BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Douglas Hewitt †	c †Charles b Magala	25	74	102	4	0	33.78

Francois le Clus (c)	c †Charles b Ackermann	44	84	126	5	0	52.38
Pieter Malan	c Bell b Magala	1	9	7	0	0	11.11

Christiaan Schoeman	c †Charles b Nqweni	9	13	19	1	0	69.23
Lepono Ndhlovu	not out	72	132	207	8	0	54.54
Shaun von Berg	c Dolley b Williams	11	34	38	1	0	32.35

Shershan Naidoo	c †Charles b Dolley	2	27	31	0	0	7.40

Mario Olivier	c †Charles b Dolley	1	15	18	0	0	6.66

Tumi Masekela	b Dolley	22	71	72	2	0	30.98

Lucas Manzini	run out (Adair/†Charles)	21	30	32	4	0	70.00

Ethy Mbhalati	b Ackermann	1	9	7	0	0	11.11

Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 7, w 1)	17
TOTAL	81.5 Ov (RR: 2.76, 333 Mins)	226
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Douglas Hewitt, 23.3 ov), 2-74 (Pieter Malan, 25.1 ov), 3-86 (Francois le Clus, 28.5 ov), 4-86 (Christiaan Schoeman, 29.1 ov), 5-108 (Shaun von Berg, 38.3 ov), 6-126 (Shershan Naidoo, 46.3 ov), 7-130 (Mario Olivier, 50.4 ov), 8-182 (Tumi Masekela, 70.6 ov), 9-222 (Lucas Manzini, 79.4 ov), 10-226 (Ethy Mbhalati, 81.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Reece Williams	14	1	42	1	3.00	61	4	0	1	0
38.3 to S von Berg, aerial drive to cover, Dolley jumps up high and hangs on to the ball well above his head. 108/5
Solo Nqweni	16	3	38	1	2.37	81	3	0	0	6
29.1 to CF Schoeman, . 86/4
Warren Bell	8	4	23	0	2.87	39	4	0	0	0
Sisanda Magala	17	2	51	2	3.00	79	7	0	0	1
23.3 to D Hewitt, drives, there's an edge and taken by the keeper. A break through at last. 72/1 25.1 to PJ Malan, square cuts but straight to point. 74/2
Brad Dolley	21	6	43	3	2.04	103	5	0	0	0
46.3 to S Naidoo, driven, a clearly detected fune edge which is taken by the 'keeper. 126/6 50.4 to MW Olivier, off the shoulder of the bat. well taken by the keeper ay shoulder height. 130/7 70.6 to LMG Masekela, a bit of a rash shot, misses and the ball knocks over the stumps. 182/8
Colin Ackermann	5.5	0	20	2	3.42	23	2	0	0	0
28.5 to JF le Clus, . 86/3 81.5 to NE Mbhalati, has a big drive, misses and middle stump gets knocked back. 226/10

Eastern Province 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Price	lbw b Mbhalati	8	7	9	2	0	114.28

Warren Bell	lbw b von Berg	65	115	158	6	2	56.52

Michael Smith (c)	c le Clus b Manzini	58	92	165	8	0	63.04

Sean Adair	b Mbhalati	24	55	75	4	0	43.63

Colin Ackermann	c le Clus b von Berg	4	19	28	1	0	21.05

James Price	c le Clus b Masekela	55	57	88	7	1	96.49

Vernal Charles †	c le Clus b Masekela	11	34	48	0	1	32.35

Sisanda Magala	lbw b Masekela	5	17	31	1	0	29.41

Brad Dolley	c †Hewitt b von Berg	1	11	13	0	0	9.09

Solo Nqweni	not out	2	13	11	0	0	15.38
Reece Williams	c le Clus b von Berg	0	1	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 1)	8
TOTAL	69.5 Ov (RR: 3.45, 319 Mins)	241
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Michael Price, 1.6 ov), 2-134 (Warren Bell, 33.4 ov), 3-136 (Michael Smith, 36.4 ov), 4-146 (Colin Ackermann, 43.4 ov), 5-172 (Sean Adair, 50.4 ov), 6-232 (Vernal Charles, 62.3 ov), 7-233 (James Price, 64.1 ov), 8-238 (Brad Dolley, 67.1 ov), 9-240 (Sisanda Magala, 68.6 ov), 10-241 (Reece Williams, 69.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mario Olivier	9	2	51	0	5.66	37	9	1	0	0
Ethy Mbhalati	11	2	37	2	3.36	51	4	1	0	0
1.6 to ML Price, comes forward and offers no shot, allowing the ball onto the pads. 9/1 50.4 to SR Adair, a huge stride forward and goes defensive, but misses. The middle stump is uprooted. 172/5
Tumi Masekela	12	0	46	3	3.83	53	6	0	0	2
62.3 to VR Charles, cuts hard, but well taken at slip. 232/6 64.1 to AJN Price, drives, only to get an edge. Well taken at 1st slip. 233/7 68.6 to SSB Magala, looks a bit hesitant as he half goes forward. Ball hits the pads trapping Magala. 240/9
Lucas Manzini	12	5	25	1	2.08	61	3	0	1	0
36.4 to MBA Smith, quite a sharp delivery, plays defensively but the ball finds the edge and goes to slip. 136/3
Shaun von Berg	23.5	7	51	4	2.13	116	3	1	0	0
33.4 to WE Bell, plays at the ball which evades the bat and hits the pads. 134/2 43.4 to CN Ackermann, has a bit of a drive. There is a noise and the umpire agrees with the appeal. 146/4 67.1 to BM Dolley, goes forward to defend, ball comes very faintly off the bat to the keeper. 238/8 69.5 to RC Williams, ball finds the edge which one again goes to the captain in the slips. 241/10
Pieter Malan	2	0	26	0	13.00	5	4	1	0	0

