Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zwelo Ntsimbini	c Botha b Dry	33	29	38	6	0	113.79
Wesley Marshall	c du Plooy b Mdashe	35	36	61	6	0	97.22
Tumelo Bodibe	c Botha b Swanepoel	4	21	31	1	0	19.04
Wesley Coulentianos	c du Plooy b van Heerden	62	131	170	8	0	47.32
Grant Thomson (c)	lbw b van Heerden	12	17	30	2	0	70.58
Sizwe Masondo †	c †Gous b Terblanche	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Matthew Arnold	c Ntuli b Swanepoel	62	101	148	10	0	61.38
Imran Manack	c & b Swanepoel	13	16	27	2	0	81.25
Ryan Cartwright	not out	36	70	80	4	0	51.42
Clayton August	c du Plooy b van Heerden	10	19	24	1	0	52.63
Rowan Richards	lbw b Botha	28	33	52	3	0	84.84
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 2)	7
Total	79 Ov (RR: 3.83, 337 Mins)	303
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Zwelo Ntsimbini, 8.2 ov), 2-73 (Wesley Marshall, 13.1 ov), 3-73 (Tumelo Bodibe, 14.6 ov), 4-102 (Grant Thomson, 21.5 ov), 5-103 (Sizwe Masondo, 22.2 ov), 6-207 (Wesley Coulentianos, 53.4 ov), 7-228 (Matthew Arnold, 58.2 ov), 8-229 (Imran Manack, 58.5 ov), 9-246 (Clayton August, 65.4 ov), 10-303 (Rowan Richards, 78.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Corné Dry	12	1	55	1	4.58	52	9	0	0	0
8.2 to Z Ntsimbini, . 52/1
Beyers Swanepoel	13	2	60	3	4.61	55	9	0	0	0
14.6 to TM Bodibe, . 73/3 58.2 to M Arnold, . 228/7 58.5 to I Manack, . 229/8
Loyiso Mdasha	10	3	41	1	4.10	45	7	0	0	2
13.1 to WB Marshall, . 73/2
Romano Terblanche	10	1	43	1	4.30	41	6	0	0	0
22.2 to S Masondo, . 103/5
Nealan van Heerden	14	3	32	3	2.28	67	4	0	0	0
21.5 to GM Thomson, . 102/4 53.4 to W Coulentianos, . 207/6 65.4 to CJ August, . 246/9
Tshepo Ntuli	13	1	39	0	3.00	58	5	0	0	0
Patrick Botha	6	0	24	1	4.00	24	3	0	0	0
78.6 to RR Richards, . 303/10
Diego Rosier	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0	0	0

Free State 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leus du Plooy	c Thomson b Richards	31	81	118	6	0	38.27
Paballo Mogoera	lbw b Richards	8	20	27	1	0	40.00
Diego Rosier	b Arnold	52	62	95	7	0	83.87
Andries Gous †	c †Masondo b Richards	43	76	138	6	0	56.57
Patrick Botha (c)	b Manack	57	99	121	9	0	57.57
Romano Terblanche	c Coulentianos b Richards	14	21	20	1	1	66.66
Corné Dry	c & b August	17	36	51	3	0	47.22
Loyiso Mdasha	not out	27	51	74	2	0	52.94
Beyers Swanepoel	c †Masondo b Cartwright	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Tshepo Ntuli	lbw b Cartwright	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Nealan van Heerden	c †Masondo b Richards	2	11	12	0	0	18.18
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 1, w 1)	11
Total	77.3 Ov (RR: 3.40, 339 Mins)	264
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Paballo Mogoera, 6.3 ov), 2-92 (Leus du Plooy, 26.5 ov), 3-92 (Diego Rosier, 27.2 ov), 4-193 (Patrick Botha, 55.3 ov), 5-203 (Andries Gous, 58.3 ov), 6-210 (Romano Terblanche, 60.3 ov), 7-251 (Corné Dry, 72.1 ov), 8-261 (Beyers Swanepoel, 74.1 ov), 9-261 (Tshepo Ntuli, 74.4 ov), 10-264 (Nealan van Heerden, 77.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rowan Richards	17.3	3	56	5	3.20	75	6	0	0	0
6.3 to P Mogoera, . 13/1 26.5 to JL du Plooy, . 92/2 58.3 to AGS Gous, . 203/5 60.3 to RK Terblanche, . 210/6 77.3 to N van Heerden, . 264/10
Clayton August	15	4	59	1	3.93	67	10	0	1	0
72.1 to CA Dry, . 251/7
Ryan Cartwright	10	2	37	2	3.70	46	6	0	0	1
74.1 to B Swanepoel, . 261/8 74.4 to T Ntuli, . 261/9
Matthew Arnold	13	7	30	1	2.30	68	5	0	0	0
27.2 to DS Rosier, . 92/3
Grant Thomson	8	2	14	0	1.75	37	1	0	0	0
Imran Manack	14	1	59	1	4.21	56	7	1	0	0
55.3 to P Botha, . 193/4

