f61803	Free State v Limpopo
	CSA 4-Day Series 2023/24 (Division 2)
Venue	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th November 2023 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Limpopo won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Free State won by an innings and 118 runs
Points	Free State 27.6 (Batting 7.6, Bowling 4); Limpopo 4.8 (Batting 3.8, Bowling 1)
Umpires	MS Jansen, W Wyngaard
Referee	ZTA Ndamane
Close of play day 1	Limpopo (1) 290 all out
Close of play day 2	Free State (1) 475/4 (Botha 166*, Swanepoel 0*; 98 overs)
Close of play day 3	Limpopo (2) 156/2 (Steenkamp 65*, Haasbroek 38*; 52 overs)

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Limpopo first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
LH Kaestner	b Langa	2	5	1	-	-	4
S Masondo	c Tarr b Mpungose	22	64	60	3	-	52
L Steenkamp	lbw b Mpungose	44	57	67	6	-	40
*R Haasbroek	c Botha b Mpungose	116	181	274	14	-	118
M Venter	lbw b Langa	5	7	6	-	-	5
LL Peters	c Cloete b Forrester	33	97	111	4	-	82
+SD Sessing	c Roux b Pollard	21	45	38	2	1	38
DK Radebe	c Forrester b Mpungose	4	19	24	-	-	16
J Albanie	c Tarr b Mpungose	21	71	88	2	-	61
D van der Merwe	c Botha b Mpungose	13	11	12	3	-	7
K Molefe	not out	0	4	6	-	-	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Kaestner, 0.5 ov), 2-64 (Masondo, 19.4 ov), 3-71 (Steenkamp, 21.1 ov), 4-76 (Venter, 22.4 ov), 5-157 (Peters, 52.5 ov), 6-196 (Sessing, 64.3 ov), 7-216 (Radebe, 69.5 ov), 8-270 (Haasbroek, 89.5 ov), 9-289 (Albanie, 91.3 ov), 10-290 (van der Merwe, 93.1 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Langa	16	4	38	2	-	-	82	6	-
Forrester	17	2	73	1	1	-	73	10	1
Pollard	17	4	40	1	-	-	80	3	-
Mpungose	16.1	0	81	6	3	1	61	10	-
Piedt	24	4	48	0	-	1	115	4	-
Swanepoel	3	0	7	0	-	-	14	1	-

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Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+G Tarr	c Molefe b Venter	28	53	63	3	-	42
NT Roux	c Sessing b Albanie	0	1	3	-	-	1
DJ Forrester	b Molefe	87	117	169	13	2	86
GL Cloete	c Haasbroek b Kaestner	184	241	319	33	-	164
*P Botha	not out	212	232	356	26	2	124
AR Swanepoel	lbw b Venter	14	27	30	1	-	20
IM Dikgale	lbw b Albanie	7	20	22	1	-	17
DL Piedt	c Steenkamp b Radebe	19	15	16	2	1	9
MT Pollard	not out	55	58	64	6	1	31
S Langa	did not bat
N Mpungose	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	622
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Roux, 0.4 ov), 2-54 (Tarr, 14.2 ov), 3-182 (Forrester, 40.2 ov), 4-473 (Cloete, 95.5 ov), 5-495 (Swanepoel, 103.3 ov), 6-514 (Dikgale, 108.5 ov), 7-542 (Piedt, 112.3 ov)

Limpopo bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Albanie	24	2	123	2	-	1	93	16	2
van der Merwe	20	1	122	0	2	-	67	18	1
Radebe	22	2	112	1	1	1	84	16	-
Venter	22	3	93	2	-	-	95	15	1
Haasbroek	6	0	35	0	-	-	19	5	-
Molefe	27	2	106	1	-	-	113	13	2
Kaestner	5	0	19	1	-	-	18	2	-
Steenkamp	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Limpopo second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
LH Kaestner	b Piedt	41	103	128	6	-	80
S Masondo	lbw b Langa	5	6	11	1	-	4
L Steenkamp	c Langa b Mpungose	65	142	186	9	-	110
*R Haasbroek	c Cloete b Piedt	44	97	105	6	1	76
M Venter	c Tarr b Mpungose	6	19	29	1	-	17
LL Peters	c Forrester b Mpungose	7	54	63	-	-	49
+SD Sessing	c Botha b Piedt	16	30	42	3	-	23
DK Radebe	lbw b Piedt	0	6	7	-	-	6
J Albanie	c Dikgale b Piedt	14	26	30	2	-	19
D van der Merwe	run out (Piedt)	2	6	10	-	-	5
K Molefe	not out	2	10	13	-	-	8
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Masondo, 2.4 ov), 2-105 (Kaestner, 30.5 ov), 3-157 (Steenkamp, 53.6 ov), 4-169 (Venter, 59.6 ov), 5-171 (Haasbroek, 60.6 ov), 6-194 (Sessing, 72.4 ov), 7-194 (Radebe, 74.4 ov), 8-194 (Peters, 75.6 ov), 9-203 (van der Merwe, 78.4 ov), 10-214 (Albanie, 82.4 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Langa	12	5	26	1	1	-	61	4	-
Pollard	8	1	29	0	-	-	37	5	-
Forrester	6	2	15	0	-	-	30	3	-
Piedt	29.4	10	55	5	-	-	152	7	1
Mpungose	15	3	49	3	2	3	63	5	-
Swanepoel	12	1	34	0	-	-	51	4	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Limpopo (1) 91/4 (Haasbroek 5*, Peters 10*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Limpopo (1) 192/5 (Haasbroek 59*, Sessing 21*; 63 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Free State (1) 144/2 (Forrester 75*, Cloete 33*; 29 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Free State (1) 264/3 (Cloete 98*, Botha 42*; 61 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Free State (1) 622/7 (Botha 212*, Pollard 55*; 127 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Limpopo (2) 105/1 (Kaestner 41*, Steenkamp 52*; 30 overs)
--> Free State score at 100 overs in the first innings was 480-4
--> SD Sessing made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DK Radebe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D van der Merwe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJ Forrester made his debut in First-Class matches
--> L Steenkamp (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> R Haasbroek (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in First-Class matches
--> J Albanie (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> GL Cloete (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> P Botha (1) passed his previous highest score of 191 in First-Class matches
--> P Botha (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> MT Pollard (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> N Mpungose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Albanie in the Limpopo first innings (previous best was 4-46)
--> N Mpungose achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Limpopo first innings

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