Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bradley Barnes †	run out (Price)	12	11	8	2	0	109.09
Khaya Zondo	c Smith b Meyer	60	140	230	7	1	42.85
Myren Pillay	c †Dyili b Viret	16	54	75	3	0	29.62
Cody Chetty	c & b Birch	22	63	70	2	0	34.92
Martin Bekker (c)	c †Dyili b Birch	6	14	18	1	0	42.85
Jon Kent	b Birch	25	66	85	3	0	37.87
Cameron Delport	lbw b Smith	35	39	56	4	2	89.74
Mthokozisi Shezi	c Price b Smith	11	35	39	1	0	31.42
Keshav Maharaj	st †Dyili b JT Smuts	15	58	67	1	0	25.86
Calvin Flowers	not out	15	44	55	1	0	34.09
Nicholas Hewer	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 16, w 4)	27
Total	85 Ov (RR: 2.87, 356 Mins)	244/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Bradley Barnes, 1.4 ov), 2-70 (Myren Pillay, 17.5 ov), 3-108 (Cody Chetty, 35.3 ov), 4-115 (Martin Bekker, 39.4 ov), 5-151 (Khaya Zondo, 51.3 ov), 6-175 (Jon Kent, 59.3 ov), 7-208 (Cameron Delport, 65.3 ov), 8-216 (Mthokozisi Shezi, 69.3 ov), 9-244 (Keshav Maharaj, 84.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	21	4	53	3	2.52	106	6	0	2	5
35.3 to C Chetty, . 108/3 39.4 to M Bekker, . 115/4 59.3 to JC Kent, . 175/6
Reece Williams	9	1	49	0	5.44	39	6	1	0	6
Brandon Viret	17	4	36	1	2.11	84	3	0	0	5
17.5 to M Pillay, . 70/2
Lyall Meyer	14	4	41	1	2.92	66	6	0	2	0
51.3 to K Zondo, . 151/5
Warren Bell	3	1	10	0	3.33	14	2	0	0	0
JJ Smuts	15	1	36	1	2.40	70	1	2	0	0
84.4 to KA Maharaj, . 244/9
Michael Smith	6	3	12	2	2.00	29	1	0	0	0
65.3 to CS Delport, . 208/7 69.3 to M Shezi, . 216/8

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c Hewer b Maharaj	46	45	67	9	0	102.22
Michael Price	c †Barnes b Hewer	13	46	58	2	0	28.26
Lyall Meyer	c Delport b Flowers	34	80	110	5	0	42.50
Michael Smith (c)	c Delport b Maharaj	9	22	35	2	0	40.90
Kelly Smuts	c Chetty b Flowers	17	36	47	3	0	47.22
Sean Adair	c Delport b Shezi	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Warren Bell	run out (Hewer)	6	23	39	1	0	26.08
Athenkosi Dyili †	lbw b Flowers	1	11	15	0	0	9.09
Andrew Birch	b Kent	47	46	62	7	0	102.17
Brandon Viret	not out	23	68	76	2	0	33.82
Reece Williams	c Maharaj b Flowers	19	13	23	1	2	146.15
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 2)	5
Total	65.4 Ov (RR: 3.35, 270 Mins)	220
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Michael Price, 14.1 ov), 2-60 (JJ Smuts, 15.5 ov), 3-82 (Michael Smith, 25.1 ov), 4-117 (Kelly Smuts, 35.6 ov), 5-117 (Sean Adair, 36.6 ov), 6-125 (Lyall Meyer, 39.6 ov), 7-131 (Athenkosi Dyili, 43.3 ov), 8-136 (Warren Bell, 45.2 ov), 9-191 (Andrew Birch, 60.4 ov), 10-220 (Reece Williams, 65.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nicholas Hewer	13	6	32	1	2.46	66	6	0	0	0
14.1 to ML Price, . 54/1
Mthokozisi Shezi	10	2	43	1	4.30	41	7	0	0	2
36.6 to SR Adair, . 117/5
Jon Kent	9	4	14	1	1.55	47	2	0	0	0
60.4 to ACR Birch, . 191/9
Keshav Maharaj	17	3	68	2	4.00	72	10	0	0	0
15.5 to JT Smuts, . 60/2 25.1 to MBA Smith, . 82/3
Calvin Flowers	16.4	3	60	4	3.60	73	7	2	0	0
35.6 to KR Smuts, . 117/4 39.6 to L Meyer, . 125/6 43.3 to AZM Dyili, . 131/7 65.4 to RC Williams, . 220/10

