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f41869	Free State v Natal
	Castle Cup 1995/96
Venue	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein on 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th December 1995 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Free State won by 8 wickets
Points	Free State 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Natal 1 (Batting 1)
Umpires	SA Bucknor, CJ Mitchley
Close of play day 1	Free State (1) 362/2 (Liebenberg 170, Wilkinson 17; 104 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal (1) 137/6 (Johnson 59, Klusener 14; 50 overs)
Close of play day 3	Natal (2) 228/4 (Stewart 109, Rhodes 0; 90 overs)
Man of the Match	GFJ Liebenberg

Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Jordaan	b Crookes	36
GFJ Liebenberg	c and b Crookes	229
*WJ Cronje	c Veenstra b Klusener	116
LJ Wilkinson	c Marshall b Symcox	61
HH Dippenaar	c Bruyns b Crookes	14
JF Venter	b Crookes	24
FD Stephenson	c Bruyns b Crookes	0
N Boje	not out	17
+PJL Radley	did not bat
HC Bakkes	did not bat
NW Pretorius	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 13 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	35
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 153.1 overs)	532
Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Jordaan), 2-298 (Cronje), 3-432 (Wilkinson), 4-464 (Dippenaar), 5-493 (Liebenberg), 6-493 (Stephenson), 7-532 (Venter, 153.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	28	10	72	0	-	-
Veenstra	25	4	87	0	-	-
Klusener	20	3	65	1	-	-
Johnson	17	4	58	0	-	-
Symcox	35	5	107	1	-	-
Crookes	28.1	1	119	5	-	-

Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	b Pretorius	36
PJR Steyn	c Radley b Venter	18
ELR Stewart	lbw b Pretorius	0
+ML Bruyns	lbw b Venter	1
NC Johnson	not out	75
JN Rhodes	c Bakkes b Stephenson	6
DN Crookes	c Wilkinson b Boje	1
L Klusener	c Venter b Bakkes	15
*MD Marshall	c Wilkinson b Bakkes	7
PL Symcox	b Pretorius	1
RE Veenstra	b Pretorius	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Hudson), 2-45 (Stewart), 3-50 (Bruyns), 4-61 (Steyn), 5-83 (Rhodes), 6-96 (Crookes), 7-152 (Klusener), 8-164 (Marshall), 9-167 (Symcox), 10-167 (Veenstra, 67.1 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	12	1	43	1	-	-
Bakkes	11	7	13	2	-	-
Boje	18	8	46	1	-	-
Pretorius	14.1	4	28	4	-	-
Venter	10	3	25	2	-	-
Cronje	2	0	7	0	-	-

Natal second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Hudson	lbw b Pretorius	0
PJR Steyn	c Cronje b Boje	31
ELR Stewart	c Cronje b Venter	131
+ML Bruyns	lbw b Boje	46
NC Johnson	c Radley b Venter	28
JN Rhodes	c Radley b Pretorius	0
DN Crookes	lbw b Boje	63
L Klusener	b Venter	0
*MD Marshall	not out	99
PL Symcox	lbw b Boje	8
RE Veenstra	b Venter	45
Extras	(10 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 162.5 overs)	474
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Hudson), 2-54 (Steyn), 3-146 (Bruyns), 4-213 (Johnson), 5-239 (Rhodes), 6-276 (Stewart), 7-276 (Klusener), 8-378 (Crookes), 9-400 (Symcox), 10-474 (Veenstra, 162.5 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pretorius	37	8	140	2	-	-
Bakkes	20	7	56	0	-	-
Boje	61	12	128	4	-	-
Venter	21.5	6	52	4	-	-
Cronje	12	2	34	0	-	-
Stephenson	11	1	43	0	-	-

Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Jordaan	c and b Crookes	24
GFJ Liebenberg	c and b Symcox	32
*WJ Cronje	not out	30
LJ Wilkinson	not out	22
HH Dippenaar	did not bat
JF Venter	did not bat
FD Stephenson	did not bat
N Boje	did not bat
+PJL Radley	did not bat
HC Bakkes	did not bat
NW Pretorius	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 25 overs)	113
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Jordaan), 2-67 (Liebenberg)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	4	0	10	0	-	-
Veenstra	2	0	12	0	-	-
Crookes	7	1	29	1	-	-
Symcox	8	0	40	1	-	-
Klusener	3	0	10	0	-	-
Rhodes	1	0	7	0	-	-

Notes
--> GFJ Liebenberg (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 168
--> GFJ Liebenberg (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 162
--> WJ Cronje (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 44
--> NC Johnson (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 22
--> JF Venter reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed NC Johnson, his 1st wicket in the Natal second innings