Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jean Symes	c †Dyili b Birch	54	48	60	9	1	112.50
Stephen Cook	c †Dyili b Viret	116	184	276	11	1	63.04
Grant Mokoena	c Meyer b Williams	68	54	71	10	3	125.92
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	b Birch	13	23	22	2	0	56.52
Dane Vilas †	not out	135	130	205	13	3	103.84
Temba Bavuma	b Williams	1	7	5	0	0	14.28
Richard Cameron	c Baxter b Viret	31	36	36	5	0	86.11
Shane Burger (c)	not out	14	29	45	0	0	48.27
Extras	(lb 3, nb 1, w 2)	6
Total	85 Ov (RR: 5.15, 362 Mins)	438/6d
Did not bat Aaron Phangiso, Pumelela Matshikwe, Johnson Mafa
Fall of wickets 1-64 (Jean Symes, 14.2 ov), 2-160 (Grant Mokoena, 29.3 ov), 3-177 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 34.4 ov), 4-318 (Stephen Cook, 64.2 ov), 5-319 (Temba Bavuma, 65.3 ov), 6-375 (Richard Cameron, 74.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Reece Williams	16	2	87	2	5.43	58	1	0
29.3 to TG Mokoena, . 160/2 65.3 to T Bavuma, . 319/5
Brandon Viret	12	0	82	2	6.83	37	1	0
64.2 to SC Cook, . 318/4 74.5 to R Cameron, . 375/6
Lyall Meyer	22	4	74	0	3.36	93	0	0
Andrew Birch	21	1	110	2	5.23	70	0	1
14.2 to J Symes, . 64/1 34.4 to VB van Jaarsveld, . 177/3
Michael Smith	5	0	42	0	8.40	11	0	0
Chad Baxter	9	0	40	0	4.44	33	0	0

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chad Baxter	c †Vilas b Mafa	8	12	12	2	0	66.66

Kelly Smuts	c Cameron b Matshikwe	35	53	84	4	0	66.03
Michael Smith (c)	lbw b Phangiso	108	193	240	20	0	55.95
Sean Adair	c Mokoena b Cameron	77	151	217	12	0	50.99

Riaan Jeggels	c Cook b Cameron	53	72	78	5	1	73.61
Pite van Biljon	run out (†Vilas)	25	27	35	4	0	92.59
Athenkosi Dyili †	not out	17	10	13	3	0	170.00
Andrew Birch	not out	3	3	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 11)	12
Total	85 Ov (RR: 3.97, 343 Mins)	338/6d
Did not bat Lyall Meyer, Reece Williams, Brandon Viret
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Chad Baxter, 2.6 ov), 2-66 (Kelly Smuts, 19.3 ov), 3-224 (Michael Smith, 61.4 ov), 4-275 (Sean Adair, 74.4 ov), 5-312 (Riaan Jeggels, 82.1 ov), 6-324 (Pite van Biljon, 83.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johnson Mafa	16	6	57	1	3.56	79	0	3
2.6 to C Baxter, nicked flashing outside off stump. 10/1
Pumelela Matshikwe	15	3	49	1	3.26	69	0	0
19.3 to KR Smuts, . 66/2
Richard Cameron	15	0	78	2	5.20	57	0	8
74.4 to SR Adair, glanced to deep backward square leg. 275/4 82.1 to RR Jeggels, . 312/5
Shane Burger	8	1	46	0	5.75	30	0	0
Aaron Phangiso	25	2	82	1	3.28	111	0	0
61.4 to MBA Smith, . 224/3
Jean Symes	6	0	25	0	4.16	26	0	0

