Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	lbw b Wiese	3	20	22	0	0	15.00

Jean Symes	c †Bodibe b Wiese	142	169	219	16	4	84.02

William Motaung	c Wiese b Plaatjie	18	29	42	3	0	62.06

Dane Vilas	c †Bodibe b Pienaar	1	2	4	0	0	50.00

Dumisa Makalima	c Toyana b Pienaar	4	8	10	1	0	50.00

Diaan van Wyk †	c †Bodibe b Pienaar	6	19	30	1	0	31.57

Heinrich le Roux	c Gerber b O'Connor	5	25	27	1	0	20.00

Michael Masinga	c †Bodibe b Gerber	24	25	40	3	1	96.00

Eddie Leie	c †Bodibe b Pienaar	0	8	11	0	0	0.00

Johnson Mafa	b Wiese	8	11	13	1	0	72.72

Brian Mathebula	not out	1	4	10	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)	3
Total	53.1 Ov (RR: 4.04, 219 Mins)	215
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Stephen Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-74 (William Motaung, 16.4 ov), 3-75 (Dane Vilas, 17.1 ov), 4-81 (Dumisa Makalima, 19.5 ov), 5-98 (Diaan van Wyk, 27.3 ov), 6-109 (Heinrich le Roux, 34.4 ov), 7-176 (Michael Masinga, 45.5 ov), 8-189 (Eddie Leie, 48.4 ov), 9-212 (Johnson Mafa, 51.4 ov), 10-215 (Jean Symes, 53.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
David Wiese	6.1	0	35	3	5.67	24	0	0
6.1 to SC Cook, strcuk on the pad, confident appeal and its given almost immediately. 14/1 51.4 to JT Mafa, looking for the slog again, and missing, the bowler hits and the tail is almost finished. 212/9 53.1 to J Symes, perhaps just a litlle lapse in concentration from Symes after drinks as he edges one thorugh to the kepper. 215/10
Etienne Gerber	13	3	49	1	3.76	57	0	0
45.5 to MT Masinga, faintest of edges and taken behind the keeper who immediately jumps in the air, a sign that it was hit. 176/7
Revelation Plaatjie	8	1	36	1	4.50	32	0	0
16.4 to WB Motaung, fed to sq leg, andeasy catch. 74/2
Cobus Pienaar	15	2	55	4	3.66	62	0	1
17.1 to DJ Vilas, edged and offers the keeper a simple catch, walks immediately, thats the end of that one. 75/3 19.5 to DL Makalima, played high into the air, easy catch for Toyana at mid on, looked like a mistimed shot from Makalima. 81/4 27.3 to DM van Wyk, fed to the keeper, van Wyk gives the keeper one he would like to catch himself later on. 98/5 48.4 to E Leie, faint egde gain, leie was never enirely comfortable and got out to the one that he was going to slash at. 189/8
Sean O'Connor	8	2	32	1	4.00	39	0	0
34.4 to HW le Roux, hits in the air to Gerber at mid wicket, offers him a simple catch and puts Gauteng in a precarious position before lunch. 109/6
Israel Hlengani	3	1	6	0	2.00	15	0	0

Easterns 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andre Seymore	not out	108	157	255	18	0	68.78
Israel Hlengani	c Symes b Mafa	7	31	38	1	0	22.58

Jaco Booysen	c †van Wyk b Mafa	4	4	9	1	0	100.00

Geoffrey Toyana	b Mathebula	18	33	63	3	0	54.54

David Wiese	c †van Wyk b Mathebula	5	8	13	1	0	62.50

Cobus Pienaar	c †van Wyk b Mathebula	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Tumelo Bodibe †	lbw b Mathebula	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Sean O'Connor (c)	st †van Wyk b Leie	34	67	83	4	0	50.74

Ephraim Nyawo	lbw b Leie	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Revelation Plaatjie	c †van Wyk b le Roux	11	32	34	2	0	34.37

