Gillette Cup (South Africa), 1972/73
Northern Transvaal v Rhodesia
Berea Park, Pretoria
21 October 1972 (60-over match)

Result: Northern Transvaal won on faster scoring rate

Toss: Rhodesia
Umpires: GS Hawkins and WA Stander

Rhodesia innings (60 overs maximum)
BD Barbour                               b Koster                6
MM Benkenstein                           b Steytler             49
SD Robertson          run out                                   49
PR Carlstein          c Jordaan          b Falkson              44
*MJ Procter           c Burrow           b Jones                23
BF Davison            c Dey              b Jones                 5
JH du Preez           run out                                   20
+HAB Gardiner         lbw                b Jones                10
PB Clift              c Nel              b Cilliers             10
RH Kaschula           c Nel              b Falkson               1
RD Jackman            not out                                    2
Extras                (b 2, lb 10, nb 4)                        16
Total                 (all out, 59.2 overs)                    235

FoW: 1-9 (Barbour), 2-107, 3-113, 4-158 (Procter),
     5-172 (Davison), 6-196 (Carlstein), 7-210 (du Preez),
     8-227, 9-228, 10-235 (Kaschula, 59.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jones                       12      2     29      3
Koster                      12      0     43      1
Cilliers                     8      0     32      1
Steytler                    12      2     49      1
Heyns                        8      0     31      0
Falkson                      7.2    1     35      2

Northern Transvaal innings (target: 236 runs from 60 overs)
VS Nel                c Kaschula         b Jackman             48
K Burrow              c Robertson        b Clift               24
AH Jordaan            not out                                  10
+DT Lindsay           not out                                   7
Extras                (lb 1, nb 4)                              5
Total                 (2 wickets, 32 overs)                    94

DNB: CI Dey, WG Heyns, *RJ Falkson, L Koster, A Cilliers,
     AA Jones, WB Steytler.

FoW: 1-58 (Nel), 2-81 (Burrow).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Procter                      6      2     35      0
Jackman                      4      1     19      1
Kaschula                    12      8      5      0
du Preez                     5      0     19      0
Clift                        5      0     11      1

• Northern Transvaal were awarded the match due to a better run per wicket average, the method for deciding rain-affected matches during the 1972/3 season. They averaged 47 runs per wicket, while after 32 overs Rhodesia had scored 125 for three, an average of 41.66.

• For Northern Transvaal, Nel hit 48 off 33 balls, including 10 fours.

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Ground Page: Berea Park, Pretoria

Rhodesia Player Pages: BD Barbour, MM Benkenstein, SD Robertson, PR Carlstein, MJ Procter, BF Davison, JH du Preez, HAB Gardiner, PB Clift, RH Kaschula, RD Jackman.

Northern Transvaal Player Pages: VS Nel, K Burrow, AH Jordaan, DT Lindsay, CI Dey, WG Heyns, RJ Falkson, L Koster, A Cilliers, AA Jones, WB Steytler.

Match Officials' Pages: GS Hawkins, WA Stander.