f61916	Western Province v North West
	CSA 4-Day Series 2023/24 (Division 1)
Venue	PPC Newlands, Cape Town on 14th, 15th, 16th December 2023 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North West won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 8 wickets
Points	Western Province 24.9 (Batting 4.9, Bowling 4); North West 6.72 (Batting 2.72, Bowling 4)
Umpires	TC Mokorosi, PJ Vosloo
Referee	SB Lambson
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 148/2 (Vallie 52*, Bedingham 44*; 27 overs)
Close of play day 2	North West (2) 132/4 (van Tonder 18*, Muthusamy 3*; 50 overs)

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North West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
L Senokwane	b Nabe	21	35	46	4	-	28
TG Mokoena	c Smith b Hendricks	0	3	11	-	-	3
LC Ngoepe	c Moore b Nabe	5	13	20	1	-	11
R van Tonder	c Hendricks b Nabe	4	6	8	1	-	5
*WJ Lubbe	b Nyaku	43	37	59	7	1	23
S Muthusamy	b Nabe	0	4	8	-	-	4
R de Swardt	c Moore b Nabe	4	14	16	1	-	13
+M Prince	c Smith b Hendricks	64	141	200	8	-	105
M Pretorius	b Nyaku	83	79	117	14	-	42
KP Mungroo	not out	7	54	55	1	-	51
GG Peters	c Smith b Hendricks	0	1	1	-	-	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Mokoena, 2.3 ov), 2-22 (Ngoepe, 7.1 ov), 3-30 (van Tonder, 9.1 ov), 4-31 (Senokwane, 9.4 ov), 5-35 (Muthusamy, 11.2 ov), 6-55 (de Swardt, 15.2 ov), 7-86 (Lubbe, 21.1 ov), 8-210 (Pretorius, 49.1 ov), 9-236 (Prince, 64.2 ov), 10-236 (Peters, 64.3 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Hendricks	14.3	3	47	3	-	-	69	9	-
Nyaku	11	2	51	2	-	-	45	9	-
Nabe	11	1	46	5	-	-	44	7	-
Bedja	7	0	41	0	-	-	29	7	1
Simmonds	11	1	27	0	-	-	50	3	-
Linde	10	2	19	0	-	-	49	2	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+D Smith	c Prince b Pretorius	1	3	12	-	-	2
EM Moore	b Pretorius	31	32	41	7	-	22
MY Vallie	b Pretorius	59	87	125	9	-	62
DG Bedingham	c Prince b Pretorius	51	72	105	4	1	52
SV Kitime	c Prince b Pretorius	1	12	18	-	-	11
GF Linde	c Prince b Lubbe	88	112	162	12	-	67
O Nyaku	c Prince b Pretorius	2	13	21	-	-	11
KI Simmonds	c Prince b de Swardt	52	52	76	7	-	26
*BE Hendricks	c Prince b Peters	22	47	55	4	-	38
W Bedja	not out	0	5	7	-	-	5
MA Nabe	c Ngoepe b Peters	8	3	2	1	-	1
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 13 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Smith, 2.2 ov), 2-50 (Moore, 8.3 ov), 3-162 (Vallie, 30.2 ov), 4-163 (Bedingham, 32.2 ov), 5-166 (Kitime, 34.2 ov), 6-178 (Nyaku, 38.5 ov), 7-273 (Simmonds, 56.2 ov), 8-337 (Linde, 69.1 ov), 9-337 (Hendricks, 70.2 ov), 10-345 (Nabe, 70.5 ov)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Pretorius	20	3	78	6	-	2	88	13	-
de Swardt	14	1	64	1	-	2	58	9	-
Peters	11.5	0	76	2	-	6	46	9	-
Mungroo	10	1	55	0	-	2	38	8	-
Muthusamy	8	1	35	0	-	1	28	3	1
Lubbe	7	1	20	1	-	-	31	2	-

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North West second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
L Senokwane	c Smith b Hendricks	49	73	88	9	-	54
TG Mokoena	lbw b Nyaku	45	108	157	2	2	83
LC Ngoepe	c Kitime b Nyaku	4	34	42	-	-	32
R van Tonder	c Simmonds b Bedja	18	47	74	-	-	34
*WJ Lubbe	c Moore b Simmonds	0	11	11	-	-	11
S Muthusamy	c Nyaku b Simmonds	21	65	88	2	1	55
R de Swardt	c Smith b Bedja	12	24	24	3	-	21
+M Prince	b Simmonds	1	20	24	-	-	19
M Pretorius	c Smith b Simmonds	8	32	40	1	-	27
KP Mungroo	c Linde b Nabe	0	28	31	-	-	28
GG Peters	not out	0	1	3	-	-	1
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-89 (Senokwane, 22.1 ov), 2-99 (Ngoepe, 32.4 ov), 3-111 (Mokoena, 38.2 ov), 4-118 (Lubbe, 41.1 ov), 5-132 (van Tonder, 50.3 ov), 6-158 (de Swardt, 56.5 ov), 7-173 (Prince, 63.1 ov), 8-174 (Muthusamy, 63.5 ov), 9-181 (Mungroo, 72.5 ov), 10-181 (Pretorius, 73.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Hendricks	12	6	33	1	-	-	62	6	1
Nabe	10	2	26	1	-	-	47	2	-
Bedja	11	2	42	2	-	-	52	7	1
Linde	15	3	25	0	-	1	71	1	-
Nyaku	6	2	10	2	1	-	30	-	-
Simmonds	19.4	6	24	4	-	-	102	1	1

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
EM Moore	c Lubbe b Senokwane	33	41	57	2	2	27
+D Smith	b Lubbe	22	29	42	3	-	18
MY Vallie	not out	12	24	20	1	-	17
DG Bedingham	not out	4	4	5	-	-	0
SV Kitime	did not bat
GF Linde	did not bat
KI Simmonds	did not bat
O Nyaku	did not bat
*BE Hendricks	did not bat
W Bedja	did not bat
MA Nabe	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 16.1 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Smith, 9.6 ov), 2-68 (Moore, 14.1 ov)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Pretorius	5	2	10	0	1	-	27	2	-
Peters	2	0	11	0	-	1	7	-	-
Lubbe	3	0	29	1	-	-	8	3	2
Senokwane	3.1	0	15	1	-	-	7	-	-
Muthusamy	3	0	8	0	-	-	13	1	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: North West (1) 124/7 (Prince 11*, Pretorius 36*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: North West (1) 229/8 (Prince 61*, Mungroo 7*; 60 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Western Province (1) 269/6 (Linde 48*, Simmonds 51*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: North West (2) 67/0 (Senokwane 32*, Mokoena 29*; 13 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Western Province (2) 12/0 (Moore 4*, Smith 6*; 4 overs)
--> W Bedja made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Prince (1) equalled his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> M Pretorius (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> MY Vallie (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> KI Simmonds (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> R van Tonder (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> GG Peters made his debut for North West in First-Class matches
--> MA Nabe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the North West first innings (previous best was 5-60)

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