Etienne Gerber	c †van Wyk b le Roux	1	20	19	0	0	5.00

Extras	(b 1, nb 4, w 2)	7
Total	58.3 Ov (RR: 3.33, 255 Mins)	195
Fall of wickets 1-20 (Israel Hlengani, 8.6 ov), 2-30 (Jaco Booysen, 10.4 ov), 3-73 (Geoffrey Toyana, 21.1 ov), 4-87 (David Wiese, 23.4 ov), 5-87 (Cobus Pienaar, 23.5 ov), 6-87 (Tumelo Bodibe, 23.6 ov), 7-164 (Sean O'Connor, 45.2 ov), 8-164 (Ephraim Nyawo, 45.3 ov), 9-191 (Revelation Plaatjie, 54.1 ov), 10-195 (Etienne Gerber, 58.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johnson Mafa	12	2	43	2	3.58	56	1	0
8.6 to IC Hlengani, pulled to sq leg, Symes takes a great catch, and isn;t his contribution to the match becoming valuable. 20/1 10.4 to J Booysen, Mafa's persistant line and length outside off stump gets the edge and van Wyk takes a gooid catch. 30/2
Heinrich le Roux	15.3	5	30	2	1.93	81	0	0
54.1 to TR Plaatjie, le Roux good line pays off, van Wyk takes a good catch, routine like behind the stumps. 191/9 58.3 to E Gerber, and he gets it! A good probing line gets the number 11 to get the edge and van Wyk takes his fourth cathc of the innings. Good work the Lion Cubs, 20 ahead. 195/10
Brian Mathebula	17	0	68	4	4.00	75	0	4
21.1 to G Toyana, and he gets one! bowls offstump out of the ground, Toyana was looking to drive but misses, Mathebula hits. 73/3 23.4 to D Wiese, gets one that swings away and the batsman chases it, gets a faint edge to van wyk who takes a good catch. 87/4 23.5 to JJ Pienaar, and another one! he faintest of edges thus time, van Wyk again doing the work anf Gauteng back in this. 87/5 23.6 to TM Bodibe, struck on the pad, and Mathebula completes a fantatsic hattrick. well bowled indeed, he has brought them right back in there. 87/6
Michael Masinga	4	0	22	0	5.50	17	0	0
Stephen Cook	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	0	0
Eddie Leie	6	0	16	2	2.66	26	1	0
45.2 to SP O'Connor, coming too far down his crease and he gets caught outside. van Wyk completes the break. 164/7 45.3 to EP Nyawo, left the googly, and shouldered arsm, struck on the pad. 164/8
Jean Symes	3	0	10	0	3.33	11	0	0

Gauteng 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	st †Bodibe b Toyana	48	132	150	5	0	36.36
Jean Symes	c †Bodibe b Wiese	59	84	121	5	0	70.23

William Motaung	st †Bodibe b Toyana	16	41	47	1	0	39.02

Dane Vilas	c Seymore b Gerber	14	34	44	0	0	41.17
Dumisa Makalima	c †Bodibe b Gerber	137	126	195	17	5	108.73

Diaan van Wyk †	b Wiese	14	73	63	1	0	19.17

Heinrich le Roux	lbw b Wiese	6	23	18	0	0	26.08

Michael Masinga	not out	39	52	103	3	0	75.00
Eddie Leie	run out (Toyana)	3	13	11	0	0	23.07
Johnson Mafa	b Wiese	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Brian Mathebula	c Seymore b Gerber	2	2	4	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 12, nb 1, w 3)	16
Total	96.4 Ov (RR: 3.66, 381 Mins)	354
Fall of wickets 1-102 (Jean Symes, 31.3 ov), 2-118 (Stephen Cook, 40.5 ov), 3-133 (William Motaung, 44.3 ov), 4-150 (Dane Vilas, 51.6 ov), 5-208 (Diaan van Wyk, 71.2 ov), 6-218 (Heinrich le Roux, 75.6 ov), 7-344 (Dumisa Makalima, 92.2 ov), 8-348 (Eddie Leie, 95.3 ov), 9-349 (Johnson Mafa, 95.6 ov), 10-354 (Brian Mathebula, 96.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
David Wiese	25	2	81	4	3.24	87	1	0
31.3 to J Symes, faint edge and Symes good innings ends. 102/1 95.6 to JT Mafa, . 349/9
Etienne Gerber	19.4	3	73	3	3.71	98	1	0
51.6 to DJ Vilas, . 150/4 92.2 to DL Makalima, edged behind, lapse in concentration but a fantastic innings from Makalima. 344/7 96.4 to BM Mathebula, . 354/10
Revelation Plaatjie	7	1	47	0	6.71	29	1	1
Cobus Pienaar	14	1	55	0	3.92	77	0	0
Geoffrey Toyana	27	3	75	2	2.77	120	0	0
40.5 to SC Cook, . 118/2 44.3 to WB Motaung, Another one coming down the wicket and finds himself just short of his crease while Bodibe whips the stumps off, a good little keeper he is. 133/3
Israel Hlengani	4	0	11	0	2.75	-	0	0