Easterns 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zwelo Ntsimbini	c du Plooy b Swanepoel	15	29	40	3	0	51.72
Wesley Marshall	c †Gous b Dry	1	6	10	0	0	16.66
Tumelo Bodibe	b Mdashe	28	44	67	5	0	63.63
Wesley Coulentianos	b van Heerden	17	43	74	3	0	39.53
Grant Thomson (c)	c †Gous b van Heerden	34	45	70	5	0	75.55
Sizwe Masondo †	c †Gous b Swanepoel	0	7	13	0	0	0.00
Matthew Arnold	c †Gous b Terblanche	9	49	69	1	0	18.36
Imran Manack	c †Gous b du Plooy	17	32	40	3	0	53.12
Ryan Cartwright	c du Plooy b Swanepoel	6	47	60	0	0	12.76
Clayton August	c Botha b Rosier	25	51	84	4	0	49.01
Rowan Richards	not out	18	21	28	3	0	85.71
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 5, w 1)	13
Total	61.3 Ov (RR: 2.97, 282 Mins)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Wesley Marshall, 2.2 ov), 2-23 (Zwelo Ntsimbini, 9.1 ov), 3-55 (Tumelo Bodibe, 17.1 ov), 4-81 (Wesley Coulentianos, 23.5 ov), 5-88 (Sizwe Masondo, 26.3 ov), 6-98 (Grant Thomson, 31.3 ov), 7-130 (Imran Manack, 41.2 ov), 8-130 (Matthew Arnold, 42.4 ov), 9-161 (Ryan Cartwright, 54.4 ov), 10-183 (Clayton August, 61.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Corné Dry	13	5	31	1	2.38	64	4	0	0	0
2.2 to WB Marshall, . 5/1
Beyers Swanepoel	12	3	43	3	3.58	58	9	0	0	0
9.1 to Z Ntsimbini, . 23/2 26.3 to S Masondo, . 88/5 54.4 to RA Cartwright, . 161/9
Romano Terblanche	9	1	25	1	2.77	42	4	0	0	0
42.4 to M Arnold, . 130/8
Loyiso Mdasha	8	0	24	1	3.00	36	2	0	0	4
17.1 to TM Bodibe, . 55/3
Nealan van Heerden	10	1	34	2	3.40	48	6	0	1	1
23.5 to W Coulentianos, . 81/4 31.3 to GM Thomson, . 98/6
Patrick Botha	7	3	18	0	2.57	33	2	0	0	0
Leus du Plooy	1	1	0	1	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
41.2 to I Manack, . 130/7
Diego Rosier	1.3	0	1	1	0.66	8	0	0	0	0
61.3 to CJ August, . 183/10

Free State 2nd Innings (T: 223 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leus du Plooy	lbw b Manack	64	130	198	8	0	49.23
Paballo Mogoera	c sub (K Degambur) b Erasmus	21	53	78	3	0	39.62
Diego Rosier	c Manack b Arnold	61	60	106	10	0	101.66
Andries Gous †	c Erasmus b Manack	42	35	52	7	1	120.00
Patrick Botha (c)	c Cartwright b Manack	4	9	8	0	0	44.44
Romano Terblanche	c Marshall b Erasmus	19	26	38	3	0	73.07
Corné Dry	c sub (K Degambur) b Cartwright	2	5	15	0	0	40.00
Loyiso Mdasha	not out	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Beyers Swanepoel	not out	6	3	4	1	0	200.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 1)	4
Total	53.4 Ov (RR: 4.15, 255 Mins)	223/7
Did not bat: Tshepo Ntuli, Nealan van Heerden
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Paballo Mogoera, 16.2 ov), 2-146 (Diego Rosier, 39.1 ov), 3-158 (Leus du Plooy, 42.4 ov), 4-162 (Patrick Botha, 44.1 ov), 5-212 (Andries Gous, 50.4 ov), 6-217 (Romano Terblanche, 52.4 ov), 7-217 (Corné Dry, 53.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rowan Richards	7	1	22	0	3.14	30	2	0	0	0
Clayton August	10	4	25	0	2.50	51	5	0	0	0
Matthew Arnold	12	2	52	1	4.33	50	8	0	0	0
39.1 to DS Rosier, . 146/2
Ryan Cartwright	9.4	1	48	1	4.96	36	8	0	0	0
53.1 to CA Dry, . 217/7
Armand Erasmus	5	0	27	2	5.40	-	-	-	0	0
Imran Manack	10	0	46	3	4.60	38	4	1	0	1
42.4 to JL du Plooy, . 158/3 44.1 to P Botha, . 162/4 50.4 to AGS Gous, . 212/5

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Thu, 04 Jan - day 1 - Free State 1st innings 80/1 (Leus du Plooy 27*, Diego Rosier 45*, 23 ov)

Fri, 05 Jan - day 2 - Easterns 2nd innings 130/8 (Ryan Cartwright 0*, 42.4 ov)