Gauteng 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jean Symes	not out	147	240	319	12	4	61.25
Stephen Cook	lbw b Viret	59	136	196	6	0	43.38
Grant Mokoena	c Birch b Smith	50	101	103	3	5	49.50
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	not out	15	17	20	1	1	88.23
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2, w 1)	7
Total	82 Ov (RR: 3.39, 319 Mins)	278/2d
Did not bat Dane Vilas †, Temba Bavuma, Richard Cameron, Aaron Phangiso, Shane Burger (c), Pumelela Matshikwe, Johnson Mafa
Fall of wickets 1-124 (Stephen Cook, 46.3 ov), 2-240 (Grant Mokoena, 76.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	13	6	24	0	1.84	69	1	1
Reece Williams	10	0	39	0	3.90	42	0	1
Lyall Meyer	10	1	35	0	3.50	41	0	0
Brandon Viret	17	0	43	1	2.52	71	0	0
46.3 to SC Cook, . 124/1
Chad Baxter	13	2	40	0	3.07	58	0	0
Sean Adair	8	1	32	0	4.00	34	0	0
Michael Smith	11	0	61	1	5.54	42	0	0
76.1 to TG Mokoena, . 240/2

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 379 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chad Baxter	not out	55	104	145	9	0	52.88
Kelly Smuts	lbw b Phangiso	26	37	63	6	0	70.27
Michael Smith (c)	not out	37	65	82	5	0	56.92
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	34 Ov (RR: 3.58, 145 Mins)	122/1
Did not bat Sean Adair, Riaan Jeggels, Pite van Biljon, Athenkosi Dyili †, Andrew Birch, Lyall Meyer, Reece Williams, Brandon Viret
Fall of wickets 1-48 (Kelly Smuts, 13.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johnson Mafa	5	0	27	0	5.40	23	0	2
Pumelela Matshikwe	7	3	24	0	3.42	33	0	0
Shane Burger	8	3	15	0	1.87	41	0	0
Aaron Phangiso	8	2	34	1	4.25	35	0	0
13.3 to KR Smuts, . 48/1
Jean Symes	3	0	10	0	3.33	10	0	0
Temba Bavuma	2	0	6	0	3.00	9	0	0
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 08 Oct

day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 29/1 (Kelly Smuts 17*, Michael Smith 4*, 10.3 ov)

Fri, 09 Oct

day 2 - Gauteng 2nd innings 70/0 (Jean Symes 32*, Stephen Cook 37*, 26.2 ov)

Sat, 10 Oct

day 3 - E. Province 2nd innings 122/1 (34 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Gauteng 50 runs in 10.4 overs, 44 mins off 64 balls , 7x4, 1x6

50 partnership for Symes & Cook in 44 mins off 64 balls, 7x4 1x6 (symes 40, Cook 10 , extras 0)

J Symes 50 Runs in 53 mins off 46 balls 8x4 1x6

Gauteng 100 runs in 21.2 overs, 96 mins off 128 balls , 14x4, 3x6

50 partnership for Cook & Mokoena in 44 mins off 52 balls, 6x4 2x6 (Cook 19, Mokoena 30 , extras 1)

G Mokoena 50 Runs in 58 mins off 39 balls 8x4 2x6

Gauteng 150 runs in 27.2 overs, 123 mins off 165 balls , 22x4, 4x6

SC Cook 50 Runs in 171 mins off 100 balls 4x4 1x6

Gauteng 200 runs in 41.3 overs, 183 mins off 250 balls , 25x4, 5x6

50 partnership for Cook & Vilas in 59 mins off 83 balls, 5x4 0x6 (Cook 33, Vilas 17 , extras 0)

Gauteng 250 runs in 52.3 overs, 229 mins off 316 balls , 33x4, 5x6

100 partnership for Cook & Vilas in 87 mins off 127 balls, 12x4 1x6 (Cook 57, Vilas 43 , extras 0)

SC Cook 100 Runs in 240 mins off 156 balls 11x4 1x6

DJ Vilas 50 Runs in 92 mins off 60 balls 4x4 2x6

Gauteng 300 runs in 59.1 overs, 253 mins off 356 balls , 37x4, 7x6

Gauteng 350 runs in 71 overs, 302 mins off 428 balls , 40x4, 7x6

DJ Vilas 100 Runs in 181 mins off 107 balls 9x4 2x6

Gauteng 400 runs in 79.5 overs, 340 mins off 482 balls , 47x4, 7x6

50 partnership for Vilas & A Cameron in 31 mins off 50 balls, 7x4 0x6 (Vilas 22, Cameron 27 , extras 1)

