f42821 fran17	Border v Transvaal
	SuperSport Series 1996/97
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 29th, 30th, 31st December 1996, 1st January 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by 5 wickets
Points	Border 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Transvaal 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	SB Lambson, CJ Mitchley, RA Noble
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 228/8 (Veenstra 90*, Eksteen 0*; 78.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Border (1) 35/0 (White 6*, Botha 28*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 3	Transvaal (2) 24/0 (Rutherford 20*, Benfield 3*; 8 overs)
Player of the Match	PJ Botha

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benfield	c White b Drakes	15	21	31	1	-
+N Pothas	c Boucher b Botha	4	3	8	1	-
ND McKenzie	c Boucher b Botha	5	26	44	-	-
*KR Rutherford	c Boucher b Ntini	12	25	26	1	-
DR Laing	lbw b Botha	7	16	32	1	-
Z de Bruyn	c Boucher b Botha	7	7	6	1	-
RE Veenstra	not out	135	252	348	17	-
AJ Hall	c Boucher b Cronje	78	159	198	8	-
S Jacobs	lbw b White	5	20	19	-	-
CE Eksteen	run out (Emslie)	11	64	93	-	-
EW Kidwell	c Kirsten b Botha	2	9	13	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Pothas), 2-22 (Benfield), 3-36 (McKenzie), 4-38 (Rutherford), 5-45 (de Bruyn), 6-62 (Laing), 7-210 (Hall), 8-221 (Jacobs), 9-275 (Eksteen), 10-291 (Kidwell)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drakes	11	1	53	1	-	-
Botha	22.3	6	38	5	-	-
Ntini	26	3	83	1	-	-
Cronje	13	2	38	1	-	-
Howell	13	3	40	0	-	-
White	11	3	29	1	-	-
Emslie	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BM White	lbw b Kidwell	6	27	42	1	-
PJ Botha	b Kidwell	30	33	33	5	-
SC Pope	c Rutherford b Veenstra	20	38	39	3	-
PN Kirsten	c de Bruyn b Jacobs	106	247	315	15	-
+MV Boucher	c Rutherford b Jacobs	8	23	30	1	-
*PC Strydom	c Pothas b Jacobs	6	27	32	-	-
FJC Cronje	lbw b Kidwell	1	4	7	-	-
VC Drakes	c Rutherford b Kidwell	6	22	30	1	-
IL Howell	not out	102	167	222	16	-
PAN Emslie	not out	9	26	44	1	-
M Ntini	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 11 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 100.3 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Botha), 2-39 (White), 3-69 (Pope), 4-90 (Boucher), 5-111 (Strydom), 6-113 (Cronje), 7-130 (Drakes), 8-283 (Kirsten)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kidwell	26	1	97	4	-	-
Hall	19	4	60	0	-	-
Jacobs	22.3	6	42	3	-	-
Veenstra	13	3	44	1	-	-
Eksteen	13	3	31	0	-	-
Laing	3	0	17	0	-	-
de Bruyn	3	0	9	0	-	-
Rutherford	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KR Rutherford	b Ntini	30	40	57	5	-
MR Benfield	c Boucher b Botha	53	153	221	4	-
ND McKenzie	c Strydom b Drakes	18	35	50	2	-
Z de Bruyn	lbw b Botha	0	2	4	-	-
DR Laing	b Drakes	0	6	6	-	-
+N Pothas	lbw b Botha	0	4	9	-	-
RE Veenstra	c Howell b Ntini	6	23	32	1	-
AJ Hall	c White b Howell	3	7	16	-	-
S Jacobs	c White b Drakes	23	55	61	4	-
CE Eksteen	not out	14	20	37	1	-
EW Kidwell	c Boucher b Botha	5	11	16	1	-
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Rutherford), 2-77 (McKenzie), 3-78 (de Bruyn), 4-80 (Laing), 5-83 (Pothas), 6-95 (Veenstra), 7-101 (Hall), 8-133 (Benfield), 9-147 (Jacobs), 10-162 (Kidwell)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drakes	20	3	56	3	-	-
Botha	21.5	7	47	4	-	-
Ntini	10	2	37	2	-	-
Howell	2	1	1	1	-	-
Emslie	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BM White	c and b Veenstra	16	33	39	3	-
PJ Botha	b Veenstra	4	6	14	1	-
SC Pope	lbw b Jacobs	21	57	75	2	-
FJC Cronje	b Veenstra	0	1	1	-	-
+MV Boucher	not out	44	103	123	5	-
PN Kirsten	lbw b Jacobs	2	5	4	-	-
*PC Strydom	not out	45	54	70	7	-
VC Drakes	did not bat
IL Howell	did not bat
PAN Emslie	did not bat
M Ntini	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 42.5 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Botha), 2-27 (White), 3-27 (Cronje), 4-59 (Pope), 5-61 (Kirsten)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kidwell	8	1	31	0	-	-
Veenstra	13	2	48	3	-	-
Eksteen	14	5	31	0	-	-
Jacobs	6.5	2	13	2	-	-
Hall	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FJC Cronje made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Z de Bruyn (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RE Veenstra (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> RE Veenstra (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AJ Hall (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> IL Howell (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> PC Strydom (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> Z de Bruyn made his debut for Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> PJ Botha achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal first innings (previous best was 5-54)
--> PJ Botha reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed EW Kidwell, his 5th wicket in the Transvaal first innings

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