Sat, 06 Jan - day 3 - Free State 2nd innings 223/7 (53.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

1st wicket: 52 off 49 balls in 36 mins, 9x4, 0x6 (Z Ntsimbini 33, W Marshall 19) 0 Exstras
Easterns: 52 runs, 49 balls in 36 mins, over 8.1 (9x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 101 runs, 128 balls in 99 mins, over 21.1 (19x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 150 runs, 232 balls in 170 mins, over 38.2 (25x4, 0x6)
6th wicket: 53 off 102 balls in 65 mins, 7x4, 0x6 (W Coulentainos 31, M Arnold 21) 1 Exstras
Z Coulentianos: 50 off 103 balls in 121 mins (7x4, 0x6)
M Arnold: 53 off 80 balls in 118 mins (9x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 203 runs, 315 balls in 226 mins, over 52.1 (32x4, 0x6)
6th wicket: 100 off 180 balls in 118 mins, 13x4, 0x6 (W Coulentainos 46, M Arnold 53) 1 Exstras
Easterns: 250 runs, 408 balls in 294 mins, over 67.4 (37x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 302 runs, 473 balls in 336 mins, over 78.3 (43x4, 0x6)
10th wicket: 50 off 73 balls in 49 mins, 5x4, 0x6 (R Cartwright 23, R Richard 26) 1 Exstras
Free State: 50 runs, 85 balls in 62 mins, over 14.1 (8x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket: 53 off 58 balls in 44 mins, 10x4, 0x6 (J du Plooy 16, D Rosier 37) 0 Exstras
D Rosier: 51 off 59 balls in 88 mins (7x4, 0x6)
Free State: 100 runs, 193 balls in 147 mins, over 32.1 (15x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 51 off 93 balls in 72 mins, 8x4, 0x6 (A Gous 22, P Botha 28) 1 Exstras
Free State: 153 runs, 274 balls in 207 mins, over 45.3 (24x4, 0x6)
P Botha: 50 off 86 balls in 111 mins (8x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 100 off 165 balls in 119 mins, 15x4, 0x6 (A Gous 40, P Botha 57) 3 Exstras
Free State: 200 runs, 342 balls in 251 mins, over 56.5 (30x4, 0x6)
Free State: 250 runs, 434 balls in 308 mins, over 71.6 (34x4, 1x6)
Easterns: 50 runs, 84 balls in 56 mins, over 13.6 (10x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 102 runs, 192 balls in 153 mins, over 31.4 (17x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 151 runs, 300 balls in 227 mins, over 48.6 (23x4, 0x6)
G Thomson went to the Titans replace by A Erasmus - new captain is S Masondo
G. Thomson is replace by S Masondo as captain
Free State: 50 runs, 97 balls in 75 mins, over 16.1 (9x4, 0x6)
Free State: 100 runs, 158 balls in 128 mins, over 26.2 (17x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket: 50 off 60 balls in 51 mins, 9x4, 0x6 (J du Plooy 17, D Rosier 30) 3 Exstras
L du Plooy: 50 off 88 balls in 140 mins (8x4, 0x6)
D Rosier: 52 off 48 balls in 92 mins (9x4, 0x6)
Free State: 152 runs, 251 balls in 195 mins, over 41.5 (22x4, 0x6)
Free State: 200 runs, 299 balls in 232 mins, over 49.5 (30x4, 0x6)
5th wicket: 50 off 39 balls in 27 mins, 9x4, 1x6 (A Gous 33, R Terblance 16) 1 Exstras

Match Details

Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
Toss	Easterns, elected to bat 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	04,05,06 January 2018 - day (3-day match)
EASTN Player Replacement	Substitute: Armand Erasmus in, Grant Thomson out (4th innings, 0.1 ov)
Umpires	Jack Morton Marlon Jansen
Points	Free State 23.28, Easterns 8.06

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Free State Innings

Player Name		R	B
JL du Plooy	lbw	64	130
P Mogoera	caught	21	53
DS Rosier	caught	61	60
AGS Gous	caught	42	35
P Botha	caught	4	9
RK Terblanche	caught	19	26
CA Dry	caught	2	5
LT Mdashe	not out	0	2
B Swanepoel	not out	6	3
Extras	(lb 3, nb 1)
Total	223(7 wkts; 53.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Richards	7	1	22	0	3.14
CJ August	10	4	25	0	2.5
M Arnold	12	2	52	1	4.33
RA Cartwright	9.4	1	48	1	4.96
AF Erasmus	5	0	27	2	5.4
I Manack	10	0	46	3	4.6 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	53	Paballo Mogoera	Leus du Plooy
2nd	93	Diego Rosier	Leus du Plooy
3rd	12	Andries Gous	Leus du Plooy
4th	4	Patrick Botha	Andries Gous
5th	50	Romano Terblanche	Andries Gous
6th	5	Romano Terblanche	Corné Dry
7th	0	Corné Dry	Loyiso Mdasha
8th	6	Beyers Swanepoel	Loyiso Mdasha

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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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