f61807	North West v Eastern Province
	CSA 4-Day Series 2023/24 (Division 1)
Venue	Absa Puk Oval, Potchefstroom on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th November 2023 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North West won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	North West 13.84 (Batting 4.84, Bowling 4, slow over-rate -1); Eastern Province 11.8 (Batting 2.8, Bowling 3)
Umpires	LB Gcuma, A Steenkamp
Referee	SA Fritz
Close of play day 1	North West (1) 319/6 (Muthusamy 50*, Pretorius 38*; 94 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 197/5 (Second 64*; 70.5 overs)
Close of play day 3	Eastern Province (2) 214/3 (Hermann 111*, Second 38*; 65 overs)

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North West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
L Senokwane	b Swanepoel	100	192	275	15	-	150
TG Mokoena	c Qeshile b van Heerden	27	57	75	4	-	46
R van Tonder	c Qeshile b Plaatjie	53	108	150	5	1	81
*WJ Lubbe	b Mothoa	42	58	90	5	1	38
S Muthusamy	c Qeshile b Swanepoel	50	90	144	5	-	64
R de Swardt	b Mothoa	1	7	7	-	-	6
+M Prince	lbw b Mothoa	0	4	4	-	-	4
M Pretorius	not out	109	114	180	15	-	62
D Jansen	b Second	25	52	67	4	-	39
CJ Seleka	c Hermann b Second	0	10	9	-	-	10
KP Mungroo	not out	1	12	12	-	-	11
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 116.4 overs)	426
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Mokoena, 17.4 ov), 2-160 (van Tonder, 53.5 ov), 3-209 (Senokwane, 63.6 ov), 4-239 (Lubbe, 73.2 ov), 5-245 (de Swardt, 75.2 ov), 6-245 (Prince, 75.6 ov), 7-319 (Muthusamy, 94.2 ov), 8-411 (Jansen, 111.2 ov), 9-415 (Seleka, 113.4 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Swanepoel	24	5	92	2	-	-	104	12	1
van Heerden	20.4	2	74	1	-	3	93	11	-
Mothoa	16.3	2	43	3	-	-	80	6	-
Kruger	12	2	32	0	-	-	57	3	-
Plaatjie	15	2	58	1	-	1	67	9	-
Second	23	5	81	2	-	-	90	7	1
Breetzke	2.3	0	18	0	-	-	9	4	-
Rosier	3	0	14	0	-	-	8	1	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DS Rosier	c Lubbe b Jansen	11	47	62	2	-	42
JG Hermann	c Mokoena b de Swardt	3	50	77	-	-	47
T Stubbs	b Pretorius	29	91	143	3	-	75
*MP Breetzke	c Muthusamy b Jansen	14	54	71	1	-	45
RS Second	c Prince b Jansen	67	130	166	12	-	102
+S Qeshile	c Prince b Jansen	46	75	91	6	1	56
PE Kruger	c Prince b Jansen	15	32	44	2	-	27
B Swanepoel	c Lubbe b de Swardt	19	49	72	1	1	41
NR van Heerden	c Prince b de Swardt	1	11	13	-	-	10
SH Plaatjie	b Pretorius	0	10	13	-	-	10
SA Mothoa	not out	0	4	14	-	-	4
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 11 nb, 6 w)	35
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Rosier, 13.5 ov), 2-23 (Hermann, 16.3 ov), 3-52 (Breetzke, 33.1 ov), 4-105 (Stubbs, 47.3 ov), 5-197 (Qeshile, 70.5 ov), 6-204 (Second, 74.4 ov), 7-219 (Kruger, 80.6 ov), 8-223 (van Heerden, 84.4 ov), 9-230 (Plaatjie, 87.5 ov), 10-240 (Swanepoel, 90.2 ov)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Pretorius	14	8	24	2	-	1	77	3	1
Mungroo	9	2	26	0	-	5	46	4	-
Jansen	16	6	31	5	2	1	84	3	-
de Swardt	16.2	8	22	3	-	1	88	3	-
Muthusamy	25	4	68	0	-	3	117	7	-
Seleka	7	0	27	0	-	-	30	3	1
Lubbe	3	0	24	0	-	-	8	4	-

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Eastern Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DS Rosier	c Lubbe b Mungroo	4	7	6	1	-	6
JG Hermann	not out	111	181	283	17	1	131
T Stubbs	c Senokwane b Jansen	15	27	38	3	-	21
*MP Breetzke	c Lubbe b Seleka	38	90	119	6	-	72
RS Second	not out	38	89	115	5	-	68
+S Qeshile	did not bat
PE Kruger	did not bat
B Swanepoel	did not bat
NR van Heerden	did not bat
SA Mothoa	did not bat
SH Plaatjie	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 65 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Rosier, 1.3 ov), 2-35 (Stubbs, 10.1 ov), 3-113 (Breetzke, 36.2 ov)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Pretorius	9	2	37	0	-	-	41	8	-
Mungroo	7	1	18	1	-	3	36	3	-
Jansen	8	2	15	1	-	-	39	2	-
de Swardt	9	3	27	0	-	-	41	4	-
Muthusamy	14	4	33	0	-	1	68	4	-
Seleka	8	0	41	1	-	-	29	5	1
Lubbe	8	0	31	0	-	-	33	5	-
Senokwane	2	0	8	0	-	-	8	1	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: North West (1) 76/1 (Senokwane 40*, van Tonder 7*; 30 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: North West (1) 186/2 (Senokwane 87*, Lubbe 13*; 59 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Eastern Province (1) 0/0 (Rosier 0*, Hermann 0*; 4 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Eastern Province (1) 47/2 (Stubbs 7*, Breetzke 13*; 32 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Eastern Province (2) 15/1 (Hermann 6*, Stubbs 4*; 5 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Eastern Province (2) 91/2 (Hermann 35*, Breetzke 32*; 31 overs)
--> North West score at 100 overs in the first innings was 342-7
--> M Prince made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NR van Heerden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Pretorius (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in First-Class matches
--> M Pretorius (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JG Hermann (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45

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