50 partnership for Vilas & Burger in 34 mins off 46 balls, 5x4 1x6 (Vilas 40, Burger 8 , extras 3)

Day 2

Eastern Province 50 runs in 13.3 overs, 58 mins off 81 balls , 9x4, 0x6

50 partnership for Smuts & Smith in 65 mins off 90 balls, 9x4 0x6 (Smuts 30, Smith 23 , extras 0)

Eastern Province 100 runs in 30.4 overs, 140 mins off 187 balls , 16x4, 0x6

50 partnership for Smith & Adair in 67 mins off 89 balls, 9x4 0x6 (Smith 24, Adair 20 , extras 6)

MBA Smith 50 Runs in 147 mins off 104 balls 9x4 0x6

Eastern Province 150 runs in 44.4 overs, 187 mins off 274 balls , 26x4, 0x6

100 partnership for Smith & Adair in 117 mins off 183 balls, 18x4 0x6 (Smith 57, Adair 40 , extras 6)

SR Adair 50 Runs in 154 mins off 109 balls 9x4 0x6

Eastern Province 200 runs in 58 overs, 238 mins off 357 balls , 33x4, 0x6

MBA Smith 100 Runs in 228 mins off 186 balls 19x4 0x6

150 partnership for Smith & Adair in 163 mins off 254 balls, 25x4 0x6 (Smith 83, Adair 58 , extras 9)

Eastern Province 250 runs in 68.4overs, 281 mins off 421 balls , 41x4, 0x6

50 partnership for Adair & Jeggels in 48 mins off 77 balls, 5x4 1x6 (Adair 13, Jeggels 37 , extras 1)

RR Jeggels 50 Runs in 71 mins off 67 balls 5x4 1x6

Eastern Province 300 runs in 315 mins off 80.2 overs, 492 balls , 45x4, 1x6

Gauteng 50 runs in 16.3 overs, 73 mins off 100 balls , 6x4, 0x6

50 partnership for Symes & Cook in 73 mins off 100 balls, 6x4 0x6 (Symes 24, Cook 25 , extras 1)

Day 3

Gauteng 100 runs in 39 0vers, 162 mins off 237 balls , 10x4, 1x6

100 partnership for Symes & Cook in 162 mins off 237 balls, 10x4 1x6 (Symes 46, Cook 53 , extras 3)

SC Cook 50 Runs in 162 mins off 118 balls 6x4 0x6

J Symes 50 Runs in 177 mins off 131 balls 4x4 1x6

Gauteng 150 runs in 55.1 0vers, 233 mins off 332 balls , 13x4, 1x6

50 partnership for Symes & Mokoena in 63 mins off 101 balls, 3x4 1x6 (Symes 35, Mokoena 14 , extras 1)

J Symes 100 Runs in 268 mins off 198 balls 7x4 2x6

Gauteng 200 runs in 71 0vers, 282 mins off 429 balls , 16x4, 5x6

100 partnership for Symes & Mokoena in 90 mins off 163 balls, 6x4 7x6 (Symes 57, Mokoena 45 , extras 3)

G Mokoena 50 Runs in 102 mins off 100 balls 3x4 5x6

Gauteng 250 runs in 77.5 0vers, 306 mins off 470 balls , 19x4, 9x6

Eastern Province 50 runs in 13.5 0vers, 66 mins off 85 balls , 10x4,0x6

50 partnership for Baxter & Smith in 56 mins off 80 balls, 8x4 0x6 (Baxter 26, Smith 24 , extras 0)

Eastern Province 100 runs in 27.1 0vers, 121 mins off 165 balls , 17x4,0x6

C Baxter 50 Runs in 130 mins off 95 balls 8x4 0x6

Match Details

GroundABSA Oval, Johannesburg

TossGauteng, elected to bat 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 days8,9,10 October 2009 - day (3-day match)

FC debut

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

PointsGauteng 10.76, Eastern Province 8.76

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