f34460	Eastern Province v Natal
	SAB Currie Cup 1982/83
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 15th, 16th, 17th January 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Natal 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, CJ Mitchley
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 16/0 (Whitfield 4*, CL Smith 8*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 163/2 (Armitage 14*, Willey 4*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJ Richardson	c AJS Smith b Lever	5	40	50	-	-
W Larkins	b Lever	29	40	44	4	-
RLS Armitage	lbw b Procter	79	195	223	12	1
P Willey	c Cooper b Lever	11	21	27	-	-
RG Fensham	lbw b Taylor	66	113	138	6	1
RJD Whyte	c Madsen b Clare	12	42	65	2	-
PH Williams	lbw b Cooper	12	41	35	2	-
*GS Cowley	c Cooper b Lever	33	59	60	6	-
DJ Brickett	c and b Cooper	27	36	53	5	-
WK Watson	b Lever	0	6	8	-	-
MK van Vuuren	not out	0	0	2	-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 356 minutes, 98.4 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Larkins), 2-36 (Richardson), 3-52 (Willey), 4-176 (Fensham), 5-206 (Armitage), 6-214 (Whyte), 7-225 (Williams), 8-279 (Cowley), 9-283 (Watson), 10-283 (Brickett, 98.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	18	4	75	1	2	-
Lever	24	5	79	5	-	-
Cooper	22.4	7	36	2	-	-
Clare	16	6	56	1	-	3
Procter	18	4	28	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Whitfield	run out	27	117	134	3	-
CL Smith	c Willey b Armitage	40	125	173	5	-
RA Smith	run out	51	103	110	4	3
D Bestall	b Watson	70	84	130	7	1
TR Madsen	c sub (JW Stephenson) b Watson	17	39	38	-	-
*MJ Procter	c Whyte b Watson	0	10	12	-	-
+AJS Smith	not out	12	14	31	2	-
KR Cooper	c Willey b Watson	21	9	11	1	2
JK Lever	not out	2	8	12	-	-
LB Taylor	did not bat
MD Clare	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 329 minutes, 84.2 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Whitfield), 2-86 (CL Smith), 3-175 (RA Smith), 4-210 (Madsen), 5-213 (Procter), 6-218 (Bestall), 7-246 (Cooper)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	18	4	48	4	1	-
van Vuuren	16.2	5	54	0	-	2
Armitage	28	6	82	1	-	3
Willey	12	6	26	0	-	-
Cowley	6	2	15	0	-	1
Brickett	3	0	13	0	-	-
Larkins	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJ Richardson	c Whitfield b Cooper	59	120	127	7	-
W Larkins	c Bestall b Procter	86	87	92	9	3
RLS Armitage	lbw b Lever	81	163	182	10	1
P Willey	b Clare	34	87	83	3	-
RG Fensham	not out	36	49	82	3	-
RJD Whyte	not out	17	23	18	2	-
PH Williams	did not bat
*GS Cowley	did not bat
DJ Brickett	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
MK van Vuuren	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 294 minutes, 88.3 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-125 (Larkins), 2-154 (Richardson), 3-214 (Willey), 4-290 (Armitage)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	20	5	53	0	-	2
Lever	15.3	1	63	1	-	-
Procter	23	2	62	1	-	-
Cooper	12	0	50	1	-	-
Clare	16	2	81	1	-	-
CL Smith	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Whitfield	b van Vuuren	117	208	297	12	-
CL Smith	c Richardson b Brickett	77	94	133	5	4
RA Smith	c Richardson b Brickett	19	28	41	4	-
D Bestall	c Armitage b Brickett	41	52	51	4	1
*MJ Procter	run out	1	4	4	-	-
+AJS Smith	c Larkins b Watson	30	28	27	1	2
TR Madsen	c sub (JW Stephenson) b Watson	4	5	7	-	-
JK Lever	c Willey b Watson	10	14	20	1	-
KR Cooper	lbw b Watson	2	7	11	-	-
LB Taylor	not out	2	7	10	-	-
MD Clare	not out	0	1	7	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 18 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(9 wickets, 308 minutes, 74 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-131 (CL Smith), 2-167 (RA Smith), 3-237 (Bestall), 4-245 (Procter), 5-290 (AJS Smith), 6-296 (Madsen), 7-318 (Lever), 8-327 (Whitfield), 9-327 (Cooper)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	15	4	58	4	-	-
van Vuuren	14	2	51	1	-	-
Armitage	13	3	49	0	1	-
Willey	14	0	50	0	-	-
Brickett	18	0	95	3	1	6

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Notes
--> RLS Armitage (1) 50 in 132 balls, 148 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> RG Fensham (1) 50 in 96 balls, 115 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> RA Smith (1) 50 in 102 balls, 110 minutes with 4 fours and 3 sixes
--> D Bestall (1) 50 in 62 balls, 86 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> D Bestall (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> DJ Richardson (2) 50 in 104 balls, 112 minutes with 7 fours
--> W Larkins (2) 50 in 55 balls, 60 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RLS Armitage (2) 50 in 120 balls, 143 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> RLS Armitage (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> BJ Whitfield (2) 50 in 146 minutes with 6 fours
--> BJ Whitfield (2) 100 in 259 minutes with 11 fours
--> CL Smith (2) 50 in 75 balls, 116 minutes with 3 fours and 3 sixes

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