- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (lb 3, nb 13, w 1)TOTAL318 all out (87 Overs, RR: 3.65, 376 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Mathew Christensen, 5.6 ov), 2-103 (Blayde Capell, 24.1 ov), 3-146 (Keenan Vieira, 38.3 ov), 4-146 (Jean du Plessis, 39.2 ov), 5-159 (Kelly Smuts, 43.1 ov), 6-229 (Jhedli van Briesies, 69.4 ov), 7-229 (Jarred Jardine, 69.6 ov), 8-245 (Marcello Piedt, 73.6 ov), 9-258 (Khwezi Gumede, 76.6 ov), 10-318 (Pheko Moletsane, 86.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GM Thomson 10 0 37 2 3.7 0 2 J van Dyk 17 2 54 3 3.17 1 2 J Xaba 14 4 33 2 2.35 0 6 T Ntuli 14 2 71 0 5.07 0 0 RK Terblanche 8 0 25 0 3.12 0 3 EH Kemm 19 3 62 2 3.26 0 0 E Motswiri 5 0 33 1 6.6 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras26 (lb 9, nb 17)TOTAL520 all out (152.2 Overs, RR: 3.41, 686 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-182 (Ernest Kemm, 54.3 ov), 2-196 (Jason Oakes, 62.2 ov), 3-322 (Christopher Britz, 90.3 ov), 4-367 (Grant Thomson, 100.2 ov), 5-384 (Jerome Xaba, 104.4 ov), 6-395 (Juan Landsberg, 108.5 ov), 7-432 (Romano Terblanche, 124.6 ov), 8-490 (Emmanuel Motswiri, 143.3 ov), 9-494 (Johannes van Dyk, 147.5 ov), 10-520 (Hanu Viljoen, 152.2 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras4 (lb 1, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL260 all out (81.5 Overs, RR: 3.17, 360 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mathew Christensen, 10.2 ov), 2-29 (Keenan Vieira, 15.6 ov), 3-61 (Blayde Capell, 20.2 ov), 4-77 (Kelly Smuts, 22.6 ov), 5-79 (Jean du Plessis, 23.5 ov), 6-131 (Pheko Moletsane, 39.6 ov), 7-199 (Jarred Jardine, 72.5 ov), 8-238 (Marcello Piedt, 77.3 ov), 9-255 (Khwezi Gumede, 80.2 ov), 10-260 (Sintu Majeza, 81.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J van Dyk 19.5 9 33 3 1.66 1 1 T Ntuli 27 6 89 4 3.29 0 0 J Xaba 10 3 44 1 4.4 0 0 RK Terblanche 12 1 33 2 2.75 0 1 EH Kemm 10 3 31 0 3.1 0 0 J Landsberg 3 0 29 0 9.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras2 (nb 2)TOTAL61/1 (15.3 Overs, RR: 3.93, 66 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jason Oakes, 3.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB K Gumede 4.3 1 17 0 3.77 0 0 P Moletsane 7 2 26 1 3.71 0 1 S Majeza 3 0 7 0 2.33 0 1 K Vieira 1 0 11 0 11 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Western Districts , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
13,14,15,16 January 2024 (4-day match)
Match Referee
Points
Northern Cape 25.26, South Western Districts 5.36
Close of Play
- Sat, 13 Jan - day 1 - Northern Cape 1st innings 22/0 (EH Kemm 8*, JP Oakes 9*, 7 ov)
- Sun, 14 Jan - day 2 - Northern Cape 1st innings 371/4 (H Viljoen 15*, J Xaba 2*, 102 ov)
- Mon, 15 Jan - day 3 - South Western Districts 2nd innings 136/6 (J van Briesies 38*, J Jardine 0*, 42 ov)
- Tue, 16 Jan - day 4 - Northern Cape 2nd innings 61/1 (15.3 ov) - end of match
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