Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Sugden	c Willoughby b Telemachus	1	20	36	0	0	5.00
Piet Botha	c Ferreira b Telemachus	10	35	44	0	0	28.57
Steven Pope	b Dawson	58	186	254	7	0	31.18
Wayne Wiblin	c Puttick b Henderson	24	44	55	5	0	54.54
Pieter Strydom (c)	c Johnson b Dawson	28	60	74	5	0	46.66
Laden Gamiet	c †Tsolekile b Johnson	24	59	66	3	0	40.67
Ian Mitchell †	c Johnson b Henderson	3	2	4	0	0	150.00
Dumisa Makalima	not out	42	92	134	6	0	45.65
Vasbert Drakes	c Smith b Telemachus	46	62	81	6	1	74.19
Geoff Love	c †Tsolekile b Telemachus	2	2	2	0	0	100.00
Tyron Henderson	c Ackerman b Willoughby	1	4	3	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 5, w 1)	13
Total	93.3 Ov (RR: 2.69, 382 Mins)	252
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Craig Sugden, 8.3 ov), 2-15 (Piet Botha, 10.1 ov), 3-48 (Wayne Wiblin, 23.3 ov), 4-104 (Pieter Strydom, 42.4 ov), 5-147 (Laden Gamiet, 60.4 ov), 6-150 (Ian Mitchell, 61.1 ov), 7-172 (Steven Pope, 72.4 ov), 8-249 (Vasbert Drakes, 92.3 ov), 9-251 (Geoff Love, 92.5 ov), 10-252 (Tyron Henderson, 93.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Roger Telemachus	13	2	47	4	3.61	-	0	5
Charl Willoughby	19.3	7	56	1	2.87	-	0	0
Alan Dawson	17	5	58	2	3.41	-	0	0
Claude Henderson	31	11	62	2	2.00	-	0	0
Neil Johnson	13	6	22	1	1.69	-	1	0

Western Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith	c †Mitchell b Love	183	477	603	18	1	38.36
Andrew Puttick	c †Mitchell b Drakes	12	70	106	1	0	17.14
Lloyd Ferreira	c †Mitchell b Drakes	81	163	219	8	3	49.69
HD Ackerman (c)	c Sugden b Love	17	71	109	3	0	23.94
Ashwell Prince	lbw b Drakes	53	168	205	5	0	31.54
Neil Johnson	lbw b Love	2	2	2	0	0	100.00
Thami Tsolekile †	c Sugden b Love	53	70	85	6	1	75.71
Alan Dawson	c Sugden b Love	19	73	98	2	0	26.02
Claude Henderson	not out	28	74	94	4	0	37.83
Roger Telemachus	lbw b Love	2	17	24	0	0	11.76
Charl Willoughby	b Love	0	12	20	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 13, w 2)	19
Total	197.2 Ov (RR: 2.37, 786 Mins)	469
Fall of wickets 1-49 (Andrew Puttick, 23.6 ov), 2-215 (Lloyd Ferreira, 81.2 ov), 3-257 (HD Ackerman, 104.4 ov), 4-357 (Graeme Smith, 153.2 ov), 5-359 (Neil Johnson, 153.4 ov), 6-378 (Ashwell Prince, 163.1 ov), 7-425 (Thami Tsolekile, 173.2 ov), 8-454 (Alan Dawson, 187.5 ov), 9-464 (Roger Telemachus, 193.3 ov), 10-469 (Charl Willoughby, 197.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Vasbert Drakes	42	11	127	3	3.02	-	1	12
Piet Botha	23	6	49	0	2.13	-	0	0
Tyron Henderson	32	12	60	0	1.87	-	0	1
Geoff Love	56.2	21	116	7	2.05	-	0	0
Pieter Strydom	32	12	75	0	2.34	-	0	0
Steven Pope	7	1	20	0	2.85	-	1	0
Wayne Wiblin	5	1	18	0	3.60	-	0	0

Border 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Piet Botha	lbw b Willoughby	1	4	7	0	0	25.00
Laden Gamiet	c Puttick b Henderson	80	189	249	11	0	42.32
Steven Pope	c †Tsolekile b Dawson	26	74	93	4	0	35.13
Wayne Wiblin	c Prince b Willoughby	0	16	28	0	0	0.00
Pieter Strydom (c)	c †Tsolekile b Henderson	22	28	42	4	0	78.57
Craig Sugden	lbw b Telemachus	11	34	37	2	0	32.35
Ian Mitchell †	c †Tsolekile b Henderson	12	33	47	1	0	36.36
Dumisa Makalima	b Henderson	0	9	22	0	0	0.00
Vasbert Drakes	c Puttick b Henderson	2	3	8	0	0	66.66
Geoff Love	not out	7	6	16	1	0	116.66
Tyron Henderson	b Dawson	12	12	13	2	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 16)	18
Total	65.2 Ov (RR: 2.92, 286 Mins)	191
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Piet Botha, 1.2 ov), 2-59 (Steven Pope, 23.4 ov), 3-72 (Wayne Wiblin, 30.6 ov), 4-121 (Pieter Strydom, 41.3 ov), 5-143 (Craig Sugden, 51.4 ov), 6-165 (Laden Gamiet, 58.4 ov), 7-170 (Ian Mitchell, 60.4 ov), 8-172 (Vasbert Drakes, 62.1 ov), 9-172 (Dumisa Makalima, 62.2 ov), 10-191 (Tyron Henderson, 65.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Roger Telemachus	12	0	47	1	3.91	-	16
Charl Willoughby	13	4	38	2	2.92	-	0
Alan Dawson	15.2	6	29	2	1.89	-	0
Claude Henderson	19	4	62	5	3.26	-	0
Neil Johnson	6	1	13	0	2.16	-	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 21 Mar

