E. Province vs Free State, at Gqeberha, Oct 29 2009 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c Vries b Puchert	134	207	302	18	0	64.73

Michael Price	c Beukes b Terblanche	77	192	251	9	0	40.10

Michael Smith (c)	not out	81	87	95	7	0	93.10
Sean Adair	not out	41	35	44	4	1	117.14
Extras	(b 1, nb 11)	12
Total	85 Ov (RR: 4.05, 347 Mins)	345/2d
Did not bat Kelly Smuts, Warren Bell, Athenkosi Dyili †, Lyall Meyer, Brandon Viret, Reece Williams, Matthew Kennedy
Fall of wickets 1-196 (Michael Price, 58.2 ov), 2-251 (JJ Smuts, 72.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Gino Vries	12	2	47	0	3.91	55	0	6
Manfred Venter	11	2	39	0	3.54	46	0	3
Shadley van Schalkwyk	16	2	58	0	3.62	65	0	1
Romano Terblanche	11	2	46	1	4.18	44	0	1
58.2 to ML Price, drives, a solid edge. Ball flies to 2nd slip. 196/1
Hendro Puchert	13	4	37	1	2.84	-	0	0
Hancke von Rauenstein	9	0	61	0	6.77	21	0	0
Patrick Botha	13	1	56	0	4.30	40	0	0

Free State 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Divan van Wyk	c Smith b Bell	57	134	192	7	0	42.53

Letlotlo Sesele †	c †Dyili b Kennedy	5	29	29	0	0	17.24

Jonathan Beukes (c)	b Viret	8	17	24	2	0	47.05

Hancke von Rauenstein	b Meyer	0	8	12	0	0	0.00

Patrick Botha	lbw b Bell	46	112	137	5	1	41.07

Michael Erlank	b Meyer	13	58	66	2	0	22.41

Romano Terblanche	lbw b Bell	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Shadley van Schalkwyk	c †Dyili b Bell	0	12	14	0	0	0.00

Hendro Puchert	not out	37	51	77	5	1	72.54
Gino Vries	c Adair b Williams	12	18	26	3	0	66.66

Manfred Venter	c Price b Williams	8	10	14	2	0	80.00

Extras	(lb 7, nb 12, w 1)	20
Total	73.2 Ov (RR: 2.80)	206
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Letlotlo Sesele, 7.6 ov), 2-39 (Jonathan Beukes, 13.4 ov), 3-41 (Hancke von Rauenstein, 16.1 ov), 4-134 (Divan van Wyk, 47.1 ov), 5-137 (Patrick Botha, 49.6 ov), 6-137 (Romano Terblanche, 51.3 ov), 7-137 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 55.3 ov), 8-169 (Michael Erlank, 64.1 ov), 9-188 (Gino Vries, 69.6 ov), 10-206 (Manfred Venter, 73.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Reece Williams	12.2	2	34	2	2.75	60	1	3
69.6 to GA Vries, cuts but it goes straight to gully. 188/9 73.2 to M Venter, drives to the off side, but not hit strongly enough. The ball loops to mid of. 206/10
Matthew Kennedy	15	4	39	1	2.60	73	0	2
7.6 to LLL Sesele, just outside off, has a go but only gets a touch, 'keeper takes. 13/1
Lyall Meyer	17	5	44	2	2.58	85	0	3
16.1 to HO von Rauenstein, beaten, ball crashes into the stumps. 41/3 64.1 to MN Erlank, chops the ball onto the stumps. 169/8
Brandon Viret	7	0	24	1	3.42	31	0	4
13.4 to JA Beukes, keeps straight attcking leg stump, Batsman misses and the ball continues on it's path to the stump. 39/2
JJ Smuts	8	3	20	0	2.50	35	0	0
Warren Bell	14	5	38	4	2.71	72	0	0
47.1 to DJ van Wyk, nicks one on the off side, easy catch for 1st slip. 134/4 49.6 to P Botha, ball keeps low as it straightens, batsman misses it and th eball rapd the pads. The umpire agrees with the appeal and raises the finger. 137/5 51.3 to RK Terblanche, trapped in front. 137/6 55.3 to SC van Schalkwyk, driven, gets a faint edge, taken by the keeper. 137/7

Eastern Province 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	lbw b van Schalkwyk	40	84	106	4	0	47.61

