Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	c †Homani b Hayward	53	70	99	11	0	75.71
Gary Kirsten	c †Homani b Hayward	244	373	450	37	2	65.41
Andrew Puttick †	b Kruger	18	54	69	3	0	33.33
HD Ackerman (c)	c †Homani b Kemp	59	116	171	7	0	50.86
Jonathan Trott	b Kemp	11	22	29	2	0	50.00
Jean-Paul Duminy	c †Homani b Kemp	18	54	63	2	0	33.33
Renier Munnik	c †Homani b Callaghan	30	69	79	4	0	43.47
Alan Dawson	not out	24	52	63	1	1	46.15
Paul Adams	c Benfield b Botha	8	12	18	1	0	66.66
Paul Harris	not out	20	12	14	1	2	166.66
Extras	(lb 12, nb 6, w 1)	19
Total	138 Ov (RR: 3.65, 527 Mins)	504/8d
Did not bat: Charl Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Herschelle Gibbs, 24.2 ov), 2-153 (Andrew Puttick, 43.2 ov), 3-314 (HD Ackerman, 83.3 ov), 4-339 (Jonathan Trott, 89.5 ov), 5-382 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 106.5 ov), 6-439 (Gary Kirsten, 122.2 ov), 7-460 (Renier Munnik, 129.3 ov), 8-471 (Paul Adams, 134.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nantie Hayward	31	4	104	2	3.35	-	-	-	0	3
Justin Kemp	33	7	104	3	3.15	-	-	-	1	1
Garnett Kruger	12	3	44	1	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Johan Botha	22	3	82	1	3.72	-	-	-	0	1
Robin Peterson	30	4	108	0	3.60	-	-	-	0	0
Dave Callaghan	10	1	50	1	5.00	-	-	-	0	1

Eastern Province 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Carl Bradfield (c)	c †Puttick b Munnik	50	167	202	7	0	29.94
Mark Benfield	c †Puttick b Munnik	25	54	59	5	0	46.29
James Bryant	run out (Kirsten/†Puttick)	90	161	190	15	0	55.90
Dave Callaghan	c Duminy b Harris	72	126	177	11	0	57.14
Bob Homani †	lbw b Harris	40	108	120	5	0	37.03
Umar Abrahams	c Trott b Adams	21	84	102	3	0	25.00
Robin Peterson	c †Puttick b Adams	26	50	58	4	0	52.00
Johan Botha	c †Puttick b Willoughby	14	77	82	1	1	18.18
Justin Kemp	not out	52	73	108	7	1	71.23
Nantie Hayward	lbw b Harris	0	10	11	0	0	0.00
Garnett Kruger	not out	3	35	48	0	0	8.57
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3, w 4)	11
Total	157 Ov (RR: 2.57, 586 Mins)	404/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Mark Benfield, 15.3 ov), 2-142 (Carl Bradfield, 54.3 ov), 3-188 (James Bryant, 67.2 ov), 4-286 (Bob Homani, 101.1 ov), 5-289 (Dave Callaghan, 103.4 ov), 6-332 (Robin Peterson, 121.2 ov), 7-335 (Umar Abrahams, 129.1 ov), 8-368 (Johan Botha, 142.5 ov), 9-369 (Nantie Hayward, 145.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alan Dawson	32	15	54	0	1.68	-	-	-	0	0
Charl Willoughby	30	10	63	1	2.10	-	-	-	0	1
Renier Munnik	9	1	56	2	6.22	-	-	-	0	1
Paul Harris	49	13	131	3	2.67	-	-	-	1	0
Paul Adams	33	7	77	2	2.33	-	-	-	3	0
Jonathan Trott	4	0	19	0	4.75	-	-	-	0	1

Western Province 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herschelle Gibbs	run out (Benfield)	17	25	38	1	1	68.00
Gary Kirsten	c Abrahams b Botha	72	95	134	6	1	75.78
Jonathan Trott	st †Homani b Botha	63	90	109	9	0	70.00
Renier Munnik	b Peterson	19	13	20	2	1	146.15
HD Ackerman (c)	not out	7	7	11	1	0	100.00
Andrew Puttick †	not out	1	1	4	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 3, w 1)	10
Total	38 Ov (RR: 4.97, 160 Mins)	189/4d
Did not bat: Jean-Paul Duminy, Alan Dawson, Paul Adams, Paul Harris, Charl Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Herschelle Gibbs, 9.3 ov), 2-148 (Gary Kirsten, 32.4 ov), 3-180 (Jonathan Trott, 36.1 ov), 4-184 (Renier Munnik, 37.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Justin Kemp	9	1	39	0	4.33	-	-	-	1	2
Johan Botha	15	1	69	2	4.60	-	-	-	0	1
Robin Peterson	8	0	48	1	6.00	-	-	-	0	0
Dave Callaghan	6	0	27	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0

