Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tumelo Bodibe	lbw b Birch	50	102	174	7	0	49.01
Rushdi Jappie	lbw b Birch	11	38	49	1	0	28.94
Mpho Sekhoto	c †Adair b Kops	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Jaco Booysen	lbw b Njoloza	42	73	37	5	1	57.53
David Wiese	c & b Birch	0	13	15	0	0	0.00
Cobus Pienaar	c †Adair b Meyer	54	105	153	8	0	51.42
Sean O'Connor (c)	b Birch	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Hardus Viljoen	c Smuts b Birch	38	63	97	4	0	60.31
Mangaliso Mosehle †	c dos Santos b Meyer	8	19	26	1	0	42.10
Israel Hlengani	c †Adair b Birch	1	9	20	0	0	11.11
Lee Coetzee	not out	0	0	4	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 9, nb 9, w 21)	42
Total	69.5 Ov (RR: 3.52, 301 Mins)	246
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Rushdi Jappie, 11.3 ov), 2-29 (Mpho Sekhoto, 12.3 ov), 3-115 (Jaco Booysen, 32.2 ov), 4-121 (David Wiese, 35.5 ov), 5-130 (Tumelo Bodibe, 39.1 ov), 6-130 (Sean O'Connor, 39.3 ov), 7-209 (Hardus Viljoen, 61.1 ov), 8-238 (Mangaliso Mosehle, 66.4 ov), 9-246 (Cobus Pienaar, 68.6 ov), 10-246 (Israel Hlengani, 69.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mpilo Njoloza	13	5	38	1	2.92	-	-	-	0	1
Lyall Meyer	18	3	53	2	2.94	-	-	-	7	4
Andrew Birch	20.5	6	62	6	2.97	-	-	-	2	4
Brent Kops	14	3	55	1	3.92	-	-	-	0	0
Warren Bell	2	0	15	0	7.50	-	-	-	0	0
Colin Ingram	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	-	-	0	0

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c †Mosehle b Viljoen	13	21	28	3	0	61.90
Chad Baxter	c Pienaar b Coetzee	0	7	13	0	0	0.00
Colin Ingram (c)	c Bodibe b Coetzee	11	18	27	2	0	61.11
Sean Adair †	run out (Jappie/O'Connor/†Mosehle)	2	7	11	0	0	28.57
Adriano dos Santos	lbw b Pienaar	50	99	159	5	2	50.50
Michael Matika	c †Mosehle b Viljoen	13	28	35	3	0	46.42
Warren Bell	lbw b Wiese	61	129	151	8	0	47.28
Lyall Meyer	c & b Pienaar	38	73	101	5	0	52.05
Andrew Birch	c Wiese b O'Connor	55	74	99	7	1	74.32
Brent Kops	b Pienaar	18	14	24	3	0	128.57
Mpilo Njoloza	not out	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)	10
Total	78.1 Ov (RR: 3.46, 326 Mins)	271
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Chad Baxter, 3.1 ov), 2-20 (JJ Smuts, 6.2 ov), 3-28 (Sean Adair, 8.4 ov), 4-32 (Colin Ingram, 9.2 ov), 5-51 (Michael Matika, 16.5 ov), 6-142 (Adriano dos Santos, 47.2 ov), 7-173 (Warren Bell, 59.5 ov), 8-239 (Lyall Meyer, 73.1 ov), 9-271 (Brent Kops, 77.4 ov), 10-271 (Andrew Birch, 78.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hardus Viljoen	22	6	68	2	3.09	-	-	-	0	0
Lee Coetzee	11	5	29	2	2.63	-	-	-	0	1
Cobus Pienaar	16	2	62	3	3.87	-	-	-	1	0
David Wiese	19	1	74	1	3.89	-	-	-	0	0
Israel Hlengani	9	1	23	0	2.55	-	-	-	0	2
Sean O'Connor	1.1	0	9	1	7.71	-	-	-	0	0

