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Test no. 1312

England in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v England

1995/96 season

Played at Centurion Park on 16,17,18,19,20 November 1995 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Atherton	c Donald b Pollock	78	339	260	10	0	30.00
	AJ Stewart	c Matthews b Schultz	6	35	22	1	0	27.27
	MR Ramprakash	c Richardson b Donald	9	30	19	0	0	47.36
	GP Thorpe	c Richardson b Pollock	13	48	29	2	0	44.82
	GA Hick	lbw b Pollock	141	403	277	25	0	50.90
	RA Smith	b McMillan	43	122	81	6	1	53.08
	RC Russell	not out	50	153	119	10	0	42.01
	DG Cork	c Matthews b McMillan	13	34	24	3	0	54.16
	D Gough	b McMillan	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
	RK Illingworth	b Donald	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
	ARC Fraser	not out	4	35	20	1	0	20.00
	Extras	(lb 16, w 1, nb 7)	24

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 143 overs)	381	(2.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-14 (Stewart), 2-36 (Ramprakash), 3-64 (Thorpe), 4-206 (Atherton), 5-290 (Smith), 6-320 (Hick), 7-350 (Cork), 8-358 (Gough), 9-359 (Illingworth)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AA Donald	33	10	92	2	2.78	(1w)
BN Schultz	16	5	47	1	2.93
CR Matthews	30	13	63	0	2.10
SM Pollock	29	7	98	3	3.37	(5nb)
BM McMillan	25	10	50	3	2.00	(2nb)
WJ Cronje	8	5	14	0	1.75
G Kirsten	2	1	1	0	0.50


	South Africa team

AC Hudson, G Kirsten,

WJ Cronje, DJ Cullinan, JN Rhodes, BM McMillan,

DJ Richardson, SM Pollock, CR Matthews, AA Donald, BN Schultz

Toss South Africa, who chose to field first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debut SM Pollock (South Africa)
Player of the match GA Hick (England)

Umpires CJ Mitchley and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire DL Orchard
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Close of play
16 Nov day 1 - England 1st innings 221/4 (GA Hick 105*, RA Smith 1*)
17 Nov day 2 - England 1st innings 381/9 (RC Russell 50*, ARC Fraser 4*, 143 ov)
18 Nov day 3 - no play
19 Nov day 4 - no play
20 Nov day 5 - no play

Match notes

Day 1
Hick 100 170b 125 min 20x4
Bad light stopped the play, remaining overs (5.3) will be bowled on Day 2 in addition to the scheduled 90 overs.

Day 2
Tea delayed (9 wickets down), then taken as play suspended for bad light
No play after tea (rain).

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