- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (lb 11, w 1)TOTAL319 all out (100.1 Overs, RR: 3.18, 461 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Ludwig Kaestner, 7.5 ov), 2-118 (Louren Steenkamp, 37.3 ov), 3-124 (Ruan Haasbroek, 39.2 ov), 4-124 (Morne Venter, 39.4 ov), 5-248 (Sizwe Masondo, 82.3 ov), 6-288 (Sello Seing, 92.1 ov), 7-290 (Eldred Hawken, 92.5 ov), 8-300 (Jesse Albanie, 96.6 ov), 9-310 (Kgaudisa Molefe, 98.5 ov), 10-319 (Liam Peters, 100.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB P Fojela 21 4 63 3 3 0 0 N van Zyl 26.1 7 69 5 2.63 1 0 S Madlongolwana 20 3 68 1 3.4 0 0 J de Klerk 21 2 69 1 3.28 0 0 L Sizani 6 0 21 0 3.5 0 0 MJ Nqolo 6 2 18 0 3 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 3, nb 3, w 3)TOTAL273 all out (109.5 Overs, RR: 2.48, 470 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-130 (Jerome Bossr, 43.4 ov), 2-137 (Nonelela Yikha, 48.4 ov), 3-147 (Jerry Nqolo, 54.2 ov), 4-216 (Jason Niemand, 83.3 ov), 5-229 (Marco Marais, 87.4 ov), 6-239 (Jade de Klerk, 91.6 ov), 7-253 (Lihle Sizani, 96.3 ov), 8-253 (Phaphama Fojela, 96.5 ov), 9-259 (Mncedisi Malika, 99.6 ov), 10-273 (Siphesihle Madlongolwana, 109.5 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (b 1, lb 4, nb 2, pen 5)TOTAL256/8d (75 Overs, RR: 3.41, 414 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Sizwe Masondo, 3.6 ov), 2-85 (Ludwig Kaestner, 29.6 ov), 3-122 (Ruan Haasbroek, 37.4 ov), 4-130 (Louren Steenkamp, 40.5 ov), 5-172 (Morne Venter, 50.2 ov), 6-178 (Liam Peters, 53.1 ov), 7-195 (Sello Seing, 63.5 ov), 8-256 (Eldred Hawken, 74.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB P Fojela 17 6 31 1 1.82 0 0 N van Zyl 17 2 68 3 4 0 0 S Madlongolwana 11 1 43 1 3.9 0 0 J de Klerk 20 2 83 2 4.15 0 1 L Sizani 10 0 21 1 2.1 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras32 (b 15, lb 10, nb 2, pen 5)TOTAL224 all out (74.2 Overs, RR: 3.01, 311 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Jerome Bossr, 2.5 ov), 2-62 (Nonelela Yikha, 21.2 ov), 3-87 (Jerry Nqolo, 28.6 ov), 4-156 (Marco Marais, 44.2 ov), 5-188 (Jason Niemand, 59.2 ov), 6-197 (Mncedisi Malika, 62.1 ov), 7-199 (Lihle Sizani, 64.5 ov), 8-219 (Jade de Klerk, 69.3 ov), 9-219 (Phaphama Fojela, 70.3 ov), 10-224 (Nico van Zyl, 74.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB M Venter 10 3 27 1 2.7 0 0 EL Hawken 20 6 51 2 2.55 0 2 M Pootona 13.2 5 29 4 2.17 0 0 R Haasbroek 13 3 46 0 3.53 0 0 K Molefe 18 4 41 2 2.27 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Limpopo , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
9,10,11,12 November 2023 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Limpopo 23.38, Border 7.18
Close of Play
- Thu, 9 Nov - day 1 - Limpopo 1st innings 276/5 (L Peters 77*, S Seing 7*, 91 ov)
- Fri, 10 Nov - day 2 - Border 1st innings 224/4 (M Marais 33*, M Malika 0*, 85 ov)
- Sat, 11 Nov - day 3 - Limpopo 2nd innings 213/7 (EL Hawken 9*, J Albanie 12*, 69 ov)
- Sun, 12 Nov - day 4 - Border 2nd innings 224 (74.2 ov) - end of match
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