Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith	lbw b Venter	41	85	113	6	0	48.23
Andrew Puttick	c Lewis b van der Wath	12	18	24	2	0	66.66
Lloyd Ferreira	lbw b Pretorius	8	21	40	1	0	38.09
Ashwell Prince	c Venter b Pretorius	43	87	103	7	0	49.42
Neil Johnson	c Gait b Mpitsang	38	56	74	4	0	67.85
HD Ackerman (c)	b Pretorius	10	27	42	1	0	37.03
Renier Munnik	c Schorn b Venter	45	79	109	6	0	56.96
Thami Tsolekile †	b Pretorius	31	50	58	5	1	62.00
Claude Henderson	c Wilkinson b van der Wath	12	29	48	2	0	41.37
Paul Harris	b van der Wath	8	29	31	1	0	27.58
Charl Willoughby	not out	2	6	8	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 2, nb 12, w 1)	15
Total	79.2 Ov (RR: 3.34, 328 Mins)	265
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Andrew Puttick, 5.1 ov), 2-53 (Lloyd Ferreira, 14.2 ov), 3-87 (Graeme Smith, 25.3 ov), 4-143 (Ashwell Prince, 40.4 ov), 5-158 (Neil Johnson, 44.2 ov), 6-168 (HD Ackerman, 49.3 ov), 7-223 (Thami Tsolekile, 64.4 ov), 8-251 (Renier Munnik, 71.1 ov), 9-260 (Claude Henderson, 77.2 ov), 10-265 (Paul Harris, 79.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Victor Mpitsang	12	1	50	1	4.16	-	-	-	0	4
Johan van der Wath	15.2	4	46	3	3.00	-	-	-	0	3
Dewald Pretorius	20	1	78	4	3.90	-	-	-	1	4
Kosie Venter	25	8	70	2	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Mohammad Lewis	7	2	19	0	2.71	-	-	-	0	0

Free State 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gerhardus Liebenberg	c Johnson b Henderson	19	32	48	2	0	59.37
Andrew Gait	c †Tsolekile b Henderson	34	121	129	4	0	28.09
Kosie Venter	c Johnson b Munnik	86	210	258	11	0	40.95
Jonathan Beukes	c Munnik b Henderson	9	15	16	1	0	60.00
Louis Wilkinson	b Willoughby	26	70	84	3	0	37.14
James Schorn	c Smith b Henderson	7	28	31	0	0	25.00
Johan van der Wath	run out (sub [EO Moleon]/Harris)	49	137	161	5	0	35.76
Gerard Brophy (c)†	st †Tsolekile b Harris	36	89	92	6	0	40.44
Mohammad Lewis	lbw b Johnson	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Victor Mpitsang	b Johnson	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Dewald Pretorius	not out	5	7	16	1	0	71.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 5, w 2)	20
Total	118.2 Ov (RR: 2.45, 425 Mins)	291
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 13.5 ov), 2-76 (Andrew Gait, 39.5 ov), 3-90 (Jonathan Beukes, 43.4 ov), 4-163 (Louis Wilkinson, 64.6 ov), 5-180 (James Schorn, 73.6 ov), 6-205 (Kosie Venter, 84.5 ov), 7-275 (Gerard Brophy, 112.3 ov), 8-278 (Mohammad Lewis, 113.6 ov), 9-282 (Victor Mpitsang, 115.1 ov), 10-291 (Johan van der Wath, 118.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Charl Willoughby	23	9	50	1	2.17	-	-	-	0	0
Neil Johnson	13	0	39	2	3.00	-	-	-	1	0
Claude Henderson	40	12	71	4	1.77	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Harris	32.2	5	89	1	2.75	-	-	-	0	0
Renier Munnik	10	1	29	1	2.90	-	-	-	1	5

