 | 3 | 48 | 5 | - | - | |
| Rogers | 11 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Compton | 9 | 2 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Singh | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Khan | 11.4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nicholson | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Salie | b Omar | 24 | |||||
| N Martin | c sub b Nicholson | 37 | |||||
| MZ Allie | b Nicholson | 1 | |||||
| F Solomons | lbw b Nicholson | 0 | |||||
| K Thomas | b Khan | 6 | |||||
| +E Isaacs | c Pillay b Nicholson | 36 | |||||
| A Sonn | c Pillay b Compton | 2 | |||||
| *MR Magiet | b Nicholson | 2 | |||||
| G van Oordt | b Omar | 3 | |||||
| R Witbooi | c Govender b Omar | 3 | |||||
| S Arnold | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 69.2 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-56, 3-56, 4-65, 5-68, 6-111, 7-122, 8-123, 9-125, 10-132 (69.2 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Govender | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rogers | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nicholson | 21 | 4 | 41 | 5 | - | - | |
| Compton | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Omar | 17.2 | 2 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Khan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Singh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> N Martin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MZ Allie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Witbooi made his debut in First-Class matches
--> K Thomas made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Y Omar reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Western Province second innings
--> CR Nicholson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province second innings (previous best was 3-14)
--> CR Nicholson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Western Province second innings
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