BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bradley Williams	c Nyaku b Stuurman	0	9	8	0	0	0.00

Mkhululi Calana	c Breetzke b Smuts	34	62	84	5	0	54.83

Jason Niemand (c)	b Adam	37	91	122	4	0	40.65

Somila Seyibokwe	lbw b Stuurman	34	60	75	3	1	56.66

Marco Marais	c & b Kaber	20	16	40	2	1	125.00

Mncedisi Malika †	lbw b Kaber	5	14	16	0	0	35.71

Clayton Bosch	b Stuurman	13	34	51	1	0	38.23

Bongolwethu Makeleni	c †Christensen b Stuurman	1	10	12	0	0	10.00

Phaphama Fojela	c †Christensen b Kaber	7	9	18	1	0	77.77

Basheeru-Deen Walters	not out	19	21	27	2	1	90.47
Sithembile Langa	lbw b Kaber	6	11	12	1	0	54.54

Extras	(b 8, nb 9, w 1)	18
TOTAL	54.4 Ov (RR: 3.54, 235 Mins)	194
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Bradley Williams, 2.3 ov), 2-64 (Mkhululi Calana, 19.2 ov), 3-99 (Jason Niemand, 31.6 ov), 4-130 (Somila Seyibokwe, 37.3 ov), 5-138 (Marco Marais, 40.3 ov), 6-140 (Mncedisi Malika, 40.6 ov), 7-144 (Bongolwethu Makeleni, 43.5 ov), 8-163 (Phaphama Fojela, 48.2 ov), 9-181 (Clayton Bosch, 51.4 ov), 10-194 (Sithembile Langa, 54.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenton Stuurman	17	6	46	4	2.70	86	7	0	0	1
2.3 to BC Williams, edged to 2nd slip. 8/1 37.3 to S Seyibokwe, pitched up, drives, misses, the ball carries on into the pads. On appeal the finger goes up.. 130/4 43.5 to B Makeleni, drives, there is a faint touch, taken by the keeper. 144/7 51.4 to CG Bosch, drives and misses. Ball carries on into the stumps. 181/9
Tian Koekemoer	4	0	21	0	5.25	16	2	0	0	1
Kelly Smuts	8	3	15	1	1.87	41	2	0	0	0
19.2 to M Calana, slower delivery, spoons the ball to short mid off. 64/2
Solo Nqweni	5	2	10	0	2.00	28	1	0	0	4
Thomas Kaber	15.4	0	76	4	4.85	53	5	2	1	3
40.3 to M Marais, drives back hard. Sharp reaction from the bowler to get the rerurn catch. 138/5 40.6 to M Malika, goes well forward to defend. Ball evades the bat and hits the pads.. 140/6 48.2 to P Fojela, an edge, taken by the keeper. 163/8 54.4 to S Langa, goes forward, a bit tangled allowing the ball onto the pads. 194/10
Luvuyo Adam	5	1	18	1	3.60	24	2	1	0	0
31.6 to J Niemand, goes forward, the ball goes offthe toe of the bat and ricochets into th ebase of the stumps. 99/3

Eastern Province 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mathew Christensen †	c Makeleni b Bosch	25	49	69	5	0	51.02

Matthew Breetzke	c †Malika b Bosch	16	60	77	1	0	26.66

Onke Nyaku	c †Malika b Bosch	60	166	229	7	1	36.14

Lesiba Ngoepe	c †Malika b Langa	1	5	6	0	0	20.00

Kelly Smuts (c)	lbw b Makeleni	52	56	73	7	1	92.85

Thomas Kaber	b Makeleni	81	177	252	9	1	45.76

Tian Koekemoer	lbw b Makeleni	41	108	135	4	0	37.96

Solo Nqweni	c Williams b Fojela	28	84	106	1	0	33.33

Kenan Smith	b Fojela	39	61	87	4	0	63.93

Glenton Stuurman	not out	1	1	4	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 17)	27
TOTAL	125 Ov (RR: 2.96, 522 Mins)	371/9d
Did not bat: Luvuyo Adam
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Mathew Christensen, 15.6 ov), 2-47 (Matthew Breetzke, 17.3 ov), 3-49 (Lesiba Ngoepe, 18.3 ov), 4-115 (Kelly Smuts, 35.5 ov), 5-203 (Onke Nyaku, 70.2 ov), 6-287 (Thomas Kaber, 98.4 ov), 7-298 (Tian Koekemoer, 104.2 ov), 8-365 (Solo Nqweni, 124.3 ov), 9-371 (Kenan Smith, 124.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Basheeru-Deen Walters	22	7	57	0	2.59	109	9	0	0	1
Phaphama Fojela	19	4	62	2	3.26	91	7	0	0	7
124.3 to SSN Nqweni, looking to put this to cow, just can't clear mid wicket who jumps up snatcj the ball. 365/8 124.6 to KT Smith, goes forward to defend, misses, off stump goes. 371/9
Clayton Bosch	17	4	37	3	2.17	84	5	0	0	0
15.6 to MC Christensen, cuts to backward point, the fielder jumps up and snatches the ball out of the air. 41/1 17.3 to MP Breetzke, snicked to the keeper. 47/2 70.2 to O Nyaku, drives, there is a touch, the ball carries to the keeper. 203/5
Sithembile Langa	28	4	82	1	2.92	134	8	0	0	9
18.3 to LC Ngoepe, big edge to the keeper. 49/3
Bongolwethu Makeleni	31	5	84	3	2.70	137	4	2	0	0
35.5 to KR Smuts, get'd done in by that one and gets trapped in front. 115/4 98.4 to TP Kaber, driving, ball comes off the bats and onto the stumps. 287/6 104.2 to T Koekemoer, sweeping, but misses. The ball goes into the pads. 298/7
Jason Niemand	3	0	11	0	3.66	13	2	0	0	0
Somila Seyibokwe	5	0	28	0	5.60	21	3	1	0	0

