Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	c Bell b Theron	51	130	170	7	0	39.23

Jean Symes	c †Adair b Parnell	8	16	20	1	0	50.00

William Motaung	c & b Theron	1	17	17	0	0	5.88

Enoch Nkwe	not out	148	215	301	19	4	68.83
Dane Vilas	lbw b Parnell	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
Diaan van Wyk †	c Jeggels b Bell	5	19	31	1	0	26.31

Heinrich le Roux	lbw b Parnell	32	47	66	3	2	68.08

Richard Cameron	c †Adair b Bell	22	24	28	4	0	91.66

Ahmed Nawab	c †Adair b Bell	1	11	11	0	0	9.09

Brian Mathebula	c †Adair b Theron	3	8	15	0	0	37.50

Johnson Mafa	b Theron	0	6	10	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 1, nb 6, w 8)	15
Total	82.5 Ov (RR: 3.45, 346 Mins)	286
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Jean Symes, 5.1 ov), 2-26 (William Motaung, 10.6 ov), 3-127 (Stephen Cook, 41.1 ov), 4-132 (Dane Vilas, 43.4 ov), 5-147 (Diaan van Wyk, 50.1 ov), 6-219 (Heinrich le Roux, 67.1 ov), 7-262 (Richard Cameron, 75.1 ov), 8-266 (Ahmed Nawab, 77.6 ov), 9-271 (Brian Mathebula, 80.5 ov), 10-286 (Johnson Mafa, 82.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rusty Theron	19.5	7	35	4	1.76	106	3	1	0	2
10.6 to WB Motaung, fed back to Theron, takes it in his follow through, cubs in trouble, EP on top. 26/2 41.1 to SC Cook, slashed to sq leg, and Bell takes a spectacular catch, one handed and to his right, what an unfortunate way for Cook to be dismissed. 127/3 80.5 to BM Mathebula, edged and caught behind, and it brings Mafa in now. 271/9 82.5 to JT Mafa, looking to come forward and defend and offstump is out the ground. 286/10
Wayne Parnell	17	5	61	3	3.58	81	11	0	2	3
5.1 to J Symes, first blodd for the visitors! Symes edges one and its taken with minimal effort by the Adair. 12/1 43.4 to DJ Vilas, . 132/4 67.1 to HW le Roux, hits himlow down on the pad, looks good, and the shot is convincing, its out!. 219/6
Warren Bell	14	2	52	3	3.71	65	6	1	0	0
50.1 to DM van Wyk, edged to gully, and taken face height, the home side in trouble now. 147/5 75.1 to R Cameron, going on the expansive drive, and gets the edge, easy catch for the keeper, the tail is in now. 262/7 77.6 to A Nawab, edged and a simple catch for the keeper, little collapse here. 266/8
Andrew Birch	18	4	72	0	4.00	84	10	1	1	1
Corbyn Dolley	5	0	36	0	7.20	18	3	3	0	0
Colin Ingram	9	0	29	0	3.22	34	2	0	1	0

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ingram	lbw b le Roux	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Chad Baxter	st †van Wyk b Nawab	98	204	293	16	0	48.03

Umar Abrahams	b Mathebula	39	55	70	7	0	70.90

Michael Smith (c)	c Motaung b le Roux	12	53	77	1	0	22.64

Sean Adair †	c Motaung b Symes	66	94	131	14	0	70.21

Riaan Jeggels	c Nkwe b Symes	25	55	51	3	0	45.45
Warren Bell	c Nawab b Mathebula	28	78	98	4	0	35.89

