Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hendrik de Vos	c †Murray b Peterson	17	81	101	1	0	20.98
Riaan Niewoudt	lbw b S Abrahams	98	174	221	16	0	56.32
Andrew Lawson (c)	b S Abrahams	61	218	268	7	0	27.98
Arno Jacobs	c & b S Abrahams	17	43	30	2	0	39.53
Craig Light	run out (Hayward)	10	19	16	2	0	52.63
Mark Lavine	lbw b S Abrahams	21	23	24	3	1	91.30
Morne Strydom	c Hayward b Kruger	24	24	37	5	0	100.00
Ezra Poole †	c †Murray b Kruger	21	86	99	0	1	24.41
Alfonso Thomas	c †Murray b Hayward	14	62	66	0	0	22.58
Jan Dreyer	not out	12	30	47	1	0	40.00
Francois van der Merwe	b S Abrahams	6	41	37	0	0	14.63
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 21, w 7)	40
Total	130.1 Ov (RR: 2.61, 485 Mins)	341
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Hendrik de Vos, 24.3 ov), 2-157 (Riaan Niewoudt, 55.1 ov), 3-181 (Arno Jacobs, 65.5 ov), 4-197 (Craig Light, 72.1 ov), 5-226 (Mark Lavine, 79.6 ov), 6-262 (Morne Strydom, 89.5 ov), 7-288 (Andrew Lawson, 99.1 ov), 8-319 (Ezra Poole, 117.3 ov), 9-321 (Alfonso Thomas, 118.4 ov), 10-341 (Francois van der Merwe, 130.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Justin Kemp	28	6	60	0	2.14	-	-	-	1	0
Nantie Hayward	18	1	52	1	2.88	-	-	-	5	16
Garnett Kruger	30	9	87	2	2.90	-	-	-	0	3
Murray Creed	8	2	24	0	3.00	-	-	-	1	1
Robin Peterson	24	6	69	1	2.87	-	-	-	0	0
Shafiek Abrahams	22.1	9	37	5	1.66	-	-	-	0	0

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Benfield	c Dreyer b van der Merwe	19	27	45	3	0	70.37
Umar Abrahams	b Thomas	26	63	75	4	0	41.26
James Bryant	lbw b van der Merwe	70	160	184	8	3	43.75
Dave Callaghan (c)	b van der Merwe	38	92	75	3	1	41.30
Justin Kemp	b Thomas	188	259	331	16	9	72.58
Murray Creed	c †Poole b van der Merwe	33	79	103	5	0	41.77
Robin Peterson	c Jacobs b van der Merwe	4	11	11	1	0	36.36
Shafiek Abrahams	lbw b Jacobs	5	10	20	1	0	50.00
Wayne Murray †	lbw b Light	32	87	77	4	0	36.78
Garnett Kruger	lbw b Lavine	4	10	19	1	0	40.00
Nantie Hayward	not out	6	8	23	0	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 16)	23
Total	131.4 Ov (RR: 3.40, 483 Mins)	448
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Mark Benfield, 10.1 ov), 2-59 (Umar Abrahams, 17.1 ov), 3-140 (Dave Callaghan, 41.1 ov), 4-204 (James Bryant, 65.5 ov), 5-271 (Murray Creed, 91.5 ov), 6-277 (Robin Peterson, 93.6 ov), 7-293 (Shafiek Abrahams, 99.4 ov), 8-349 (Wayne Murray, 122.3 ov), 9-378 (Garnett Kruger, 127.1 ov), 10-448 (Justin Kemp, 131.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mark Lavine	7	0	41	1	5.85	-	-	-	0
Jan Dreyer	22	1	95	0	4.31	-	-	-	9
Francois van der Merwe	33	12	62	5	1.87	-	-	-	1
Alfonso Thomas	20.4	5	70	2	3.38	-	-	-	6
Morne Strydom	6	0	74	0	12.33	-	-	-	0
Craig Light	30	10	57	1	1.90	-	-	-	0
Riaan Niewoudt	4	0	12	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Arno Jacobs	9	2	30	1	3.33	-	-	-	0

