BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mishkal Ramsaroop	c Mosena b Dukes	121	249	350	14	0	48.59

Michael Erlank	lbw b Maposa	10	42	52	1	0	23.80

Khalipha Cele (c)	c Mungroo b Dukes	11	27	49	2	0	40.74

Senuran Muthusamy	c †Roelofsen b Mungroo	65	106	161	12	0	61.32

Sibonelo Makhanya	b Maposa	96	107	146	12	1	89.71

Calvin Savage	c Pretorius b Dukes	12	13	23	3	0	92.30

Jason Oakes †	c Mahmoud b Dukes	2	13	16	0	0	15.38

Eathan Bosch	not out	28	17	19	6	0	164.70
Extras	(lb 14, nb 13, w 3)	30
TOTAL	93.3 Ov (RR: 4.01, 411 Mins)	375/7d
Did not bat: Keith Dudgeon, Zakariya Paruk, Smangaliso Nhlebela
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Michael Erlank, 11.6 ov), 2-47 (Khalipha Cele, 22.2 ov), 3-178 (Senuran Muthusamy, 57.5 ov), 4-290 (Mishkal Ramsaroop, 81.1 ov), 5-316 (Calvin Savage, 85.6 ov), 6-335 (Jason Oakes, 89.4 ov), 7-375 (Sibonelo Makhanya, 93.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graham Hume	17	4	48	0	2.82	89	8	0	0	0
Kerwin Mungroo	14	1	73	1	5.21	59	10	0	2	9
57.5 to S Muthusamy, given width and encouraged to drive, and drive he does, only managing to get an outside edge, Roelofsen drives to his left to take a good catch. Finally the break through. 178/3
Attie Maposa	12.3	6	43	2	3.44	63	6	1	1	4
11.6 to MN Erlank, full and straight, Erlank fends up but misses the ball and is struck low on the front pad, Inland go up in a loud appeal, umpire Gcuma stands for a moment before raising the dreaded finger. 27/1 93.3 to BS Makhanya, full and straight, you miss I hit bowling from Maposa, Makhanya goes for a pick up off his legs but misses it and is clean bowled. Tragic end to a beautiful innings. 375/7
Gareth Dukes	17	2	72	4	4.23	63	12	0	0	0
22.2 to KA Cele, short on off stump, Cele tries to pull but can't get over the ball and spoons it for an easy catch to Mungroo at mid on. 47/2 81.1 to MR Ramsaroop, given width and enticed to drive, he does but only manages to get an edge to slip. Tired end to a brilliant innings. 290/4 85.6 to CP Savage, back of a length outside off, Savage tries to smash it through the covers but gets beaten by extra bounce and spoons a catch to mid off who does well to cover ground to his left then dive and take a good low catch. 316/5 89.4 to JP Oakes, full outside off, Oakes drives straight to extra cover. Silly shot. 335/6
Ruhan Pretorius	17	1	56	0	3.29	69	7	0	0	0
Sohail Mahmoud	4	0	17	0	4.25	16	3	0	0	0
Kurtlyn Mannikam	6	0	29	0	4.83	19	3	0	0	0
Luke Schlemmer	6	1	23	0	3.83	18	1	0	0	0

KwaZulu-Natal Inland 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lefa Mosena (c)	c †Oakes b Paruk	15	22	31	1	0	68.18

Luke Schlemmer	lbw b Paruk	15	45	65	2	0	33.33

Kushen Kishun	c †Oakes b Paruk	45	119	177	4	0	37.81

Grant Roelofsen †	lbw b Muthusamy	62	116	129	10	0	53.44

Ruhan Pretorius	lbw b Muthusamy	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Gareth Dukes	c Erlank b Dudgeon	21	40	61	4	0	52.50

Sohail Mahmoud	lbw b Paruk	1	8	12	0	0	12.50

Graham Hume	c Muthusamy b Paruk	7	37	62	1	0	18.91

Kurtlyn Mannikam	lbw b Dudgeon	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Attie Maposa	not out	8	22	28	1	0	36.36
Kerwin Mungroo	lbw b Muthusamy	1	8	10	0	0	12.50

Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 6, w 3)	15
TOTAL	69.1 Ov (RR: 2.74, 295 Mins)	190
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Lefa Mosena, 7.4 ov), 2-43 (Luke Schlemmer, 15.3 ov), 3-148 (Grant Roelofsen, 48.2 ov), 4-148 (Ruhan Pretorius, 48.3 ov), 5-148 (Kushen Kishun, 49.6 ov), 6-154 (Sohail Mahmoud, 53.3 ov), 7-180 (Gareth Dukes, 62.1 ov), 8-180 (Kurtlyn Mannikam, 62.4 ov), 9-185 (Graham Hume, 66.5 ov), 10-190 (Kerwin Mungroo, 69.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Keith Dudgeon	13	2	33	2	2.53	60	4	0	0	0
62.1 to G Dukes, on a good length outside off, inviting the drive, Dukes obliges and drives hard but gets an outside edge and sees the ball being well taken low to Erlank's left. Good catch. 180/7 62.4 to KR Mannikam, full and straight, hits Mannikam right out in front, Dudgeon doesn't even have enough time to turn around before umpire Jacobs raises his finger. Inland are in trouble here. 180/8
Eathan Bosch	9	2	35	0	3.88	41	4	0	3	2
Zakariya Paruk	19	7	44	5	2.31	92	5	0	0	0
7.4 to LN Mosena, Good ball outside off, draws Mosena into a shot and manages to get an edge, Oakes takes an easy catch behind the stumps.. 24/1 15.3 to LA Schlemmer, Full and straight, Schlemmer plays around the ball and is struck in front. KZN go up for a wild appeal and are extatic to see the umpire raise his finger. 43/2 49.6 to KR Kishun, strays onto the legs, Kishun tries to flick it off his legs but gets an edge. Oakes takes the catch behind the stumps. 148/5 53.3 to S Mahmoud, full and straight and Mahmoud plays around the ball, the field goes up and is delighted to see the umpire raise his finger. KwaZulu-Natal are on a roll now. 154/6 66.5 to GI Hume, WHAT A CATCH! What a way to bring up your maiden 5er. Given width and encouraged to drive, hume has a lazy swing and sees the ball fly off the bat, Muthusamy at gully manages to get both hands to his left to hold onto the catch. 185/9
Sibonelo Makhanya	5	0	24	0	4.80	23	3	0	0	4
Smangaliso Nhlebela	7	1	18	0	2.57	31	2	0	0	0
Senuran Muthusamy	16.1	6	30	3	1.85	84	5	0	0	0
48.2 to G Roelofsen, back of a length on middle and off, the ball doesn't spin and goes straight on, there is a loud appeal to which umpire Jacobs agrees with and raises his finger.. 148/3 48.3 to R Pretorius, almost the same ball as before and the exact same result. KwaZulu-Natal have decided to start after lunch with a bang. 2 in 2 for Muthusamy.. 148/4 69.1 to K Mungroo, back of a length on middle, Mungroo gets a massive stride in but is struck in front, the field goes up, umpire Gcuma deliberates with himself before raising his finger. 190/10

KwaZulu-Natal Inland 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lefa Mosena (c)	c & b Muthusamy	33	64	80	3	0	51.56

Luke Schlemmer	c Muthusamy b Paruk	13	46	69	2	0	28.26

Kushen Kishun	c Makhanya b Nhlebela	15	76	80	2	0	19.73

Grant Roelofsen †	b Muthusamy	15	66	84	1	0	22.72

Attie Maposa	run out (Paruk/sub [B Capell])	56	175	208	7	2	32.00
Ruhan Pretorius	c Makhanya b Nhlebela	28	76	94	3	1	36.84

Gareth Dukes	c Muthusamy b Bosch	17	55	52	3	0	30.90

Sohail Mahmoud	c sub (B Capell) b Bosch	0	10	12	0	0	0.00

Graham Hume	lbw b Nhlebela	0	6	12	0	0	0.00

Kurtlyn Mannikam	not out	14	39	49	2	0	35.89
Kerwin Mungroo	c Cele b Nhlebela	4	32	31	0	0	12.50

Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	10
TOTAL	107.1 Ov (RR: 1.91, 392 Mins)	205
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Luke Schlemmer, 16.5 ov), 2-47 (Lefa Mosena, 19.3 ov), 3-79 (Kushen Kishun, 38.6 ov), 4-82 (Grant Roelofsen, 43.5 ov), 5-136 (Ruhan Pretorius, 70.3 ov), 6-181 (Gareth Dukes, 86.6 ov), 7-183 (Sohail Mahmoud, 90.2 ov), 8-184 (Graham Hume, 93.1 ov), 9-191 (Attie Maposa, 97.4 ov), 10-205 (Kerwin Mungroo, 107.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Keith Dudgeon	14	3	44	0	3.14	68	7	0	1	1
Eathan Bosch	12	2	27	2	2.25	58	3	0	0	0
86.6 to G Dukes, fuller outside off and asked to drive, and he drives at it with hard hands, gets an outside edge and is pouched at gulley. 181/6 90.2 to S Mahmoud, back of a length angled into the batter, Mahmoud jumps to try get over the ball but gets a thick outside edge to the replacement 'keeper Capell. 183/7
Zakariya Paruk	16	7	26	1	1.62	83	3	0	0	0
16.5 to LA Schlemmer, back of a length outside off, Schleemer tries to fend the ball away but only manages to get an outside to Muthusamy at gully.. 47/1
Senuran Muthusamy	40	18	74	2	1.85	210	10	2	0	1
19.3 to LN Mosena, Mosena tries to use his feet and get to the pitch to hit it over the bowlers head, only manages to scoop it back to the bowler for a simple catch. 47/2 43.5 to G Roelofsen, full and straight, Roelofsen tries to woke it into the legside but misses and hears the ball clatter into the stumps. First of the morning. 82/4
Smangaliso Nhlebela	25.1	13	27	4	1.07	136	1	1	0	0
38.6 to KR Kishun, what a catch, low down to his left. Nhlebela toss' the ball up and get it to spin away from Roelofsen who gets a thick edge on it and is well taken by Makhanya. 79/3 70.3 to R Pretorius, caught at slip. 136/5 93.1 to GI Hume, full and straight and Hume plays around it, is struck out in front, the field goes up in a loud appeal and are delighted to see the finger being raise. 2 wickets to go. 184/8 107.1 to K Mungroo, pitched outside leg and flicked straight to Cele at short fine leg. Very well taken down low.. 205/10

KwaZulu-Natal 2nd Innings (T: 21 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mishkal Ramsaroop	not out	9	19	31	1	0	47.36
Michael Erlank	b Mungroo	2	14	15	0	0	14.28

Khalipha Cele (c)	c †Roelofsen b Hume	0	3	5	0	0	0.00

Senuran Muthusamy	not out	8	4	9	2	0	200.00
Extras	(nb 2)	2
TOTAL	6.2 Ov (RR: 3.31, 31 Mins)	21/2
Did not bat: Sibonelo Makhanya, Calvin Savage, Jason Oakes †, Eathan Bosch, Keith Dudgeon, Zakariya Paruk, Smangaliso Nhlebela
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Michael Erlank, 3.5 ov), 2-7 (Khalipha Cele, 4.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graham Hume	3.2	1	11	1	3.30	15	2	0	0	0
4.4 to KA Cele, back of a length outside off and draws Cele into a shot, it takes the edge on its way through to being gobbled up by Roelofsen behind the stumps. 7/2
Kerwin Mungroo	3	0	10	1	3.33	15	1	0	0	2
3.5 to MN Erlank, full and straight and Erlank looks to drive but completely misses it and has his stumps rattled.. 6/1

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Thu, 02 Nov - day 1 - KZN-Inland 1st innings 24/1 (Luke Schlemmer 8*, 7.4 ov)

Fri, 03 Nov - day 2 - KZN-Inland 2nd innings 81/3 (Grant Roelofsen 14*, Attie Maposa 0*, 42 ov)

Sat, 04 Nov - day 3 - KZ-Natal 2nd innings 21/2 (6.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

