Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Victor Mahlangu	b Dudgeon	3	15	22	0	0	20.00

Tumi Koto	lbw b Bosch	27	48	82	5	0	56.25

Tony de Zorzi	c Ackerman b Bosch	12	21	26	2	0	57.14

Mitchell Van Buuren	c Ackerman b Bosch	0	2	7	0	0	0.00

Thomas Kaber (c)	c Ackerman b Paruk	41	123	189	4	0	33.33

Rubin Hermann †	c Engelbrecht b Bosch	37	76	95	5	0	48.68

Lerato Kgoatle	lbw b Bosch	1	6	16	0	0	16.66

Migael Pretorius	c †Oakes b Dudgeon	11	14	18	2	0	78.57

Eldred Hawken	b Dudgeon	0	8	13	0	0	0.00

Roger Arendse	not out	4	14	20	0	0	28.57
Luvuyo Nkese	c Dudgeon b Paruk	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 12, w 3)	21
Total	52.5 Ov (RR: 2.97, 250 Mins)	157
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Victor Mahlangu, 5.1 ov), 2-31 (Tony de Zorzi, 10.5 ov), 3-31 (Mitchell Van Buuren, 12.1 ov), 4-53 (Tumi Koto, 16.5 ov), 5-123 (Rubin Hermann, 38.5 ov), 6-133 (Lerato Kgoatle, 42.2 ov), 7-150 (Migael Pretorius, 46.2 ov), 8-152 (Eldred Hawken, 48.3 ov), 9-157 (Thomas Kaber, 52.3 ov), 10-157 (Luvuyo Nkese, 52.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rabian Engelbrecht	12	4	32	0	2.66	60	3	0	1	4
Keith Dudgeon	10	2	33	3	3.30	47	5	0	1	2
5.1 to VB Mahlangu, beautiful ball, getting the ball to tail in and clip the top of middle. Good early break through for KZN. 12/1 46.2 to M Pretorius, back of a length outside off, pretorius tries to drive but only gets an thick outside edge, Oakes takes a good catch diving to his right. 150/7 48.3 to EL Hawken, Beautiful ball, pitching outside off and tailing in, Hawken plays inside the line and hears the ball rattle his stumps. 152/8
Eathan Bosch	12	2	41	5	3.41	56	4	0	1	6
10.5 to T de Zorzi, back of a length outside off, de Zorzi swings hard and get a thick outside edge which is well taken by first slip. 31/2 12.1 to M Van Buuren, on a good length outside off and draws Van Vuuren into a half hearted shot, he is caught low down by Ackerman low down in front of him at first slip. 31/3 16.5 to BT Koto, pitched up and smashes into Koto's pad, KZN goes up in raptuous appeal, umpire Lawrence agrees and raises his finger. 53/4 38.5 to RA Herman, back of a length, Herman looks to go forward but is surprised by extra bounce, gets the top of the shoulder and is spooned to Engelbrecht at mid off. 123/5 42.2 to LJ Kgoatle, that's his 5-for! Beautiful bowling, back of a length and moving in, Kgoatle tries to defend but is caught on the pad, KZN appeal and appeal loud, umpire Lawrence agrees and raises his finger. 133/6
Zakariya Paruk	8.5	2	17	2	1.92	42	2	0	0	0
52.3 to TP Kaber, back of a length outside off, Kaber doesn't make up his mind and is caught playing a nothing shot, caught by Ackerman at first slip. 157/9 52.5 to L Nkese, beautiful catch by Dudgeon at gulley. Given width and driven but only gets an outside edge on it, Dudgeon holds onto a good catch low in front of him. 157/10
Smangaliso Nhlebela	10	1	28	0	2.80	46	4	0	0	0

KwaZulu-Natal 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Erlank	c Koto b Hawken	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Blayde Capell	b Pretorius	12	8	18	3	0	150.00

Khalipha Cele (c)	run out (Pretorius/†Herman)	59	169	284	6	0	34.91
Marques Ackerman	c Nkese b Arendse	40	42	50	6	0	95.23