Easterns 2nd Innings (T: 375 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andre Seymore	c †van Wyk b Mathebula	19	35	56	1	0	54.28

Israel Hlengani	lbw b Masinga	25	56	75	3	0	44.64

Jaco Booysen	lbw b Mathebula	63	70	101	12	0	90.00
Geoffrey Toyana	c †van Wyk b Mathebula	8	8	14	2	0	100.00

David Wiese	c †van Wyk b Mafa	41	73	76	5	2	56.16

Cobus Pienaar	c Vilas b Mafa	13	32	56	1	0	40.62

Tumelo Bodibe †	b Mathebula	27	77	94	5	0	35.06

Sean O'Connor (c)	c Mafa b Masinga	11	28	33	2	0	39.28
Ephraim Nyawo	b Mafa	36	64	103	4	0	56.25
Revelation Plaatjie	run out (Cook/†van Wyk)	16	27	39	2	0	59.25
Etienne Gerber	not out	1	4	18	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 13)	26
Total	76.5 Ov (RR: 3.72, 330 Mins)	286
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Andre Seymore, 12.3 ov), 2-49 (Israel Hlengani, 15.5 ov), 3-67 (Geoffrey Toyana, 18.2 ov), 4-153 (Jaco Booysen, 36.1 ov), 5-169 (David Wiese, 40.6 ov), 6-188 (Cobus Pienaar, 48.3 ov), 7-208 (Sean O'Connor, 56.6 ov), 8-240 (Tumelo Bodibe, 64.3 ov), 9-270 (Revelation Plaatjie, 73.6 ov), 10-286 (Ephraim Nyawo, 76.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Heinrich le Roux	15	2	54	0	3.60	67	0	0
Johnson Mafa	16.5	2	49	3	2.91	76	0	1
40.6 to D Wiese, edged behind, catch number 3 for van Wyk. 169/5 48.3 to JJ Pienaar, edged to Vilas at scond slip. 188/6 76.5 to EP Nyawo, . 286/10
Brian Mathebula	15	1	58	4	3.86	68	0	4
12.3 to AJ Seymore, Edged behind and Mathebula strikes in his first over!. 43/1 18.2 to G Toyana, edged behind and van Wyk takes a good catch. 67/3 36.1 to J Booysen, . 153/4 64.3 to TM Bodibe, and he got his leg stump to cartwheel! the Lion Cubs sniffing victory here. 240/8
Michael Masinga	8	3	24	2	3.00	42	0	3
15.5 to IC Hlengani, struck on the pad, everyone up at once, and it looks very convincing, little hesitation from the umpire, and its out. 49/2 56.6 to SP O'Connor, . 208/7
Eddie Leie	20	3	79	0	3.95	90	0	5
Dumisa Makalima	2	0	9	0	4.50	8	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 15 Feb

day 1 - Easterns 1st innings 168/8 (Andre Seymore 94*, Revelation Plaatjie 0*, 48 ov)

Fri, 16 Feb

day 2 - Gauteng 2nd innings 344/7 (Michael Masinga 35*, Eddie Leie 0*, 92.2 ov)

Sat, 17 Feb

day 3 - Easterns 2nd innings 286 (76.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Gauteng first innings

