| f31879 | |
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 31st December 1977, 1st, 2nd January 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Natal 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Rhodesia 3 (Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | LN Hornby, A Warner |
| Close of play day 1 | Natal (1) 48/1 (Barrow 10*, Groves 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (1) 253/5 (Fotheringham 101*, Madsen 19*) |
| Rhodesia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Heron | c Smith b van der Bijl | 2 | 34 | - | - | ||
| TW Dunk | b van der Bijl | 10 | 51 | - | - | ||
| B Dudleston | c Bestall b Cooper | 58 | 177 | 5 | - | ||
| *SD Robertson | c Smith b van der Bijl | 29 | 96 | 3 | - | ||
| BF Davison | c Bestall b Cooper | 9 | 48 | 1 | - | ||
| DAG Fletcher | c Smith b van der Bijl | 24 | 70 | 1 | - | ||
| +GE Peckover | c Madsen b van der Bijl | 3 | 27 | - | - | ||
| AJ Traicos | c Bestall b van der Bijl | 7 | 47 | - | - | ||
| B Horton | not out | 5 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| VR Hogg | b van der Bijl | 2 | 9 | - | - | ||
| RH Kaschula | c Madsen b van der Bijl | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 303 minutes, 77 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Heron), 2-15 (Dunk), 3-79 (Robertson), 4-104 (Davison), 5-120 (Dudleston), 6-137 (Peckover), 7-147 (Fletcher), 8-152 (Traicos), 9-159 (Hogg), 10-159 (Kaschula, 77 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 29 | 7 | 56 | 8 | - | 2 | |
| Lilley | 15 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | 4 | |
| Cooper | 16 | 5 | 29 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Pearse | 16 | 5 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Traicos b Hogg | 18 | 137 | - | - | ||
| JF Steele | c Robertson b Horton | 8 | 36 | - | - | ||
| BS Groves | b Horton | 37 | 88 | 4 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | c Peckover b Hogg | 119 | 223 | 11 | 1 | ||
| D Bestall | c Heron b Hogg | 43 | 113 | 4 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | c Robertson b Horton | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| MB Madsen | b Hogg | 33 | 69 | 3 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Fletcher b Hogg | 4 | 18 | - | - | ||
| AR Lilley | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| KR Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Pearse | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 8 lb, 16 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 348 minutes, 89.5 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Steele), 2-73 (Groves), 3-84 (Barrow), 4-196 (Bestall), 5-198 (Smith), 6-273 (Madsen), 7-289 (van der Bijl), 8-289 (Fotheringham, 89.5 ov) | |||||||
| Rhodesia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Horton | 29 | 5 | 85 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| Hogg | 33.5 | 10 | 89 | 5 | - | 6 | |
| Fletcher | 12 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Kaschula | 14 | 5 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Traicos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rhodesia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Heron | c Barrow b Lilley | 7 | 33 | - | - | ||
| TW Dunk | c Barrow b Lilley | 26 | 112 | 3 | - | ||
| B Dudleston | c Cooper b Pearse | 35 | 113 | 4 | - | ||
| *SD Robertson | lbw b van der Bijl | 21 | 63 | 1 | - | ||
| BF Davison | c Smith b van der Bijl | 17 | 39 | 3 | - | ||
| DAG Fletcher | c Steele b van der Bijl | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| +GE Peckover | c Fotheringham b van der Bijl | 33 | 92 | 2 | - | ||
| AJ Traicos | c Bestall b Lilley | 5 | 50 | - | - | ||
| B Horton | c Smith b Lilley | 6 | 40 | - | - | ||
| VR Hogg | not out | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| RH Kaschula | c Smith b Lilley | 4 | 7 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 8 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 287 minutes, 74.4 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Heron), 2-66 (Dunk), 3-84 (Dudleston), 4-111 (Robertson), 5-120 (Fletcher), 6-121 (Davison), 7-145 (Traicos), 8-162 (Peckover), 9-164 (Horton), 10-168 (Kaschula, 74.4 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 26 | 10 | 53 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Lilley | 23.4 | 7 | 48 | 5 | - | 4 | |
| Pearse | 12 | 5 | 18 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Cooper | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Steele | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Fletcher b Horton | 5 | 9 | - | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | c Peckover b Hogg | 14 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| BS Groves | not out | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||
| JF Steele | did not bat | ||||||
| HR Fotheringham | did not bat | ||||||
| D Bestall | did not bat | ||||||
| MB Madsen | did not bat | ||||||
| *VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Lilley | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Pearse | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 25 minutes, 5.2 overs) | 35 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Barrow), 2-35 (Smith, 5.2 ov) | |||||||
| Rhodesia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Horton | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Hogg | 2.2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> B Dudleston (1) 50 in 168 minutes with 4 fours
--> HR Fotheringham (1) 50 in 104 minutes with 7 fours
--> HR Fotheringham (1) 100 in 185 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> VAP van der Bijl reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GE Peckover, his 4th wicket in the Rhodesia second innings
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