Border 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bradley Williams	lbw b Stuurman	1	5	9	0	0	20.00

Mkhululi Calana	c & b Adam	35	61	83	6	0	57.37

Jason Niemand (c)	c Kaber b Koekemoer	2	15	16	0	0	13.33

Somila Seyibokwe	lbw b Adam	13	65	76	1	0	20.00

Marco Marais	lbw b Koekemoer	47	78	100	7	0	60.25

Mncedisi Malika †	c Ngoepe b Adam	55	69	63	4	4	79.71

Clayton Bosch	c †Christensen b Koekemoer	3	12	27	0	0	25.00

Bongolwethu Makeleni	lbw b Koekemoer	0	5	4	0	0	0.00

Phaphama Fojela	c Kaber b Koekemoer	51	23	39	5	4	221.73

Basheeru-Deen Walters	not out	16	35	60	2	0	45.71
Sithembile Langa	c Smuts b Kaber	16	28	28	3	0	57.14

Extras	(b 11, lb 3, nb 8)	22
TOTAL	64.4 Ov (RR: 4.03, 257 Mins)	261
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Bradley Williams, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Jason Niemand, 5.6 ov), 3-61 (Mkhululi Calana, 20.4 ov), 4-76 (Somila Seyibokwe, 26.1 ov), 5-158 (Mncedisi Malika, 44.5 ov), 6-175 (Marco Marais, 49.1 ov), 7-175 (Bongolwethu Makeleni, 49.6 ov), 8-184 (Clayton Bosch, 51.1 ov), 9-233 (Phaphama Fojela, 57.5 ov), 10-261 (Sithembile Langa, 64.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenton Stuurman	13	4	53	1	4.07	61	9	1	0	0
2.2 to BC Williams, goes onto the defense, ball runs into the pads. Appeal is upheld. 6/1
Tian Koekemoer	19	4	39	5	2.05	105	5	0	0	8
5.6 to J Niemand, there's a nick, taken at slip. 12/2 49.1 to M Marais, looks to play th eball behind square leg, misses, and the ball goes on to strike the pads. 175/6 49.6 to B Makeleni, comes forward to play, misses, and gets it on the pads. 175/7 51.1 to CG Bosch, flashes, just a faint touch, taken by the keeper. 184/8 57.5 to P Fojela, miscues the lofted off drive, goes high to extra cover. 233/9
Kenan Smith	3	1	7	0	2.33	15	1	0	0	0
Thomas Kaber	13.4	1	70	1	5.12	42	5	3	0	0
64.4 to S Langa, that looks like bat/pad, ball loops to a ngully position. Slip moves to his right and dives to take the ball just above the ground. 261/10
Luvuyo Adam	16	3	78	3	4.87	67	8	4	0	0
20.4 to M Calana, drives back, well taken by the bowler. 61/3 26.1 to S Seyibokwe, ball spins back and hit the pads. The finger comes up slowly but without hesitation. 76/4 44.5 to M Malika, has a a big drive to long off, but holes out just short of the boundary. 158/5

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 85 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Breetzke	not out	35	61	110	3	1	57.37
Mathew Christensen †	c †Malika b Walters	0	5	4	0	0	0.00

Onke Nyaku	lbw b Walters	0	1	5	0	0	0.00

Lesiba Ngoepe	c †Malika b Fojela	4	15	16	1	0	26.66

Kelly Smuts (c)	b Makeleni	4	10	18	1	0	40.00

Thomas Kaber	not out	36	65	65	2	1	55.38
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	6
TOTAL	26 Ov (RR: 3.26, 110 Mins)	85/4
Did not bat: Tian Koekemoer, Solo Nqweni, Kenan Smith, Glenton Stuurman, Luvuyo Adam
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mathew Christensen, 0.6 ov), 2-1 (Onke Nyaku, 2.1 ov), 3-19 (Lesiba Ngoepe, 5.4 ov), 4-31 (Kelly Smuts, 9.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Basheeru-Deen Walters	4	1	19	2	4.75	18	3	0	0	0
0.6 to MC Christensen, edged to the keeper. 1/1 2.1 to O Nyaku, goes forward to defend, ball avoids the bat and goes into the pads. 1/2
Phaphama Fojela	3	1	6	1	2.00	16	1	0	0	1
5.4 to LC Ngoepe, edged to the keeper. 19/3
Clayton Bosch	4	0	11	0	2.75	19	1	0	1	0
Sithembile Langa	6	3	6	0	1.00	31	0	0	0	0
Bongolwethu Makeleni	7	1	36	1	5.14	24	3	1	0	0
9.2 to KR Smuts, the ball gets through the gate. 31/4
Somila Seyibokwe	2	1	3	0	1.50	11	0	0	0	0

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Thu, 01 Nov - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 124/4 (Onke Nyaku 12*, Thomas Kaber 5*, 41 ov)

Fri, 02 Nov - day 2 - Border 2nd innings 56/2 (Mkhululi Calana 31*, Somila Seyibokwe 8*, 18 ov)

Sat, 03 Nov - day 3 - E. Province 2nd innings 85/4 (26 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Border 1st innings
Border: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (80 balls, 53 mins)
2nd Wicket: 51 runs off 126 balls in 86 mins (M Calana 22, J Niemand 26, Ex 4)
Border: 100 runs in 32.3 overs (201 balls, 134 mins).
Border: 150 runs in 45.3 overs (283 balls, 197 mins)
Score after 54.4 overs: 194/ao. Bonus pts: Bat 1.88 Bowl 4
Eastern Province 1st innings
Eastern Province: 50 runs in 18.4 overs (118 balls, 86 mins)
4th Wicket: 50 runs off 85 balls in 58 mins (O Nyaku 5, KR Snuts 39, Ex 6)
Eastern Province: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (203 balls, 143 mins)
KR Smuts 50 off 50 balls in 65 mins (7x4, 1x6)

Day 2

Eastern Province: 150 runs in 52.3 overs (327 balls, 231 mins)
5th Wicket: 50 runs off 124 balls in 87 mins (O Nyaku 26, TP Kaber 23, Ex 2)
Eastern Province: 200 runs in 68.2 overs (423 balls, 290 mins)
TP Kaber 50 off 140 balls in 206 mins (6x4, 0x6)
Eastern Province: 250 runs in 88.1 overs (543 balls, 370 mins)
6th Wicket: 50 runs off 127 balls in 81 mins (TP Kaber 30, T Koekemoer 22, Ex 1)
Score after 100.0 overs: 289/6. Bonus pts: Bat 3.78 Bowl 2
Eastern Province: 300 runs in 106.6 overs (656 balls, 445 mins)
8th Wicket: 50 runs off 100 balls in 66 mins (SSN Nqweni 17, KT Smith 26, Ex 8)
Eastern Province: 350 runs in 120.6 overs (741 balls, 501 mins)
Border 2nd innings
Border: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (102 balls, 70 mins)

Day 3

Border: 100 runs in 32.5 overs (205 balls, 124 mins)
5th Wicket: 50 runs off 61 balls in 31 mins (M Marais 14, M Malika 34, Ex 4)
Border: 150 runs in 42.3 overs (263 balls, 159 mins)
M Malika 50 off 58 balls in 55 mins (4x4, 4x6)
Border: 200 runs in 53.4 overs (330 balls, 210 mins)
P Fojela 50 off 21 balls in 35 mins (5x4, 4x6)
Border: 250 runs in 61.5 overs (373 balls, 242 mins)
Eastern Province 2nd innings
Eastern Province: 50 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls, 80 mins)
5th Wicket: 50 runs off 61 balls in 31 mins (MP Breetzke 15, TP Kaber 33, Ex 3)

MATCH DETAILS

ABSA Oval, Nelson Mandela Metropole University, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Border, elected to bat first
Series	CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup
Season	2018/19
Match days	1,2,3 November 2018 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Arno Jacobs Jurie Sadler
Points	Eastern Province 23.78, Border 3.88

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E. Province Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MP Breetzke	not out	35	61
MC Christensen	caught	0	5
O Nyaku	lbw	0	1
LC Ngoepe	caught	4	15
KR Smuts	bowled	4	10
TP Kaber	not out	36	65
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)
Total	85(4 wkts; 26 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
BD Walters	4	1	19	2	4.75
P Fojela	3	1	6	1	2 (1 nb)
CG Bosch	4	0	11	0	2.75
S Langa	6	3	6	0	1
B Makeleni	7	1	36	1	5.14
S Seyibokwe	2	1	3	0	1.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	1	Matthew Breetzke	Mathew Christensen
2nd	0	Matthew Breetzke	Onke Nyaku
3rd	16	Lesiba Ngoepe	Matthew Breetzke
4th	12	Kelly Smuts	Matthew Breetzke
5th	54	Thomas Kaber	Matthew Breetzke

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CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup

Pool A

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
EPR	10	4	0	6	178.68
GTG	10	5	1	4	172.94
FS	10	2	2	6	131.62
EASTN	10	2	2	6	124.48
BOL	10	2	3	4	119.28
KZNIN	10	1	1	7	113.42

Pool B

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
NTHNS	10	3	1	6	164.84
WPR	10	3	3	4	141.52
SWD	10	2	2	6	124.04
KZN	10	2	2	6	123.04
NWEST	10	3	5	2	101.1
BOR	10	1	4	5	94.86
NCAPE	10	1	5	4	83.92

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