f51394	Griqualand West v Eastern Province
	South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge 2008/09 (Pool A)
Venue	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley on 5th, 6th, 7th February 2009 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Griqualand West won the toss and decided to field
Result	Griqualand West won by 1 wicket
Points	Griqualand West 19.34 (Batting 5.34, Bowling 4); Eastern Province 7.5 (Batting 3.5, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Ellis, JEP Ostrom
Reserve Umpire	CJ Conradie
Close of play day 1	Griqualand West (1) 73/1 (Bennett 9*, Hendricks 28*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 150/4 (Smith 58*, Matika 1*; 41 overs)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Smuts	c Holtzhausen b Coetzee	51	101	149	7	-
C Baxter	c Coetzee b C Pietersen	0	3	2	-	-
MM Matika	c Coetzee b R Pietersen	1	24	27	-	-
+SR Adair	c Hendricks b de Kock	46	130	165	3	1
PJ van Biljon	run out (Bennett->Bossenger)	22	49	68	3	-
WE Bell	c Bossenger b C Pietersen	0	3	4	-	-
ACR Birch	c C Pietersen b Holtzhausen	51	84	105	5	1
*MBA Smith	c Bossenger b Carolus	33	36	57	5	-
L Meyer	lbw b Holtzhausen	1	4	4	-	-
S Gidana	not out	1	19	30	-	-
MB Njoloza	lbw b C Pietersen	1	3	4	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 11 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 311 minutes, 74.1 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Baxter, 0.6 ov), 2-19 (Matika, 7.3 ov), 3-97 (Smuts, 36.1 ov), 4-126 (Adair, 47.6 ov), 5-127 (Bell, 48.5 ov), 6-142 (van Biljon, 52.1 ov), 7-196 (Smith, 66.3 ov), 8-197 (Meyer, 67.1 ov), 9-224 (Birch, 73.1 ov), 10-225 (Njoloza, 74.1 ov)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
C Pietersen	19.1	4	58	3	-	2
R Pietersen	11	2	35	1	-	4
Holtzhausen	16	4	55	2	-	3
Carolus	13	4	38	1	-	2
Coetzee	9	2	18	1	1	-
de Kock	6	0	16	1	1	-

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Griqualand West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HG de Kock	c Adair b Birch	22	23	27	4	-
M Williamson	b Smuts	22	18	32	5	-
CN Bennett	c van Biljon b Bell	9	74	96	1	-
RR Hendricks	b Bell	38	67	104	3	2
*+W Bossenger	c van Biljon b Bell	96	108	141	12	-
J Brooker	lbw b Birch	56	112	165	3	1
C Pietersen	c Smith b Birch	19	40	37	3	-
J Coetzee	c Smith b Smuts	18	38	59	3	-
FS Holtzhausen	c van Biljon b Birch	0	5	9	-	-
R Pietersen	not out	7	9	14	1	-
DD Carolus	c Baxter b Njoloza	0	2	3	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 7 nb, 9 w)	30
Total	(all out, 347 minutes, 81.3 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (de Kock, 4.6 ov), 2-81 (Bennett, 23.5 ov), 3-111 (Hendricks, 29.4 ov), 4-235 (Bossenger, 59.5 ov), 5-266 (C Pietersen, 69.2 ov), 6-270 (Brooker, 71.3 ov), 7-274 (Holtzhausen, 73.2 ov), 8-304 (Williamson, 78.1 ov), 9-316 (Coetzee, 80.5 ov), 10-317 (Carolus, 81.3 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Birch	26	7	99	4	-	3
Njoloza	12.3	0	38	1	1	1
Bell	17	3	76	3	2	-
Meyer	2	0	8	0	1	3
Gidana	13	0	45	0	-	-
Smuts	9	0	33	2	-	-
Smith	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Smuts	b Coetzee	53	84	122	8	-
C Baxter	b C Pietersen	11	19	25	2	-
*MBA Smith	c Bossenger b C Pietersen	70	132	188	8	-
+SR Adair	c Hendricks b R Pietersen	12	19	20	2	-
PJ van Biljon	lbw b Carolus	8	19	21	1	-
MM Matika	c Bossenger b Carolus	42	87	141	5	-
WE Bell	c Bennett b C Pietersen	12	14	20	2	-
ACR Birch	b Carolus	30	49	80	3	1
L Meyer	not out	38	63	77	6	-
S Gidana	c Bossenger b Carolus	4	39	50	-	-
MB Njoloza	lbw b Carolus	0	6	17	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 7 nb, 6 w)	19
Total	(all out, 385 minutes, 87.2 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Baxter, 6.6 ov), 2-96 (Smuts, 27.5 ov), 3-115 (Adair, 32.3 ov), 4-135 (van Biljon, 37.2 ov), 5-167 (Smith, 48.2 ov), 6-185 (Bell, 52.4 ov), 7-251 (Matika, 68.2 ov), 8-256 (Birch, 70.2 ov), 9-287 (Gidana, 83.2 ov), 10-299 (Njoloza, 87.2 ov)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
C Pietersen	28	5	80	3	-	1
R Pietersen	14	0	64	1	-	5
Coetzee	12	1	50	1	2	-
Carolus	21	8	40	5	-	1
Holtzhausen	6.2	1	28	0	-	-
de Kock	3	0	17	0	-	-
Hendricks	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Griqualand West second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HG de Kock	lbw b Birch	0	6	4	-	-
M Williamson	lbw b Bell	17	37	62	2	-
CN Bennett	c Adair b Bell	32	63	82	4	-
RR Hendricks	c Smith b Bell	19	29	44	3	-
*+W Bossenger	c Baxter b Smuts	25	46	60	1	-
J Brooker	c Smith b Birch	0	2	5	-	-
C Pietersen	lbw b Smith	48	48	68	6	2
J Coetzee	not out	37	59	90	4	-
FS Holtzhausen	lbw b Smith	4	12	11	-	-
R Pietersen	b Meyer	0	6	16	-	-
DD Carolus	not out	8	7	27	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, 239 minutes, 51.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (de Kock, 0.6 ov), 2-42 (Williamson, 13.4 ov), 3-70 (Bennett, 19.4 ov), 4-84 (Hendricks, 23.5 ov), 5-85 (Brooker, 24.4 ov), 6-120 (Bossenger, 32.5 ov), 7-171 (C Pietersen, 40.2 ov), 8-179 (Holtzhausen, 42.6 ov), 9-192 (R Pietersen, 45.6 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Birch	14	3	47	2	-	2
Njoloza	4	1	14	0	1	-
Bell	9	1	27	3	-	-
Meyer	10.3	0	52	1	2	4
Smuts	6	1	33	1	-	-
Gidana	1	0	13	0	-	-
Smith	7	2	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 85 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 170 overs
--> Griqualand West first innings: 100 in 27.2 overs, 123 minutes
--> Griqualand West first innings: 150 in 39.3 overs, 174 minutes
--> Griqualand West first innings: 200 in 52.1 overs, 223 minutes
--> S Gidana made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JT Smuts (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CN Bennett (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PJ van Biljon made his debut for Eastern Province in First-Class matches
--> ACR Birch reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Brooker, his 2nd wicket in the Griqualand West second innings
--> L Meyer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed R Pietersen, his 1st wicket in the Griqualand West second innings
--> WE Bell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West second innings (previous best was 3-52)
--> M Williamson retired hurt in the Griqualand West first innings having scored 0 (team score 6/0) - he returned when the score was 274/7

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