North West 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Riaan Niewoudt	c †Murray b Kruger	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Hendrik de Vos	c Benfield b Kruger	9	55	63	1	0	16.36
Andrew Lawson (c)	lbw b S Abrahams	29	96	121	1	0	30.20
Arno Jacobs	c Creed b Peterson	22	88	97	4	0	25.00
Craig Light	lbw b Peterson	10	24	20	1	0	41.66
Francois van der Merwe	run out (Benfield/†Murray)	10	81	96	1	0	12.34
Mark Lavine	b Kruger	8	14	13	0	1	57.14
Morne Strydom	c †Murray b Kruger	11	40	34	1	0	27.50
Ezra Poole †	b S Abrahams	27	45	50	4	1	60.00
Alfonso Thomas	not out	41	94	109	4	0	43.61
Jan Dreyer	c Benfield b Peterson	40	96	94	3	2	41.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 11, w 2)	19
Total	104 Ov (RR: 2.18, 353 Mins)	227
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Riaan Niewoudt, 0.4 ov), 2-35 (Hendrik de Vos, 15.1 ov), 3-61 (Andrew Lawson, 34.1 ov), 4-74 (Craig Light, 41.1 ov), 5-83 (Arno Jacobs, 45.1 ov), 6-91 (Mark Lavine, 49.3 ov), 7-103 (Morne Strydom, 59.4 ov), 8-126 (Francois van der Merwe, 70.2 ov), 9-141 (Ezra Poole, 74.4 ov), 10-227 (Jan Dreyer, 103.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Garnett Kruger	28	6	70	4	2.50	-	-	-	0	5
Nantie Hayward	7	1	28	0	4.00	-	-	-	2	6
Shafiek Abrahams	27	15	19	2	0.70	-	-	-	0	0
Robin Peterson	30	8	74	3	2.46	-	-	-	0	0
Justin Kemp	12	3	30	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 121 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Benfield	not out	66	98	121	10	0	67.34
Umar Abrahams	c †Poole b Thomas	30	60	74	5	0	50.00
James Bryant	not out	19	41	46	3	0	46.34
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4, w 2)	8
Total	32.3 Ov (RR: 3.78, 121 Mins)	123/1
Did not bat: Dave Callaghan (c), Justin Kemp, Murray Creed, Shafiek Abrahams, Robin Peterson, Wayne Murray †, Garnett Kruger, Nantie Hayward
Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Umar Abrahams, 18.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mark Lavine	6	0	34	0	5.66	-	-	-	2	0
Francois van der Merwe	9	1	30	0	3.33	-	-	-	0	0
Alfonso Thomas	5	0	17	1	3.40	-	-	-	0	2
Jan Dreyer	6	0	24	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	2
Craig Light	4	1	7	0	1.75	-	-	-	0	0
Hendrik de Vos	1.3	0	8	0	5.33	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Lawson	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 01 Feb - day 1 - North West 1st innings 304/7 (Ezra Poole 15*, Alfonso Thomas 6*, 104 ov)

Fri, 02 Feb - day 2 - E. Province 1st innings 230/4 (Justin Kemp 53*, Murray Creed 7*, 76 ov)

Sat, 03 Feb - day 3 - North West 2nd innings 83/5 (Francois van der Merwe 1*, 45.1 ov)

Sun, 04 Feb - day 4 - E. Province 2nd innings 123/1 (32.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

