f51369	Free State v Western Province
	South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge 2008/09 (Pool B)
Venue	OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein on 29th, 30th, 31st January 2009 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free State won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Free State 7.96 (Batting 6.96, Bowling 1); Western Province 8.74 (Batting 5.74, Bowling 3)
Umpires	CJ Conradie, R Ellis
Reserve Umpire	BDA Westraadt
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Western Province (1) 304/3 (Gray 167*, Ramoo 10*; 82 overs)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJA Gray	not out	188	280	349	21	2
CD Williams	c J van Wyk b Vries	0	8	17	-	-
AM Northcote	lbw b van Schalkwyk	8	11	23	1	-
MD Walters	b van Schalkwyk	106	205	281	14	-
RJ Ramoo	not out	21	14	24	3	-
CJF Arkell	did not bat
*PC Laing	did not bat
+TL Tsolekile	did not bat
M Mahlombe	did not bat
LF Simpson	did not bat
GR Rabie	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 349 minutes, 85 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Williams, 4.3 ov), 2-19 (Northcote, 9.1 ov), 3-274 (Walters, 79.2 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vries	16	4	52	1	1	2
van Schalkwyk	21	2	93	2	-	-
Motsamai	9	2	25	0	-	1
Terblanche	8	1	28	0	-	1
Tshabalala	22	3	98	0	-	4
von Rauenstein	9	1	36	0	-	-

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Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ van Wyk	c Tsolekile b Rabie	69	69	89	12	-
LLL Sesele	c Arkell b Rabie	41	59	100	6	-
*JA Beukes	b Arkell	117	173	227	19	-
HO von Rauenstein	lbw b Mahlombe	63	133	157	8	-
GN Nieuwoudt	c and b Arkell	30	40	47	3	-
+J van Wyk	b Mahlombe	12	12	19	-	-
SC van Schalkwyk	not out	31	19	29	3	1
MS Tshabalala	b Mahlombe	12	8	10	2	-
RK Terblanche	not out	4	4	8	-	-
TS Motsamai	did not bat
GA Vries	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 7 nb, 7 w)	19
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 350 minutes, 85 overs)	398
Fall of wickets:
1-115 (DJ van Wyk, 19.2 ov), 2-116 (Sesele, 21.5 ov), 3-266 (von Rauenstein, 63.5 ov), 4-330 (Nieuwoudt, 76.6 ov), 5-345 (Beukes, 78.6 ov), 6-357 (J van Wyk, 81.1 ov), 7-375 (Tshabalala, 83.1 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rabie	15	4	69	2	-	2
Simpson	12	0	62	0	-	5
Mahlombe	13.1	1	78	3	3	-
Laing	11.5	3	51	0	3	-
Arkell	23	1	106	2	1	-
Ramoo	6	1	13	0	-	-
Walters	1	0	6	0	-	-
Gray	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Northcote	not out	10	26	35	2	-
CD Williams	c Tshabalala b Vries	1	6	10	-	-
CJF Arkell	not out	7	17	24	1	-
AJA Gray	did not bat
MD Walters	did not bat
RJ Ramoo	did not bat
*PC Laing	did not bat
+TL Tsolekile	did not bat
M Mahlombe	did not bat
LF Simpson	did not bat
GR Rabie	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 35 minutes, 8 overs)	19
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Williams, 2.3 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vries	4	1	10	1	-	-
Motsamai	4	0	9	0	-	1

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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
--> Western Province first innings: 50 in 150 balls, 108 minutes
--> Western Province first innings: 100 in 214 balls, 154 minutes
--> Western Province first innings: 150 in 322 balls, 219 minutes
--> Western Province first innings: 200 in 416 balls, 278 minutes
--> Western Province first innings: 250 in 464 balls, 312 minutes
--> Western Province first innings: 300 in 498 balls, 335 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 50 in 8.1 overs, 34 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 100 in 15.5 overs, 70 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 150 in 31.5 overs, 143 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 200 in 45.6 overs, 196 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 250 in 59.1 overs, 245 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 300 in 69.1 overs, 285 minutes
--> Free State first innings: 350 in 79.5 overs, 325 minutes
--> AM Northcote made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CJF Arkell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CD Williams made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJA Gray (1) 100 in 223 balls, 278 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> AJA Gray (1) passed his previous highest score of 142 in First-Class matches
--> AJA Gray (1) 150 in 260 balls, 327 minutes with 16 fours and 2 sixes
--> AJA Gray (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> MD Walters (1) 50 in 116 balls, 147 minutes with 8 fours
--> MD Walters (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> MD Walters (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MD Walters (1) 100 in 190 balls, 261 minutes with 14 fours
--> DJ van Wyk (1) 50 in 44 balls, 51 minutes with 10 fours
--> JA Beukes (1) 50 in 86 balls, 122 minutes with 10 fours
--> JA Beukes (1) 100 in 146 balls, 200 minutes with 18 fours
--> HO von Rauenstein (1) 50 in 100 balls, 117 minutes with 7 fours
--> GN Nieuwoudt (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> SC van Schalkwyk (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches

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Western Province 1st innings
Part 50, 88 mins, 124 balls, 6x4, Gray 25, Walters 21, 4 extras
Part 100, 136 mins, 197 balls, 12x4, Gray 51, Walters 41, 8 extras
Part 153, 196 mins, 291 balls, 20x4, 1x6, Gray 79, Walters 66, 8 extras
Part 201, 247 mins, 373 balls, 25x4, 1x6, Gray 102, Walters 90, 9 extras
Part 253, 278 mins, 422 balls, 29x4, 2x6, Gray 138, Walters 106, 9 extras
Free State 1st innings
50 part DJ van Wyk 36 Sesele 15 in 34 mins 50 balls extras 1
102 part DJ van Wyk 64 Sesele 33 in 70 mins 98 balls extras 5
50 part Beukes 28 von Rauenstein 22 in 54 mins 80 balls extras 3
100 part Beukes 48 von Rauenstein 43 mins 102 balls 161 15x4 0x6 extras 9
150 part Beukes 78 von Rauenstein 63 in 161 mins 258 balls extras 9
50 part Beukes 27 Nieuwoudt 24 in 28 mins 44 balls extras 1
Laing injured in over 79.5 and replaced by Mahlombe