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| Venue | Buffalo Park, East London on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th November 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Border 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Natal 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | BG Jerling, K Lavery |
| Close of play day 1 | Border (1) 278/7 (Pope 49*, Howell 11*; 104 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (1) 203/3 (Hudson 70*, Benkenstein 91*; 79 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Border (2) 53/4 (Strydom 7*, Pope 9*; 35 overs) |
| Player of the Match | PC Strydom |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM White | c Forde b Gilder | 83 | 171 | 193 | 11 | - | |
| GM Hammond | c Forde b Gilder | 11 | 38 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| W Wiblin | lbw b Zahir Shah | 15 | 59 | 77 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Botha | lbw b Storey | 16 | 66 | 89 | 2 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | lbw b Johnson | 51 | 101 | 107 | 5 | 1 | |
| SC Pope | c Bruyns b MacQueen | 61 | 153 | 229 | 7 | - | |
| +I Mitchell | run out (Zahir Shah) | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| VC Drakes | b MacQueen | 18 | 29 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| IL Howell | c Forde b Gilder | 22 | 72 | 90 | 3 | - | |
| PAN Emslie | not out | 16 | 38 | 67 | 2 | - | |
| D Taljard | c Forde b Storey | 23 | 42 | 46 | 3 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 9 lb, 8 nb, 6 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 126.5 overs) | 341 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46 (Hammond), 2-89 (Wiblin), 3-129 (White), 4-159 (Botha), 5-211 (Strydom), 6-211 (Mitchell), 7-246 (Drakes), 8-298 (Howell), 9-304 (Pope), 10-341 (Taljard, 126.5 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilder | 27 | 6 | 83 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| Storey | 23.5 | 5 | 45 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| MacQueen | 54 | 14 | 123 | 2 | - | - | |
| Zahir Shah | 13 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Johnson | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Bruyns | b Drakes | 11 | 17 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Watson | c Mitchell b Botha | 14 | 35 | 42 | 3 | - | |
| ELR Stewart | b Drakes | 2 | 10 | 16 | - | - | |
| AC Hudson | lbw b Taljard | 125 | 348 | 339 | 10 | - | |
| *DM Benkenstein | c Strydom b Taljard | 102 | 234 | 302 | 12 | - | |
| NC Johnson | c Mitchell b Taljard | 21 | 35 | 56 | 2 | - | |
| +KA Forde | c Mitchell b Emslie | 9 | 24 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| RB MacQueen | lbw b Emslie | 5 | 75 | 100 | - | - | |
| KG Storey | not out | 8 | 64 | 96 | - | - | |
| GM Gilder | b Drakes | 26 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | |
| Zahir Shah | lbw b Howell | 2 | 12 | 16 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 17 lb, 1 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 145.1 overs) | 350 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Bruyns), 2-32 (Watson), 3-32 (Stewart), 4-237 (Benkenstein), 5-271 (Johnson), 6-290 (Forde), 7-304 (Hudson), 8-316 (MacQueen), 9-343 (Gilder), 10-350 (Zahir Shah, 145.1 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 29 | 9 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Botha | 26 | 3 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taljard | 33 | 8 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Emslie | 35 | 6 | 65 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Howell | 17.1 | 4 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| White | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM White | b Storey | 3 | 13 | 26 | - | - | |
| GM Hammond | c Stewart b Gilder | 8 | 58 | 95 | - | - | |
| W Wiblin | lbw b Gilder | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| PJ Botha | lbw b Gilder | 7 | 29 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | c Forde b Watson | 106 | 322 | 381 | 13 | - | |
| SC Pope | c Bruyns b Watson | 83 | 267 | 342 | 11 | - | |
| +I Mitchell | lbw b Stewart | 0 | 19 | 15 | - | - | |
| VC Drakes | not out | 6 | 20 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| IL Howell | not out | 1 | 18 | 19 | - | - | |
| PAN Emslie | did not bat | ||||||
| D Taljard | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 14 lb, 9 nb, 14 w) | 50 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 124 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (White), 2-10 (Wiblin), 3-20 (Botha), 4-25 (Hammond), 5-254 (Pope), 6-257 (Mitchell), 7-257 (Strydom) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilder | 22 | 3 | 59 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Storey | 29 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| MacQueen | 34 | 15 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 12 | 4 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Zahir Shah | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | - | |
| Bruyns | 9 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Stewart | 8 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Watson | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | |
Notes
--> GM Hammond made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ELR Stewart (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PC Strydom (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 106
--> I Mitchell made his debut for Border in First-Class matches
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