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| Venue | Springbok Park, Bloemfontein on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th February 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Free State 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Border 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | NC Pretorius, HJ Sutherland |
| Close of play day 1 | Free State (1) 324/8 (Radley 9*; 103.4 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Border (1) 321/5 (Boucher 53*, Pope 12*; 85 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Free State (2) 226/3 (Jordaan 103*, Venter 9*; 75 overs) |
| Player of the Match | HC Bakkes |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | b Taljard | 68 | 162 | 225 | 9 | - | |
| GFJ Liebenberg | c Boucher b Ntini | 2 | 11 | 19 | - | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | lbw b Fourie | 17 | 37 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| *LJ Wilkinson | c Boucher b Botha | 28 | 71 | 84 | 4 | - | |
| JF Venter | c White b Ntini | 101 | 219 | 268 | 17 | - | |
| N Boje | c White b Strydom | 34 | 48 | 81 | 5 | - | |
| HC Bakkes | c Boucher b Fourie | 35 | 56 | 66 | 5 | 1 | |
| BT Player | lbw b Howell | 2 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| +PJL Radley | c Boucher b Botha | 38 | 76 | 107 | 4 | - | |
| NW Pretorius | b Taljard | 14 | 35 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| SA Cilliers | not out | 28 | 20 | 26 | 5 | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 10 lb, 16 nb, 3 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 120.3 overs) | 401 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Liebenberg), 2-44 (Dippenaar), 3-110 (Wilkinson), 4-157 (Jordaan), 5-232 (Boje), 6-299 (Bakkes), 7-310 (Player), 8-324 (Venter), 9-358 (Pretorius), 10-401 (Radley, 120.3 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ntini | 27 | 2 | 105 | 2 | - | - | |
| Botha | 23.3 | 4 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fourie | 9 | 0 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| du Plessis | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taljard | 24 | 6 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howell | 21 | 4 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| White | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM White | c and b Boje | 37 | 94 | 139 | 5 | - | |
| PJ Botha | c Jordaan b Bakkes | 136 | 217 | 291 | 23 | - | |
| PB du Plessis | c Boje b Bakkes | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| PN Kirsten | c and b Bakkes | 56 | 108 | 130 | 8 | - | |
| +MV Boucher | b Player | 53 | 77 | 79 | 9 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | st Radley b Jordaan | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| SC Pope | c Pretorius b Bakkes | 25 | 68 | 116 | 4 | - | |
| IL Howell | not out | 19 | 78 | 125 | 2 | - | |
| SE Fourie | not out | 0 | 24 | 28 | - | - | |
| D Taljard | c Player b Bakkes | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| M Ntini | c Player b Bakkes | 3 | 23 | 26 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb, 18 nb, 4 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 114 overs) | 367 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-119 (White), 2-120 (du Plessis), 3-244 (Kirsten), 4-257 (Botha), 5-258 (Strydom), 6-324 (Boucher), 7-347 (Pope), 8-356 (Taljard), 9-364 (Ntini) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cilliers | 17 | 1 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pretorius | 21 | 4 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 22 | 9 | 43 | 6 | - | - | |
| Player | 26 | 4 | 81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boje | 21 | 5 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jordaan | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | c Boucher b Botha | 117 | 235 | 327 | 13 | - | |
| GFJ Liebenberg | c Boucher b Taljard | 46 | 76 | 101 | 5 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Botha b Taljard | 54 | 143 | 160 | 8 | - | |
| BT Player | c Pope b Strydom | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| JF Venter | st Boucher b Strydom | 9 | 24 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| MN van Wyk | lbw b Howell | 24 | 52 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| N Boje | c Botha b Strydom | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| HC Bakkes | st Boucher b Strydom | 3 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| +PJL Radley | run out (Strydom->Boucher) | 26 | 26 | 29 | 3 | - | |
| NW Pretorius | not out | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| SA Cilliers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 94.5 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-102 (Liebenberg), 2-206 (Dippenaar), 3-209 (Player), 4-226 (Venter), 5-258 (Jordaan), 6-259 (Boje), 7-265 (Bakkes), 8-297 (van Wyk), 9-297 (Radley, 94.5 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ntini | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Botha | 13 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taljard | 24 | 1 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Howell | 25.5 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| White | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 19 | 3 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Botha | c Radley b Pretorius | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| BM White | b Bakkes | 38 | 60 | 88 | 5 | - | |
| PB du Plessis | retired hurt | 0 | 11 | 14 | - | - | |
| PN Kirsten | lbw b Cilliers | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| +MV Boucher | b Bakkes | 22 | 32 | 51 | 3 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | b Venter | 31 | 29 | 36 | 6 | 1 | |
| SC Pope | not out | 68 | 165 | 197 | 10 | - | |
| IL Howell | not out | 36 | 148 | 168 | 4 | - | |
| SE Fourie | did not bat | ||||||
| D Taljard | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ntini | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 76 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Botha), 2-20 (Kirsten), 3-71 (Boucher), 4-76 (White), 5-113 (Strydom) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pretorius | 11 | 3 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cilliers | 13 | 4 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 9 | 1 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Player | 7 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Venter | 14 | 5 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boje | 17 | 3 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jordaan | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Free State full substitute: MN van Wyk for LJ Wilkinson (van Wyk allowed to bat as Wilkinson left the match following the death of his father)
--> MN van Wyk made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PB du Plessis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SE Fourie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PJ Botha (1) passed his previous highest score of 124 in First-Class matches
--> BM White (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> SE Fourie made his debut for Border in First-Class matches
--> D Taljard made his debut for Border in First-Class matches
--> PC Strydom achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed HC Bakkes in the Free State second innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> SE Fourie retired hurt in the Border first innings having scored 0 (team had lost 7 wickets) - he returned when the score was 364/9
--> PB du Plessis retired hurt in the Border second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 1 wickets)
12th Men: E Bock (Free State) and P Emslie (Border)
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