Dudu Zondo	c Koto b Pretorius	45	124	170	6	0	36.29

Jason Oakes †	not out	102	156	235	10	0	65.38
Eathan Bosch	lbw b Hawken	99	133	173	11	1	74.43

Zakariya Paruk	c †Herman b Hawken	2	10	17	0	0	20.00

Extras	(lb 2, nb 5, w 6)	13
Total	106.3 Ov (RR: 3.49, 480 Mins)	372/7d
Did not bat: Keith Dudgeon, Rabian Engelbrecht, Smangaliso Nhlebela
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Michael Erlank, 0.2 ov), 2-17 (Blayde Capell, 3.3 ov), 3-70 (Marques Ackerman, 14.1 ov), 4-151 (Dudu Zondo, 51.6 ov), 5-177 (Khalipha Cele, 61.5 ov), 6-364 (Eathan Bosch, 102.6 ov), 7-372 (Zakariya Paruk, 106.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Eldred Hawken	23.3	6	54	3	2.29	115	6	0	1	2
0.2 to MN Erlank, short and wide and cut, straight to the man at point. 0/1 102.6 to E Bosch, fuller and straighter and Bosch tries to flick it to the legside but plays around it and is struck out in front, the umpire raises his finger.. 364/6 106.3 to Z Paruk, back of a length outside off, Paruk flashes and get a thick outside edge.. 372/7
Migael Pretorius	23	5	72	2	3.13	103	8	0	0	2
3.3 to B Capell, what a beauty, pitching outside off back of a length, Capell goes to drive but the ball moves back into the batter and he leaves a space between bat and pad which the ball sneaks through on its way to breaking his stumps. 17/2 51.6 to ZZ Zondo, back of a length, the ball bounces slightly higher then expected and takes the shoulder of the bat, and is taken by a good catch diving forward. 151/4
Roger Arendse	21	3	84	1	4.00	84	10	0	3	0
14.1 to MJ Ackerman, back of a length and Ackerman tries to hit it out the park but gets a massive top edge and skies the ball to mid off. 70/3
Luvuyo Nkese	15	1	49	0	3.26	62	6	0	1	0
Thomas Kaber	5.4	1	20	0	3.52	25	2	0	1	0
Mitchell Van Buuren	11.2	1	56	0	4.94	39	6	1	0	0
Tony de Zorzi	3	0	19	0	6.33	7	2	0	0	1
Tumi Koto	4	0	16	0	4.00	16	2	0	0	0

Northerns 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Victor Mahlangu	c Bosch b Nhlebela	58	119	143	9	0	48.73

Tumi Koto	lbw b Paruk	46	126	166	5	0	36.50

Tony de Zorzi	lbw b Erlank	27	60	85	4	0	45.00

Mitchell Van Buuren	c Paruk b Nhlebela	25	73	82	4	0	34.24

Thomas Kaber (c)	c †Oakes b Erlank	11	30	28	2	0	36.66

Rubin Hermann †	lbw b Nhlebela	40	57	65	3	3	70.17

Lerato Kgoatle	c Paruk b Nhlebela	3	20	20	0	0	15.00

Migael Pretorius	c Ackerman b Nhlebela	7	9	9	0	1	77.77

Eldred Hawken	not out	10	44	44	1	0	22.72
Roger Arendse	c Erlank b Nhlebela	0	10	10	0	0	0.00

