f42714	Natal v Australians
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97
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*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Watson	c Healy b Gillespie	0
ML Bruyns	c Healy b Bevan	105
ELR Stewart	b Gillespie	10
DN Crookes	b SR Waugh	6
JN Rhodes	c SR Waugh b McGrath	20
*DM Benkenstein	b Bevan	103
NC Johnson	c Gillespie b Bevan	18
+KA Forde	c Bevan b McGrath	29
PL Symcox	not out	20
GM Gilder	b Gillespie	4
T Bosch	c Healy b Gillespie	4
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	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Hayden	c Stewart b Symcox	28	55		3	-
*MA Taylor	c and b Symcox	20	60		3	-
MTG Elliott	c Rhodes b Johnson	38	64		3	2
ME Waugh	c Stewart b Benkenstein	124	152		13	4
SR Waugh	c Johnson b Symcox	22	63		3	-
MG Bevan	c Benkenstein b Symcox	52	62		7	1
+IA Healy	c Forde b Gilder	10	31		1	-
SK Warne	c Symcox b Johnson	44	33		5	3
JN Gillespie	c Forde b Gilder	3	28		-	-
GD McGrath	not out	1	3		-	-
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

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Watson	st Healy b Warne	9	80		1	-
ML Bruyns	c Healy b Warne	20	52		3	-
ELR Stewart	not out	49	84		5	1
DN Crookes	c Warne b Gillespie	5	17		-	-
NC Johnson	c Elliott b Gillespie	0	10		-	-
*DM Benkenstein	c sub (AJ Bichel) b Bevan	8	20		-	-
+KA Forde	c Healy b Bevan	4	9		-	-
PL Symcox	lbw b Bevan	6	12		-	-
GM Gilder	c ME Waugh b Bevan	4	11		-	-
T Bosch	b McGrath	1	4		-	-
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	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Johnson b Symcox	1	5		-	-
ML Hayden	c Bruyns b Gilder	4	23		-	-
+IA Healy	not out	41	50		4	1
MTG Elliott	not out	35	30		3	-
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	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> ML Bruyns (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 103
--> 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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