Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Doug Watson	c †Healy b Gillespie	0	20	39	0	0	0.00
Mark Bruyns	c †Healy b Bevan	105	198	265	20	0	53.03
Errol Stewart	b Gillespie	10	13	17	2	0	76.92
Derek Crookes	b SR Waugh	6	12	22	1	0	50.00
Jonty Rhodes	c SR Waugh b McGrath	20	24	30	4	0	83.33
Dale Benkenstein (c)	b Bevan	103	130	137	13	4	79.23
Neil Johnson	c Gillespie b Bevan	18	42	58	3	0	42.85
Keith Forde †	c Bevan b McGrath	29	47	58	6	0	61.70
Pat Symcox	not out	20	25	43	3	0	80.00
Gary Gilder	b Gillespie	4	5	8	0	0	80.00
Tertius Bosch	c †Healy b Gillespie	4	14	19	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 7, lb 1, nb 7, w 1)	16
Total	87 Ov (RR: 3.85)	335
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Doug Watson), 2-38 (Errol Stewart), 3-45 (Derek Crookes), 4-83 (Jonty Rhodes), 5-238 (Dale Benkenstein), 6-257 (Mark Bruyns), 7-296 (Neil Johnson), 8-314 (Keith Forde), 9-323 (Gary Gilder), 10-335 (Tertius Bosch, 86.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	24	7	79	2	3.29	-	-	-	0	5
Paul Reiffel	3	1	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0	0
Jason Gillespie	16	2	71	4	4.43	-	-	-	1	0
Steve Waugh	6	1	27	1	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Shane Warne	20	5	89	0	4.45	-	-	-	0	2
Michael Bevan	18	3	56	3	3.11	-	-	-	0	0

Australians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	c Stewart b Symcox	28	55	92	4	0	50.90
Mark Taylor (c)	c & b Symcox	20	61	81	3	0	32.78
Matthew Elliott	c Rhodes b Johnson	38	65	65	3	2	58.46
Mark Waugh	c Stewart b Benkenstein	124	152	192	14	4	81.57
Steve Waugh	c Johnson b Symcox	22	63	85	3	0	34.92
Michael Bevan	c Benkenstein b Symcox	52	62	74	7	1	83.87
Ian Healy †	c †Forde b Gilder	10	31	35	1	0	32.25
Shane Warne	c Symcox b Johnson	44	33	53	5	3	133.33
Jason Gillespie	c †Forde b Gilder	3	28	44	0	0	10.71
Glenn McGrath	not out	1	3	6	0	0	33.33
Paul Reiffel	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 12, nb 9, w 1)	28
Total	90 Ov (RR: 4.11)	370
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Mark Taylor), 2-70 (Matthew Hayden), 3-146 (Matthew Elliott), 4-217 (Steve Waugh), 5-291 (Mark Waugh), 6-313 (Michael Bevan), 7-323 (Ian Healy), 8-369 (Shane Warne), 9-370 (Jason Gillespie, 89.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tertius Bosch	15	2	66	0	4.40	-	-	-	1	0
Gary Gilder	17	6	34	2	2.00	-	-	-	0	6
Pat Symcox	27	2	117	4	4.33	-	-	-	0	0
Derek Crookes	12	2	59	0	4.91	-	-	-	0	0
Neil Johnson	9	0	48	2	5.33	-	-	-	0	5
Dale Benkenstein	10	1	28	1	2.80	-	-	-	0	1

Natal 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Doug Watson	st †Healy b Warne	9	81	96	1	0	11.11
Mark Bruyns	c †Healy b Warne	20	52	65	3	0	38.46
Errol Stewart	not out	49	99	141	5	1	49.49
Derek Crookes	c Warne b Gillespie	5	17	28	0	0	29.41
Neil Johnson	c Elliott b Gillespie	0	10	12	0	0	0.00
Dale Benkenstein (c)	c sub (AJ Bichel) b Bevan	8	25	30	1	0	32.00
Keith Forde †	c †Healy b Bevan	4	5	3	1	0	80.00
Pat Symcox	lbw b Bevan	6	6	7	1	0	100.00
Gary Gilder	c ME Waugh b Bevan	4	11	16	1	0	36.36
Tertius Bosch	b McGrath	1	10	8	0	0	10.00
Jonty Rhodes	absent ill	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	6
Total	52.2 Ov (RR: 2.14)	112
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Mark Bruyns), 2-36 (Doug Watson), 3-55 (Derek Crookes), 4-65 (Neil Johnson), 5-80 (Dale Benkenstein), 6-84 (Keith Forde), 7-90 (Pat Symcox), 8-109 (Gary Gilder), 9-112 (Tertius Bosch)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	18.2	8	33	1	1.80	-	-	-	1
Jason Gillespie	10	6	14	2	1.40	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	13	6	25	2	1.92	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0
Michael Bevan	10	1	35	4	3.50	-	-	-	0

Australians 2nd Innings (T: 78 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c Johnson b Symcox	1	4	6	0	0	25.00
Matthew Hayden	c Bruyns b Gilder	4	23	30	0	0	17.39
Ian Healy †	not out	41	45	69	3	1	91.11
Matthew Elliott	not out	35	45	35	3	1	77.77
Extras		0
Total	19.3 Ov (RR: 4.15)	81/2
Did not bat: Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan, Mark Waugh, Shane Warne, Paul Reiffel, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mark Taylor), 2-9 (Matthew Hayden)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Gary Gilder	4	0	9	1	2.25	-	-	-
Pat Symcox	9	1	34	1	3.77	-	-	-
Derek Crookes	6	0	32	0	5.33	-	-	-
Doug Watson	0.3	0	6	0	12.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 20 Feb - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 23/0 (Matthew Hayden 9*, Mark Taylor 2*, 7 ov)

Fri, 21 Feb - day 2 - KZ-Natal 2nd innings 21/0 (Doug Watson 7*, Mark Bruyns 13*)

Sat, 22 Feb - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 81/2 (19.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kingsmead, Durban
Toss	Natal, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of South Africa
Season	1996/97
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	David Orchard Rudi Koertzen Wilf Diedricks