Wayne Parnell	c le Roux b Mafa	8	35	65	1	0	22.85

Andrew Birch	c Cameron b Mafa	3	12	19	0	0	25.00

Corbyn Dolley	c Nkwe b Mafa	5	14	19	0	0	35.71

Rusty Theron	not out	0	1	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 28, w 5)	49
Total	96.2 Ov (RR: 3.45, 418 Mins)	333
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Colin Ingram, 0.1 ov), 2-77 (Umar Abrahams, 14.5 ov), 3-118 (Michael Smith, 32.2 ov), 4-246 (Sean Adair, 63.1 ov), 5-256 (Chad Baxter, 66.6 ov), 6-288 (Riaan Jeggels, 78.6 ov), 7-324 (Warren Bell, 91.3 ov), 8-325 (Wayne Parnell, 92.3 ov), 9-330 (Andrew Birch, 94.6 ov), 10-333 (Corbyn Dolley, 96.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heinrich le Roux	17	4	50	2	2.94	83	7	0	0	4
0.1 to CA Ingram, first baller! struck on the back pad, very confident appeal and its gone!. 0/1 32.2 to MBA Smith, edged and taken at third slip. The constraining of the runs seems to have worked, some reward at last. 118/3
Johnson Mafa	18.2	4	81	3	4.41	88	15	0	2	5
92.3 to WD Parnell, fed to mid off, straight to le Roux, the home side need to finish this quickly now. 325/8 94.6 to ACR Birch, lofted up to Cameron at mid off, who fumbles, and then gets hold of it, he seems to have hurt something as he walks off the field. 330/9 96.2 to CR Dolley, edged and caught at second slip. 333/10
Brian Mathebula	22	1	84	2	3.81	107	9	0	1	15
14.5 to U Abrahams, leaves this one alone and gets the bails clipped off and he's bowled! Definately the breakthrough the home side wanted. 77/2 91.3 to WE Bell, scooped out to sq leg, Nawab takes a gooc catch. 324/7
Richard Cameron	19	6	48	0	2.52	97	8	0	2	0
Enoch Nkwe	3	1	12	0	4.00	15	3	0	0	0
Ahmed Nawab	11	2	23	1	2.09	52	2	0	0	0
66.6 to C Baxter, and they've some alive, Bxter out of his crease, van wyk whips the bails off, danger man gone, and ther's something still left in this game. 256/5
Jean Symes	6	0	19	2	3.16	26	2	0	0	0
63.1 to SR Adair, full toss, fed to Motang at mid wicket, maybe too little too late here. 246/4 78.6 to RR Jeggels, . 288/6

Gauteng 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	c Smith b Birch	5	9	9	1	0	55.55

Jean Symes	c Smith b Dolley	93	176	270	11	0	52.84
William Motaung	c Ingram b Birch	39	76	96	5	0	51.31

Enoch Nkwe	c Birch b Theron	11	37	58	1	0	29.72

Dane Vilas	c Abrahams b Parnell	13	31	44	2	0	41.93

Diaan van Wyk †	c Baxter b Ingram	22	57	66	3	0	38.59
Heinrich le Roux	c Ingram b Theron	102	111	118	10	4	91.89

Richard Cameron	lbw b Dolley	3	11	12	0	0	27.27
Ahmed Nawab	c †Adair b Birch	16	69	112	2	0	23.18

Brian Mathebula	b Birch	19	14	22	2	1	135.71

Johnson Mafa	not out	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 7, nb 1, w 7)	22
Total	99.3 Ov (RR: 3.46, 406 Mins)	345
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Stephen Cook, 2.1 ov), 2-87 (William Motaung, 24.6 ov), 3-126 (Enoch Nkwe, 39.2 ov), 4-155 (Dane Vilas, 49.2 ov), 5-199 (Jean Symes, 63.3 ov), 6-199 (Diaan van Wyk, 64.5 ov), 7-207 (Richard Cameron, 69.2 ov), 8-324 (Heinrich le Roux, 94.5 ov), 9-334 (Ahmed Nawab, 97.2 ov), 10-345 (Brian Mathebula, 99.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	24.3	6	84	4	3.42	112	8	1	3	0
2.1 to SC Cook, edged to second slip, easy catch, well taken. 15/1 24.6 to WB Motaung, edged as he looks for the drive again, and caught at third slip, it was a probing over or two from Birch and he gets reward. 87/2 97.2 to A Nawab, edged and caught behind, Nawab played an exceptional role supporting le Roux, well done. 334/9 99.3 to BM Mathebula, going for another big one, and he misses, Birch hits, was always going to happen, but a nice little cameo from the number 10. 345/10
Wayne Parnell	21	2	73	1	3.47	89	8	1	0	0
49.2 to DJ Vilas, edged and taken at first slip, trouble for the cubs now. 155/4
Rusty Theron	20	4	64	2	3.20	93	9	0	0	1
39.2 to ET Nkwe, lofted it in the air, Birch runs backward at mid off, and takes a great catch. 126/3 94.5 to HW le Roux, pulled high in the air, caught easily at mid on, what a great innings from le Roux. 324/8
Warren Bell	12	1	48	0	4.00	52	7	0	0	0
Corbyn Dolley	11	3	34	2	3.09	48	1	3	0	0
63.3 to J Symes, . 199/5 69.2 to R Cameron, . 207/7
Colin Ingram	11	1	28	1	2.54	51	4	0	0	0
64.5 to DM van Wyk, . 199/6

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 299 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ingram	c †van Wyk b Mafa	14	27	41	3	0	51.85

Chad Baxter	c Motaung b Cameron	31	71	101	5	0	43.66
Umar Abrahams	lbw b Cameron	2	17	25	0	0	11.76

Michael Smith (c)	c Cook b Cameron	89	111	172	15	0	80.18

Sean Adair †	retired hurt	10	26	42	2	0	38.46
Riaan Jeggels	c †van Wyk b le Roux	3	20	23	0	0	15.00

