a2078	Eastern Province v Natal
	Datsun Shield 1977/78 (Semi-Final)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 14th January 1978 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by 3 wickets
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, AA Matthews

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
A Barrow	st Galpin b Biggs	71	147	169	6	-	48.30
+AJS Smith	c McEwan b Macaulay	3	15	28	-	-	20.00
BS Groves	c and b Wilkins	28	62	76	4	-	45.16
HR Fotheringham	c Bezuidenhout b Cowley	1	14	9	-	-	7.14
D Bestall	run out	31	51	72	4	-	60.78
*VAP van der Bijl	c Wilmot b Brickett	20	19	26	2	-	105.26
MB Madsen	b Watson	18	22	29	2	-	81.82
JF Steele	run out	19	18	38	3	-	105.56
DK Pearse	c Pollock b Watson	8	15	23	1	-	53.33
KR Cooper	not out	4	4	6	1	-	100.00
AR Lilley	run out	1	2	3	-	-	50.00
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 239 minutes, 60 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Smith), 2-76 (Groves), 3-80 (Fotheringham), 4-141 (Barrow), 5-155 (Bestall), 6-182 (van der Bijl), 7-190 (Madsen), 8-216 (Pearse), 9-216 (Steele), 10-222 (Lilley, 60 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Watson	12	2	32	2	-	-	36.00	2.67
Macaulay	12	3	18	1	-	2	72.00	1.50
Wilkins	12	2	49	1	-	4	72.00	4.08
Brickett	11	0	62	1	-	-	66.00	5.64
Cowley	6	1	27	1	-	1	36.00	4.50
Biggs	7	2	16	1	-	-	42.00	2.29

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Eastern Province innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Pearse	73	137	161	6	-	53.28
CP Wilkins	b van der Bijl	21	14	21	3	1	150.00
*KS McEwan	c Bestall b Cooper	17	24	44	2	-	70.83
RG Pollock	b Pearse	4	6	4	1	-	66.67
AL Biggs	c Smith b van der Bijl	11	43	54	2	-	25.58
AL Wilmot	c Smith b Cooper	26	44	56	2	1	59.09
GS Cowley	c Pearse b Cooper	17	23	32	3	-	73.91
DJ Brickett	not out	27	45	54	3	-	60.00
+AC Galpin	not out	13	25	43	2	-	52.00
WK Watson	did not bat
MJ Macaulay	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 238 minutes, 58.3 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Wilkins), 2-70 (McEwan), 3-75 (Pollock), 4-117 (Biggs), 5-143 (Bezuidenhout), 6-166 (Wilmot), 7-182 (Cowley)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
van der Bijl	12	0	46	2	-	1	36.00	3.83
Lilley	11	1	35	0	-	1	-	3.18
Cooper	12	0	50	3	-	2	24.00	4.17
Pearse	12	1	32	2	-	1	36.00	2.67
Steele	11	0	41	0	-	1	-	3.73
Bestall	0.3	0	5	0	-	-	-	10.00

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Notes
--> DK Pearse made his debut in List A matches
--> MJ Macaulay made his debut in List A matches
--> A Barrow 50 in 126 balls, 148 minutes with 4 fours
--> SJ Bezuidenhout 50 in 95 balls, 108 minutes with 5 fours
--> KR Cooper achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed GS Cowley in the Eastern Province innings (previous best was 2-34)
--> VAP van der Bijl reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed CP Wilkins, his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province innings

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