Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ingram	c Bassage b Mjekula	102	187	273	13	1	54.54

Chad Baxter	c †Canning b Mjekula	0	4	6	0	0	0.00

Umar Abrahams	b Birch	15	15	22	3	0	100.00

Michael Smith (c)	lbw b Mjekula	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Sean Adair	c †Canning b Birch	7	14	29	0	0	50.00

Riaan Jeggels	not out	151	214	285	20	2	70.56
Abongile Sodumo †	run out (Kuiper)	1	9	13	0	0	11.11

Warren Bell	c Birch b Adams	30	59	62	4	0	50.84

Extras	(lb 7, nb 7, w 1)	15
Total	83.1 Ov (RR: 3.87, 352 Mins)	322/7d
Did not bat Rusty Theron, Wayne Parnell, Andrew Birch
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Chad Baxter, 1.3 ov), 2-33 (Umar Abrahams, 6.3 ov), 3-34 (Michael Smith, 7.1 ov), 4-54 (Sean Adair, 12.4 ov), 5-236 (Colin Ingram, 62.1 ov), 6-252 (Abongile Sodumo, 65.1 ov), 7-322 (Warren Bell, 83.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Craig Alexander	14	0	75	0	5.35	53	1	0
Sinethemba Mjekula	15	0	60	3	4.00	69	0	7
1.3 to C Baxter, little edge and an early wicket. 5/1 7.1 to MBA Smith, . 34/3 62.1 to CA Ingram, skied catch to backward point, this time Bassage makes no mistake. 236/5
Colin Birch	19	3	68	2	3.57	81	0	0
6.3 to U Abrahams, middle stump knocked back, delight for the new bowler. 33/2 12.4 to SR Adair, another fine edge and off he trudges. 54/4
Paul Adams	13.1	1	53	1	4.02	54	0	0
83.1 to WE Bell, lofted down to long on where the catch is taken, and EP delare to deny WP a crack at the fourth bowling bonus point. 322/7
Mark de Stadler	19	7	34	0	1.78	96	0	0
Alistair Gray	3	0	25	0	8.33	9	0	0

Western Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alistair Gray	c Bell b Theron	0	9	8	0	0	0.00

Derrin Bassage	c Adair b Ingram	36	99	125	6	0	36.36

Thando Mdodana	c Jeggels b Theron	5	39	59	0	0	12.82

Richard Levi	not out	150	173	262	19	2	86.70
James Kuiper	c Baxter b Ingram	0	9	9	0	0	0.00

Ryan Canning (c)†	b Parnell	24	111	111	3	0	21.62

Colin Birch	b Parnell	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Mark de Stadler	b Parnell	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Paul Adams	b Ingram	18	44	42	1	1	40.90

Sinethemba Mjekula	c Birch b Ingram	8	17	22	1	0	47.05

Craig Alexander	lbw b Theron	5	10	12	1	0	50.00

Extras	(lb 7, nb 17, w 3)	27
Total	82.4 Ov (RR: 3.30, 331 Mins)	273
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Alistair Gray, 2.3 ov), 2-40 (Thando Mdodana, 16.4 ov), 3-113 (Derrin Bassage, 29.4 ov), 4-116 (James Kuiper, 31.1 ov), 5-208 (Ryan Canning, 62.2 ov), 6-208 (Colin Birch, 62.3 ov), 7-208 (Mark de Stadler, 62.4 ov), 8-240 (Paul Adams, 73.3 ov), 9-264 (Sinethemba Mjekula, 79.6 ov), 10-273 (Craig Alexander, 82.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rusty Theron	18.4	6	44	3	2.35	92	0	4
2.3 to AJA Gray, sorry my assistant missed a ball. 1/1 16.4 to TJ Mdodana, lowish catch to gulley, comfortably taken. 40/2 82.4 to CJ Alexander, thought i heard two noises, but maybe it was both pads. 273/10
Wayne Parnell	16	2	48	3	3.00	81	1	12
62.2 to RCC Canning, plays back and loses his middle stump. 208/5 62.3 to CWS Birch, out first ball, no shot only to see it nip back and knock out his off stump. 208/6 62.4 to M de Stadler, plays forward but is beaten and a hat-trick. 208/7
Andrew Birch	15	4	43	0	2.86	73	2	0
Warren Bell	5	1	30	0	6.00	19	0	0
Colin Ingram	28	2	101	4	3.60	60	0	1
73.3 to PR Adams, sneaks through his guard. 240/8 79.6 to S Mjekula, looks for the big hit but can only skiy it into the covers. 264/9