Warren Bell	c †van Wyk b Mafa	7	17	21	0	0	41.17

Wayne Parnell	c Motaung b Mafa	18	65	83	1	0	27.69

Rusty Theron	not out	7	23	57	0	0	30.43
Andrew Birch	c †van Wyk b le Roux	10	18	18	1	0	55.55
Corbyn Dolley	run out (Cameron/†van Wyk)	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 3, nb 8, w 1)	12
Total	65 Ov (RR: 3.12)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Colin Ingram, 9.4 ov), 2-37 (Umar Abrahams, 14.4 ov), 3-66 (Chad Baxter, 22.1 ov), 3-103* (Sean Adair, retired not out), 4-121 (Riaan Jeggels, 36.6 ov), 5-136 (Warren Bell, 41.4 ov), 6-175 (Michael Smith, 52.6 ov), 7-192 (Wayne Parnell, 61.1 ov), 8-203 (Andrew Birch, 64.4 ov), 9-203 (Corbyn Dolley, 64.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Heinrich le Roux	14	4	44	2	3.14	65	6	0	0	1
36.6 to RR Jeggels, edged and taken behind! van Wyk needs two more to break that record. 121/4
Johnson Mafa	19	4	38	3	2.00	93	3	0	0	3
9.4 to CA Ingram, and the breakthrough has come! edged behind and van Wyk takes the catch, he needs 3 more dismissals to break the record for the most dismissals in a first class season. 21/1 41.4 to WE Bell, edged and taken! van Wyk equalls the reocrd now of the most dismissals taken in a first class season, well caught Diaan. 136/5 61.1 to WD Parnell, yes! driven to mid off, spectacular catch by Motaung, well taken leaping and diving, cubs can sniff it now. 192/7
Richard Cameron	14	6	32	3	2.28	73	5	0	0	1
14.4 to U Abrahams, struck on the pad everyone up at once, it looks good, and its out!. 37/2 22.1 to C Baxter, . 66/3 52.6 to MBA Smith, edged to first slip, Smith is the danger man, with him gone now the Lion Cubs have a sniff. 175/6
Brian Mathebula	11	0	57	0	5.18	44	10	0	1	0
Ahmed Nawab	4	0	8	0	2.00	17	0	0	0	0
Jean Symes	1	0	14	0	14.00	2	3	0	0	0
Enoch Nkwe	2	0	7	0	3.50	8	0	0	0	2

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Sat, 10 Mar - day 1 - E. Province 1st innings 40/1 (Chad Baxter 21*, Umar Abrahams 12*, 9 ov)

Sun, 11 Mar - day 2 - Gauteng 2nd innings 29/1 (Jean Symes 11*, William Motaung 8*, 6 ov)

Mon, 12 Mar - day 3 - Gauteng 2nd innings 338/9 (Brian Mathebula 12*, Johnson Mafa 0*, 98.1 ov)

Tue, 13 Mar - day 4 - E. Province 2nd innings 203 (65 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Gauteng 50 runs in 77 mins off 104 balls in 17.4 overs, 5x4 0x6
50 partnership for Cook and Nkwe in 63 mins off 90 balls, 8x4 0x6 (Contributions: Cook 17, Nkwe 33, Extras 1)
Gauteng 100 runs in 129 mins off 188 balls in 30.1 overs, 15x4 0x6
Nkwe 50 runs in 63 mins off 62 balls, 8x4 1x6
100 partnership in 118 mins off 172 balls, 15x4 1x6 (Contributions: Cook 38, Nkwe 60, Extras 2)
Gauteng 150 runs in 226 mins off 323 balls in 52.4 overs, 21x4 1x6
Nkwe 100 runs in 215 mins off 147 balls, 15x4 2x6
50 partnership for Nkwe and le Roux in 47 mins off 64 balls, 5x4 3x6 (Contributions: Nkwe 26, Le Roux 25, Extras 0)
Gauteng 250 runs in 304 mins off 449 balls in 73.2 balls, 33x4 5x6
new ball taken at 80 overs: 269/8

Day 2

Eastern Province 50 runs in 46 mins off 66 balls in 9.5 overs, 8x4 0x6
50 partnership for Baxter and Abrahams in 45 mins off 65 balls, 8x4 0x6 (Contributions: Baxter 21, Abrahams 22, Extras 7)
Eastern Province 100 runs in 102 mins off 139 balls in 20.5 overs, 15x4, 0x6
Baxter 50 runs in 162 mins off 106 balls, 9x4 0x6
50 Partnership for Baxter and Adair in 60 mins off 83 balls, 7x4 0x6 (Contributions: Baxter 20, Adair 22, Extras 8)
Eastern Province 150 runs in 189 mins off 200 balls in 41.0 overs, 21x4 0x6
100 partnership for Baxter and Adair in 98 mins off 136 balls, 18x4 0x6
(Contributions: Baxter 37, Adair 51, Extras 12)
Adair 50 runs in 98 mins off 68 balls, 11x4 0x6
Eastern Province 200 runs in 239 mins off 335 balls in 52.2 overs, 31x4 0x6
Eastern Province 250 runs in 285 mins off 406 balls in 63,5 overs, 39x4 0x6
New ball taken at 80 overs: 288/6
Eastern Province 300 runs in 355 mins off 530 balls in 83.5 overs, 42x4 0x6