Eastern Province 2nd Innings (T: 290 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Carl Bradfield (c)	c †Puttick b Harris	79	135	163	14	0	58.51
Mark Benfield	c Ackerman b Adams	29	37	53	7	0	78.37
James Bryant	c Gibbs b Willoughby	50	117	173	5	1	42.73
Dave Callaghan	c Ackerman b Willoughby	27	44	39	2	0	61.36
Justin Kemp	c Ackerman b Willoughby	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Umar Abrahams	c †Puttick b Willoughby	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Robin Peterson	c †Puttick b Dawson	2	19	42	0	0	10.52
Johan Botha	b Willoughby	1	6	11	0	0	16.66
Bob Homani †	lbw b Dawson	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Garnett Kruger	not out	1	8	16	0	0	12.50
Nantie Hayward	b Willoughby	2	5	5	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 3, nb 2, w 2)	7
Total	62.4 Ov (RR: 3.17, 258 Mins)	199
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Mark Benfield, 13.2 ov), 2-147 (Carl Bradfield, 43.5 ov), 3-188 (Dave Callaghan, 54.3 ov), 4-188 (Justin Kemp, 54.4 ov), 5-188 (Umar Abrahams, 54.5 ov), 6-191 (James Bryant, 56.1 ov), 7-194 (Johan Botha, 58.1 ov), 8-195 (Bob Homani, 59.5 ov), 9-196 (Robin Peterson, 61.4 ov), 10-199 (Nantie Hayward, 62.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alan Dawson	12	3	40	2	3.33	-	-	-	0	0
Charl Willoughby	14.4	3	44	6	3.00	-	-	-	0	1
Renier Munnik	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-	1	0
Paul Adams	17	5	47	1	2.76	-	-	-	1	0
Paul Harris	15	3	51	1	3.40	-	-	-	0	1

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Fri, 15 Feb - day 1 - W Province 1st innings 378/4 (Gary Kirsten 206*, Jean-Paul Duminy 17*, 104 ov)

Sat, 16 Feb - day 2 - E. Province 1st innings 197/3 (Dave Callaghan 18*, Bob Homani 9*, 70 ov)

Sun, 17 Feb - day 3 - W Province 2nd innings 50/1 (Gary Kirsten 16*, Jonathan Trott 10*, 15 ov)

Mon, 18 Feb - day 4 - E. Province 2nd innings 199 (62.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Western Province, 1st innings
50 in 45 min, 11.6 overs
1st wicket: 50 partnership in 45 min, 73 balls (Gibbs 29, Kirsten 15, extras 6)
Gibbs (36) passed 8000 runs in First Class cricket
Gibbs 50 in 92 min, 63 balls, 11 fours
100 in 111 min, 26.6 overs
Lunch: WP 116/1 (31 overs)
Kirsten 50 in 128 min, 100 balls, 10 fours
2nd wicket: 50 partnership in 58 min, 95 balls (Kirsten 32, Puttick 17, extras 1)
150 in 167 min, 42.4 overs
Kirsten 100 in 212 min, 171 balls, 19 fours (36th First Class 100)
200 in 227 min, 58.6 overs
3rd wicket: 50 partnership in 60 min, 99 balls (Kirsten 34, Ackerman 18, extras 1)
Kirsten's innings included one 5 (one run, 4 overthrows)
Tea: WP 233/2 (67 overs)
250 in 269 min, 70.4 overs
3rd wicket: 100 partnership in 99 min, 169 balls (Kirsten 62, Ackerman 37, extras 1)
Kirsten 150 in 278 min, 236 balls, 24 fours, 2 sixes
Ackerman 50 in 116 min, 95 balls, 7 fours
New ball after 80 overs: WP 298/2 (Kirsten 160, Ackerman, 58)
300 in 300 min, 80.3 overs
3rd wicket: 150 partnership in 129 min, 225 balls (Kirsten 93, Ackerman 58, extras 2)
350 in 372 min, 96.3 overs
Score after 100 overs: WP 364/4. WP 5.28 bonus points, EP 1
Kirsten 200 in 389 min, 309 balls, 30 fours, 2 sixes, his 8th First Class 200

Day 2

400 in 422 min, 111.2 overs
6th wicket: 50 partnership in 49 min, 75 balls (Kirsten 34, Munnik 15, extras 1)
450 in 473 min, 125.1 overs
500 in 527 min, 137.6 overs
Eastern Province 1st innings
50 in 76 min, 18.2 overs
Tea: EP 88/1 (34 overs)
2nd wicket: 50 partnership in 69 min, 113 balls (Bradfield 18, Bryant 31, extras 1)
100 in 152 min, 40.4 overs
Bryant 50 in 107 min, 86 balls, 10 fours
Bradfield 50 in 201 min, 166 balls, 7 fours
2nd wicket: 100 partnership in 145 min, 234 balls (Bradfield 39, Bryant 62, extras 2)
150 in 215 min, 57.1 overs

