f62118	Limpopo v Northern Cape
	CSA 4-Day Series 2023/24 (Division 2)
Venue	Polokwane Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th February 2024 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Cape won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northern Cape won by 5 wickets
Points	Limpopo 4.5 (Batting 3.5, Bowling 1); Northern Cape 24.1 (Batting 4.1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JFV Erasmus, M Shezi
Referee	GH Pienaar
Close of play day 1	Limpopo (1) 275 all out
Close of play day 2	Northern Cape (1) 286/4 (Viljoen 104*, Vandiar 65*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 3	Limpopo (2) 158/2 (Steenkamp 89*, Haasbroek 57*; 52 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Limpopo first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+S Masondo	c Kemm b Thomson	26	26	41	5	-	19
LH Kaestner	c Thomson b Xaba	21	61	76	4	-	54
L Steenkamp	c and b Thomson	0	7	9	-	-	7
*R Haasbroek	c Viljoen b van Dyk	14	15	45	3	-	10
LL Peters	c Ntuli b Walters	10	12	15	2	-	9
W Mushwana	b Walters	1	5	11	-	-	4
M Venter	c Oakes b van Dyk	98	222	295	12	1	176
A Pillay	lbw b van Dyk	26	52	116	4	-	40
EL Hawken	c Kemm b Motswiri	47	114	167	6	-	91
J Albanie	not out	21	47	62	4	-	38
M Pootona	lbw b van Dyk	0	5	3	-	-	5
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Masondo, 9.5 ov), 2-34 (Steenkamp, 11.6 ov), 3-54 (Kaestner, 16.4 ov), 4-69 (Peters, 19.5 ov), 5-73 (Haasbroek, 20.2 ov), 6-75 (Mushwana, 21.6 ov), 7-123 (Pillay, 39.2 ov), 8-221 (Hawken, 77.6 ov), 9-275 (Venter, 93.1 ov), 10-275 (Pootona, 93.6 ov)

Northern Cape bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Kemm	8	1	18	0	-	-	39	2	-
Thomson	14	6	36	2	-	-	68	5	-
Motswiri	7	1	21	1	1	-	30	2	-
van Dyk	16	4	50	4	-	-	79	10	-
Xaba	17	5	53	1	-	1	83	10	-
Ntuli	15	3	37	0	-	-	69	2	1
Walters	17	5	53	2	1	1	83	9	-

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Northern Cape first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*EH Kemm	b Pootona	11	19	19	1	-	14
JP Oakes	lbw b Venter	23	42	71	3	-	33
CB Britz	c Masondo b Hawken	72	164	210	9	2	136
GM Thomson	c Masondo b Venter	0	3	6	-	-	3
+H Viljoen	c Masondo b Pootona	163	345	509	15	3	255
JD Vandiar	c Kaestner b Pootona	79	128	189	9	1	87
BE Motswiri	b Albanie	1	21	24	-	-	20
JH van Dyk	lbw b Steenkamp	18	49	66	3	-	42
JGN Xaba	b Pootona	4	10	53	1	-	9
BD Walters	not out	13	21	34	2	-	15
TI Ntuli	lbw b Hawken	14	14	16	3	-	10
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 135 overs)	419
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Kemm, 5.2 ov), 2-55 (Oakes, 15.6 ov), 3-55 (Thomson, 17.3 ov), 4-147 (Britz, 53.3 ov), 5-305 (Vandiar, 101.5 ov), 6-313 (Motswiri, 107.5 ov), 7-361 (van Dyk, 123.4 ov), 8-377 (Xaba, 127.5 ov), 9-402 (Viljoen, 131.4 ov), 10-419 (Ntuli, 134.6 ov)