Michael Price	lbw b Puchert	23	40	53	3	0	57.50

Michael Smith (c)	c & b Vries	100	113	163	10	1	88.49

Sean Adair	c Botha b Puchert	45	58	96	3	1	77.58

Kelly Smuts	c & b Puchert	10	17	27	1	0	58.82

Warren Bell	not out	3	11	13	0	0	27.27
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	53.3 Ov (RR: 4.16, 231 Mins)	223/5d
Did not bat Athenkosi Dyili †, Lyall Meyer, Brandon Viret, Reece Williams, Matthew Kennedy
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Michael Price, 12.3 ov), 2-73 (JJ Smuts, 25.5 ov), 3-207 (Sean Adair, 47.1 ov), 4-215 (Michael Smith, 50.2 ov), 5-223 (Kelly Smuts, 53.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Gino Vries	12	0	60	1	5.00	40	0	0
50.2 to MBA Smith, has a big swingf, ball comes off the bat onto te pads, tre ball then loops up high and te bowler jogs through to take a very simple catch right in front tof the batsman. 215/4
Manfred Venter	3	0	28	0	9.33	8	0	1
Shadley van Schalkwyk	16	2	59	1	3.68	61	0	0
25.5 to JT Smuts, ball comes in from the off stump, and hits the pads, that looked pretty plumb to me. 73/2
Hendro Puchert	19.3	4	49	3	2.51	88	0	0
12.3 to ML Price, shuffles acroos, gets rpped on the pads. 45/1 47.1 to SR Adair, has a big swing which clips the ball to slip. 207/3 53.3 to KR Smuts, drives towards the covers, the bowler dives magnificently to his left and takes the catch just off the ground. 223/5
Romano Terblanche	3	0	27	0	9.00	6	0	1

Free State 2nd Innings (T: 363 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Divan van Wyk	c †Dyili b Meyer	17	35	40	1	0	48.57

Letlotlo Sesele †	c †Dyili b Meyer	7	16	30	1	0	43.75

Jonathan Beukes (c)	c †Dyili b Bell	16	30	44	4	0	53.33

Hancke von Rauenstein	c †Dyili b Meyer	0	7	9	0	0	0.00

Patrick Botha	c †Dyili b Meyer	0	13	18	0	0	0.00

Michael Erlank	c †Dyili b Williams	8	27	37	1	0	29.62

Romano Terblanche	c Williams b JT Smuts	53	91	111	7	0	58.24

Shadley van Schalkwyk	c †Dyili b Viret	12	29	41	2	0	41.37

Hendro Puchert	not out	48	71	101	8	0	67.60
Gino Vries	c Bell b Meyer	1	30	41	0	0	3.33

Manfred Venter	c †Dyili b Williams	4	15	21	1	0	26.66

Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 3, w 2)	8
Total	60.1 Ov (RR: 2.89, 251 Mins)	174
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Letlotlo Sesele, 7.2 ov), 2-29 (Divan van Wyk, 9.2 ov), 3-33 (Hancke von Rauenstein, 11.3 ov), 4-41 (Patrick Botha, 15.4 ov), 5-45 (Jonathan Beukes, 16.4 ov), 6-64 (Michael Erlank, 24.1 ov), 7-90 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 34.3 ov), 8-128 (Romano Terblanche, 43.2 ov), 9-160 (Gino Vries, 54.6 ov), 10-174 (Manfred Venter, 60.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Matthew Kennedy	10	5	23	0	2.30	52	0	0
Reece Williams	9.1	2	30	2	3.27	43	1	1
24.1 to MN Erlank, another batsman perishes by chasing a short ball, the keeper is having a field day as he takes anoher at head height. 64/6 60.1 to M Venter, edsged to give Dyili the South African 1st class record for catches in an innings. 174/10
Lyall Meyer	17	7	33	5	1.94	88	1	2
7.2 to LLL Sesele, beaten outside off, touchhes,the keeper makes no mistake. 27/1 9.2 to DJ van Wyk, lots of shape on that ball as it piyches on middle and then moves away, th ebatsman follows the ball and gets a good edge on th eball, which then goes simply to the keeper. 29/2 11.3 to HO von Rauenstein, yeet again Meyer induces a batsman to play at a ball just moving away, the keeper tas another catch. 33/3 15.4 to P Botha, a bouncer which unsettles the batsman who holds the bat bat up in the air as he backs away, the ball comes of the splice to loop quickly to the keeper who takes the catch above his head.. 41/4 54.6 to GA Vries, cuts, ball goes low to backward point. 160/9
Warren Bell	4	1	22	1	5.50	18	0	0
16.4 to JA Beukes, wide of off, a terrible swing at the ball which gets a little touch. Dyili gloves his 5th catch in this innings. 45/5
JJ Smuts	14	3	32	1	2.28	68	0	0
43.2 to RK Terblanche, a drive, straight down the throat of mid on. 128/8
Brandon Viret	6	0	31	1	5.16	24	0	0
34.3 to SC van Schalkwyk, has a drive, nicked, and Dyili claims his 7th victim behind the stumps. 90/7

