f43418 fran50	Free State v Natal
	SuperSport Series 1997/98
Venue	Springbok Park, Bloemfontein on 12th, 13th December 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free State won the toss and decided to field
Result	Free State won by an innings and 36 runs
Points	Free State 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Natal 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Brooks, WA Diedricks, W Grobler
Close of play day 1	Natal (2) 4/0 (Bruyns 4*, Watson 0*; 1 over)
Player of the Match	CF Craven

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Bruyns	lbw b Bakkes	3	9	15	-	-
DJ Watson	c Radley b Vorster	4	10	11	-	-
+ELR Stewart	c Wilkinson b Vorster	0	5	10	-	-
AC Hudson	b Vorster	3	7	13	-	-
*DM Benkenstein	c Radley b Bakkes	5	16	24	1	-
NC Johnson	c Cilliers b Vorster	15	16	23	2	-
CB Sugden	c Beukes b Craven	18	37	57	4	-
AG Botha	c Dippenaar b Craven	20	58	84	3	-
KG Storey	c Radley b Craven	4	7	9	1	-
GM Gilder	c Wilkinson b Craven	16	12	15	3	-
JE Bastow	not out	8	8	9	-	1
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Watson), 2-7 (Bruyns), 3-7 (Stewart), 4-10 (Hudson), 5-22 (Benkenstein), 6-30 (Johnson), 7-65 (Sugden), 8-73 (Storey), 9-91 (Gilder), 10-106 (Botha, 30.4 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vorster	12	3	34	4	-	-
Bakkes	6	2	15	2	-	-
Cilliers	4	0	23	0	-	-
Craven	8.4	1	27	4	-	-

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Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GFJ Liebenberg	c Stewart b Gilder	0	4	3	-	-
CF Craven	lbw b Bastow	0	1	7	-	-
HH Dippenaar	c Stewart b Gilder	42	100	146	5	1
LJ Wilkinson	b Gilder	1	10	15	-	-
JF Venter	c Sugden b Johnson	50	55	85	8	1
N Boje	run out	55	75	102	8	-
JA Beukes	c Hudson b Gilder	52	87	124	9	-
HC Bakkes	c Benkenstein b Johnson	10	17	22	1	-
+PJL Radley	c Gilder b Johnson	5	9	17	-	-
CJ Vorster	c Stewart b Bastow	33	42	58	7	-
SA Cilliers	not out	5	21	35	1	-
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Liebenberg), 2-2 (Craven), 3-15 (Wilkinson), 4-96 (Venter), 5-128 (Dippenaar), 6-173 (Boje), 7-186 (Bakkes), 8-207 (Radley), 9-239 (Beukes), 10-269 (Vorster, 69.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilder	17	2	70	4	-	-
Bastow	14.1	3	49	2	-	-
Johnson	12	2	38	3	-	-
Storey	14	2	69	0	-	-
Botha	12	4	33	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Bruyns	c Wilkinson b Craven	18	62	86	3	-
DJ Watson	b Bakkes	4	7	10	1	-
+ELR Stewart	c Wilkinson b Bakkes	0	2	2	-	-
AC Hudson	c Radley b Vorster	36	82	114	7	-
*DM Benkenstein	c Radley b Craven	1	3	9	-	-
NC Johnson	c Liebenberg b Bakkes	29	57	67	4	-
CB Sugden	lbw b Bakkes	3	27	46	-	-
AG Botha	lbw b Craven	5	14	16	1	-
KG Storey	not out	8	19	41	1	-
GM Gilder	c Radley b Craven	6	7	24	1	-
JE Bastow	b Craven	6	9	10	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Watson), 2-10 (Stewart), 3-53 (Bruyns), 4-59 (Benkenstein), 5-71 (Hudson), 6-98 (Johnson), 7-105 (Sugden), 8-105 (Botha), 9-117 (Gilder), 10-127 (Bastow, 47.3 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bakkes	16	5	33	4	-	-
Vorster	10	1	32	1	-	-
Cilliers	4	1	19	0	-	-
Craven	10.3	3	25	5	-	-
Boje	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
--> JA Beukes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CJ Vorster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed NC Johnson in the Natal first innings (previous best was 3-44)

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