Easterns 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tumelo Bodibe	c Bell b Meyer	23	98	109	1	0	23.46
Rushdi Jappie	c Ingram b Birch	18	94	137	2	0	19.14
Mpho Sekhoto	c Njoloza b Ingram	79	146	193	11	0	54.10
Jaco Booysen	c Bell b Birch	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
David Wiese	c †Adair b Birch	58	66	100	9	1	87.87
Cobus Pienaar	c Baxter b Njoloza	34	60	80	6	0	56.66
Sean O'Connor (c)	c Baxter b Njoloza	4	11	11	0	0	36.36
Hardus Viljoen	not out	24	26	36	2	1	92.30
Mangaliso Mosehle †	not out	11	14	23	2	0	78.57
Extras	(b 11, lb 3, nb 5, w 8)	27
Total	86 Ov (RR: 3.23, 351 Mins)	278/7d
Did not bat: Israel Hlengani, Lee Coetzee
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Tumelo Bodibe, 26.6 ov), 2-61 (Rushdi Jappie, 33.3 ov), 3-61 (Jaco Booysen, 35.3 ov), 4-173 (David Wiese, 61.2 ov), 5-227 (Mpho Sekhoto, 74.2 ov), 6-234 (Sean O'Connor, 77.4 ov), 7-249 (Cobus Pienaar, 81.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	18	3	66	3	3.66	61	8	0	1	4
33.3 to R Jappie, . 61/2 35.3 to J Booysen, . 61/3 61.2 to D Wiese, . 173/4
Mpilo Njoloza	21	4	65	2	3.09	57	8	1	1	1
77.4 to SP O'Connor, . 234/6 81.1 to JJ Pienaar, . 249/7
Lyall Meyer	22	11	30	1	1.36	75	4	0	1	0
26.6 to TM Bodibe, . 49/1
Brent Kops	9	0	29	0	3.22	23	3	0	0	0
Colin Ingram	11.5	1	55	1	4.64	39	5	1	0	0
74.2 to MR Sekhoto, . 227/5
Warren Bell	4	0	19	0	4.75	12	2	0	0	0
JJ Smuts	0.1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 254 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c Sekhoto b Wiese	68	75	92	9	1	90.66
Chad Baxter	lbw b Viljoen	13	11	17	2	0	118.18
Colin Ingram (c)	c Sekhoto b Viljoen	52	52	64	8	1	100.00
Sean Adair †	c †Mosehle b Pienaar	9	21	38	0	0	42.85
Adriano dos Santos	lbw b Wiese	5	8	38	1	0	62.50
Michael Matika	not out	12	18	25	1	1	66.66
Warren Bell	not out	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 2)	5
Total	31.2 Ov (RR: 5.23, 138 Mins)	164/5
Did not bat: Lyall Meyer, Andrew Birch, Brent Kops, Mpilo Njoloza
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Chad Baxter, 4.5 ov), 2-127 (Colin Ingram, 21.3 ov), 3-138 (JJ Smuts, 24.1 ov), 4-149 (Adriano dos Santos, 26.2 ov), 5-160 (Sean Adair, 29.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hardus Viljoen	11	1	53	2	4.81	41	6	1	0	0
4.5 to C Baxter, . 23/1 21.3 to CA Ingram, . 127/2
David Wiese	11	0	57	2	5.18	41	7	1	1	0
24.1 to JT Smuts, . 138/3 26.2 to A dos Santos, . 149/4
Cobus Pienaar	5.2	0	28	1	5.25	22	5	0	1	0
29.5 to SR Adair, . 160/5
Israel Hlengani	4	0	23	0	5.75	16	3	1	0	0

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Thu, 23 Oct - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 54/5 (Adriano dos Santos 10*, Warren Bell 2*, 18 ov)

Fri, 24 Oct - day 2 - Easterns 2nd innings 48/0 (Tumelo Bodibe 23*, Rushdi Jappie 15*, 23.4 ov)