Luvuyo Nkese	c Ackerman b Erlank	0	7	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 3, lb 3, nb 3, w 2)	11
Total	92 Ov (RR: 2.58, 333 Mins)	238
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Victor Mahlangu, 36.4 ov), 2-127 (Tumi Koto, 43.3 ov), 3-156 (Tony de Zorzi, 59.4 ov), 4-178 (Mitchell Van Buuren, 66.3 ov), 5-184 (Thomas Kaber, 67.6 ov), 6-201 (Lerato Kgoatle, 74.2 ov), 7-212 (Migael Pretorius, 76.4 ov), 8-231 (Rubin Hermann, 86.4 ov), 9-233 (Roger Arendse, 90.2 ov), 10-238 (Luvuyo Nkese, 91.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rabian Engelbrecht	6	1	29	0	4.83	23	5	0	0	0
Keith Dudgeon	9	1	18	0	2.00	45	2	0	1	1
Eathan Bosch	6	0	21	0	3.50	26	2	0	1	1
Smangaliso Nhlebela	38	10	96	6	2.52	184	11	3	0	1
36.4 to VB Mahlangu, last over of the day has claimed a wicket. Nhlebela floated the ball up and got turn and bounce, Mahlangu tries to defend but gets a thick edge to Bosch at slip. 103/1 66.3 to M Van Buuren, Van Buuren tries to slog sweep but only finds the man at square leg. 178/4 74.2 to LJ Kgoatle, Kgoatle tries to slog sweep but only manages to scoop the ball behind square, Paruk runs around from square leg and takes a simple catch. 201/6 76.4 to M Pretorius, tries to go big again but can only sky the ball, Ackerman runs in from mid on to take a god catch. 212/7 86.4 to RA Herman, after a close shout off the previous ball Herman tries to sweep again but misses and is caught out in front. That's Nhlebela's 5th for the innings. 231/8 90.2 to R Arendse, back of a length outside off, Ardense tries to flick it off his hips but gets an edge and has it bounce up off his pads, Zondo and Erlank dive towards the ball. Who took it? Erlank is the one with his hands on the ball. 233/9
Zakariya Paruk	11	4	22	1	2.00	56	3	0	0	0
43.3 to BT Koto, fuller and straighter and moving back in, Koto is caught infront, the KZN team go up in a massive appeal and the umpire delights the team by raising his finger. 127/2
Michael Erlank	22	8	46	3	2.09	109	5	1	0	0
59.4 to T de Zorzi, Erlank strikes! de Zorzi tries to fend up but is struck out in front and the umpire raises his finger in agreement with the appeal. 156/3 67.6 to TP Kaber, good bowling, building the pressure, Kaber comes forward to a ball outside off, he tries to block but gets a thin edge to Oakes who juggles it before holding onto it.. 184/5 91.6 to L Nkese, that is it! Clipped off his legs to the man at short mid wicket.. 238/10

KwaZulu-Natal 2nd Innings (T: 24 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Erlank	c †Herman b Pretorius	5	6	4	1	0	83.33
Blayde Capell	not out	17	10	14	2	1	170.00
Khalipha Cele (c)	not out	2	7	9	0	0	28.57
Extras		0
Total	3.5 Ov (RR: 6.26, 14 Mins)	24/1
Did not bat: Marques Ackerman, Dudu Zondo, Jason Oakes †, Eathan Bosch, Zakariya Paruk, Keith Dudgeon, Rabian Engelbrecht, Smangaliso Nhlebela
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Michael Erlank, 1.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Gregory Mahlokwana	2	0	21	0	10.50	5	3	1	0	0
Migael Pretorius	1.5	1	3	1	1.63	9	0	0	0	0
1.2 to MN Erlank, . 9/1

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Thu, 04 Jan - day 1 - KZ-Natal 1st innings 133/3 (Khalipha Cele 34*, Dudu Zondo 40*, 40 ov)

Fri, 05 Jan - day 2 - Northerns 2nd innings 103/1 (Tumi Koto 34*, 36.4 ov)

Sat, 06 Jan - day 3 - KZ-Natal 2nd innings 24/1 (3.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