day 1 - Border 1st innings 247/7 (Dumisa Makalima 40*, Vasbert Drakes 46*, 91.4 ov)

Thu, 22 Mar

day 2 - W Province 1st innings 229/2 (Graeme Smith 120*, HD Ackerman 4*, 84.4 ov)

Fri, 23 Mar

day 3 - W Province 1st innings 446/7 (Alan Dawson 11*, Claude Henderson 18*, 182 ov)

Sat, 24 Mar

day 4 - Border 2nd innings 191 (65.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

4th Umpire - WA Diedricks

Border 1st Innings

Border's 50 in 116 mins 168 balls including 7 fours

Border's 100 in 167 mins off 245 balls including 15 fours

4th wkt 50 partnership in 65 mins off 102 balls (Pope 24, Strydom 25)

SC Pope's 50 in 182 mins off 134 balls including 7 fours

Border's 150 in 245 mins off 370 balls including 20 fours

Border's 200 in 330 mins off 501 balls including 26 fours

8th wkt 50 partnership in 49 mins off 72 balls (Makalima 12, Drakes 37)

250

W 1st innings

50 in 110 min, 154 balls (4 fours, 1 six)

GC Smith 50 in 156 min, 120 balls, 6 fours, 1 six

100 in 177 min, 250 balls (11 fours, 1 six)

50 partnership for the 2nd wicket in 70 min, 101 balls (7 fours) (Smith 29, Ferreira 21, extras 3)

LD Ferreira 50 in 104 min, 83 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes

100 partnership for the 2nd wicket in 115 min, 174 balls (10 fours, 2 sixes) (Smith 46, Ferreira 51, extras 3)

150 in 229 min, 335 balls (15 fours, 3 sixes)

150 partnership for the 2nd wicket in 195 min, 304 balls (15 fours, 3 sixes) (Smith 66, Ferreira 79, 3 extras)

200 in 304 min, 456 balls (20 fours, 4 sixes)

GC Smith 100 in 305 min, 236 balls, 12 fours, 1 six

New ball taken after 80.1 overs at 211/1 (Smith 108, Ferreira 81, extras 10)

250 in 429 min, 628 balls (25 fours, 4 sixes)

AG Puttick 150 in 507 min, 405 balls, 16 fours, 1 six

300 in 530 min, 823 balls (30 fours, 4 sixes)

50 partnership for the 4th wicket in 114 min, 210 balls (4 fours) (Smith 29, Prince 21, extras 0)

350 in 593 min, 915 balls (34 fours, 4 sixes)

100 partnership for the 4th wicket in 164 min, 291 balls (9 fours) (Smith 49, Prince 49, extras 2)

AG Prince 50 in 178 min, 151 balls, 5 fours

3rd new ball taken after 162.2 overs at 378/5 (Prince 53, Tsolekile 15, extras 15)

400 in 658 min, 1006 balls (38 fours, 5 sixes)

TL Tsolekile 50 in 82 min, 67 balls, 6 fours, 1 six

GS Smith made his highest score in SuperSport Series cricket.

Western Province's 450 in 735 mins off 1129 balls including 45 fours and 5 sixes

Border 2nd Innings

GT Love achieved his best bowling in First Class cricket

Border's 50 in 89 mins off 131 balls including 6 fours

2nd wkt 50 partnership in 85 mins off 131 balls (Gamiet 14, Pope 25)

LL Gamiet achieved his highest First Class score

LL Gamiet's Maiden First Class 50 in 161 mins off 133 balls including 7 fours

Border's 100 in 161 mins off 242 balls including 12 fours

Border's 150 in 233 mins off 246 balls including 20 fours

Recruit of the Match: GC Smith

Recruit of the Season: JA Rudolph

Cavelier of Season: HD Ackermann

Western Province are the winners of the SuperSport Series Trophy

Match Details

GroundNewlands, Cape Town

TossWestern Province, elected to field first

Series

SuperSport Series

Season2000/01

Player Of The Match

Graeme Smith

Player Of The Series

HD Ackerman

Series resultWestern Province won the 2000/01 SuperSport Series

Match daysday (5-day match)

Umpires

Brian Jerling

Ian Howell

TV Umpire

Andrew O'Connor

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