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| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 20th, 21st, 22nd February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | WA Diedricks, RE Koertzen, DL Orchard |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 23/0 (Hayden 9*, Taylor 2*; 7 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 21/0 (Watson 7*, Bruyns 13*) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ Watson | c Healy b Gillespie | 0 | 20 | 39 | - | - | |
| ML Bruyns | c Healy b Bevan | 105 | 198 | 265 | 20 | - | |
| ELR Stewart | b Gillespie | 10 | 13 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| DN Crookes | b SR Waugh | 6 | 12 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| JN Rhodes | c SR Waugh b McGrath | 20 | 24 | 30 | 4 | - | |
| *DM Benkenstein | b Bevan | 103 | 130 | 137 | 13 | 4 | |
| NC Johnson | c Gillespie b Bevan | 18 | 42 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| +KA Forde | c Bevan b McGrath | 29 | 47 | 58 | 6 | - | |
| PL Symcox | not out | 20 | 25 | 43 | 3 | - | |
| GM Gilder | b Gillespie | 4 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| T Bosch | c Healy b Gillespie | 4 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87 overs) | 335 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Watson), 2-38 (Stewart), 3-45 (Crookes), 4-83 (Rhodes), 5-238 (Benkenstein), 6-257 (Bruyns), 7-296 (Johnson), 8-314 (Forde), 9-323 (Gilder), 10-335 (Bosch, 87 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 24 | 7 | 79 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Reiffel | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gillespie | 16 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| SR Waugh | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Warne | 20 | 5 | 89 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Bevan | 18 | 3 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Hayden | c Stewart b Symcox | 28 | 55 | 92 | 4 | - | |
| *MA Taylor | c and b Symcox | 20 | 61 | 81 | 3 | - | |
| MTG Elliott | c Rhodes b Johnson | 38 | 65 | 65 | 3 | 2 | |
| ME Waugh | c Stewart b Benkenstein | 124 | 152 | 192 | 14 | 4 | |
| SR Waugh | c Johnson b Symcox | 22 | 63 | 85 | 3 | - | |
| MG Bevan | c Benkenstein b Symcox | 52 | 62 | 74 | 7 | 1 | |
| +IA Healy | c Forde b Gilder | 10 | 31 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| SK Warne | c Symcox b Johnson | 44 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 3 | |
| JN Gillespie | c Forde b Gilder | 3 | 28 | 44 | - | - | |
| GD McGrath | not out | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| PR Reiffel | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 12 lb, 9 nb, 1 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90 overs) | 370 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65 (Taylor), 2-70 (Hayden), 3-146 (Elliott), 4-217 (SR Waugh), 5-291 (ME Waugh), 6-313 (Bevan), 7-323 (Healy), 8-369 (Warne), 9-370 (Gillespie, 90 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bosch | 15 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Gilder | 17 | 6 | 34 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Symcox | 27 | 2 | 117 | 4 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 12 | 2 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 9 | 0 | 48 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Benkenstein | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ Watson | st Healy b Warne | 9 | 81 | 96 | 1 | - | |
| ML Bruyns | c Healy b Warne | 20 | 52 | 65 | 3 | - | |
| ELR Stewart | not out | 49 | 99 | 141 | 5 | 1 | |
| DN Crookes | c Warne b Gillespie | 5 | 17 | 28 | - | - | |
| NC Johnson | c Elliott b Gillespie | 0 | 10 | 12 | - | - | |
| *DM Benkenstein | c sub (AJ Bichel) b Bevan | 8 | 25 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| +KA Forde | c Healy b Bevan | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| PL Symcox | lbw b Bevan | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| GM Gilder | c ME Waugh b Bevan | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| T Bosch | b McGrath | 1 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |
| JN Rhodes | absent ill | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.2 overs) | 112 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Bruyns), 2-36 (Watson), 3-55 (Crookes), 4-65 (Johnson), 5-80 (Benkenstein), 6-84 (Forde), 7-90 (Symcox), 8-109 (Gilder), 9-112 (Bosch) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 18.2 | 8 | 33 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gillespie | 10 | 6 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warne | 13 | 6 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| ME Waugh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bevan | 10 | 1 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MA Taylor | c Johnson b Symcox | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| ML Hayden | c Bruyns b Gilder | 4 | 23 | 30 | - | - | |
| +IA Healy | not out | 41 | 45 | 69 | 3 | 1 | |
| MTG Elliott | not out | 35 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 1 | |
| SR Waugh | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Bevan | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Waugh | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 19.3 overs) | 81 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Taylor), 2-9 (Hayden) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilder | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Symcox | 9 | 1 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crookes | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 0.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> ML Bruyns (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in First-Class matches
--> ML Bruyns (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> SK Warne (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> SK Warne reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DJ Watson, his 2nd wicket in the Natal second innings
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