BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tumelo Bodibe	c †Adair b Williams	7	15	17	1	0	46.66

Ruan du Plessis	b Birch	0	6	14	0	0	0.00

Rushdi Jappie	c Price b Williams	46	107	165	7	0	42.99

Jaco Booysen	c Jeggels b Williams	8	13	18	2	0	61.53

Mangaliso Mosehle †	c Williams b Viret	11	28	49	1	0	39.28

Johan Fourie	c Price b Williams	24	47	59	5	0	51.06

Sean O'Connor (c)	c Jeggels b Williams	14	23	24	3	0	60.86

Hardus Viljoen	not out	19	24	39	3	0	79.16
Imran Tahir	c Jeggels b Birch	1	6	7	0	0	16.66

Malusi Dlamini	b Williams	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Brian Mathebula	c †Adair b Williams	1	12	16	0	0	8.33

Extras	(lb 2, nb 10, w 2)	14
TOTAL	45.3 Ov (RR: 3.18, 210 Mins)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Ruan du Plessis, 2.5 ov), 2-9 (Tumelo Bodibe, 3.2 ov), 3-23 (Jaco Booysen, 7.2 ov), 4-50 (Mangaliso Mosehle, 18.2 ov), 5-95 (Johan Fourie, 31.4 ov), 6-116 (Sean O'Connor, 37.3 ov), 7-122 (Rushdi Jappie, 39.1 ov), 8-128 (Imran Tahir, 40.5 ov), 9-133 (Malusi Dlamini, 41.6 ov), 10-145 (Brian Mathebula, 45.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	15	2	39	2	2.60	73	4	0	0	6
2.5 to RA du Plessis, balll keeps low and comes off the paqds and deflects into the stumps. 8/1 40.5 to Imran Tahir, a nother bouncer, fended away, loops to behind 2nd slip where Jeggels takes back pedalling. 128/8
Reece Williams	15.3	0	60	7	3.87	72	11	0	1	3
3.2 to TM Bodibe, chases outside off, nicks. 9/2 7.2 to J Booysen, edges to 1st slip where Jeggels pouches it. 23/3 31.4 to JC Fourie, miscues a a big hit to the off, ball skies to mid wicket. Price runs round from mid off to take the ball coming down over his shoulder. Great Catch. 95/5 37.3 to SP O'Connor, driven, edges, ball loops to 3rd man. 116/6 39.1 to R Jappie, goes on a hook, totally mistimed, ball goes straight up, Price at mid on moves in and takes that one easily. 122/7 41.6 to M Dlamini, beaten on off, the stumps cartwhels. 133/9 45.3 to BM Mathebula, tries to pull, a big thick top edge, Adair runs from behind the stumps to a backward leg position before gloving the ball. 145/10
Warren Bell	6	2	14	0	2.33	32	3	0	1	0
Brandon Viret	7	1	22	1	3.14	33	3	0	0	1
18.2 to M Mosehle, slower, spoons to mid off, a soft dismissal. 50/4
Simon Harmer	2	0	8	0	4.00	7	1	0	0	0

Eastern Province 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Price	c †Mosehle b Dlamini	179	311	453	23	1	57.55

Umar Abrahams	lbw b Imran Tahir	30	56	66	5	0	53.57

Michael Smith (c)	lbw b Imran Tahir	41	50	57	6	1	82.00

Sean Adair †	c Bodibe b Imran Tahir	5	16	21	0	0	31.25

Kelly Smuts	c †Mosehle b Dlamini	95	193	264	15	0	49.22

Riaan Jeggels	c Bodibe b Fourie	5	5	9	1	0	100.00

Warren Bell	c Jappie b Fourie	7	18	27	0	0	38.88

Andrew Birch	c Viljoen b Fourie	6	7	11	1	0	85.71

Simon Harmer	not out	5	20	27	1	0	25.00
Brandon Viret	b Imran Tahir	6	12	16	0	0	50.00