Sat, 25 Oct - day 3 - E. Province 2nd innings 164/5 (31.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Toss Won by Eastern Province who elected to bowl
Eastersn 1st Innings
Team 50 runs in 79 mins off 109 balls 5x4
Team 100 runs in 115 mins off 159 balls 10x4 1x6
Team 150 runs in 211 mins off 293 balls 16x4 1x6
Team 200 runs in 264 mins off 367 balls 21x4 1x6
3rd wicket partnership 53 runs in 45 mins off 56 balls 6x4 1x6 (Bodibi 33, Booysen 17, Extras 3)
TM Bodibi 50 runs in 169 mins off 101 balls 7x4
7th wicket partnership 51 runs in 73 mins off 99 balls 5x4 (Pienaar 23, Viljoen 19, Extras 9)
JJ Pienaar 50 runs in 146 mins off 98 balls 7x4
Easterns Province 1st Innings
Team 50 runs in 76 mons off 99 balls 10x4
Team 100 runs in 145 mins off 201 balls 12x4 2x6
Team 150 runs in 209 mins off 302 balls 21x4 2x6
Team 200 runs in 271 mons off 396 balls 27x4 2x6
Team 250 runs in 310 mins off 453 balls 33x4 3x6
6th wicket partnership 52 runs in 68 mins off 101 balls 2x4 2x6 (Dos Santos 23, Bell 27, Extras 2)
A dos Santos 50 runs in 156 mins off 97 balls 5x4 2x6
WE Bell 51 rusn in 133 mins off 113 balls 7x4
8th wicket partnership 50 runs in 90 mins off 94 balls 5x4 1x6(Meyer 14, Birch 33x Extras 3)
AXR Birch 51 runs in 83 mins off 68 balls 7x4 1x6
Easterns 2nd Innings
Team 115 mins off 175 balls 3x4
D Wiese 52 runs in 54 mons off 47 balls 9x4 1x6
Team 100 runs in 179 mins off 271 balls 11x4
4th wicket partnership 51 runs in 42 mins off 65 balls 9x4 (Sekhoto 12, Wiese 34, Extras 5)
Team 150 runs in 221 mins off 336 balls 18x4 1x7
4th wicket partnership 100 runs in 81 mins off 125 balls 15x4 1x6 (Sekhoto 38, Wiese 57, Extras 5)
MR Sekhoto 50 runs in 126 mins off 97 balls 7x4
Team 200 runs in 265 mins off 405 balls 25x4 1x6
Team 250 runs in 329 mins off 496 balls 31x4 1x6
New ball taken after 85 overs Score 273/7
Eaterns Province 2nd Innings
Team 50 runs in 33 mins off 50 balls 8x4
Team 100 runs in 58 mins off 93 balls 16x4 1x6
JT Smuts 51 runs in 61 mins off 52 balls 9x4
Team 150 runs in 108 mins off 165 balls 16x4 2x6
Result Match Drawn

Match Details

Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Toss	Eastern Province, elected to field first
Series	Provincial Three-Day Challenge
Season	2008/09
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.20-15.40, Close 18.00
Match days	23,24,25 October 2008 - day (3-day match)
FC debut	Hardus Viljoen
Umpires	Brad White Zed Ndamane
Reserve Umpire	John Ostrom
Points	Easterns 7.92, Eastern Province 8.42

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E. Province Innings

Player Name		R	B
JT Smuts	caught	68	75
C Baxter	lbw	13	11
CA Ingram	caught	52	52
SR Adair	caught	9	21
A dos Santos	lbw	5	8
MM Matika	not out	12	18
WE Bell	not out	0	3
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 2)
Total	164(5 wkts; 31.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GC Viljoen	11	1	53	2	4.81
D Wiese	11	0	57	2	5.18
JJ Pienaar	5.2	0	28	1	5.25
IC Hlengani	4	0	23	0	5.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	23	Chad Baxter	JJ Smuts
2nd	104	Colin Ingram	JJ Smuts
3rd	11	Sean Adair	JJ Smuts
4th	11	Sean Adair	Adriano dos Santos
5th	11	Michael Matika	Sean Adair
6th	4	Michael Matika	Warren Bell

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Provincial Three-Day Challenge

Pool A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
GriqW	6	4	1	1	88.32
GTG	6	4	0	2	84.1
EASTN	6	3	1	2	80.1
EPR	6	2	1	3	73.34
SWD	6	1	4	1	56.94
KZN	6	0	3	3	42.28
BOL	6	0	4	2	39.7

Pool B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NWEST	6	3	0	3	86.24
NTHNS	6	2	0	4	70.22
BOR	6	2	3	1	63.28
NAM	6	1	2	3	57.7
FS	6	1	0	5	54.68
KZNIN	6	1	2	3	53.12
WPR	6	0	3	3	43.48

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