Day 3

200 in 263 min, 71.4 overs
New ball taken after 80 overs: EP 219/3
4th wicket: 50 partnership in 82 min, 139 balls (Callaghan 22, Homani 25, extras 3)
Callaghan 50 in 94 min, 137 balls, 7 fours
100 overs: EP 281/3, EP 3.62 points, WP 1
Lunch: EP 290/5
250 in 342 min, 92.2 overs
300 in 400 min, 107.6 overs
350 in 497 min, 133.5 overs
Hayward batted with a runner (Abrahams)
Kruger batted with a runner (Abrahams)
Tea: EP 373/7 (141 overs)
400 in 575 min, 155.3 overs
Kemp 50 in 99 min, 67 balls, 7 fours, 1 six
Western Province 2nd innings
50 in 57 min, 14.1 overs

Day 4

Kirsten passed 14000 First Class runs
2nd wicket: 50 partnership in 41 min, 62 balls (Kirsten 25, Trott 23, extras 2)
100 in 95 min, 23.1 overs
Kirsten 50 in 111 min, 75 balls, 5 fours
2nd wicket: 100 partnership in 78 min, 121 balls (Kirsten 54, Trott 45, extras 4)
Trott 50 in 98 min, 80 balls, 7 fours
Eastern Province 2nd innings
Target: 290 in 79 overs minimum
Lunch: EP 23/0 (5 overs)
50 in 44 min, 11.5 overs
1st wicket: 50 partnership in 44 min, 71 balls (Bradfield 23, Benfield 28, extras 1)
100 in 115 min, 29.6 overs
2nd wicket: 50 partnership in 72 min, 117 balls (Bradfield 24, Bryant 27, extras 0)
Tea: EP 129/1 (40 overs)
Bradfield 50 in 125 min, 98 balls, 9 fours
150 in 173 min, 45.4 overs
Bryant batted with a runner (Benfield) after tea
Willoughby took his first hat-trick in First Class cricket (Callaghan, Kemp & Abrahams)
Willoughby's figures were his best in First Class cricket
Final Points: WP 16.28 (match 10, bat 5.28, bowl 1)
Man of the Match G Kirsten, Recruit of the Match Z Homani

Match Details

Newlands, Cape Town
Toss	Western Province, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2001/02
Player Of The Match	Gary Kirsten
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Abraham Williams David Orchard
Points	Western Province 16.28, Eastern Province 4.62

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Steve Elworthy once again puts up his hand

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E. Province Innings

Player Name		R	B
CC Bradfield	caught	79	135
MR Benfield	caught	29	37
JDC Bryant	caught	50	117
DJ Callaghan	caught	27	44
JM Kemp	caught	0	1
U Abrahams	caught	0	1
RJ Peterson	caught	2	19
J Botha	bowled	1	6
Z Homani	lbw	1	6
GJP Kruger	not out	1	8
M Hayward	bowled	2	5
Extras	(b 3, nb 2, w 2)
Total	199(10 wkts; 62.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AC Dawson	12	3	40	2	3.33
CM Willoughby	14.4	3	44	6	3 (1 nb)
R Munnik	4	0	14	0	3.5
PR Adams	17	5	47	1	2.76
PL Harris	15	3	51	1	3.4 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	53	Mark Benfield	Carl Bradfield
2nd	94	Carl Bradfield	James Bryant
3rd	41	Dave Callaghan	James Bryant
4th	0	James Bryant	Justin Kemp
5th	0	James Bryant	Umar Abrahams
6th	3	James Bryant	Robin Peterson
7th	3	Robin Peterson	Johan Botha
8th	1	Robin Peterson	Bob Homani
9th	1	Garnett Kruger	Robin Peterson
10th	3	Nantie Hayward	Garnett Kruger

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SuperSport Series

Super Sixes

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
KZN	3	3	0	0	56.66
EASTN	3	2	1	0	36.2
GriqW	3	1	2	0	28.98
NTHNS	3	1	1	1	28.6
WPR	3	1	1	1	25.34
EPR	3	0	3	0	18.04

Pool A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WPR	5	3	0	2	64.18
EASTN	5	3	1	1	57.62
GriqW	5	2	2	1	54.86
BOL	5	1	1	3	34.34
GTG	5	1	2	2	29.72
NWEST	5	0	4	1	24.26

Pool B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
NTHNS	4	4	0	0	69.62
EPR	4	1	2	1	34.88
KZN	4	1	1	2	32.6
FS	4	0	1	3	20.96
BOR	4	0	2	2	18.16

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