Gauteng 50 runs in 36 mins off 43 balls in 12.5, 8x4 1x6

Symes 50 runs in 61 mins off 50 balls, 9x4 1x6

Gauteng 100 runs in 170 mins off 168 balls in 27.5 overs, 15x4, 1x6

Gauteng 150 runs in 168 mins off 254 balls in 4.1 overs, 19x4, 3x6

50 Partnership for Symes and Masinga in 32 mins off 54 balls, 4x4 2x6

(Contributions: Symes 29, Masinga 20, Extras 1)

Symes 100 in 174 mins off 141 balls, 12x4, 1x6

Gauteng 200 in 201 mins of 301 balls in 50.2 overs, 25x5 5x6

Easterns first innings

Easterns 50 runs in 66 mins off 90 balls in 14.3 overs, 10x4 0x6

Seymore 50 runs in 107 mins off 68 balls, 11x4, 0x6

Easterns 100 runs in 133 mins off 167 balls in 27.2 overs, 19x4 0x6

50 Partnership for Seymore and O'Connor in 69 mins off 82 balls, 8x4 0x6

(Contributions: Seymore 27, O'Connor 22, Extras 1)

Easterns 150 runs in 186 mins off 268 balls in 40.4 overs, 26x4 0x6 Day 2

Seymore 100 in 222 mins off 142 balls, 17x4 0x6

Day 2

Gauteng second innings

Gauteng 50 runs in 54 mins off 84 balls in 14.0 overs, 6x4 0x6

50 Partnership for Cook and Symes in 54 mins off 84 balls, 6x4 0x6 (Contributions: Cook 18, Symes 26 extras 7)

Symes 50 runs in 104 mins off 73 balls, 4x4 0x6

Gauteng 100 runs in 120 mins off 188 balls in 31.2 overs, 10x4 0x6

100 partnership for Cokk and Symes in 120 mins off 188 balls, 10x4 0x6

(Contributions: Cook 36, Symes 59, Extras 7)

Gauteng 150 runs on 195 mins off 307 balls in 51.0 overs, 12x4 0x6

Gauteng 200 runs in 258 mins off 419 balls in 69.5 overs, 17x4 0x6

50 Partnership for Makalima and van Wyk in 59 mins off 107 balls, 5x4 0x6

(Contributions: Makalima 36, Van Wyk 13, Extras 4)

Makalima 50 runs in 137 mins off 73 balls, 6x4 1x6

Gauteng 250 runs in 137 mins off 490 balls in 81.3 overs, 20x4 1x6

50 partnership for Makalima and Masinga in 44 mins off 50 balls, 7x4 1x6

(Contributions: Makalima 29, Masinga 24, Extras 0)

Gauteng 300 runs in 341 mins off 524 balls in 56.5 overs, 28x4 3x6

Makalima 100 runs in 168 mins off 103 balls, 13x4 3x6

100 Partnership for makalima and Masinga in 66 mins off 78 balls, 10x4 4x6

(Contributions: Makalima 74, masinga 29, Extas 2)

Day 3

Gauteng 350 runs in 381 mins off 581 balls in 96.1 overs, 32x4 5x6

Easterns second innings

easterns 50 runs in 78 mins off 100 balls in 16.1 overs, 4x4 0x6

Easterns 100 runs in 124 mins off 166 balls in 27.0 overs, 14x4 0x6

50 Partnetship for Booysen and Wiese in 41 mins off 66 balls, 11x4 0x6 (Contributions: Booysen 37, Wiese 12, Extras 3)

Booysen 50 runs in 83 mins off 61 balls, 10x4 0x6

Esterns 150 runs in 149 mins off 205 balls in 33.2 overs, 22x4 2x6

Easterns 200 runs in 235 mins off 325 balls in 54.5 overs, 27x4 2x6

Easterns 250 runs in 288 mins off 417 balls in 67.2 overs, 34x4 2x6

Match Details

GroundOrban Park, Johannesburg

TossGauteng, elected to bat first

Series

SAA Provincial Challenge

Season2006/07

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

Match days15,16,17 February 2007 - day (3-day match)

Umpires

Barend Westraadt

Laurance Willemse

Reserve Umpire

John Ostrom

PointsGauteng 17.3, Easterns 6.9

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