DAY 1
Northerns 1st innings
Northerns 53 runs in 16.4 overs (102 balls, 82 mins)(8x4,0x6)
Northerns 102 runs in 33.2 overs (208 balls, 152 mins)(13x4,0x6)
5th Wicket partnership: 51 runs off 114 balls in 75 mins (TP Kaber 12, RA Herman 31, Ex 8)
Northerns 150 runs in 45.5 overs (288 balls, 213 mins)(18x4,0x6)
Score after 52.5 overs: 157/10. Bonus pts: Bat 1.14 Bowl 4
KwaZulu-Natal 1st innings
KwaZulu-Natal 50 runs in 10.3 overs (66 balls, 53 mins)(8x4,0x6)
3rd Wicket partnership: 52 runs off 61 balls in 47 mins (KA Cele 11, MJ Ackerman 39, Ex 2)
KwaZulu-Natal 100 runs in 27.4 overs (169 balls, 132 mins)(14x4,0x6)
M van Buuren replaced TP Kaber (30.4 overs, Kaber 6th over, reason: injury)
4th Wicket partnership: 50 runs off 121 balls in 90 mins (KA Cele 16, ZZ Zondo 31, Ex 3)
DAY 2
KwaZulu-Natal 150 runs in 49.1 overs (302 balls, 230 mins)(19x4,0x6)
KA Cele 51 off 141 balls in 240 mins (5x4,0x6)
KwaZulu-Natal 200 runs in 68.1 overs (416 balls, 311 mins)(27x4,0x6)
6th Wicket partnership: 50 runs off 66 balls in 43 mins (JP Oakes 33, E Bosch 16, Ex 1)
JP Oakes 50 off 81 balls in 105 mins (7x4,0x6)
KwaZulu-Natal 253 runs in 80.1 overs (489 balls, 360 mins)(33x4,0x6)
E Bosch 52 off 67 balls in 84 mins (8x4,0x6)
6th Wicket partnership: 100 runs off 142 balls in 94 mins (JP Oakes 43, E Bosch 55, Ex 2)
New ball taken at the start of the 85.0 over with KwaZulu-Natal on 276/5.
KwaZulu-Natal 300 runs in 91.2 overs (557 balls, 413 mins)(37x4,0x6)
6th Wicket partnership: 150 runs off 212 balls in 145 mins (JP Oakes 69, E Bosch 75, Ex 6)
KwaZulu-Natal 350 runs in 99.5 overs (610 balls, 448 mins)(41x4,1x6)
Score after 100 overs: 351/5. Bonus pts: Bat 5.02 Bowl 2
JP Oakes 100 off 153 balls in 231 mins (10x4,0x6)
Northerns 2nd innings
Northerns 50 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls, 51 mins)(9x4,0x6)
1st Wicket partnership: 50 runs off 72 balls in 51 mins (VB Mahlangu 34, T Koto 14, Ex 2)
VB Mahlangu 50 off 88 balls in 113 mins (8x4,0x6)
Northerns 100 runs in 35.6 overs (219 balls, 141 mins)(13x4,0x6)
1st Wicket partnership: 100 runs off 219 balls in 141 mins (VB Mahlangu 58, T Koto 33, Ex 9)
DAY 3
Northerns 150 runs in 55.4 overs (339 balls, 212 mins)(19x4,0x6)
Northerns 201 runs in 73.6 overs (449 balls, 276 mins)(26x4,2x6)

Match Details

Kingsmead, Durban
Toss	KwaZulu-Natal, elected to field first
Series	Sunfoil 3-Day Cup
Season	2017/18
Hours of play (local time)	9.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 15.05-15.15, Close 17.30
Match days	04,05,06 January 2018 - day (3-day match)
NTHNS Player Replacement	Substitute: Gregory Mahlokwana in, Victor Mahlangu out (4th innings, 0.1 ov)
Umpires	Bongani Ntshebe Kevin Lawrence
Points	KwaZulu-Natal 25.02, Northerns 3.14

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KZ-Natal Innings

Player Name		R	B
MN Erlank	caught	5	6
B Capell	not out	17	10
KA Cele	not out	2	7
Total	24(1 wkt; 3.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Mahlokwana	2	0	21	0	10.5
M Pretorius	1.5	1	3	1	1.63

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	9	Michael Erlank	Blayde Capell
2nd	15	Khalipha Cele	Blayde Capell

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Pool A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
KZN	10	6	2	2	178.9
WPR	10	5	2	3	159.22
BOR	10	3	2	5	133.54
NTHNS	10	2	3	4	122.5
NWEST	10	0	2	8	122.26
SWD	10	0	1	9	117
NCAPE	10	1	4	5	111.48

Pool B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NAM	10	5	3	2	153.68
FS	10	3	1	6	151.72
KZNIN	10	3	2	5	142.8
EASTN	10	3	3	4	142.44
EPR	10	2	3	5	124.3
BOL	10	3	5	2	121.4
GTG	10	1	4	4	94.38

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