Eastern Province 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ingram	not out	68	115	140	10	0	59.13
Chad Baxter	not out	40	93	140	6	0	43.01
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	6
Total	34.2 Ov (RR: 3.32, 140 Mins)	114/0
Did not bat Umar Abrahams, Michael Smith (c), Sean Adair, Riaan Jeggels, Abongile Sodumo †, Andrew Birch, Rusty Theron, Wayne Parnell, Warren Bell

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Craig Alexander	8	1	27	3.37	33	0	0
Sinethemba Mjekula	9	3	26	2.88	45	0	1
Colin Birch	6	1	22	3.66	29	1	1
Mark de Stadler	6	2	19	3.16	28	0	0
Paul Adams	5.2	1	17	3.18	24	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 01 Mar

day 1 - W Province 1st innings 33/1 (Derrin Bassage 19*, Thando Mdodana 4*, 11 ov)

Fri, 02 Mar

day 2 - E. Province 2nd innings 114/0 (Colin Ingram 68*, Chad Baxter 40*, 34.2 ov)

Sat, 03 Mar

day 3 - no play

Match Flow

Day 1

Eastern Province 1st innings

50 in 62 min, 12.1 overs (76 balls, 7 fours)

100 in 124 min, 24.4 overs (151 balls, 12 fours 1 six)

5th wicket partnership: 50 in 60 min, 74 balls (5 fours 1 six, Ingram 17, Jeggels 32, extras 1)

CA Ingram 52 in 149 min, 98 balls (7 fours)

RR Jeggels 52 in 87 min, 66 balls (7 fours 1 six)

Lunch: 149/4 (Ingram 63, Jeggels 58, 39 overs)

150 in 175 min, 39.2 overs (240 balls, 20 fours 1 six)

5th wicket partnership: 101 in 115 min, 169 balls (14 fours 1 six, Ingram 36, Jeggels 63, extras 2)

200 in 227 min, 52.2 overs (319 balls, 28 fours 1 six)

5th wicket partnership: 150 in 163 min, 244 balls (21 fours 1 six, Ingram 54, Jeggels 93, extras 3)

RR Jeggels 101 in 169 min, 137 balls (15 fours 2 sixes), his maiden First Class century.

CA Ingram 101 in 271 min, 184 balls (13 fours 1 six)

300 in 336 min, 78.1 overs (477 balls, 38 fours 3 sixes)

7th wicket partnership: 52 in 47 min, 80 balls (6 fours, Jeggels 29, Bell 21, extras 2)

RR Jeggels 150 in 285 min, 214 balls (20 fours 2 sixes)

Bonus points: Eastern Province 5.44 (batting), Western Province 3 (bowling)

Day 2

Western Province 1st innings

50 in 81 min, 17.5 overs (124 balls, 6 fours)

3rd wicket partnership: 50 in 36 min, 49 balls (10 fours, Bassage 11, Levi 38, extras 1)

100 in 116 min, 27.3 overs (177 balls, 16 fours)

RE Levi 50 in 51 min, 37 balls (11 fours)

150 in 183 min, 43.6 overs (281 balls, 20 fours 1 six)

Lunch: 173/4 (Levi 99, Canning 13, 49 overs)

5th wicket partnership: 53 in 64 min, 105 balls (5 fours 2 sixes, Levi 37, Canning 13, extras 3)

RE Levi 103 in 134 min, 98 balls (17 fours 2 sixes)

200 in 229 min, 56.6 overs (359 balls, 27 fours 2 sixes)1

WD Parnell took a hat-trick in the 63rd over, dismissing Canning, Birch and de Stadler.

250 in 305 min, 76.1 overs (476 balls, 29 fours 3 sixes)

Bonus points: Western Province 4.46 (batting), Eastern Province 4 (bowling)

Eastern Province 2nd innings

50 in 72 min, 17.1 overs (106 balls, 8 fours)

1st wicket partnership: 51 in 72 min, 106 balls (8 fours, Ingram 29, Baxter 18, extras 4)

CA Ingram 50 in 111 min, 85 balls (8 fours)

100 in 121 min, 29.4 overs (181 balls, 15 fours)

1st wicket partnership: 102 in 121 min, 181 balls (15 fours, Ingram 62, Baxter 34, extras 6)

Bad light stopped play: 11 minutes lost.

Day 3

No play due to wet outfield and rain.

Total points: Eastern Province 9.44, Western Province 7.46

Match Details

GroundUniversity of Cape Town Oval

TossWestern Province, elected to field 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 days1,2,3 March 2007 - day (3-day match)

Umpires

Brad White

Christo Conradie

Reserve Umpire

Laurence Matroos

PointsEastern Province 9.44, Western Province 7.46

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