Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Waldo Lategan †	run out (Vallie/Richards)	87	130	192	16	0	66.92
Michael Erlank	c †Cooke b Richards	32	60	83	6	0	53.33
Jonathan Beukes (c)	c †Cooke b Richards	4	14	19	1	0	28.57
Divan van Wyk	c Paterson b Richards	49	68	91	6	0	72.05
Griffin Nieuwoudt	lbw b Temoor	35	57	89	3	0	61.40
Obus Pienaar	c Gray b Mgijima	6	7	13	1	0	85.71
Romano Terblanche	run out (Paterson)	62	85	92	8	0	72.94
Hendro Puchert	not out	35	52	60	3	1	67.30
Thandi Tshabalala	b Gray	28	35	30	5	0	80.00
Gino Vries	not out	2	8	9	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 6, w 7)	16
Total	85 Ov (RR: 4.18, 342 Mins)	356/8d
Did not bat Victor Mpitsang
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Michael Erlank, 20.1 ov), 2-77 (Jonathan Beukes, 24.3 ov), 3-178 (Waldo Lategan, 44.1 ov), 4-182 (Divan van Wyk, 44.4 ov), 5-200 (Obus Pienaar, 47.1 ov), 6-272 (Griffin Nieuwoudt, 65.5 ov), 7-301 (Romano Terblanche, 72.5 ov), 8-340 (Thandi Tshabalala, 82.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rowan Richards	17	2	71	3	4.17	77	2	0
20.1 to MN Erlank, . 65/1 24.3 to JA Beukes, . 77/2 44.4 to DJ van Wyk, . 182/4
Gurshwin Rabie	14	4	63	0	4.50	62	0	3
Dane Paterson	12	2	67	0	5.58	49	0	1
Aviwe Mgijima	15	1	45	1	3.00	71	1	2
47.1 to AJ Pienaar, . 200/5
Abdul Temoor	12	1	46	1	3.83	50	0	0
65.5 to GN Nieuwoudt, . 272/6
Alistair Gray	15	2	61	1	4.06	57	0	0
82.3 to MS Tshabalala, . 340/8

Western Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alistair Gray	c Erlank b Mpitsang	8	25	29	1	0	32.00
Travis Townsend	c van Wyk b Pienaar	53	100	142	8	0	53.00
Martin Walters (c)	c Beukes b Terblanche	22	99	141	2	0	22.22
Yaseen Vallie	run out (Puchert/†Lategan)	119	116	213	18	0	102.58
Romano Ramoo	c Beukes b Vries	47	47	58	7	1	100.00
Aviwe Mgijima	lbw b Pienaar	7	16	23	0	0	43.75
Chris Cooke †	c van Wyk b Pienaar	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Abdul Temoor	lbw b Mpitsang	37	51	68	5	0	72.54
Rowan Richards	not out	45	46	64	2	3	97.82
Gurshwin Rabie	not out	27	25	32	2	0	108.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 19, w 3)	29
Total	85 Ov (RR: 4.63, 388 Mins)	394/8d
Did not bat Dane Paterson
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Alistair Gray, 6.5 ov), 2-91 (Travis Townsend, 31.6 ov), 3-127 (Martin Walters, 37.3 ov), 4-198 (Romano Ramoo, 50.3 ov), 5-217 (Aviwe Mgijima, 55.1 ov), 6-217 (Chris Cooke, 55.5 ov), 7-289 (Abdul Temoor, 70.5 ov), 8-341 (Yaseen Vallie, 77.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Victor Mpitsang	18	2	77	2	4.27	78	1	6
6.5 to AJA Gray, . 18/1 70.5 to AA Temoor, . 289/7
Gino Vries	22	1	91	1	4.13	86	0	3
50.3 to RJ Ramoo, . 198/4
Obus Pienaar	14	3	54	3	3.85	56	2	1
31.6 to TKM Townsend, . 91/2 55.1 to A Mgijima, . 217/5 55.5 to CB Cooke, . 217/6
Thandi Tshabalala	12	1	65	0	5.41	45	0	5
Hendro Puchert	8	0	35	0	4.37	35	0	4
Romano Terblanche	10	0	54	1	5.40	34	0	0
37.3 to MD Walters, . 127/3
Michael Erlank	1	0	11	0	11.00	2	0	0