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Close of Play

Thu, 29 Oct

day 1 - Free State 1st innings 41/3 (Divan van Wyk 24*, 16.1 ov)

Fri, 30 Oct

day 2 - E. Province 2nd innings 195/2 (Michael Smith 89*, Sean Adair 41*, 45 ov)

Sat, 31 Oct

day 3 - Free State 2nd innings 174 (60.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 50 runs in 18.4 overs (87 mins, 119 balls, 7x4,0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 1st wicket partnership 50 runs from 119 balls in 87 mins (JT SMuts 27, ML Price 17, Extras 7, 7x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - JT Smuts: 50 runs off 78 balls in 130 mins (9x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 100 runs in 31.4 overs (142 mins, 198 balls, 16x4,0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 1st wicket partnership 100 runs from 198 balls in 142 mins (JT SMuts 57, ML Price 35, Extras 8, 16x4, x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - ML Price: 50 runs off 145 balls in 184 mins (7x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 150 runs in 47.3 overs (206 mins, 296 balls, 21x4,0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 1st wicket partnership 150 runs from 296 balls in 206 mins (JT Smuts 81, ML Price 59, Extras 11, 21x4, x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - JT Smuts: 100 runs off 163 balls in 242 mins (16x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 200 runs in 60.1overs (259 mins, 372 balls, 26x4,0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 2nd wicket partnership 50 runs from 77 balls in 45 mins (JT SMuts 23, MBA Smith 27, Extras 0, 4x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 250 runs in 71.5 overs (300 mins, 442 balls, (29x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - MBA Smith: 50 runs off 68 balls in 72 mins (4x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 300 runs in 80.2 overs (330 mins, 493 balls, 32x4,1x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - 3rd wicket partnership 50 runs from 47 balls in 27 mins (MBA Smith 27, SR Adair 23, Extras 1, 3x4, 1x6)

Day 2

Free State 1st Innings - 50 runs in 18.2 overs (76 mins, 114 balls, 7x4,0x6)

Free State 1st Innings - 4th wicket partnership 50 runs from 99 balls in 66 mins (DJ van Wyk 16, P Botha 24, Extras 10, 7x4, 0x6)

Free State 1st Innings - 100 runs in 33.4 overs (146 mins, 215 balls, 13x4,0x6)

Free State 1st Innings - DJ van Wyk: 50 runs off 106 balls in 159 mins (6x4, 0x6)

Free State 1st Innings - 150 runs in 59.1 overs (239 mins, 368 balls, 16x4,2x6)

Free State 1st Innings - 200 runs in 71.6 overs (296 mins, 445 balls, 29x4,2x6)

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - 50 runs in 15.4 overs (66 mins, 94 balls, (5x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 33.2 overs (142 mins, 200 balls, (10x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - 3rd wicket partnership 50 runs from 67 balls in 51 mins (MBA Smith 39, SR Adair 12, Extras 0, 7x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - MBA Smith: 50 runs off 68 balls in 105 mins (6x4, 0x6)

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - 150 runs in 39.5 overs (171 mins, 240 balls, (16x4, 1x6)

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - 3rd wicket partnership 100 runs from 96 balls in 75 mins (MBA Smith 68, SR Adair 33, Extras 0, 13x4, 2x6)

Day 3

Eastern Province 2nd Innings - 200 runs in 46.3 overs (200 mins, 281 balls, (20x4, 2x6)

Eastern Province 1st Innings - MBA Smith: 100 runs off 112 balls in 160 mins (10x4, 1x6)

Free State 2nd Innings - 50 runs in 18.1 overs (84 mins, 113 balls, 8x4,2x6)

Free State 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 37.2 overs (163 mins, 228 balls, 14x4,0x6)

Free State 1st Innings - RV Terblanche: 50 runs off 79 balls in 102 mins (7x4, 0x6)

Free State 1st Innings - 150 runs in 50.6 overs (216 mins, 311 balls, 20x4,0x6)

Match Details

GroundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth

TossFree State, elected to field first

Series

CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge

Season2009/10

Hours of play (local time)10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30

Match days29,30,31 October 2009 - day (3-day match)

Umpires

Laurance Willemse

Lubabalo Gcuma

Reserve Umpire

Bernard Harrison

PointsEastern Province 19.9, Free State 4.12

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