Western Province 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Puttick	c Schorn b Venter	60	183	215	7	0	32.78
Graeme Smith	c †Brophy b Pretorius	5	18	21	0	0	27.77
Lloyd Ferreira	st †Brophy b Venter	34	54	102	4	0	62.96
HD Ackerman (c)	not out	100	219	316	9	1	45.66
Ashwell Prince	c †Brophy b Venter	9	16	21	2	0	56.25
Neil Johnson	c Liebenberg b Venter	7	15	23	0	0	46.66
Renier Munnik	run out (Mpitsang)	35	72	95	4	1	48.61
Thami Tsolekile †	c van der Wath b Mpitsang	20	26	37	2	0	76.92
Claude Henderson	c Lewis b Venter	5	17	29	0	0	29.41
Paul Harris	not out	2	12	14	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 10, nb 6, w 1)	22
Total	104.2 Ov (RR: 2.86, 443 Mins)	299/8d
Did not bat: Charl Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Graeme Smith, 6.2 ov), 2-87 (Lloyd Ferreira, 29.5 ov), 3-130 (Andrew Puttick, 53.5 ov), 4-140 (Ashwell Prince, 57.6 ov), 5-158 (Neil Johnson, 63.2 ov), 6-223 (Renier Munnik, 87.4 ov), 7-262 (Thami Tsolekile, 95.1 ov), 8-283 (Claude Henderson, 101.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dewald Pretorius	19	4	52	1	2.73	-	-	-	0	3
Kosie Venter	42	11	103	5	2.45	-	-	-	0	0
Victor Mpitsang	15	1	47	1	3.13	-	-	-	0	2
Johan van der Wath	18.2	2	62	0	3.38	-	-	-	1	1
Jonathan Beukes	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0	0
Mohammad Lewis	9	1	20	0	2.22	-	-	-	0	0

Free State 2nd Innings (T: 274 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gerhardus Liebenberg	c Smith b Willoughby	4	6	12	0	0	66.66
Andrew Gait	lbw b Willoughby	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Lewis	lbw b Henderson	6	12	12	1	0	50.00
Kosie Venter	b Willoughby	42	172	215	2	1	24.41
Jonathan Beukes	c †Tsolekile b Willoughby	6	21	21	1	0	28.57
Louis Wilkinson	c Henderson b Harris	19	58	78	3	0	32.75
James Schorn	c Johnson b Harris	11	43	46	1	0	25.58
Johan van der Wath	lbw b Harris	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Gerard Brophy (c)†	not out	29	95	112	3	0	30.52
Victor Mpitsang	c Ferreira b Willoughby	23	44	44	3	0	52.27
Dewald Pretorius	run out (Henderson)	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
Total	75.4 Ov (RR: 1.92, 278 Mins)	146
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Andrew Gait, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Gerhardus Liebenberg, 2.6 ov), 3-10 (Mohammad Lewis, 3.1 ov), 4-18 (Jonathan Beukes, 8.5 ov), 5-64 (Louis Wilkinson, 27.3 ov), 6-81 (James Schorn, 41.3 ov), 7-81 (Johan van der Wath, 41.6 ov), 8-110 (Kosie Venter, 59.6 ov), 9-146 (Victor Mpitsang, 75.1 ov), 10-146 (Dewald Pretorius, 75.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Charl Willoughby	18.4	6	26	5	1.39	-	-	-	0
Claude Henderson	28	9	57	1	2.03	-	-	-	0
Renier Munnik	6	3	5	0	0.83	-	-	-	4
Paul Harris	23	10	56	3	2.43	-	-	-	0

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Thu, 08 Mar - day 1 - Free State 1st innings 55/1 (Andrew Gait 20*, Kosie Venter 12*, 25 ov)

Fri, 09 Mar - day 2 - W Province 2nd innings 18/1 (Andrew Puttick 10*, Lloyd Ferreira 2*, 8 ov)

Sat, 10 Mar - day 3 - Free State 2nd innings 13/3 (Kosie Venter 1*, Jonathan Beukes 2*, 5 ov)

