| a5863 | |
| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 12th November 1988 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Eastern Province won by 94 runs |
| Umpires | HJ de Bruin, LJ Rautenbach |
| Batter of the Match | KS McEwan |
| Bowler of the Match | JG Thomas |
| Fielder of the Match | DJ Callaghan |
| Eastern Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| PG Amm | run out | 21 | 70 | 88 | - | - | 30.00 |
| MW Rushmere | not out | 137 | 165 | 192 | 7 | 1 | 83.03 |
| *KC Wessels | c Boonzaaier b Howell | 4 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 28.57 |
| KS McEwan | not out | 109 | 77 | 87 | 9 | 1 | 141.56 |
| DJ Callaghan | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJ Richardson | did not bat | ||||||
| TG Shaw | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| BA Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ McCurdy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, innings closed, 192 minutes, 55 overs) | 285 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70 (Amm), 2-81 (Wessels) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Watson | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.55 |
| Toppin | 10 | 1 | 62 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 6.20 |
| Lindenberg | 11 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.09 |
| Howell | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 5.11 |
| Wilmot | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.83 |
| Fourie | 8 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 9.12 |
| Border innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BW Lones | c Rushmere b Pringle | 49 | 119 | 123 | 3 | - | 41.18 |
| LM Phillips | b Pringle | 7 | 36 | 48 | - | - | 19.44 |
| BM Osborne | c and b Matthews | 3 | 20 | 24 | - | - | 15.00 |
| AL Wilmot | run out (Callaghan) | 7 | 20 | 36 | - | - | 35.00 |
| +EN Trotman | b Thomas | 66 | 63 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 104.76 |
| NR Boonzaaier | lbw b McCurdy | 43 | 66 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 65.15 |
| *IL Howell | not out | 6 | 12 | 18 | - | - | 50.00 |
| DF Toppin | did not bat | ||||||
| WK Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| BC Fourie | did not bat | ||||||
| HC Lindenberg | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 202 minutes, 55 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Phillips), 2-47 (Osborne), 3-65 (Wilmot), 4-71 (Lones), 5-174 (Trotman), 6-191 (Boonzaaier, 55 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McCurdy | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.10 |
| Thomas | 11 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 66.00 | 1.82 |
| Pringle | 10 | 2 | 37 | 2 | - | 3 | 30.00 | 3.70 |
| Matthews | 11 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | 4 | 66.00 | 4.64 |
| Shaw | 11 | 1 | 46 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.18 |
| Callaghan | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.00 |