a11420	Gauteng v Easterns
	Standard Bank League 1998/99
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 9th October 1998 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gauteng won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gauteng won by 54 runs
Points	Gauteng 2; Easterns 0
Umpires	JD Cloete, BG Jerling
Player of the Match	KR Rutherford

Gauteng innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DJ Cullinan	b Nel	8	4	2	2	-	200.00
*KR Rutherford	lbw b Mitchley	68	34	41	12	1	200.00
AM Bacher	c and b Mitchley	16	15	48	1	-	106.67
DN Crookes	c Shakeel Ahmed b Fusedale	40	23	28	4	2	173.91
Z de Bruyn	not out	50	36	45	4	1	138.89
ND McKenzie	st Pistorius b Fusedale	17	13	13	-	1	130.77
+N Pothas	not out	13	13	12	-	-	100.00
RE Veenstra	did not bat
CE Eksteen	did not bat
R Almeida	did not bat
DJ Terbrugge	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 23 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Cullinan), 2-87 (Rutherford), 3-98 (Bacher), 4-149 (Crookes), 5-184 (McKenzie)

Easterns innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
Shakeel Ahmed	b Terbrugge	12	10	10	2	-	120.00
*MJ Mitchley	run out (Rutherford->McKenzie)	48	59	77	4	-	81.36
GW Myburgh	c de Bruyn b Terbrugge	12	7	8	2	-	171.43
+I Pistorius	b Eksteen	15	16	25	1	-	93.75
J Uys	b Eksteen	2	3	4	-	-	66.67
NA Fusedale	c and b Crookes	2	3	3	-	-	66.67
CR Norris	not out	54	35	32	5	3	154.29
JS Lerm	not out	3	6	7	-	-	50.00
RM Loring	did not bat
LD Botha	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 9 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 23 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Shakeel Ahmed), 2-35 (Myburgh), 3-73 (Pistorius), 4-81 (Uys), 5-84 (Fusedale), 6-154 (Mitchley)

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 23 overs per side
--> R Almeida made his debut in List A matches

Start delayed by rain - match reduced to 23 overs per team.