f42751	Border v Australians
	Australia in South Africa 1996/97
Venue	Buffalo Park, East London on 7th, 8th March 1997 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by an innings and 105 runs
Umpires	DF Becker, SB Lambson, HJ Sutherland
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 206/5 (Blewett 38*, Healy 28*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Botha	c Waugh b Reiffel	0
BM White	c Blewett b Gillespie	28
CR Wilson	c Healy b Gillespie	13
PN Kirsten	c Elliott b Reiffel	7
+MV Boucher	c Reiffel b Gillespie	7
*PC Strydom	c Healy b Gillespie	13
SC Pope	b Gillespie	11
IL Howell	not out	26
PAN Emslie	b Bichel	4
D Taljard	b Gillespie	5
M Ntini	c Elliott b Gillespie	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	117
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Botha), 2-31 (Wilson), 3-42 (White), 4-54 (Kirsten), 5-56 (Boucher), 6-76 (Pope), 7-91 (Strydom), 8-104 (Emslie), 9-115 (Taljard), 10-117 (Ntini, 43.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reiffel	12	7	15	2	-	-
Bichel	14	2	51	1	-	-
Gillespie	14.5	5	34	7	1	-
Blewett	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTG Elliott	c and b Emslie	41
ML Hayden	c Strydom b Ntini	5
JL Langer	lbw b Botha	14
MG Bevan	b Botha	7
ME Waugh	c Strydom b Emslie	62
GS Blewett	st Boucher b Strydom	112
*+IA Healy	c Boucher b Taljard	35
SK Warne	c Wilson b White	15
PR Reiffel	not out	40
AJ Bichel	c Boucher b Ntini	10
JN Gillespie	not out	5
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	370
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Hayden), 2-44 (Langer), 3-55 (Bevan), 4-100 (Elliott), 5-149 (Waugh), 6-229 (Healy), 7-293 (Warne), 8-322 (Blewett), 9-360 (Bichel)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botha	19	1	70	2	-	-
Ntini	13	1	66	2	3	1
Taljard	25	2	104	1	-	-
Emslie	8	2	39	2	-	-
Howell	6	0	21	0	-	-
White	9	0	36	1	-	-
Strydom	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Botha	c Healy b Reiffel	0
BM White	c Healy b Bichel	0
CR Wilson	lbw b Reiffel	2
PN Kirsten	c Hayden b Bichel	2
+MV Boucher	c Healy b Gillespie	34
*PC Strydom	b Gillespie	55
SC Pope	lbw b Warne	26
IL Howell	lbw b Bichel	3
PAN Emslie	not out	11
D Taljard	lbw b Warne	0
M Ntini	b Warne	0
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	148
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Botha), 2-4 (White), 3-4 (Wilson), 4-6 (Kirsten), 5-99 (Boucher), 6-106 (Strydom), 7-114 (Howell), 8-148 (Pope), 9-148 (Taljard), 10-148 (Ntini, 40 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reiffel	7	2	22	2	-	-
Bichel	12	3	39	3	1	1
Waugh	11	5	29	0	-	-
Gillespie	7	1	44	2	-	-
Warne	3	2	1	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JN Gillespie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches when he dismissed M Ntini in the Border first innings (previous best was 6-68)
--> AJ Bichel reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed PAN Emslie, his 1st wicket in the Border first innings

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