| f32354 | |
| Venue | City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 15th, 17th, 18th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Natal 10 (Batting 6, Bowling 4); Rhodesia 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | LN Hornby, AJ Kyle |
| Close of play day 1 | Rhodesia (1) 57/2 (Dudleston 12*, Davison 37*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 85/5 (Bestall 42*, Smith 5*) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Traicos b Mitchell | 47 | 154 | 4 | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Clift b Mitchell | 91 | 132 | 11 | 2 | ||
| BS Groves | c Barbour b Bentley | 77 | 117 | 7 | 2 | ||
| D Bestall | c Fletcher b Mitchell | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | ||
| MB Madsen | c Clift b Mitchell | 0 | 11 | - | - | ||
| DL Orchard | c Bentley b Traicos | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | b Mitchell | 43 | 87 | 6 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Houghton b Bentley | 7 | 20 | 1 | - | ||
| KR Cooper | c sub (GE Peckover) b Mitchell | 1 | 14 | - | - | ||
| DK Pearse | not out | 16 | 50 | 2 | - | ||
| I Ebrahim | c Barbour b Traicos | 6 | 20 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (5 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 302 minutes, 84.5 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-133 (Wilkins), 2-148 (Barrow), 3-156 (Bestall), 4-168 (Madsen), 5-169 (Orchard), 6-263 (Groves), 7-272 (Smith), 8-276 (van der Bijl), 9-278 (Cooper), 10-301 (Ebrahim, 84.5 ov) | |||||||
| Rhodesia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fletcher | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jonker | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clift | 17 | 3 | 58 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Traicos | 25.5 | 6 | 90 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Bentley | 11 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 20 | 4 | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Rhodesia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JG Heron | c Cooper b van der Bijl | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| JC Mitchell | lbw b van der Bijl | 1 | 11 | - | - | ||
| B Dudleston | c sub b Cooper | 59 | 233 | 6 | - | ||
| BF Davison | c Smith b Cooper | 45 | 123 | 7 | 1 | ||
| PB Clift | c Ebrahim b Wilkins | 34 | 70 | 3 | - | ||
| BD Barbour | c Smith b van der Bijl | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| DAG Fletcher | b Cooper | 0 | 22 | - | - | ||
| +DL Houghton | b van der Bijl | 27 | 97 | 2 | - | ||
| RM Bentley | not out | 55 | 102 | 7 | - | ||
| AJ Traicos | lbw b van der Bijl | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| CB Jonker | c Bestall b Cooper | 3 | 12 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 14 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 350 minutes, 89.2 overs) | 248 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Heron, 0.3 ov), 2-3 (Mitchell), 3-70 (Davison), 4-142 (Clift), 5-153 (Barbour), 6-158 (Dudleston), 7-159 (Fletcher), 8-238 (Houghton), 9-240 (Traicos), 10-248 (Jonker, 89.2 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 29 | 11 | 59 | 5 | - | 8 | |
| Cooper | 24.2 | 7 | 66 | 4 | - | 9 | |
| Pearse | 13 | 4 | 37 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Ebrahim | 14 | 3 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilkins | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Madsen | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Bentley b Jonker | 4 | 21 | - | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Houghton b Jonker | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | ||
| BS Groves | c Fletcher b Bentley | 16 | 85 | - | - | ||
| D Bestall | b Clift | 85 | 253 | 8 | - | ||
| MB Madsen | c Houghton b Bentley | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| DL Orchard | run out | 5 | 42 | - | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | lbw b Jonker | 5 | 39 | 1 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | lbw b Fletcher | 12 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| DK Pearse | c Davison b Jonker | 17 | 63 | 2 | - | ||
| KR Cooper | lbw b Clift | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| I Ebrahim | not out | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (8 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 282 minutes, 74.3 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Wilkins), 2-12 (Barrow), 3-52 (Groves), 4-54 (Madsen), 5-74 (Orchard), 6-87 (Smith), 7-114 (van der Bijl), 8-154 (Bestall), 9-154 (Cooper), 10-158 (Pearse, 74.3 ov) | |||||||
| Rhodesia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fletcher | 23 | 5 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jonker | 15.3 | 6 | 32 | 4 | - | - | |
| Clift | 19 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Bentley | 11 | 6 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Traicos | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rhodesia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JG Heron | not out | 10 | 104 | - | - | ||
| JC Mitchell | lbw b van der Bijl | 3 | 16 | - | - | ||
| B Dudleston | b van der Bijl | 42 | 56 | 7 | - | ||
| BF Davison | lbw b Pearse | 5 | 15 | - | - | ||
| PB Clift | not out | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| BD Barbour | did not bat | ||||||
| DAG Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| +DL Houghton | did not bat | ||||||
| RM Bentley | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Traicos | did not bat | ||||||
| CB Jonker | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 104 minutes, 22.4 overs) | 75 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Mitchell), 2-59 (Dudleston), 3-67 (Davison) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 11.4 | 2 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 6 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Pearse | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | |
Notes
--> CP Wilkins (1) 50 in 86 minutes with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> BS Groves (1) 50 in 74 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> BS Groves (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> B Dudleston (1) 50 in 211 minutes with 4 fours
--> RM Bentley (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> D Bestall (2) 50 in 179 minutes with 4 fours
--> JC Mitchell reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed A Barrow, his 2nd wicket in the Natal first innings
--> JC Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal first innings (previous best was 6-64)
--> KR Cooper reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BF Davison, his 1st wicket in the Rhodesia first innings
--> DAG Fletcher reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed VAP van der Bijl, his 1st wicket in the Natal second innings
--> CB Jonker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal second innings (previous best was 4-84)
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