Sun, 11 Mar - day 4 - Free State 2nd innings 146 (75.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day One
WP 50 IN 62 MIN, 13.5OVERS (7 FOURS)
WP 100 in 134 min, 31.1 overs (15 fours)
WP 4th wicket 50 partnership in 52 min, 90 balls (5 fours) (Prince 23, Johnson 25, extras 2)
WP 150 in 179 min, 42.1 overs (20 fours)
WP 200 in 252 min, 58.4 overs (26 fours)
WP 50 partnership for the 7th wicket in 54 min, 85 balls (5 fous, 1 six ) (Munnik 22, Tsolekile 28, extras 2)
PL Harris and J Schorn made their First Class debuts
FS 50 in 66 min, 19.6 overs (5 fours)
Bonus points to date: WP 3, FS 4

Day 2

FS 100 in 160 min, 47.2 overs (11 fours)
FS 50 partnership for 4th wicket in 65 min, 102 balls, 5 fours (Venter 24, Wilkinson 18, extras 8)
JF Venter 50 in 170 min, 147 balls, 7 fours
FS 150 in 222 min, 62.3 overs (16 fours)
FS 200 in 290 min, 80.4 overs (22 fours)
Bonus points to dat4
Bonus points to date: FS 6, WP 5
FS 250 in 362 min, 100.6 overs (29 fours)
FS 50 partnership for the 7th wicket in 62 min, 107 balls, 7 fours (van der Wath 18, Brophy 29, extras 3)
Western Province 2nd Innings
Western Province 50 in 66 mins off 112 balls including 4 fours
2nd wkt 50 partnership in 65 mins off 99 balls (Puttick 20, Ferreira 23)
Western Province 100 in 162 mins off 244 balls including 9 fours
AG Puttick's 50 in 177 mins off 156 balls including 6 fours
Western Province 150 in 250 mins off 370 balls including 15 fours
HD Ackerman's 50 in 204 mins off 156 balls including 4 fours
Western Province 200 in 332 mins off 498 balls including 19 fours and 1 six
6th wkt 50 partnership in 71 mins off 117 balls (Ackerman 24, Munnik 27)
Western Province 250 in 387 mins off 562 balls including 26 fours and 1 six
HD Ackerman's 100 in 316 mins off 219 balls including 9 fours and a six
Free State 2nd Innings
Free State 50 in 95 mins off 136 balls including 5 fours and a six
Free State 100 in 192 mins off 310 balls including 10 fours and a six
PV Mpitsang achieved his highest First Class score
CM Willougby achieved his best First Class bowling figures
Recruit of the Match was awarded to PL Harris

Match Details

Newlands, Cape Town
Toss	Western Province, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Kosie Venter
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Evan Watkin Ian Howell
TV Umpire	Wilf Diedricks
Points	Western Province 15, Free State 6

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Free State Innings

Player Name		R	B
GFJ Liebenberg	caught	4	6
AI Gait	lbw	0	1
MR Lewis	lbw	6	12
JF Venter	bowled	42	172
JA Beukes	caught	6	21
LJ Wilkinson	caught	19	58
JR Schorn	caught	11	43
JJ van der Wath	lbw	0	3
GL Brophy	not out	29	95
PV Mpitsang	caught	23	44
D Pretorius	run out	0	3
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)
Total	146(10 wkts; 75.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CM Willoughby	18.4	6	26	5	1.39
CW Henderson	28	9	57	1	2.03
R Munnik	6	3	5	0	0.83 (4 nb)
PL Harris	23	10	56	3	2.43

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Gerhardus Liebenberg	Andrew Gait
2nd	9	Gerhardus Liebenberg	Mohammad Lewis
3rd	0	Kosie Venter	Mohammad Lewis
4th	8	Kosie Venter	Jonathan Beukes
5th	46	Kosie Venter	Louis Wilkinson
6th	17	Kosie Venter	James Schorn
7th	0	Kosie Venter	Johan van der Wath
8th	29	Kosie Venter	Gerard Brophy
9th	36	Gerard Brophy	Victor Mpitsang
10th	0	Gerard Brophy	Dewald Pretorius

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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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