f37292 sacboc178	Natal v Western Province
	Howa Bowl 1987/88
Venue	Khan Road Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 29th, 30th, 31st December 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 4 (Bowling 4); Western Province 14 (Batting 5, Bowling 5)
Umpires	S Desai, T Musson
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 68/2 (Behardien 12*, Abdullah 0*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 97/3 (Nair 23*, Govender 22*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Mall	c Kemp b February	13
JM Chellan	c Cupido b February	4
P Nair	lbw b Barnes	7
M Patel	c Cupido b Muller	8
S Govender	c Gabriels b Muller	15
*MM Khan	c Muller b February	39
RL Naidoo	st Cupido b Gabriels	18
M Rampersad	c Abdullah b Barnes	0
+R Soobramoney	c Cupido b Muller	8
N Ramnarain	b February	2
V Kistnasamy	not out	0
Extras		34
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-31, 3-36, 4-67, 5-77, 6-100, 7-115, 8-141, 9-148, 10-148 (66.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	17	1	26	2	-	-
February	18	5	28	4	-	-
Magiet	3	1	6	0	-	-
Gabriels	12	5	26	1	-	-
Benjamin	6	1	14	0	-	-
Muller	10.4	2	14	3	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Gabriels	c Rampersad b Ramnarain	16
+R Cupido	c Ramnarain b Khan	38
I Behardien	lbw b Khan	50
M Abdullah	lbw b Ramnarain	6
D Kemp	c Ramnarain b Rampersad	33
F Davids	c Naidoo b Khan	10
N Muller	lbw b Khan	35
*S Magiet	c Khan b Rampersad	11
R February	c Soobramoney b Rampersad	37
VA Barnes	run out	19
F Benjamin	not out	1
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-66, 3-81, 4-143, 5-149, 6-163, 7-187, 8-239, 9-271, 10-272 (79.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramnarain	19	4	58	2	-	-
Kistnasamy	13	1	47	0	-	-
Rampersad	16.1	3	60	3	-	-
Khan	19	1	67	4	-	-
Chellan	10	5	20	0	-	-
Mall	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Mall	b Muller	19
JM Chellan	c Cupido b Muller	14
P Nair	c Kemp b February	23
M Patel	c Cupido b Muller	1
S Govender	b February	38
*MM Khan	not out	99
RL Naidoo	b Davids	58
M Rampersad	c Cupido b Davids	3
+R Soobramoney	b Magiet	5
V Kistnasamy	not out	0
N Ramnarain	did not bat
Extras		66
Total	(8 wickets, 106 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-45, 3-49, 4-98, 5-124, 6-259, 7-275, 8-310

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	23	3	55	0	-	-
February	24	3	66	2	-	-
Gabriels	10	4	15	0	-	-
Benjamin	12	2	41	0	-	-
Muller	13	3	31	3	-	-
Davids	14	3	32	2	-	-
Magiet	8	3	15	1	-	-
Kemp	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> V Kistnasamy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> N Muller made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Kemp (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> R February (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> S Govender (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> MM Khan (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> R February achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal first innings (previous best was 3-12)

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The match was called off 10 minutes before Tea on Day 3 when VA Barnes refused to continue bowling as a protest against umpiring decisions

 

 

 

 

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