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f41784 t1312	South Africa v England
	England in South Africa 1995/96 (1st Test)
Venue	Centurion Park on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th November 1995 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CJ Mitchley, S Venkataraghavan
Third umpire	DL Orchard
Referee	CH Lloyd
Close of play day 1	England (1) 221/4 (Hick 105, Smith 1)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 381/9 (Russell 50, Fraser 4)
Close of play day 3	No play
Close of play day 4	No play
Man of the Match	GA Hick

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Atherton	c Donald b Pollock	78	260	339	10	-
AJ Stewart	c Matthews b Schultz	6	22	35	1	-
MR Ramprakash	c Richardson b Donald	9	19	30	-	-
GP Thorpe	c Richardson b Pollock	13	29	48	2	-
GA Hick	lbw b Pollock	141	277	403	25	-
RA Smith	b McMillan	43	81	122	6	1
+RC Russell	not out	50	119	153	10	-
DG Cork	c Matthews b McMillan	13	24	34	3	-
D Gough	b McMillan	0	9	12	-	-
RK Illingworth	b Donald	0	5	4	-	-
ARC Fraser	not out	4	20	35	1	-
Extras	(16 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 143 overs)	381
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Stewart), 2-36 (Ramprakash), 3-64 (Thorpe), 4-206 (Atherton), 5-290 (Smith), 6-320 (Hick), 7-350 (Cork), 8-358 (Gough), 9-359 (Illingworth)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	33	10	92	2	1	-
Schultz	16	5	47	1	-	-
Matthews	30	13	63	0	-	-
Pollock	29	7	98	3	-	5
McMillan	25	10	50	3	-	2
Cronje	8	5	14	0	-	-
Kirsten	2	1	1	0	-	-

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	did not bat
G Kirsten	did not bat
*WJ Cronje	did not bat
DJ Cullinan	did not bat
JN Rhodes	did not bat
BM McMillan	did not bat
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
SM Pollock	did not bat
CR Matthews	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
BN Schultz	did not bat

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GA Hick (1) 100 in 170 balls, 125 minutes with 20 fours
--> RA Smith (1) passed 4000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 18
--> RC Russell (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 46
--> SM Pollock made his debut in Test Matches
--> BN Schultz reached 150 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed AJ Stewart, his 1st wicket in the England first innings

Bad light stopped the play, remaining overs (5.3) will be bowled on Day 2 in addition to the scheduled 90 overs.
Tea delayed (9 wickets down), then taken as play suspended for bad light
No play after tea (rain).