3rd Umpire - M Gajjar
Nort West 1st Innings 50 in 69 mins (16.2 overs) 4x4
50 p'ship de Vos / Niewoudt in 69 mins 112balls
Niewoudt 50 in 110 mins and 85 balls (9x4)
North West 1st Innings 100 in 136 mins (33.4 overs) 13x4
50 p'ship Niewoudt / Lawson 105 balls 64 mins 16x4
North West 1st Innings 150 in 218 mins (52.3 overs) 18x4
New ball taken after 80 overs
North West 1st Innings 200 in 272 mins (72.3 overs) 25x4
North West 1st Innings 250 in 321 mins (87.2 overs) 33x4 1x6
Lawson 50 in 234 mins from 196 balls 7x4
North West 1st Innings 300 in 387 mins (102.6 overs) 36x4 2x6
Eastern Province 1st Innings 50 in 64 mins (14.6 overs) 7x4
50 p'ship Bryant/Callaghan in 45 mins and 72 balls
Eastern Province 1st Innings 150 in 172mins (47.5 overs) 15x4 4x6
50 p'ship Bryant/Kemp in 65 mins from 132 balls
Eastern Province 1st Innings 200 in 226 mins (64.6 overs) 20x4 5x6
Kemp 50 in 102 mins and 89balls 6x4 1x6

Day 3

New ball taken after 80overs - Eastern Province 1st Innings
Eastern Province 1st Innings 250 in 310 mins (85.6 overs) 26x4 5x6
50 p'ship Kemp/Creed in 81 mins from 124 balls
Eastern Province 1 st Innings 300 in 376 mins (102.5 overs) 34x4 5x6
Kemp 100 in 212balls 268mins (10x4 1x6)
50 p'ship Kemp/Murray in 60 mins from 110 balls
Eastern Province 1st Innings 350 in 444mins (123.4 overs) 40x4 5x6
Eastern Province 1st Innings 350 in 444 mins (123.4overs) 40x4 5x6
Eastern Province 1st Innings 400 in 465mins (128.1 overs) 45x4 8x6
Kemp 150 in 312mins 245 balls 15x5 5x6
50 p'ship Kemp/Hayward in 11mins 12 balls 2x4 6x6
North West 2nd Innings 50 in 95mins (23.5 overs) 4x4

Day 4

North West 2nd Innings 100 in 200 mins (56.3 overs) 8x4 1x6
New ball taken after 80 overs
North West 2nd Innings 150 in 285mins (80.6 overs) 13x4 2x6
50 p'ship Thomas/Dreyer in 86mins 97balls
North West 2nd Innings 200 in 323mins (90.6 overs) 20x4 3x6
Eastern Province 2nd Innings 50 in 48 mins (11.6 overs) 7x4
Benfield 50 in 87mins and 61 balls 7x4
Eastern Province 2nd Innings 100 in 98 mins (24.4 overs) 15x4

Match Details

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	North West, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Justin Kemp
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Cyril Mitchley Ian Howell
Points	Eastern Province 16, North West 6

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E. Province Innings

Player Name		R	B
MR Benfield	not out	66	98
U Abrahams	caught	30	60
JDC Bryant	not out	19	41
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4, w 2)
Total	123(1 wkt; 32.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Lavine	6	0	34	0	5.66
F van der Merwe	9	1	30	0	3.33
AC Thomas	5	0	17	1	3.4 (2 nb)
JN Dreyer	6	0	24	0	4 (2 nb)
C Light	4	1	7	0	1.75
HM de Vos	1.3	0	8	0	5.33
AG Lawson	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	81	Mark Benfield	Umar Abrahams
2nd	42	Mark Benfield	James Bryant

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SuperSport Series

Super Eight

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
BOR	4	4	0	0	66
WPR	4	3	0	1	59
EASTN	4	3	1	0	52
NTHNS	4	1	3	0	36
NWEST	4	1	3	0	36
EPR	4	1	2	1	29
FS	4	1	3	0	26
BOL	4	0	2	2	21

Pool A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NTHNS	5	3	0	2	60
FS	3	2	0	1	43
NWEST	4	1	2	1	27
GriqW	5	0	3	2	22
GTG	4	1	1	1	21
BOL	3	0	1	1	10

Pool B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WPR	4	3	0	1	58
EASTN	4	2	2	0	41
BOL	2	2	0	0	34
BOR	4	1	1	2	32
EPR	4	0	2	2	28
KZN	4	0	1	3	21
FS	2	0	1	1	8
NWEST	1	0	1	0	6
GTG	1	0	0	1	4

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