KwaZulu-Natal 1st innings
KwaZulu-Natal 51 runs in 22.5 overs (143 balls, 106 mins)(5x4,0x6)
3rd Wicket partnership: 50 runs off 87 balls in 62 mins (MR Ramsaroop 27, S Muthusamy 22, Ex 1)
KwaZulu-Natal 103 runs in 39.4 overs (245 balls, 178 mins)(14x4,0x6)
MR Ramsaroop 53 off 142 balls in 215 mins (7x4,0x6)
3rd Wicket partnership: 100 runs off 174 balls in 132 mins (MR Ramsaroop 46, S Muthusamy 49, Ex 5)
S Muthusamy 50 off 88 balls in 132 mins (9x4,0x6)
KwaZulu-Natal 150 runs in 52.2 overs (323 balls, 240 mins)(20x4,0x6)
KwaZulu-Natal 202 runs in 63.3 overs (392 balls, 286 mins)(27x4,0x6)
4th Wicket partnership: 51 runs off 56 balls in 35 mins (MR Ramsaroop 17, BS Makhanya 28, Ex 6)
MR Ramsaroop 101 off 213 balls in 309 mins (13x4,0x6)
KwaZulu-Natal 251 runs in 69.4 overs (432 balls, 310 mins)(33x4,0x6)
4th Wicket partnership: 100 runs off 111 balls in 65 mins (MR Ramsaroop 42, BS Makhanya 49, Ex 9)
BS Makhanya 50 off 60 balls in 69 mins (6x4,0x6)
New ball taken at the start of the 80.0 over with KwaZulu-Natal on 290/3.
KwaZulu-Natal 302 runs in 82.4 overs (511 balls, 359 mins)(38x4,0x6)
KwaZulu-Natal 353 runs in 91.3 overs (564 balls, 401 mins)(48x4,0x6)
Score after 93.3 overs: 375/7. Bonus pts: Bat 5.5 Bowl 3
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 1st innings

Day 2

KwaZulu-Natal Inland 51 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls, 72 mins)(5x4,0x6)
3rd Wicket partnership: 50 runs off 81 balls in 60 mins (KR Kishun 16, G Roelofsen 28, Ex 6)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 103 runs in 29.4 overs (185 balls, 134 mins)(11x4,0x6)
G Roelofsen 52 off 82 balls in 104 mins (8x4,0x6)
3rd Wicket partnership: 101 runs off 187 balls in 119 mins (KR Kishun 36, G Roelofsen 58, Ex 8)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 150 runs in 52.1 overs (322 balls, 217 mins)(17x4,0x6)
Score after 69.1 overs: 190/10. Bonus pts: Bat 1.8 Bowl 4
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 2nd innings (f/o)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 53 runs in 22.1 overs (133 balls, 92 mins)(6x4,0x6)

Day 3

Wicket-keeper changed at the start of over 43, JP Oakes replaced by MR
Ramsaroop.* Wicket-keeper changed at the start of over 50, MR Ramsaroop replaced by B Capell.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 102 runs in 49.6 overs (302 balls, 195 mins)(12x4,0x6)
5th Wicket: 50 runs off 153 balls in 91 mins (AM Maposa 19, R Pretorius 28, Ex 3)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 150 runs in 76.1 overs (459 balls, 280 mins) (17x4, 2x6)
AM Maposa 50 off 141 balls in 162 mins (7x4, 2x6)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 201 runs in 102.4 overs (619 balls, 375 mins) (23x4, 3x6)

MATCH DETAILS

Kingsmead, Durban
Toss	KwaZulu-Natal Inland, 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	02,03,04 November 2017 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Arno Jacobs Lubabalo Gcuma
Points	KwaZulu-Natal 25.5, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 4.8

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KZ-Natal Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MR Ramsaroop	not out	9	19
MN Erlank	bowled	2	14
KA Cele	caught	0	3
S Muthusamy	not out	8	4
Extras	(nb 2)
Total	21(2 wkts; 6.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GI Hume	3.2	1	11	1	3.3
K Mungroo	3	0	10	1	3.33 (2 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	6	Michael Erlank	Mishkal Ramsaroop
2nd	1	Khalipha Cele	Mishkal Ramsaroop
3rd	14	Mishkal Ramsaroop	Senuran Muthusamy

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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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