Limpopo bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Albanie	22	4	66	1	1	1	101	7	1
Pootona	24	6	94	4	-	4	105	15	-
Hawken	29	13	61	2	1	1	147	8	-
Venter	18	4	46	2	-	-	88	7	-
Haasbroek	11	2	36	0	-	-	49	3	1
Pillay	10	1	31	0	-	-	46	1	2
Kaestner	17	1	50	0	-	-	73	3	1
Steenkamp	4	0	22	1	-	-	14	2	1

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Limpopo second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
LH Kaestner	b van Dyk	0	26	36	-	-	26
+S Masondo	c Kemm b van Dyk	0	1	6	-	-	1
L Steenkamp	c Viljoen b van Dyk	97	186	259	16	-	150
*R Haasbroek	lbw b Walters	63	126	220	9	1	97
LL Peters	lbw b van Dyk	41	93	161	6	-	77
W Mushwana	b van Dyk	11	91	164	2	-	87
M Venter	c Viljoen b Kemm	10	45	66	-	-	40
A Pillay	lbw b Thomson	3	20	34	-	-	18
EL Hawken	c Oakes b van Dyk	31	43	44	5	1	33
J Albanie	c Oakes b Ntuli	4	19	31	1	-	18
M Pootona	not out	0	2	2	-	-	2
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Masondo, 1.1 ov), 2-9 (Kaestner, 7.4 ov), 3-168 (Haasbroek, 56.1 ov), 4-170 (Steenkamp, 57.1 ov), 5-221 (Peters, 85.3 ov), 6-226 (Mushwana, 87.3 ov), 7-246 (Pillay, 94.6 ov), 8-258 (Venter, 99.4 ov), 9-279 (Hawken, 107.4 ov), 10-283 (Albanie, 108.2 ov)

Northern Cape bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Walters	23	8	56	1	-	2	118	8	-
van Dyk	26	8	83	6	2	-	130	13	-
Xaba	8	3	25	0	-	-	41	6	-
Kemm	18	12	17	1	-	-	100	1	1
Ntuli	16.2	5	45	1	-	-	77	5	1
Thomson	17	4	42	1	-	-	81	6	-

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Northern Cape second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*EH Kemm	c sub (K Molefe) b Venter	27	34	60	5	-	23
JP Oakes	b Hawken	24	31	36	4	-	21
CB Britz	c Masondo b Hawken	4	26	47	-	-	23
GM Thomson	not out	43	45	91	6	-	20
+H Viljoen	c Masondo b Albanie	5	10	15	1	-	8
JD Vandiar	b Haasbroek	21	30	40	3	-	21
BE Motswiri	not out	14	7	6	3	-	2
JH van Dyk	did not bat
JGN Xaba	did not bat
TI Ntuli	did not bat
BD Walters	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 30 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Oakes, 8.2 ov), 2-53 (Kemm, 13.3 ov), 3-73 (Britz, 18.2 ov), 4-84 (Viljoen, 21.2 ov), 5-126 (Vandiar, 28.4 ov)

Limpopo bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Pootona	5	0	31	0	-	-	15	5	-
Albanie	5	0	34	1	-	1	18	6	-
Venter	10	1	52	1	-	-	39	10	-
Hawken	9	1	18	2	-	2	42	-	-
Haasbroek	1	0	6	1	-	-	3	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Limpopo (1) 77/6 (Venter 1*, Pillay 2*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Limpopo (1) 154/7 (Venter 39*, Hawken 15*; 58 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northern Cape (1) 82/3 (Britz 34*, Viljoen 5*; 28 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northern Cape (1) 155/4 (Viljoen 38*, Vandiar 2*; 60 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Northern Cape (1) 376/7 (Viljoen 151*, Xaba 4*; 127 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Limpopo (2) 45/2 (Steenkamp 23*, Haasbroek 17*; 19 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Limpopo (2) 213/4 (Peters 38*, Mushwana 6*; 83 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Limpopo (2) 283 all out
--> Northern Cape score at 100 overs in the first innings was 305-4
--> W Mushwana made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Mushwana made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Pillay made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Pootona made his last appearance in First-Class matches

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