Northerns 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Douglas Hewitt †	c †Charles b Nqweni	4	2	1	1	0	200.00

Francois le Clus (c)	c Bell b Williams	21	49	79	3	0	42.85

Pieter Malan	c Adair b Nqweni	72	203	253	6	1	35.46

Christiaan Schoeman	c Adair b Ackermann	77	101	159	11	0	76.23

Lepono Ndhlovu	lbw b Dolley	0	11	8	0	0	0.00

Shaun von Berg	lbw b Dolley	40	35	48	7	0	114.28
Shershan Naidoo	not out	11	25	57	2	0	44.00
Mario Olivier	not out	25	19	16	4	1	131.57
Extras	(lb 3, nb 14, w 1)	18
TOTAL	72 Ov (RR: 3.72, 313 Mins)	268/6d
Did not bat: Tumi Masekela, Lucas Manzini, Ethy Mbhalati
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Douglas Hewitt, 0.2 ov), 2-50 (Francois le Clus, 18.5 ov), 3-185 (Christiaan Schoeman, 55.5 ov), 4-186 (Lepono Ndhlovu, 57.6 ov), 5-187 (Pieter Malan, 59.5 ov), 6-236 (Shaun von Berg, 68.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Solo Nqweni	20	2	64	2	3.20	97	9	0	0	8
0.2 to D Hewitt, has a go, edges to the keeper. 4/1 59.5 to PJ Malan, cuts hard and low, Adair at backward point goes onto his knees and takes the offer. 187/5
Reece Williams	12	2	50	1	4.16	54	7	1	0	3
18.5 to JF le Clus, drives hard into the covers. Bell dives to his left and takes a screamer. 50/2
Sisanda Magala	18	5	62	0	3.44	84	8	0	1	3
Brad Dolley	10	0	46	2	4.60	40	7	0	0	0
57.6 to AL Ndhlovu, a very confident appeal duly accepted by the umpire. 186/4 68.1 to S von Berg, . 236/6
Colin Ackermann	6	1	27	1	4.50	23	1	1	0	0
55.5 to CF Schoeman, another big shot, this time pretty much straight down the fielder's throat. 185/3
Warren Bell	6	2	16	0	2.66	27	2	0	0	0

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 254 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Price	b Mbhalati	4	18	28	1	0	22.22

Warren Bell	c Ndhlovu b Mbhalati	0	6	9	0	0	0.00

Michael Smith (c)	lbw b Masekela	19	37	63	3	0	51.35

Sean Adair	not out	19	84	126	2	0	22.61
Colin Ackermann	not out	24	68	81	1	0	35.29
Extras	(nb 3)	3
TOTAL	35 Ov (RR: 1.97, 155 Mins)	69/3
Did not bat: James Price, Vernal Charles †, Sisanda Magala, Brad Dolley, Solo Nqweni, Reece Williams
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Warren Bell, 1.6 ov), 2-13 (Michael Price, 5.5 ov), 3-33 (Michael Smith, 13.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mario Olivier	10	3	21	0	2.10	67	3	0	0	0
Ethy Mbhalati	6	3	13	2	2.16	31	2	0	0	1
1.6 to WE Bell, short, pulled hard to wide of square leg. Unfortunately for Bell, Ndlovu is sharply onto it. 0/1 5.5 to ML Price, goes forward to leave. The ball must have nipped back as it knocks over the sttumps. 13/2
Tumi Masekela	8	3	16	1	2.00	42	2	0	0	2
13.6 to MBA Smith, beaten outside off, ball comes back to hit the pads. 33/3
Shaun von Berg	8	3	14	0	1.75	23	0	0	0	0
Shershan Naidoo	3	0	5	0	1.66	15	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 16 Feb - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 50/1 (Warren Bell 24*, Michael Smith 17*, 10.4 ov)

Fri, 17 Feb - day 2 - Northerns 2nd innings 67/2 (Pieter Malan 25*, Christiaan Schoeman 11*, 24 ov)

