| f37840 | |
| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1988 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Eastern Province won by 189 runs |
| Points | Eastern Province 22 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Orange Free State 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | CJ Mitchley, LJ Rautenbach |
| Close of play day 1 | Orange Free State (1) 10/0 (Steyn 6*, Cronje 3*; 9 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Eastern Province (2) 151/5 (Callaghan 59*, Shaw 30*; 53 overs) |
| Player of the Match | KS McEwan |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MW Rushmere | c East b Parsons | 4 | 49 | 53 | - | - | |
| PG Amm | run out | 1 | 46 | 57 | - | - | |
| *KC Wessels | lbw b Donald | 36 | 105 | 119 | 5 | - | |
| KS McEwan | b van Zyl | 107 | 217 | 256 | 14 | - | |
| DJ Callaghan | b Ferrant | 11 | 24 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | st East b Ferrant | 19 | 68 | 96 | 2 | - | |
| TG Shaw | c Wilkinson b van Zyl | 7 | 31 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| JG Thomas | lbw b van Zyl | 31 | 44 | 53 | 3 | - | |
| AL Hobson | c Donald b Ferrant | 24 | 43 | 89 | 4 | - | |
| RJ McCurdy | b van Zyl | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| C Roelofse | not out | 2 | 15 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 387 minutes, 106.1 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Rushmere), 2-6 (Amm), 3-76 (Wessels), 4-93 (Callaghan), 5-172 (Richardson), 6-192 (McEwan), 7-199 (Shaw), 8-241 (Thomas), 9-247 (McCurdy), 10-251 (Hobson, 106.1 ov) | |||||||
| Orange Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 22 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| van Zyl | 27 | 10 | 47 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Parsons | 18 | 5 | 39 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| van Heerden | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Ferrant | 26.1 | 9 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJR Steyn | c Hobson b Thomas | 6 | 32 | 31 | - | - | |
| WJ Cronje | b Roelofse | 29 | 129 | 149 | 4 | - | |
| AA Metcalfe | lbw b Thomas | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| LJ Wilkinson | b Shaw | 11 | 68 | 67 | - | - | |
| *JJ Strydom | c Callaghan b Hobson | 5 | 34 | 34 | - | - | |
| CJ van Heerden | c Rushmere b Hobson | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| +RJ East | c Wessels b Hobson | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| DJ Ferrant | c Richardson b Hobson | 7 | 44 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| GJ Parsons | lbw b McCurdy | 44 | 83 | 91 | 6 | - | |
| CJPG van Zyl | c Amm b Hobson | 21 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
| AA Donald | not out | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 241 minutes, 75 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Steyn), 2-10 (Metcalfe), 3-37 (Wilkinson), 4-56 (Strydom), 5-56 (van Heerden), 6-56 (East), 7-56 (Cronje), 8-76 (Ferrant), 9-129 (van Zyl), 10-135 (Parsons, 75 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCurdy | 14 | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 8 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 20 | 10 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roelofse | 15 | 7 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 18 | 9 | 24 | 5 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PG Amm | b Donald | 17 | 72 | 87 | 1 | - | |
| MW Rushmere | lbw b Parsons | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| *KC Wessels | b Donald | 16 | 30 | 37 | 2 | - | |
| KS McEwan | b Ferrant | 9 | 24 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Callaghan | b van Zyl | 66 | 121 | 137 | 9 | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | b Ferrant | 9 | 17 | 19 | 2 | - | |
| TG Shaw | not out | 35 | 76 | 107 | 2 | 1 | |
| JG Thomas | b Donald | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| AL Hobson | not out | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| RJ McCurdy | did not bat | ||||||
| C Roelofse | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 215 minutes, 58 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Rushmere), 2-34 (Wessels), 3-47 (McEwan), 4-59 (Amm), 5-72 (Richardson), 6-159 (Callaghan), 7-162 (Thomas) | |||||||
| Orange Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Donald | 13 | 2 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| van Zyl | 13 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Ferrant | 16 | 2 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Strydom | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJR Steyn | not out | 57 | 169 | 168 | 5 | - | |
| WJ Cronje | b Thomas | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| AA Metcalfe | lbw b McCurdy | 2 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| LJ Wilkinson | c Richardson b McCurdy | 6 | 22 | 28 | - | - | |
| *JJ Strydom | c Callaghan b Shaw | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| CJ van Heerden | c McEwan b Shaw | 1 | 11 | 7 | - | - | |
| +RJ East | c Richardson b Shaw | 2 | 13 | 15 | - | - | |
| DJ Ferrant | lbw b Hobson | 3 | 35 | 31 | - | - | |
| GJ Parsons | c and b Roelofse | 2 | 16 | 21 | - | - | |
| CJPG van Zyl | st Richardson b Hobson | 3 | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| AA Donald | run out | 3 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 168 minutes, 52.4 overs) | 98 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Cronje), 2-27 (Metcalfe), 3-41 (Wilkinson), 4-42 (Strydom), 5-44 (van Heerden), 6-54 (East), 7-73 (Ferrant), 8-82 (Parsons), 9-91 (van Zyl), 10-98 (Donald, 52.4 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCurdy | 10 | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 16.4 | 6 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Roelofse | 12 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |