BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yaseen Valli (c)	lbw b Cartwright	0	11	11	0	0	0.00

Ryan Rickelton †	b Simelane	56	99	137	8	0	56.56

Tshepang Dithole	c Ntsimbini b Arnold	68	111	151	11	0	61.26

Yassar Cook	b Arnold	20	34	53	2	0	58.82

Izak Cornelis Bergh	b Arnold	25	33	43	4	0	75.75

Muhammed Mayet	lbw b Simelane	4	18	28	1	0	22.22

Delano Potgieter	lbw b August	9	14	40	2	0	64.28

Nono Pongolo	lbw b Cartwright	18	28	25	3	0	64.28

Sean Jamison	c Coulentianos b August	7	21	28	0	0	33.33

Carmi le Roux	lbw b Arnold	9	32	42	2	0	28.12

Tumelo Tlhokwe	not out	3	6	16	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 6, w 1)	10
TOTAL	66.5 Ov (RR: 3.42, 289 Mins)	229
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Yaseen Valli, 2.5 ov), 2-112 (Ryan Rickelton, 31.2 ov), 3-136 (Tshepang Dithole, 38.1 ov), 4-170 (Yassar Cook, 44.6 ov), 5-175 (Izak Cornelis Bergh, 48.6 ov), 6-183 (Muhammed Mayet, 51.2 ov), 7-207 (Nono Pongolo, 56.6 ov), 8-207 (Delano Potgieter, 57.1 ov), 9-225 (Sean Jamison, 63.1 ov), 10-229 (Carmi le Roux, 66.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Cartwright	16	4	60	2	3.75	76	11	0	0	2
2.5 to Y Valli, length outside off, Valli was too lazy moving his bat away, got the faint edge through to keeper. 0/1 56.6 to Z Pongolo, pitched up hit low on the front pad and is given out lbw. 207/7
Clayton August	16	2	40	2	2.50	74	4	0	0	0
57.1 to D Potgieter, pitched up hit low on the front pad and is given out lbw. 207/8 63.1 to S Jamison, drives off the front foot and to the left of Coulentianos at cover diving to his left. 225/9
Matthew Arnold	16.5	2	63	4	3.74	77	10	0	1	4
38.1 to TA Dithole, flicked in the air to mid wicket. 136/3 44.6 to MY Cook, drives off the front foot off the edge and through to the keeper. 170/4 48.6 to IC Bergh, playing off the back foot off the face of the bat and played onto the stumps. 175/5 66.5 to C le Roux, pitched up hit o nthe front pad and given out lbw. 229/10
Kofi Apea-Adu	4	0	13	0	3.25	17	2	0	0	0
Tumelo Simelane	14	0	50	2	3.57	59	6	0	0	0
31.2 to RD Rickelton, playing off the back foot to a short delivery, batsman misses the ball and is bowled. 112/2 51.2 to Muhammed Mayet, playing off the front foot trying to work it onto the on side, misses the ball and is given out lbw. 183/6

Easterns 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Wesley Marshall	c Cook b Pongolo	83	149	174	12	0	55.70

Zwelo Ntsimbini	c Pongolo b Jamison	4	3	9	1	0	133.33

Wesley Coulentianos	lbw b le Roux	15	29	40	2	0	51.72

Grant Thomson (c)	c Valli b Pongolo	53	93	133	4	0	56.98

Kyle Degambur	c & b Jamison	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Sizwe Masondo †	c Valli b Tlhokwe	40	66	93	4	1	60.60

Matthew Arnold	b le Roux	44	102	133	6	0	43.13

Clayton August	lbw b Bergh	24	36	30	2	0	66.66

Ryan Cartwright	not out	11	29	50	1	0	37.93
Tumelo Simelane	c Valli b Jamison	19	14	23	3	1	135.71

Kofi Apea-Adu	lbw b le Roux	2	11	13	0	0	18.18

Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 1)	7
TOTAL	89.1 Ov (RR: 3.38, 354 Mins)	302
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Zwelo Ntsimbini, 2.3 ov), 2-46 (Wesley Coulentianos, 11.6 ov), 3-157 (Wesley Marshall, 44.6 ov), 4-158 (Kyle Degambur, 45.6 ov), 5-158 (Grant Thomson, 46.1 ov), 6-228 (Sizwe Masondo, 67.2 ov), 7-263 (Clayton August, 78.4 ov), 8-269 (Matthew Arnold, 81.4 ov), 9-294 (Tumelo Simelane, 86.3 ov), 10-302 (Kofi Apea-Adu, 89.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sean Jamison	18	1	75	3	4.16	76	10	1	0	1
2.3 to Z Ntsimbini, playing off the front foot off the outside edge and taken at head height by Pongolo at third slip. 13/1 45.6 to K Degambur, drives off the front foot back to the bowler who completes a superb one-handed catch. 158/4 86.3 to T Simelane, played off the back foot hit in the air and taken by Valli at mid on. 294/9
Carmi le Roux	23.1	5	65	3	2.80	105	8	0	0	0
11.6 to W Coulentianos, batsman moves across his stump and hit on the pad, huge appeal for lbw given. 46/2 81.4 to M Arnold, outside off stump, batsman tries to leave the ball but unfortunately gets a bottom edge and through to the keeper. 269/8 89.1 to K Apea-Adu, yorker, batsman fails to keep that out and is hit on the foot, huge appeal for lbw given. 302/10
Nono Pongolo	11	4	28	2	2.54	53	5	0	0	0
44.6 to WB Marshall, drives off the front foot, thick outside edge and taken by Cook at gully. 157/3 46.1 to GM Thomson, short delivery, mistimed pull and straight to Valli at short mid wicket. 158/5
Delano Potgieter	10	0	37	0	3.70	40	5	0	0	0
Tumelo Tlhokwe	18	1	62	1	3.44	71	4	1	0	0
67.2 to S Masondo, drives off the front foot off the edge and good reflex catch taken by Valli at slip. 228/6
Izak Cornelis Bergh	9	1	29	1	3.22	39	3	0	0	0
78.4 to CJ August, playing off the back foot and trapped in front. 263/7

Gauteng 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yaseen Valli (c)	c sub (EH Kemm) b Arnold	35	45	54	8	0	77.77

Ryan Rickelton †	c †Masondo b August	163	250	375	15	5	65.20

Tshepang Dithole	c Thomson b August	9	58	88	0	0	15.51

Yassar Cook	lbw b August	19	38	41	2	0	50.00

Izak Cornelis Bergh	c Thomson b Simelane	43	100	143	6	0	43.00

Muhammed Mayet	c Simelane b August	18	19	26	4	0	94.73

Delano Potgieter	c Apea-Adu b Arnold	15	7	15	1	1	214.28

Nono Pongolo	not out	24	20	19	2	1	120.00
Sean Jamison	not out	4	5	14	0	0	80.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 2, w 1)	10
TOTAL	90 Ov (RR: 3.77, 394 Mins)	340/7d
Did not bat: Carmi le Roux, Tumelo Tlhokwe
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Yaseen Valli, 12.6 ov), 2-107 (Tshepang Dithole, 32.4 ov), 3-132 (Yassar Cook, 43.4 ov), 4-231 (Izak Cornelis Bergh, 77.5 ov), 5-291 (Muhammed Mayet, 83.6 ov), 6-310 (Ryan Rickelton, 85.3 ov), 7-320 (Delano Potgieter, 86.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Cartwright	12	0	47	0	3.91	55	7	0	0	0
Clayton August	18	4	77	4	4.27	80	13	0	1	0
32.4 to TA Dithole, playing off the front foot off the edge and caught by Thomson at slip. 107/2 43.4 to MY Cook, playing off the front foot hit low on the front pad and is given. 132/3 83.6 to Muhammed Mayet, short delivery hooked in the air and taken by Simelane at square leg. 291/5 85.3 to RD Rickelton, short delivery off the glove and taken by the keeper. 310/6
Grant Thomson	11	1	30	0	2.72	48	3	0	0	0
Matthew Arnold	21	3	75	2	3.57	91	7	2	0	2
12.6 to Y Valli, playing off the back foot off the outside edge and taken by Kemm at slip. 60/1 86.3 to D Potgieter, pulled in the air to deep fine leg. 320/7
Tumelo Simelane	21	1	79	1	3.76	89	7	3	0	0
77.5 to IC Bergh, playing off the front foot off the outside edge and good low catch taken by Thomson at slip. 231/4
Wesley Marshall	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0	0
Kofi Apea-Adu	6	2	23	0	3.83	26	1	2	0	0

Easterns 2nd Innings (T: 268 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Wesley Marshall	c †Rickelton b Jamison	2	7	13	0	0	28.57

Zwelo Ntsimbini	lbw b le Roux	4	7	8	1	0	57.14

Wesley Coulentianos	b le Roux	51	110	157	4	0	46.36

Kyle Degambur	b le Roux	23	26	26	4	0	88.46

Sizwe Masondo †	lbw b Jamison	3	9	15	0	0	33.33

Grant Thomson (c)	not out	50	87	124	6	0	57.47
Matthew Arnold	c Valli b Tlhokwe	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Clayton August	not out	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 14, lb 6, nb 1)	21
TOTAL	42 Ov (RR: 3.66, 178 Mins)	154/6
Did not bat: Ryan Cartwright, Tumelo Simelane, Kofi Apea-Adu
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Zwelo Ntsimbini, 2.1 ov), 2-9 (Wesley Marshall, 3.1 ov), 3-38 (Kyle Degambur, 8.6 ov), 4-45 (Sizwe Masondo, 11.6 ov), 5-153 (Wesley Coulentianos, 39.4 ov), 6-154 (Matthew Arnold, 40.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Carmi le Roux	11	2	46	3	4.18	48	7	0	0	0
2.1 to Z Ntsimbini, pitched up and hit low on the front pad, huge appeal for lbw given. 9/1 8.6 to K Degambur, playing off the back foot off the bottom edge of the bat and played onto the stumps. 38/3 39.4 to W Coulentianos, playing off the back foot, ball keeps low and clips the off stump. 153/5
Sean Jamison	14	1	36	2	2.57	64	3	0	0	0
3.1 to WB Marshall, drives off the front foot off the outside edge and taken by the keeper. 9/2 11.6 to S Masondo, played off the back foot hit low on the pad, huge appeal for lbw given. 45/4
Izak Cornelis Bergh	7	2	24	0	3.42	28	2	0	0	0
Tumelo Tlhokwe	4	0	15	1	3.75	16	2	0	0	0
40.3 to M Arnold, drives off the front foot and a great low catch taken by Valli at short cover. 154/6
Nono Pongolo	6	1	13	0	2.16	27	1	0	0	1

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Thu, 26 Oct - day 1 - Easterns 1st innings 131/2 (Wesley Marshall 68*, Grant Thomson 37*, 36 ov)

Fri, 27 Oct - day 2 - Gauteng 2nd innings 129/2 (Ryan Rickelton 63*, Yassar Cook 16*, 41 ov)

Sat, 28 Oct - day 3 - Easterns 2nd innings 154/6 (42 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

DAY 1:
First-Class debuts: M Mayet & T Tlhokwe (Gauteng)& Z Ntsimbini (Easterns)
1st Innings of Gauteng:
Gauteng: 50 runs in 15.3 overs (94 balls, 68 mins, 8x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket: 51 runs off 77 balls in 57 mins ( RD Rickelton 21, T Dithole 29, Ex 1)
RD Rickelton: 50 off 82 balls in 119 mins (8x4, 0x6)
Gauteng: 100 runs in 27.1 overs (167 balls, 124 mins, 15x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket: 101 runs off 150 balls in 111 mins ( RD Rickelton 50, T Dithole 46, Ex 5)
T Dithole: 50 off 71 balls in 113 mins (7x4, 0x6)
Gauteng: 150 runs in 41.2 overs (252 balls, 176 mins, 21x4, 0x6)
Gauteng: 200 runs in 54.1 overs (330 balls, 231 mins, 31x4, 0x6)
Score after 66.5 overs: 229 ao. Bonus pts: Bat 2.58 Bowl 4
1st Innings of Easterns:
Easterns: 50 runs in 12.1 overs ( 73 balls, 51 mins,8x4, 0x6)
3rd wicket: 50 runs off 80 balls in 53 mins ( WB Marshall 27, GM Thomson 21, Ex 2)
WB Marshall: 50 off 75 balls in 71 mins (8x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 100 runs in 26.1 overs ( 157 balls, 105 mins,14x4, 0x6)
DAY 2:
3rd wicket: 100 runs off 178 balls in 110 mins ( WB Marshall 52, GM Thomson 45, Ex 3)
Easterns: 150 runs in 41.4 overs ( 251 balls, 160 mins,18x4, 0x6)
GM Thomson: 50 off 88 balls in 119 mins (4x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 200 runs in 58.2 overs ( 357 balls, 245 mins,26x4, 0x6)
6th wicket: 50 runs off 100 balls in 74 mins ( S Masondo 26, M Arnold 24, Ex 0)
Easterns: 250 runs in 75.2 overs ( 453 balls, 296 mins,30x4, 1x6)
New ball taken at over 80.0 with the score 265/7
Easterns: 300 runs in 87.5 overs ( 528 balls, 349 mins,35x4, 2x6)
Score after 89.1 overs: 302 ao. Bonus pts: Bat 4.04 Bowl 4
2nd Innings of Gauteng:
Gauteng: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls, 47 mins, 10x4, 0x6)
1st wicket: 52 runs off 69 balls in 47 mins ( Y Valli 31, RD Rickelton 21, Ex 0)
RD Rickelton: 50 off 91 balls in 139 mins (6x4, 0x6)
Gauteng: 100 runs in 31.5 overs (192 balls, 139 mins, 14x4, 0x6)
DAY 3:
Gauteng: 150 runs in 54.1 overs (327 balls, 234 mins, 20x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 50 runs off 117 balls in 94 mins ( RD Rickelton 27, IC Bergh 21, Ex 2)
RD Rickelton: 100 off 186 balls in 282 mins (10x4, 1x6)
Gauteng: 200 runs in 66.4 overs (402 balls, 295 mins, 24x4, 1x6)
Gauteng: 250 runs in 80.2 overs (484 balls, 348 mins, 28x4, 3x6)
New ball taken at over 82.0 with the score 263/4
RD Rickelton: 150 off 244 balls in 358 mins (12x4, 5x6)
5th wicket: 52 runs off 31 balls in 21 mins ( RD Rickelton 42, Muhammed Mayet 10, Ex 0)
Gauteng: 300 runs in 84.4 overs (510 balls, 370 mins, 35x4, 6x6)
2nd Innings of Easterns:
Easterns: 50 runs in 12.5 overs ( 77 balls, 56 mins,7x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 100 runs in 23.5 overs ( 143 balls, 99 mins,11x4, 0x6)
5th wicket: 100 runs off 146 balls in 102 mins ( W Coulentianos 39, GM Thomson 47, Ex 14)
W Coulentianos: 50 off 105 balls in 149 mins (4x4, 0x6)
Easterns: 150 runs in 38.1 overs ( 230 balls, 158 mins,15x4, 0x6)
GM Thomson: 50 off 81 balls in 115 mins (6x4, 0x6)
Gauteng Bonus points: Batting: 2.58 Points Bowling: 4 Points
Easterns Bonus points: Batting: 4.04 Bowling: 4 points
Match points: Gauteng: Bat: 2.58 Bowl: 4 Match: 6 Total: 12.58
Match points: Easterns: Bat: 4.04 Bowl: 4 Match: 6 Total: 14.04

MATCH DETAILS

Walter Milton Oval, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Toss	Easterns, 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	26,27,28 October 2017 - day (3-day match)
FC debut	Muhammed Mayet Tumelo Tlhokwe Zwelo Ntsimbini
Umpires	Ryan Hendricks Siphelele Gasa
Points	Gauteng 12.58, Easterns 14.04

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Easterns Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
WB Marshall	caught	2	7
Z Ntsimbini	lbw	4	7
W Coulentianos	bowled	51	110
K Degambur	bowled	23	26
S Masondo	lbw	3	9
GM Thomson	not out	50	87
M Arnold	caught	0	4
CJ August	not out	0	3
Extras	(b 14, lb 6, nb 1)
Total	154(6 wkts; 42 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
C le Roux	11	2	46	3	4.18
S Jamison	14	1	36	2	2.57
IC Bergh	7	2	24	0	3.42
T Tlhokwe	4	0	15	1	3.75
Z Pongolo	6	1	13	0	2.16 (1 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	9	Zwelo Ntsimbini	Wesley Marshall
2nd	0	Wesley Coulentianos	Wesley Marshall
3rd	29	Wesley Coulentianos	Kyle Degambur
4th	7	Wesley Coulentianos	Sizwe Masondo
5th	108	Grant Thomson	Wesley Coulentianos
6th	1	Matthew Arnold	Grant Thomson
7th	0	Clayton August	Grant Thomson

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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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