Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mkhululi Calana	c Moore b Bokako	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Gerhardt Abrahams	lbw b Bokako	31	49	71	4	0	63.26
Gionne Koopman (c)	c Moore b Koekemoer	34	62	109	6	0	54.83
Somila Seyibokwe	c Ferreira b Sipamla	8	16	32	1	0	50.00
Bradley Williams	not out	113	174	273	7	2	64.94
Marco Marais	not out	300	191	268	35	13	157.06
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, nb 11)	26
Total	80.2 Ov (RR: 6.37, 379 Mins)	512/4d
Did not bat: Ayabulela Gqamane, Avumile Mnci †, Clayton Bosch, Phaphama Fojela, Sithembile Langa
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mkhululi Calana, 0.1 ov), 2-56 (Gerhardt Abrahams, 13.5 ov), 3-81 (Somila Seyibokwe, 19.4 ov), 4-84 (Gionne Koopman, 20.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tladi Bokako	17	3	75	2	4.41	68	9	0	0	6
0.1 to M Calana, . 0/1 13.5 to GJ Abrahams, . 56/2
Lutho Sipamla	17	0	114	1	6.70	55	10	5	0	2
19.4 to S Seyibokwe, . 81/3
Tian Koekemoer	11	2	53	1	4.81	40	9	0	0	3
20.2 to GVJ Koopman, . 84/4
Luvuyo Adam	11.5	0	73	0	6.16	38	6	2	0	0
Lloyd Brown	7	0	54	0	7.71	20	5	3	0	0
Onke Nyaku	7	0	54	0	7.71	15	5	2	0	0
Edward Moore	5.1	0	40	0	7.74	18	5	2	0	0
Kirwin Christoffels	4	0	29	0	7.25	10	3	1	0	0
Matthew Breetzke	0.2	0	5	0	15.00	0	1	0	0	0

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Edward Moore (c)	c †Mnci b Langa	11	15	22	2	0	73.33
Kirwin Christoffels	c †Mnci b Gqamane	66	141	200	11	0	46.80
Lloyd Brown	lbw b Gqamane	9	26	42	1	0	34.61
Mathew Christensen	lbw b Langa	10	35	60	2	0	28.57
Matthew Breetzke †	c Marais b Fojela	59	105	207	8	0	56.19
Onke Nyaku	b Langa	11	47	77	1	0	23.40
Aubrey Ferreira	lbw b Seyibokwe	14	25	23	3	0	56.00
Tladi Bokako	lbw b Seyibokwe	2	5	10	0	0	40.00
Lutho Sipamla	b Fojela	0	13	11	0	0	0.00
Tian Koekemoer	retired hurt	9	30	35	1	0	30.00
Luvuyo Adam	not out	2	18	25	0	0	11.11
Extras	(lb 12, nb 7)	19
Total	75.3 Ov (RR: 2.80, 360 Mins)	212
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Edward Moore, 5.2 ov), 2-55 (Lloyd Brown, 14.3 ov), 3-74 (Mathew Christensen, 27.1 ov), 4-125 (Kirwin Christoffels, 42.1 ov), 5-166 (Onke Nyaku, 56.2 ov), 6-185 (Aubrey Ferreira, 61.5 ov), 7-193 (Tladi Bokako, 63.4 ov), 8-196 (Lutho Sipamla, 66.5 ov), 9-203 (Matthew Breetzke, 68.3 ov), 9-212* (Tian Koekemoer, retired not out)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Phaphama Fojela	17	3	45	2	2.64	82	6	0	0	2
66.5 to L Sipamla, . 196/8 68.3 to MP Breetzke, . 203/9
Sithembile Langa	18	3	81	3	4.50	84	15	0	0	4
5.2 to EM Moore, . 21/1 27.1 to MC Christensen, . 74/3 56.2 to O Nyaku, . 166/5
Clayton Bosch	12	4	30	0	2.50	55	4	0	0	1
Ayabulela Gqamane	14	5	20	2	1.42	71	2	0	0	0
14.3 to LJ Brown, . 55/2 42.1 to K Christoffels, . 125/4
Gionne Koopman	4	1	4	0	1.00	21	0	0	0	0
Somila Seyibokwe	10.3	0	20	2	1.90	50	2	0	0	0
61.5 to A Ferreira, . 185/6 63.4 to T Bokako, . 193/7

Border 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mkhululi Calana	c †Breetzke b Adam	11	26	41	2	0	42.30
Gerhardt Abrahams	c Ferreira b Nyaku	46	30	46	8	1	153.33
Gionne Koopman (c)	not out	4	6	17	1	0	66.66
Somila Seyibokwe	not out	4	8	12	1	0	50.00
Extras	(w 1)	1
Total	11.4 Ov (RR: 5.65, 59 Mins)	66/2d
Did not bat: Bradley Williams, Marco Marais, Ayabulela Gqamane, Avumile Mnci †, Clayton Bosch, Phaphama Fojela, Sithembile Langa
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Mkhululi Calana, 8.3 ov), 2-57 (Gerhardt Abrahams, 9.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tladi Bokako	4	1	17	0	4.25	17	3	0	0	0
Lutho Sipamla	3	0	27	0	9.00	10	6	0	0	0
Onke Nyaku	2.4	0	16	1	6.00	12	2	1	1	0
9.2 to GJ Abrahams, . 57/2
Luvuyo Adam	2	0	6	1	3.00	9	1	0	0	0
8.3 to M Calana, . 50/1