Reece Williams	b Imran Tahir	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 12, w 1)	30
TOTAL	113 Ov (RR: 3.61, 481 Mins)	409
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Umar Abrahams, 16.5 ov), 2-128 (Michael Smith, 30.6 ov), 3-142 (Sean Adair, 36.1 ov), 4-368 (Kelly Smuts, 98.1 ov), 5-374 (Riaan Jeggels, 99.3 ov), 6-392 (Warren Bell, 105.5 ov), 7-392 (Michael Price, 106.2 ov), 8-398 (Andrew Birch, 107.6 ov), 9-409 (Brandon Viret, 112.4 ov), 10-409 (Reece Williams, 112.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Malusi Dlamini	11	1	52	2	4.72	45	9	0	0	1
98.1 to KR Smuts, hook, but not cleanly hit, ball goes up high, the keeper comes round to take. 368/4 106.2 to ML Price, gets an edge, keeper takes a valuable catch. 392/7
Hardus Viljoen	26	5	95	0	3.65	118	16	0	1	1
Imran Tahir	36	8	117	5	3.25	158	14	2	0	1
16.5 to U Abrahams, sweps, misses, the ball hits the pads, umpire agrees with the appeal. 65/1 30.6 to MBA Smith, misses another sweep, trapped in front. 128/2 36.1 to SR Adair, bat pad to silly point. 142/3 112.4 to VB Viret, goes on the drive with his head looking up, misses and completely misses, the ball crashes into middle stump. 409/9 112.6 to RC Williams, plays past the ball, ball continues onto the wicket.. 409/10
Brian Mathebula	22	5	78	0	3.54	101	8	0	0	9
Sean O'Connor	10	1	26	0	2.60	44	3	0	0	0
Johan Fourie	8	1	24	3	3.00	33	2	0	0	0
99.3 to RR Jeggels, drives but gets an edge, taken well at 2nd slip. 374/5 105.5 to WE Bell, cuts square, but straight to point. 392/6 107.6 to ACR Birch, cuts straight into point's hands. 398/8

Easterns 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tumelo Bodibe	c Harmer b Williams	9	33	41	2	0	27.27

Ruan du Plessis	c Jeggels b Birch	14	27	46	3	0	51.85

Rushdi Jappie	b Birch	8	12	16	2	0	66.66

Jaco Booysen	c Abrahams b Harmer	41	37	54	9	0	110.81

Mangaliso Mosehle †	c Harmer b Birch	0	4	8	0	0	0.00

Johan Fourie	not out	47	64	114	7	1	73.43
Sean O'Connor (c)	b Harmer	8	12	26	1	0	66.66

Hardus Viljoen	b Harmer	0	4	7	0	0	0.00

Imran Tahir	b Williams	21	26	24	1	2	80.76

Brian Mathebula	b Birch	0	4	9	0	0	0.00

Malusi Dlamini	b Williams	1	10	9	0	0	10.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 16)	19
TOTAL	36.5 Ov (RR: 4.56, 181 Mins)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Tumelo Bodibe, 9.3 ov), 2-30 (Ruan du Plessis, 10.1 ov), 3-39 (Rushdi Jappie, 12.5 ov), 4-47 (Mangaliso Mosehle, 14.3 ov), 5-91 (Jaco Booysen, 20.4 ov), 6-117 (Sean O'Connor, 26.3 ov), 7-121 (Hardus Viljoen, 28.1 ov), 8-151 (Imran Tahir, 32.6 ov), 9-162 (Brian Mathebula, 35.1 ov), 10-168 (Malusi Dlamini, 36.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	12	2	35	4	2.91	61	6	0	0	4
10.1 to RA du Plessis, snicked to 2nd slip. 30/2 12.5 to R Jappie, neck and crop, beaten outside off, stump is removed. 39/3 14.3 to M Mosehle, thick onto the helmet and looped to gully. 47/4 35.1 to BM Mathebula, straioght ball, goes through the gate. 162/9
Reece Williams	11.5	4	44	3	3.71	51	5	1	0	3
9.3 to TM Bodibe, OFF THE BAT ONTO THE PADS, AND THEN LOOPS TO GULLY. 26/1 32.6 to Imran Tahir, opens himself to cut, misses, ball crashes into the woodwork. 151/8 36.5 to M Dlamini, removes off stump. 168/10
Brandon Viret	5	0	40	0	8.00	26	7	0	0	5
Warren Bell	2	0	20	0	10.00	7	5	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	6	0	26	3	4.33	27	2	2	0	0
20.4 to J Booysen, hoiked to long on. 91/5 26.3 to SP O'Connor, double steps and misses the ball which then spins into off stump. 117/6 28.1 to GC Viljoen, takes on the bowler by advancing, misses, leg bail falls. 121/7

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Thu, 04 Feb - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 196/3 (Michael Price 82*, Kelly Smuts 22*, 51 ov)

