Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton (c)	c Wilkinson b Pretorius	0	9	-	-	-	0.00
Alec Stewart †	lbw b Boje	110	182	-	-	-	60.43
Mark Ramprakash	b Craven	15	58	-	-	-	25.86
Graham Thorpe	not out	131	262	-	-	-	50.00
Robin Smith	c †Radley b Bakkes	27	41	-	-	-	65.85
John Crawley	not out	28	45	-	-	-	62.22
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1, w 2)	5
Total	97.5 Ov (RR: 3.22)	316/4d
Did not bat: Dominic Cork, Mark Ilott, Richard Illingworth, Peter Martin, Devon Malcolm
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Mike Atherton), 2-45 (Mark Ramprakash), 3-186 (Alec Stewart), 4-240 (Robin Smith)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nico Pretorius	17	3	79	1	4.64	-	-	-	0	0
Herman Bakkes	16	3	42	1	2.62	-	-	-	0	0
Nicky Boje	34.5	14	91	1	2.61	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Craven	15	5	51	1	3.40	-	-	-	2	1
Hansie Cronje	6	0	31	0	5.16	-	-	-	0	0
Kosie Venter	9	1	20	0	2.22	-	-	-	0	0

Free State 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Deon Jordaan	c †Stewart b Malcolm	52	-	-	-	-	-
Gerhardus Liebenberg	c Crawley b Martin	30	-	-	-	-	-
Hansie Cronje (c)	b Cork	30	-	-	-	-	-
Louis Wilkinson	c †Stewart b Ilott	19	-	-	-	-	-
Kosie Venter	lbw b Cork	4	-	-	-	-	-
Boeta Dippenaar	c †Stewart b Illingworth	46	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Craven	c Crawley b Martin	5	-	-	-	-	-
Nicky Boje	lbw b Illingworth	45	-	-	-	-	-
Herman Bakkes	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Philip Radley †	lbw b Illingworth	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 7, nb 3, w 1)	11
Total	72 Ov (RR: 3.40)	245/9d
Did not bat: Nico Pretorius
Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Gerhardus Liebenberg), 2-112 (Deon Jordaan), 3-122 (Hansie Cronje), 4-129 (Kosie Venter), 5-159 (Louis Wilkinson), 6-176 (Chris Craven), 7-232 (Boeta Dippenaar), 8-245 (Nicky Boje), 9-245 (Philip Radley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Devon Malcolm	15	2	59	1	3.93	-	-	-	1	0
Mark Ilott	10	1	37	1	3.70	-	-	-	0	0
Dominic Cork	13	2	40	2	3.07	-	-	-	0	3
Richard Illingworth	19	6	50	3	2.63	-	-	-	0	0
Peter Martin	12	3	45	2	3.75	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Ramprakash	3	1	7	0	2.33	-	-	-	0	0

England XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton (c)	c Cronje b Craven	13	-	-	-	-	-
John Crawley	c †Radley b Craven	90	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Ramprakash	lbw b Pretorius	42	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Smith	b Pretorius	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dominic Cork	not out	67	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Illingworth	retired hurt	5	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Martin	not out	13	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 3, w 1)	9
Total	85 Ov (RR: 2.81)	239/4d
Did not bat: Alec Stewart †, Graham Thorpe, Mark Ilott, Devon Malcolm
Fall of wickets: 2-134 (Mark Ramprakash), 3-144 (Robin Smith), 4-163 (Mike Atherton), 4-181* (Richard Illingworth, retired not out)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nico Pretorius	26	3	75	2	2.88	-	-	-	0	2
Herman Bakkes	21	5	50	0	2.38	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Craven	13	5	25	2	1.92	-	-	-	1	1
Hansie Cronje	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	0
Nicky Boje	11	3	43	0	3.90	-	-	-	0	0
Kosie Venter	11	3	22	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Deon Jordaan	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0

Free State 2nd Innings (T: 311 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gerhardus Liebenberg	lbw b Malcolm	18	-	-	-	-	-
Deon Jordaan	lbw b Ilott	3	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Craven	not out	60	-	-	-	-	-
Louis Wilkinson	lbw b Ramprakash	23	-	-	-	-	-
Kosie Venter	not out	2	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	39 Ov (RR: 2.82)	110/3
Did not bat: Hansie Cronje (c), Boeta Dippenaar, Nicky Boje, Herman Bakkes, Philip Radley †, Nico Pretorius
Fall of wickets: 2-29 (Deon Jordaan), 3-106 (Louis Wilkinson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Devon Malcolm	9	1	32	1	3.55	-	-	-
Mark Ilott	7	3	12	1	1.71	-	-	-
Dominic Cork	7	2	21	0	3.00	-	-	-
Richard Illingworth	7	2	7	0	1.00	-	-	-
Peter Martin	6	0	29	0	4.83	-	-	-
Mark Ramprakash	3	1	7	1	2.33	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 23 Nov - day 1 - Free State 1st innings 36/0 (Deon Jordaan 20*, Gerhardus Liebenberg 12*)

Fri, 24 Nov - day 2 - unknown

Sat, 25 Nov - day 3 - Free State 2nd innings 110/3 (39 ov) - end of match

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Match Details

Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
Toss	England XI, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	1995/96
Match days	(3-day match)
Umpires	Barry Lambson Cyril Mitchley