Sat, 18 Feb - day 3 - E. Province 2nd innings 69/3 (35 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Northerns 1st Innings
Over 16.4 - 50 in 73 minutes from 106 balls (5x4,0x6)
1st wicket 50 partnership in 73 minutes from 106 balls, D Hewitt 15, JF le Clus 30, Extras 6 (5x4, 0x6)
Over 34.4 - 100 in 153 minutes from 216 balls (12x4,0x6)
Over 59.4 - 150 in 254 minutes from 366 balls (18x4,0x6)
AL Ndlovu 50 in 149 minutes from 93 balls (6x4, 0x6)
Over 76.2 - 200 in 313 minutes from 466 balls (23x4,0x6)
8th wicket 50 partnership in 68 minutes from 114 balls, AL Ndhlovu 28, LMG Masekela 22, Extras 1 (5x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings
Over 9.5 - 50 in 47 minutes from 60 balls (8x4,1x6)

Day 2

2nd wicket 50 partnership in 49 minutes from 63 balls, 28, WE Bell 25, MBA Smith 24, Extras 1 (7x4, 1x6)
Over 21.5 - 100 in 107 minutes from 133 balls (13x4, 2x6)
WE Bell 50 in 119 minutes from 76 balls (5x4, 2x6)
2nd wicket 100 partnership in 109 minutes from 129 balls, WE Bell 49, MBA Smith 49, Extras 3 (13x4, 2x6)
MBA Smith 50 in 118 minutes from 63 balls (8x4, 0x6)
Over 45.2 - 150 in 212 minutes from 275 balls (18x4, 2x6)
Over 58.1 - 200 in 266 minutes from 352 balls (25x4, 2x6)
AJN Price 50 in 71 minutes from 62 balls (7x4, 1x6)
6th wicket 50 partnership in 41 minutes from 62 balls, AJN Price 46, VR Charles 5, Extras 0 (7x4, 1x6)
Northerns 2nd Innings
Over 18.4 - 50 in 79 minutes from 117 balls (7x4, 0x6)

Day 3

Over 33.3 - 100 in 151 minutes from 211 balls (11x4,0x6)
3rd wicket 50 partnership in 71 minutes from 93 balls, PJ Malan 18, CF Schoeman 29, Extras 5 (6x4, 0x6)
CF Schoeman 50 in 118 minutes from 72 balls (7x4, 0x6)
PJ Malan 50 in 200 minutes from 154 balls (6x4, 0x6)
45.6 overs - 150 in 206 minutes from 287 balls (19x4,0x6)
3rd wicket 100 partnership in 124 minutes from 169 balls, PJ Malan 33, CF Schoeman 62, Extras 6 (12x4, 0x6)
62.5 overs - 200 in 271 minutes from 389 balls (23x4,1x6)
70.5 overs - 250 in 307 minutes from 439 balls (32x4,1x6)
Northerns 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over (Over no 68 bowled by SSN Nqweni, called by LJ Willemse)
Eastern Province 2nd Innings
Over 26.3 - 50 in 128 minutes from 162 balls (6x4, 0x6)
Points: Eastern Province - Batting = 2.82, Bowling = 4, Match = 0 TOTAL = 6.82. Northerns - Batting = 2.52, Bowling = 4, Match = 0 TOTAL = 6.52

MATCH DETAILS

Union Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Eastern Province, elected to field first
Series	CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge
Season	2011/12
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.20-15.40, Close 18.00
Match days	16,17,18 February 2012 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Barend Westraadt Laurance Willemse
Reserve Umpire	Bernard Harrison
Points	Northerns 6.52, Eastern Province 6.82

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E. Province Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
ML Price	bowled	4	18
WE Bell	caught	0	6
MBA Smith	lbw	19	37
SR Adair	not out	19	84
CN Ackermann	not out	24	68
Extras	(nb 3)
Total	69(3 wkts; 35 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MW Olivier	10	3	21	0	2.1
NE Mbhalati	6	3	13	2	2.16 (1 nb)
LMG Masekela	8	3	16	1	2 (2 nb)
S von Berg	8	3	14	0	1.75
S Naidoo	3	0	5	0	1.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Michael Price	Warren Bell
2nd	13	Michael Price	Michael Smith
3rd	20	Michael Smith	Sean Adair
4th	35	Sean Adair	Colin Ackermann

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CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
GriqW	13	6	1	6	151.7
GTG	13	6	2	5	144.94
SWD	13	6	2	5	144.58
EASTN	13	4	3	6	137.24
NWEST	13	5	4	3	133.08
BOR	13	4	4	5	125.14
WPR	13	3	5	5	113.66
FS	13	3	3	6	112.98
NTHNS	13	3	1	9	105
KZN	13	1	3	8	95.62
BOL	13	3	5	5	92.78
EPR	13	0	4	8	84.32
KZNIN	13	2	4	6	83.46
NAM	13	0	5	7	72.66

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