Free State 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Divan van Wyk	c †Cooke b Mgijima	63	199	288	7	0	31.65
Waldo Lategan †	b Rabie	14	44	59	1	0	31.81
Michael Erlank	b Mgijima	0	21	25	0	0	0.00
Jonathan Beukes (c)	b Mgijima	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Griffin Nieuwoudt	c Gray b Temoor	29	67	118	3	0	43.28
Obus Pienaar	run out (Mgijima)	23	50	66	4	0	46.00
Romano Terblanche	b Paterson	2	14	25	0	0	14.28
Hendro Puchert	lbw b Mgijima	0	15	25	0	0	0.00
Thandi Tshabalala	c sub (SP Gomes) b Mgijima	3	10	17	0	0	30.00
Gino Vries	not out	3	24	40	0	0	12.50
Victor Mpitsang	c Richards b Temoor	11	26	31	1	0	42.30
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	16
Total	79.1 Ov (RR: 2.07, 354 Mins)	164
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Waldo Lategan, 14.1 ov), 2-34 (Michael Erlank, 19.4 ov), 3-36 (Jonathan Beukes, 21.5 ov), 4-90 (Griffin Nieuwoudt, 48.1 ov), 5-141 (Obus Pienaar, 63.5 ov), 6-141 (Divan van Wyk, 65.2 ov), 7-143 (Romano Terblanche, 68.2 ov), 8-149 (Hendro Puchert, 69.6 ov), 9-150 (Thandi Tshabalala, 71.3 ov), 10-164 (Victor Mpitsang, 79.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Gurshwin Rabie	19	3	32	1	1.68	91	0	1
14.1 to W Lategan, . 28/1
Rowan Richards	11	2	35	0	3.18	53	2	0
Aviwe Mgijima	22	9	24	5	1.09	116	0	1
19.4 to MN Erlank, . 34/2 21.5 to JA Beukes, . 36/3 65.2 to DJ van Wyk, . 141/6 69.6 to H Puchert, . 149/8 71.3 to MS Tshabalala, . 150/9
Dane Paterson	17	6	28	1	1.64	85	0	0
68.2 to RK Terblanche, . 143/7
Abdul Temoor	8.1	1	31	2	3.79	35	0	0
48.1 to GN Nieuwoudt, . 90/4 79.1 to PV Mpitsang, . 164/10
Alistair Gray	2	1	2	0	1.00	10	0	0

Western Province 2nd Innings (T: 127 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alistair Gray	c †Lategan b Erlank	35	71	106	3	2	49.29
Travis Townsend	lbw b Pienaar	39	44	67	8	0	88.63
Yaseen Vallie	not out	32	29	55	4	0	110.34
Romano Ramoo	not out	15	18	17	1	0	83.33
Extras	(nb 8)	8
Total	25.4 Ov (RR: 5.02, 123 Mins)	129/2
Did not bat Martin Walters (c), Chris Cooke †, Aviwe Mgijima, Abdul Temoor, Rowan Richards, Gurshwin Rabie, Dane Paterson
Fall of wickets 1-54 (Travis Townsend, 14.1 ov), 2-109 (Alistair Gray, 21.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Victor Mpitsang	7	4	10	0	1.42	39	0	1
Gino Vries	7	0	41	0	5.85	27	0	2
Obus Pienaar	5	0	35	1	7.00	18	0	0
14.1 to TKM Townsend, . 54/1
Hendro Puchert	4	0	27	0	6.75	18	0	5
Michael Erlank	2.4	0	16	1	6.00	7	0	0
21.4 to AJA Gray, . 109/2

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Thu, 18 Feb

day 1 - W Province 1st innings 38/1 (Travis Townsend 14*, Martin Walters 5*, 17 ov)

Fri, 19 Feb

day 2 - Free State 2nd innings 39/3 (Divan van Wyk 14*, Griffin Nieuwoudt 2*, 26 ov)

Sat, 20 Feb

day 3 - W Province 2nd innings 129/2 (25.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Free State 1st innings

52 runs in 16.1 overs, 65 mins (101 balls, 8 fours)

101 runs in 28.3 overs, 123 mins (177 balls, 18 fours)

W Lategan : 50 runs in 138 mins (96 balls, 10 fours)

Lunch: Free State 118/2 in 32 overs( W Lategan 50*, DJ Van Wyk 24*, ex 8)