KwaZulu-Natal 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bradley Barnes †	c KR Smuts b Viret	14	21	35	0	0	66.66
Khaya Zondo	c †Dyili b Birch	19	33	49	2	1	57.57
Myren Pillay	c Viret b Bell	78	226	300	9	0	34.51
Cody Chetty	b Birch	5	13	21	1	0	38.46
Martin Bekker (c)	lbw b Williams	8	24	44	1	0	33.33
Jon Kent	b Birch	23	57	87	2	1	40.35
Cameron Delport	c Bell b Meyer	57	52	82	9	2	109.61
Mthokozisi Shezi	c †Dyili b Birch	1	11	15	0	0	9.09
Keshav Maharaj	lbw b Bell	3	24	44	0	0	12.50
Calvin Flowers	not out	10	67	81	0	0	14.92
Nicholas Hewer	lbw b Williams	13	44	70	2	0	29.54
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 9, w 2)	20
Total	93.5 Ov (RR: 2.67, 416 Mins)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Bradley Barnes, 7.5 ov), 2-40 (Khaya Zondo, 10.2 ov), 3-55 (Cody Chetty, 14.5 ov), 4-70 (Martin Bekker, 25.1 ov), 5-120 (Jon Kent, 44.6 ov), 6-210 (Cameron Delport, 63.6 ov), 7-216 (Mthokozisi Shezi, 66.6 ov), 8-223 (Myren Pillay, 74.3 ov), 9-225 (Keshav Maharaj, 76.3 ov), 10-251 (Nicholas Hewer, 93.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Reece Williams	12.5	3	49	2	3.81	58	4	1	0	5
25.1 to M Bekker, . 70/4 93.5 to ND Hewer, . 251/10
Brandon Viret	19	6	34	1	1.78	93	2	0	0	2
7.5 to BG Barnes, . 31/1
Andrew Birch	25	11	54	4	2.16	128	7	1	0	2
10.2 to K Zondo, . 40/2 14.5 to C Chetty, . 55/3 44.6 to JC Kent, . 120/5 66.6 to M Shezi, . 216/7
Lyall Meyer	13	3	37	1	2.84	64	6	0	2	0
63.6 to CS Delport, . 210/6
Warren Bell	12	3	20	2	1.66	60	2	0	0	0
74.3 to M Pillay, . 223/8 76.3 to KA Maharaj, . 225/9
JJ Smuts	8	2	23	0	2.87	37	1	1	0	0
Michael Smith	3	0	24	0	8.00	11	4	1	0	0
Michael Price	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 276 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	not out	130	139	221	14	0	93.52
Michael Price	c Pillay b Flowers	84	109	129	6	3	77.06
Michael Smith (c)	c Kent b Flowers	17	29	28	2	0	58.62
Athenkosi Dyili †	c Flowers b Delport	10	15	22	2	0	66.66
Kelly Smuts	c Kent b Flowers	12	10	12	1	1	120.00
Andrew Birch	c Pillay b Flowers	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Sean Adair	c Bekker b Flowers	2	2	4	0	0	100.00
Warren Bell	not out	13	10	15	1	0	130.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 4)	9
Total	52.3 Ov (RR: 5.29, 221 Mins)	278/6
Did not bat: Lyall Meyer, Brandon Viret, Reece Williams
Fall of wickets: 1-167 (Michael Price, 31.3 ov), 2-198 (Michael Smith, 39.2 ov), 3-227 (Athenkosi Dyili, 44.6 ov), 4-246 (Kelly Smuts, 47.5 ov), 5-256 (Andrew Birch, 49.1 ov), 6-259 (Sean Adair, 49.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Kent	5	0	26	0	5.20	18	1	1	0	0
Nicholas Hewer	5.3	0	36	0	6.54	18	5	0	0	0
Calvin Flowers	22	1	92	5	4.18	80	9	1	0	0
31.3 to ML Price, . 167/1 39.2 to MBA Smith, . 198/2 47.5 to KR Smuts, . 246/4 49.1 to ACR Birch, . 256/5 49.4 to SR Adair, . 259/6
Mthokozisi Shezi	3	0	23	0	7.66	9	4	0	0	1
Keshav Maharaj	6	0	41	0	6.83	16	2	2	0	0
Cameron Delport	11	1	55	1	5.00	35	5	0	0	3
44.6 to AZM Dyili, . 227/3