Fri, 05 Feb - day 2 - Easterns 2nd innings 168 (36.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Easterns 1st Innings - 50 runs in 14.5 overs (69 mins, 93 balls, 7x4,0x6)
Easterns 1st Innings - 100 runs in 33.2overs (154 mins, 210 balls, 16x4,0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 50 runs in 9.5 overs (42 mins, 59 balls, 9x4,0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 1st wicket partnership 50 runs from 59 balls in 42 mins (ML Price 26, U Abrahams 25, Extras 0, 9x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 100 runs in 25.2 overs (103 mins, 160 balls, 15x4,0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 2nd wicket partnership 50 runs from 73 balls in 47 mins (ML Price 14, MBA Smith 29, Extras 7, 10x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - ML Price 50 runs off 95 balls in 139 mins (9x4, 2x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 150 runs in 39.5 overs (164 mins, 248 balls, 21x4,1x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 4th wicket partnership 50 runs from 78 balls in 46 mins (ML Price 21, KR Smuts 22, Extras 7, 8x4, 0x6)

Day 2

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 200 runs in 52.2 overs (210 mins, 324 balls, 30x4,1x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - ML Price: 100 runs off 167 balls in 112 mins (17x4, 1x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 4th wicket partnership 100 runs from 167 balls in 112 mins (ML Price 50, KR Smuts 45, Extras 6, 16x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 250 runs in 65.6 overs (268 mins, 407 balls, 37x4,2x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - KR Smuts: 50 runs off 111 balls in 145 mins (9x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 4th wicket partnership 150 runs from 247 balls in 167 mins (ML Price 71, KR Smuts 73, Extras 6, 22x4, 1x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 300 runs in 80.1 overs (325 mins, 492 balls, 43x4,2x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - After 85 overs - 321/3
Eastern Province 1st Innings - New ball taken 86th over - 321/3
Eastern Province 1st Innings - ML Price: 150 runs off 257 balls in 374 mins (22x4, 1x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 4th wicket partnership 200 runs from 335 balls in 229 mins (ML Price 100, KR Smuts 86, Extras 14, 27x4, 1x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 350 runs in 93.3 overs (386 mins, 574 balls, 47x4,2x6)
Eastern Province 1st Innings - 400 runs in 109.1 overs (467 mins, 668 balls, 51x4,2x6)
Easterns 2nd Innings - 50 runs in 15.1 overs (72 mins, 98 balls, 11x4,0x6)
Easterns 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 21.5 overs (110 mins, 138 balls, 21x4,0x6)
Easterns 2nd Innings - 150 runs in 32.5 overs (161 mins, 208 balls, 24x4,2x6)

MATCH DETAILS

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Eastern Province, elected to field first
Series	CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge
Season	2009/10
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.20-15.40, Close 18.00
Match days	4,5 February 2010 - day (3-day match)
FC debut	Malusi Dlamini
Umpires	Clifford Isaacs Jurgen Hanekom
Reserve Umpire	Bernard Harrison
Points	Eastern Province 19.42, Easterns 2.9

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E. Province Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
ML Price	caught	179	311
U Abrahams	lbw	30	56
MBA Smith	lbw	41	50
SR Adair	caught	5	16
KR Smuts	caught	95	193
RR Jeggels	caught	5	5
WE Bell	caught	7	18
ACR Birch	caught	6	7
SR Harmer	not out	5	20
VB Viret	bowled	6	12
RC Williams	bowled	0	2
Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 12, w 1)
Total	409(10 wkts; 113 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Dlamini	11	1	52	2	4.72 (1 nb)
GC Viljoen	26	5	95	0	3.65 (1 nb)
Imran Tahir	36	8	117	5	3.25 (1 nb)
BM Mathebula	22	5	78	0	3.54 (9 nb)
SP O'Connor	10	1	26	0	2.6
JC Fourie	8	1	24	3	3

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	65	Umar Abrahams	Michael Price
2nd	63	Michael Price	Michael Smith
3rd	14	Michael Price	Sean Adair
4th	226	Michael Price	Kelly Smuts
5th	6	Michael Price	Riaan Jeggels
6th	18	Michael Price	Warren Bell
7th	0	Michael Price	Andrew Birch
8th	6	Andrew Birch	Simon Harmer
9th	11	Brandon Viret	Simon Harmer
10th	0	Reece Williams	Simon Harmer

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CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
EPR	13	8	1	4	190.7
GTG	13	6	1	5	167.89
NTHNS	13	5	2	6	161.32
EASTN	13	5	2	6	150.16
WPR	13	5	5	3	146.3
SWD	13	4	5	4	131.82
GriqW	13	3	2	8	128.66
NWEST	13	2	1	10	121.8
FS	13	2	3	7	117.52
KZN	13	3	3	7	113.88
BOL	13	2	5	5	103.8
NAM	13	1	6	6	96.92
BOR	13	1	7	4	94.89
KZNIN	13	0	4	7	75.26

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