- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras27 (b 6, lb 12, nb 5, w 4)TOTAL330 all out (96.2 Overs, RR: 3.42)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Jacques Snyman, 8.2 ov), 2-41 (Dian Forrester, 14.1 ov), 3-117 (Gihahn Cloete, 31.2 ov), 4-190 (Patrick Botha, 52.4 ov), 4-214* (Aubrey Swanepoel, retired not out ), 5-289 (Matthew Pollard, 84.4 ov), 6-320 (Isaac Dikgale, 89.2 ov), 7-327 (Aubrey Swanepoel, 93.1 ov), 8-327 (Dane Piedt, 93.3 ov), 9-327 (Sithembile Langa, 93.6 ov), 10-330 (Monde Maqunqu, 96.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB BD Walters 20 5 50 4 2.5 0 0 J van Dyk 20 3 65 1 3.25 2 1 GM Thomson 10 1 37 2 3.7 0 0 J Xaba 14 7 24 1 1.71 0 4 T Ntuli 13 0 71 0 5.46 0 0 E Motswiri 6 0 28 0 4.66 2 0 EH Kemm 13.2 0 37 2 2.77 0 0
24/02Result
Final, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 at Kimberley, Feb 24-27 2024
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![Knights]( "Knights")
330 & 222 -
![Northern Cape]( "Northern Cape")
427 & 126/6 (30.3 ov)
24/02Result
Final, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 at Kimberley, Feb 24-27 2024
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![Knights]( "Knights")
330 & 222 -
![Northern Cape]( "Northern Cape")
427 & 126/6 (30.3 ov)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras22 (lb 11, nb 10, w 1)TOTAL427 all out (115.5 Overs, RR: 3.68)Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Ernest Kemm, 24.6 ov), 2-129 (Jason Oakes, 40.5 ov), 3-169 (Christopher Britz, 48.6 ov), 4-214 (Grant Thomson, 64.3 ov), 5-231 (Hanu Viljoen, 71.4 ov), 6-240 (Emmanuel Motswiri, 76.6 ov), 7-284 (Johannes van Dyk, 86.5 ov), 8-299 (Jerome Xaba, 89.2 ov), 9-427 (Basheeru-Deen Walters, 115.2 ov), 10-427 (Tshepo Ntuli, 115.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DL Piedt 33 5 129 2 3.9 0 0 T van Vuuren 18 3 57 0 3.16 0 3 S Langa 17 5 64 2 3.76 6 1 M Pollard 20 4 49 2 2.45 0 0 M Maqunqu 16.5 0 61 4 3.62 0 0 D Forrester 8 0 29 0 3.62 0 1 AR Swanepoel 3 0 27 0 9 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras31 (b 17, lb 10, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL222 all out (71.4 Overs, RR: 3.09)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Isaac Dikgale, 8.6 ov), 2-36 (Jacques Snyman, 9.2 ov), 3-36 (Gihahn Cloete, 9.6 ov), 4-57 (Dian Forrester, 17.3 ov), 5-124 (Patrick Botha, 39.4 ov), 6-158 (Aubrey Swanepoel, 51.1 ov), 7-187 (Matthew Pollard, 61.6 ov), 8-189 (Tiaan van Vuuren, 64.2 ov), 9-193 (Sithembile Langa, 66.3 ov), 10-222 (Dane Piedt, 71.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J van Dyk 21 5 83 3 3.95 1 0 BD Walters 16.4 6 44 4 2.64 1 0 GM Thomson 11 1 27 1 2.45 0 1 T Ntuli 8 2 12 1 1.5 0 0 J Xaba 6 0 18 1 3 0 1 EH Kemm 9 2 11 0 1.22 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras17 (b 9, lb 6, nb 2)TOTAL126/6 (30.3 Overs, RR: 4.13)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Jason Oakes, 4.3 ov), 2-36 (Christopher Britz, 11.4 ov), 3-80 (Grant Thomson, 19.4 ov), 4-103 (Ernest Kemm, 25.3 ov), 5-103 (Jonathan Vandiar, 25.5 ov), 6-111 (Emmanuel Motswiri, 27.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB S Langa 7 1 21 1 3 0 0 T van Vuuren 4 0 10 0 2.5 0 2 M Pollard 4 1 20 1 5 0 0 DL Piedt 8.3 0 42 0 4.94 0 0 M Maqunqu 7 1 18 4 2.57 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Northern Cape , elected to field first
Series result
Northern Cape won the 2023/24 CSA 4-Day Series Division 2
Season
Match days
24,25,26,27 February 2024 (5-day match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sat, 24 Feb - day 1 - Knights 1st innings 327/8 (T van Vuuren 2*, 93.3 ov)
- Sun, 25 Feb - day 2 - Northern Cape 1st innings 309/8 (JD Vandiar 54*, BD Walters 0*, 92 ov)
- Mon, 26 Feb - day 3 - Knights 2nd innings 193/8 (DL Piedt 2*, S Langa 4*, 65 ov)
- Tue, 27 Feb - day 4 - Northern Cape 2nd innings 126/6 (30.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- AR Swanepoel (1) retired hurt on 13* from 214/4 to 289/5
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