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Thu, 11 Mar - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 62/2 (Lyall Meyer 2*, Michael Smith 0*, 17 ov)

Fri, 12 Mar - day 2 - KZ-Natal 2nd innings 164/5 (Myren Pillay 66*, Cameron Delport 22*, 53 ov)

Sat, 13 Mar - day 3 - E. Province 2nd innings 278/6 (52.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

52 part 37 mins 58 balls 9x4 1*6 4*extras; Pillay 66* Delport 26*
202 runs 266 mins 370 balls 22x4 4*6 14xextras
50 runs Delport 43 balls 60 mins 8x4 2x6
New ball taken at over 86
250 runs 414 mins 572 balls 26x4 2x6 20xextras
53 runs 48 mins 56 balls 5x4 1*6
53 part 48 mins 56 balls 5x4 1*6; JT Smuts 31* & Price 22*
52 runs JT Smuts 70 mins 45 balls 7x4
102 runs 91 mins 122 balls 10x4 1x6
102 part 91 mins 122 balls 10x4 1*6; JT Smuts 59* & Price 42*
51 runs Price 96 mins 72 balls 4x4 1x6
200 runs 164 mins 243 balls 17x4 1x6 7xextras
100 runs JT Smuts 171 mins 112 balls 10x4
250 runs 198 mins 293 balls 23x4 2x6
Eastern Province won by 4 wickets
Eastern Province has 4 points for bowl & 3.4 for batting + 10points for the win. Total points= 17.4
KZN has 3.88 points for bat & 4 points for bowl. Total points=7.88

Match Details

Kingsmead, Durban
Toss	Eastern Province, elected to field first
Series	CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge
Season	2009/10
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 11.50-12.30, Tea 14.50-15.10, Close 17.30
Match days	11,12,13 March 2010 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Clifford Isaacs Gerrie Pienaar
Reserve Umpire	Lubabalo Gcuma
Points	Eastern Province 17.4, KwaZulu-Natal 7.88

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E. Province Innings

Player Name		R	B
JT Smuts	not out	130	139
ML Price	caught	84	109
MBA Smith	caught	17	29
AZM Dyili	caught	10	15
KR Smuts	caught	12	10
ACR Birch	caught	1	5
SR Adair	caught	2	2
WE Bell	not out	13	10
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 4)
Total	278(6 wkts; 52.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Kent	5	0	26	0	5.2
ND Hewer	5.3	0	36	0	6.54
CA Flowers	22	1	92	5	4.18
M Shezi	3	0	23	0	7.66 (1 nb)
KA Maharaj	6	0	41	0	6.83
CS Delport	11	1	55	1	5 (3 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	167	Michael Price	JJ Smuts
2nd	31	Michael Smith	JJ Smuts
3rd	29	Athenkosi Dyili	JJ Smuts
4th	19	JJ Smuts	Kelly Smuts
5th	10	Andrew Birch	JJ Smuts
6th	3	Sean Adair	JJ Smuts
7th	19	Warren Bell	JJ Smuts

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CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
EPR	13	8	1	4	190.7
GTG	13	6	1	5	167.89
NTHNS	13	5	2	6	161.32
EASTN	13	5	2	6	150.16
WPR	13	5	5	3	146.3
SWD	13	4	5	4	131.82
GriqW	13	3	2	8	128.66
NWEST	13	2	1	10	121.8
FS	13	2	3	7	117.52
KZN	13	3	3	7	113.88
BOL	13	2	5	5	103.8
NAM	13	1	6	6	96.92
BOR	13	1	7	4	94.89
KZNIN	13	0	4	7	75.26

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