Day 3

Gauteng 2nd Innings
Gauteng 50 runs in 43 mins off 66 balls in 10.5 overs, 6x4 0x6
50 partnership for Symes and Motaung in 58 mins off 85 balls, 7x4 0x6 (Contributions: Symes 17, Motaung 32, Extras 2)
Gauteng 100 runs in 114 mins off 162 balls in 26.5 overs, 15x4 0x6
Symes 50 runs in 119 mins off 75 balls, 10x4 0x6
Gauteng 150 runs in 204 mins off 290 balls in 48.1 overs, 19x4 0x6
Gauteng 200 runs in 277 mins off 392 balls off 65.0 overs, 23x4 0x6
Gateng 250 run sin 317 mins off 474 balls in 78.4 overs, 26x4 4x6
New ball taken at 80 overs: 255/7
50 partnership for le Roux and Nawab in 35 mins off 66 balls, 2x4 4x6 (Contributions: le Roux 42, Nawab 6, Extras 2)
le Roux 50 runs in 60 mins off 58 balls, 3x4 4x6
Gauteng 300 runs in 369 mins off 545 balls in 90.3 overs, 32x4 4x6
100 partnership for le Roux and Nawab in 86 mins off 134 balls, 8x4 4x6 (COntributions: le Roux 81, Nawab 15, Extras 2)

Day 4

Eastern Province 2nd innings
Eastern Province 50 runs in 75 mins off 100 balls in 16.1 overs, 8x4 0x6
Eastern Province 100 runs in 139 mins off 189 balls in 30.5 overs, 17x4 0x6
Smith 50 runs in 88 mins off 58 balls, 11x4 0x6
Eastern Province 150 runs in 215 mins off 293 balls in 48.1 overs, 21x4 0x6
Eastern Province 220 runs in 288 mins off 389 balls in 63.3 overs, 26x4 0x6
SR Adair retired hurt at 103/3

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Eastern Province, elected to field first
Series	SAA Provincial Challenge
Season	2006/07
Series result	Gauteng (Transvaal) won the 2006/07 SAA Provincial Challenge
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.20-15.40, Close 18.00
Match days	10,11,12,13 March 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Brad White Laurance Willemse
Reserve Umpire	Zed Ndamane
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee

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E. Province Innings

Player Name		R	B
CA Ingram	caught	14	27
C Baxter	caught	31	71
U Abrahams	lbw	2	17
MBA Smith	caught	89	111
SR Adair	retired hurt	10	26
RR Jeggels	caught	3	20
WE Bell	caught	7	17
WD Parnell	caught	18	65
J Theron	not out	7	23
ACR Birch	caught	10	18
CR Dolley	run out	0	2
Extras	(lb 3, nb 8, w 1)
Total	203(9 wkts; 65 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HW le Roux	14	4	44	2	3.14 (1 nb)
JT Mafa	19	4	38	3	2 (3 nb)
R Cameron	14	6	32	3	2.28 (1 nb)
BM Mathebula	11	0	57	0	5.18
A Nawab	4	0	8	0	2
J Symes	1	0	14	0	14
ET Nkwe	2	0	7	0	3.5 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	21	Chad Baxter	Colin Ingram
2nd	16	Umar Abrahams	Chad Baxter
3rd	29	Chad Baxter	Michael Smith
4th	48	Michael Smith	Sean Adair
5th	41	Michael Smith	Riaan Jeggels
6th	15	Michael Smith	Warren Bell
7th	39	Michael Smith	Wayne Parnell
8th	17	Rusty Theron	Wayne Parnell
9th	11	Andrew Birch	Rusty Theron
10th	0	Rusty Theron	Corbyn Dolley

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SAA Provincial Challenge

Pool A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
GTG	8	7	0	1	152.52
NTHNS	8	4	0	4	114.06
NAM	8	5	2	1	108.88
GriqW	8	3	3	2	108.74
EASTN	8	3	2	3	92.9
NWEST	8	3	4	1	84.06
FS	8	1	4	3	61.58
Limpo	8	0	5	3	55.88
Mpuma	8	0	6	2	51.98

Pool B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
EPR	7	5	1	1	112.45
KZN	7	4	1	2	103.55
WPR	7	4	0	3	96.02
KZNIN	7	3	1	3	86.72
BOL	7	2	3	2	71.92
BOR	7	2	3	2	60.83
SWD	7	1	5	1	51.88
Kei	7	0	7	0	38.94

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