51 run partnership in 42 mins, 59 balls,8 fours (W Lategan 28*, D Van Wyk 21*, ex 2)

153 runs in 37.2 overs, 163 mins (231 balls, 26 fours)

100 run partnership in 84 mins, 118 balls (W Lategan 52* D Van Wyk 45, ex 3)

200 runs in 46.4 overs, 206 mins (288 balls, 31 fours)

250 runs in 60.5 overs, 264 mins (374 balls, 37 fours)

50 run partnership in 52 mins, 83 balls ( R Terblanche 34*, G Nieuwoudt 15*, ex 1)

R Terblanche: 50 runs in 78 mins (74 balls, 7 fours)

355 runs in 84.5 overs, 342 mins (518 balls, 49 fours, 1 six)

Western Province 1st innings

Day 2

Western Province 1st innings

50 runs in 20.6 overs, 90 mins (135 balls, 4 fours)

50 run partnership in 81 mins, 119 balls, 6 fours (T Townsend 32*, M Walters 8*, ex 11)

T Townsend: 50 runs in 127 mins (88 balls, 8 fours)

100 runs in 33.5 overs, 153 mins (217 balls, 11 fours)

150 runs in 42.5 overs, 194 mins (273 balls, 20 fours)

50 run partnership in 41 mins, 57 balls , 7 fours, 1 six (R Ramoo 37*, M Vallie 11*, ex 3)

Lunch: Western Province 179/3 in 47 overs (M Valie 35*,R Ramoo 38*, ex 23)

201 runs in 50.4 overs, 231 mins (322 balls, 26 fours, 1 six)

M Vallie: 50 runs in 99 mins (53 balls, 8 fours)

253 runs in 63.4 overs, 294 mins (400 ball, 31 fours, 1 six)

50 run partnership in 49 mins, 64 balls, 6 fours (A Temoor 30*, M Vallie 19*, ex 2)

303 runs in 72.3 overs, 333 mins ( 454 balls, 38 fours, 1 six)

M Vallie: 100 runs in 195 mins (104 balls, 15 fours)

Tea: Western Province 338/7 in 77 overs (M Vallie 116*, R Richards 21*, ex 27)

50 run partnership in 31 mins, 41 balls, 7 fours (R Richards 21*, M Vallie 29* ex 1)

352 runs in 79.5 overs, 366 mins (500 balls, 44 fours, 2 sixes)

50 run partnership in 30 mins, 44 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes(R Richards 22*, G Rabie 26* ex 2)

Stumps called with 8 overs remaining - bad light

Day 3

Free State 2nd innings

53 runs in 30.6 overs, 133 mins (188 balls, 3 fours)

50 run partnership in 113 mins, 153 balls, 4 fours (D Van Wyk 19*, G Nieuwoudt 29*, extras 2)

103 runs in 50.5 overs, 224 mins (308 balls, 10 fours)

DJ Van Wyk: 50 runs in 231 mins (164 balls, 6 fours)

Lunch: Free State 134/4 in 58 overs (D Van Wyk 59*, AJ Pienaar 20*, extras 12)

50 run partnership in 61 mins, 88 balls, 8 fours (DJ Van Wyk 27*, AJ Pienaar 22*, extras 1)

150 runs in 70.2 overs, 317 mins (425 balls, 15 fours)

Western Province 2nd innings

50 runs in 13.2 overs, 63 mins (84 balls, 9 fours)

50 run partnership in 63 mins, 84 balls, 9 fours (A Gray 10*, T Townsend 36*, extras 4)

100 runs in 20.1 overs in 99 mins (129 balls, 15 fours, 1 six)

50 run partnership in 40 balls, 32 mins, 6 fours, 2 sixes (A Gray 23*, M Vallie 26*, extras 3)

Western Province won by 8 wickets

Bonus Points: Western Province 6.88 bat, 4 bowl, 10 win

Free State: 6.12 bat, 4 bowl

Match Details

GroundNewlands, Cape Town

TossFree State, elected to bat first

Series

CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge

Season2009/10

Hours of play (local time)10.00 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.20-15.40, Close 18.00

Match days18,19,20 February 2010 - day (3-day match)

Umpires

Bernard Harrison

Clive Joubert

Reserve Umpire

Irvin van Kerwel

PointsWestern Province 20.88, Free State 10.12

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