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Thu, 23 Nov - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 19/0 (Edward Moore 10*, Kirwin Christoffels 9*, 4 ov)

Fri, 24 Nov - day 2 - E. Province 1st innings 88/3 (Kirwin Christoffels 42*, Matthew Breetzke 9*, 32 ov)

Sat, 25 Nov - day 3 - Border 2nd innings 66/2d (11.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Border 1st innings
Border innings: 50 runs in 11.4 overs 73 balls,62 mins 6x4,0x6)
2nd wicket: 50 runs off 73 balls in 62 mins ( GJ Abrahams 31; GVJ Koopman 16: Ex 3)
Border innings: 100 runs in 22.5 overs 145 balls,123 mins 13x4,0x6)
4th wicket: 51 runs off 46 balls in 34 mins ( BC Williams 18; M Marais 33: Ex 0)
Border innings: 151 runs in 30.4 overs 192 balls,157 mins 17x4,2x6)
M Marais : 51 off 35 balls in 52 mins (7x4, 1x6)
4th wicket: 100 runs off 103 balls in 72 mins ( BC Williams 23; M Marais 76: Ex 1)
Border innings: 202 runs in 39.3 overs 246 balls,191 mins 25x4,3x6)
M Marais : 103 off 68 balls in 87 mins (16x4, 2x6)
4th wicket: 150 runs off 145 balls in 92 mins ( BC Williams 31; M Marais 118: Ex 1)
Border innings: 255 runs in 45.4 overs 284 balls,214 mins 30x4,6x6)
M Marais : 150 off 98 balls in 131 mins (20x4, 5x6)
4th wicket: 201 runs off 191 balls in 135 mins ( BC Williams 41; M Marais 158: Ex 2)
BC Williams : 50 off 98 balls in 141 mins (1x4, 1x6)
Border innings: 301 runs in 53.4 overs 332 balls,257 mins 34x4,6x6)
4th wicket: 250 runs off 237 balls in 170 mins ( BC Williams 61 ; M Marais 181: Ex 8)
Border innings: 350 runs in 62.5 overs 388 balls,317 mins 38x4,7x6)
M Marais : 203 off 139 balls in 200 mins (26x4, 7x6)
4th wicket: 300 runs off 283 balls in 204 mins ( BC Williams 82 ; M Marais 210: Ex 8)
Border innings: 403 runs in 68.5 overs 424 balls,328 mins 43x4,10x6)
4th wicket: 350 runs off 318 balls in 234 mins ( BC Williams 97 ; M Marais 245: Ex 8)
BC Williams : 100 off 160 balls in 238 mins (6x4, 1x6)
M Marais : 250 off 165 balls in 237 mins (30x4, 10x6)
Border innings: 450 runs in 74.3 overs 458 balls,352 mins 47x4,12x6)
4th wicket: 400 runs off 351 balls in 259 mins ( BC Williams 104 ; M Marais 282: Ex 11)
Keeper changed , Christensen replacing Breetzke (507/4 , 80 overs)

Day 2

Day 3

Eastern Province 1st innings: 101 runs in 37.1 overs 228 balls,174 mins 15x4,0x6)
K Christoffels : 50 off 119 balls in 175 mins (8x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 51 runs off 92 balls in 171 mins ( K Christoffels 19 ; M Breetzke 26: Ex 6)
Eastern Province 1st innings: 150 runs in 49.3 overs 304 balls,242 mins 22x4,0x6)
M Breetzke : 53 off 91 balls in 179 mins (8x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province 1st innings: 200 runs in 67.0 overs 409 balls,328 mins 28x4,0x6)
Border 2nd innings
T Koekemoer retired hurt at 212/9 (9. 75.3 overs)
Border 2nd innings: 50 runs in 8.2 overs 50 balls,40 mins 10x4,0x6)
1st wicket: 50 runs off 50 balls in 40 mins ( M Calana 11; GJ Abrahams 39: Ex 0)

Match Details

Buffalo Park, East London
Toss	Eastern Province, elected to field first
Series	Sunfoil 3-Day Cup
Season	2017/18
Hours of play (local time)	9.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 15.05-15.15, Close 17.30
Match days	23,24,25 November 2017 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Bongani Ntshebe Jurie Sadler
Points	Border 18.24, Eastern Province 9.24

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Border Innings

Player Name		R	B
M Calana	caught	11	26
GJ Abrahams	caught	46	30
GVJ Koopman	not out	4	6
S Seyibokwe	not out	4	8
Extras	(w 1)
Total	66(2 wkts; 11.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
T Bokako	4	1	17	0	4.25
L Sipamla	3	0	27	0	9
O Nyaku	2.4	0	16	1	6
L Adam	2	0	6	1	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	50	Gerhardt Abrahams	Mkhululi Calana
2nd	7	Gerhardt Abrahams	Gionne Koopman
3rd	9	Somila Seyibokwe	Gionne Koopman

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Sunfoil 3-Day Cup

Pool A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
KZN	10	6	2	2	178.9
WPR	10	5	2	3	159.22
BOR	10	3	2	5	133.54
NTHNS	10	2	3	4	122.5
NWEST	10	0	2	8	122.26
SWD	10	0	1	9	117
NCAPE	10	1	4	5	111.48

Pool B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NAM	10	5	3	2	153.68
FS	10	3	1	6	151.72
KZNIN	10	3	2	5	142.8
EASTN	10	3	3	4	142.44
EPR	10	2	3	5	124.3
BOL	10	3	5	2	121.4
GTG	10	1	4	4	94.38

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