f32276	Rhodesia v Natal
	Castle Currie Cup 1978/79
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 4th, 5th, 6th November 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Rhodesia 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Natal 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	IS Forrest, A Warner
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 213/7 (Bestall 84*, Cooper 4*)
Close of play day 2	Rhodesia (1) 20/1 (Peckover 14*, Dudleston 0*; 9 overs)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FB Hill	c Davison b Traicos	35		108	6	-
CP Wilkins	b Carse	11		18	2	-
BS Groves	b Traicos	15		58	-	-
D Bestall	c Barbour b Clift	88		240	10	-
+AJS Smith	b Traicos	5		12	-	-
DL Orchard	c Heron b Clift	10		24	1	-
MB Madsen	c Traicos b du Preez	20		52	3	-
*VAP van der Bijl	run out	18		57	2	1
KR Cooper	lbw b Clift	13		51	1	-
DK Pearse	not out	14		33	2	-
I Ebrahim	lbw b Clift	11		24	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 343 minutes, 101.5 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Wilkins), 2-59 (Groves), 3-82 (Hill), 4-92 (Smith), 5-113 (Orchard), 6-157 (Madsen), 7-198 (van der Bijl), 8-230 (Cooper), 9-231 (Bestall), 10-255 (Ebrahim, 101.5 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carse	13	4	37	1	3	-
Geach	12	1	34	0	-	3
Clift	31.5	7	69	4	-	-
Traicos	25	8	55	3	-	-
du Preez	20	8	45	1	-	-

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GE Peckover	c Bestall b Cooper	14		40	1	-
JG Heron	lbw b Cooper	5		33	-	-
B Dudleston	lbw b Cooper	6		31	1	-
BD Barbour	c Smith b van der Bijl	9		40	-	-
BF Davison	b van der Bijl	15		25	3	-
*SD Robertson	c Bestall b Pearse	10		36	-	-
PB Clift	b van der Bijl	28		68	4	-
JH du Preez	not out	75		113	14	-
AJ Traicos	lbw b van der Bijl	0		5	-	-
PWL Geach	b Madsen	4		55	-	-
JA Carse	lbw b van der Bijl	2		9	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 232 minutes, 57 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Heron), 2-20 (Peckover), 3-36 (Dudleston), 4-44 (Barbour), 5-53 (Davison), 6-74 (Robertson), 7-128 (Clift), 8-128 (Traicos), 9-177 (Geach), 10-181 (Carse, 57 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	25	8	44	5	-	5
Cooper	18	3	62	3	-	-
Pearse	6	1	31	1	1	-
Wilkins	2	0	11	0	-	-
Ebrahim	4	1	13	0	-	-
Madsen	2	0	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PWL Geach made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Bestall (1) 50 in 99 balls, 114 minutes with 6 fours
--> VAP van der Bijl (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JH du Preez (1) 50 in 63 balls, 73 minutes with 10 fours
--> JH du Preez (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71

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