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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th January 2000 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Free State won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Free State won by 185 runs |
| Points | Eastern Province 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Free State 14 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | BF Bowden, R Brooks |
| Close of play day 1 | Free State (1) 173/5 (Boje 0*, Beukes 0*; 93.3 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Free State (1) 296 all out |
| Close of play day 3 | Free State (2) 85/2 (Dippenaar 25*, Brophy 7*; 37 overs) |
| Player of the Match | D Pretorius |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AI Gait | c Rushmere b Ngam | 30 | 87 | 116 | 3 | 1 | |
| +GL Brophy | lbw b Ngam | 14 | 51 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Pringle b Kruger | 7 | 50 | 57 | - | - | |
| GFJ Liebenberg | c Murray b Kruger | 67 | 185 | 227 | 9 | - | |
| JF Venter | c Callaghan b Pringle | 42 | 193 | 209 | 3 | - | |
| *N Boje | c Callaghan b Pringle | 13 | 40 | 70 | 2 | - | |
| JA Beukes | b Kruger | 2 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| MD Mokopanele | c Murray b Abrahams | 29 | 93 | 102 | 5 | - | |
| HC Bakkes | c Bryant b Ngam | 62 | 106 | 100 | 8 | 1 | |
| D Pretorius | b Kruger | 2 | 18 | 19 | - | - | |
| SA Cilliers | not out | 5 | 10 | 24 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 503 minutes, 138 overs) | 296 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Brophy, 16.3 ov), 2-56 (Gait, 30.1 ov), 3-59 (Dippenaar, 31.3 ov), 4-173 (Venter, 90.6 ov), 5-173 (Liebenberg, 93.2 ov), 6-175 (Beukes, 95.5 ov), 7-206 (Boje, 108.1 ov), 8-250 (Mokopanele, 124.2 ov), 9-278 (Pretorius, 130.6 ov), 10-296 (Bakkes, 138 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pringle | 21 | 6 | 42 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Kruger | 33 | 14 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Peterson | 32 | 12 | 71 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Ngam | 26 | 6 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Abrahams | 22 | 3 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Callaghan | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC Bradfield | b Pretorius | 0 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| MR Benfield | c Dippenaar b Cilliers | 9 | 22 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| JDC Bryant | c sub (TJ Mokoenanyana) b Pretorius | 37 | 92 | 117 | 6 | 1 | |
| DJ Callaghan | not out | 100 | 189 | 264 | 8 | 1 | |
| *MW Rushmere | run out (Mokopanele) | 12 | 46 | 35 | - | 1 | |
| +DW Murray | b Pretorius | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| S Abrahams | b Venter | 1 | 11 | 17 | - | - | |
| RJ Peterson | lbw b Pretorius | 8 | 24 | 20 | - | - | |
| MW Pringle | c Venter b Pretorius | 43 | 44 | 49 | 3 | 2 | |
| GJP Kruger | not out | 7 | 30 | 33 | - | - | |
| M Ngam | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 290 minutes, 77 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Bradfield, 2.5 ov), 2-10 (Benfield, 5.3 ov), 3-91 (Bryant, 32.6 ov), 4-118 (Rushmere, 45.3 ov), 5-118 (Murray, 45.4 ov), 6-127 (Abrahams, 50.2 ov), 7-146 (Peterson, 55.5 ov), 8-208 (Pringle, 67.6 ov) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cilliers | 12 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pretorius | 26 | 8 | 58 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Boje | 18 | 7 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Venter | 15 | 4 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AI Gait | c sub (GV Grace) b Peterson | 20 | 62 | 75 | - | 1 | |
| MD Mokopanele | c Bradfield b Abrahams | 24 | 88 | 109 | 3 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | b Peterson | 33 | 95 | 99 | 6 | - | |
| +GL Brophy | c Bryant b Abrahams | 34 | 83 | 101 | 2 | - | |
| GFJ Liebenberg | lbw b Abrahams | 18 | 24 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| JF Venter | b Abrahams | 22 | 32 | 42 | 4 | - | |
| *N Boje | not out | 58 | 39 | 38 | 5 | 5 | |
| JA Beukes | not out | 2 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| HC Bakkes | did not bat | ||||||
| D Pretorius | did not bat | ||||||
| SA Cilliers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 248 minutes, 70 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Gait, 18.3 ov), 2-69 (Mokopanele, 29.6 ov), 3-109 (Dippenaar, 48.3 ov), 4-136 (Liebenberg, 55.3 ov), 5-149 (Brophy, 59.1 ov), 6-212 (Venter, 67.3 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kruger | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ngam | 13 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | 6 | |
| Peterson | 23 | 3 | 100 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Pringle | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Abrahams | 19 | 4 | 67 | 4 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC Bradfield | c Boje b Venter | 5 | 35 | 43 | - | - | |
| MR Benfield | b Venter | 3 | 27 | 30 | - | - | |
| JDC Bryant | c Gait b Venter | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| DJ Callaghan | b Pretorius | 2 | 27 | 23 | - | - | |
| *MW Rushmere | not out | 52 | 137 | 179 | 2 | 1 | |
| +DW Murray | c Beukes b Venter | 0 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| S Abrahams | c Boje b Cilliers | 11 | 36 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| RJ Peterson | lbw b Pretorius | 25 | 65 | 65 | 3 | - | |
| MW Pringle | lbw b Pretorius | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| GJP Kruger | c Venter b Boje | 2 | 18 | 20 | - | - | |
| M Ngam | lbw b Boje | 0 | 11 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 223 minutes, 63 overs) | 110 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Benfield, 8.5 ov), 2-8 (Bryant, 10.6 ov), 3-9 (Bradfield, 12.2 ov), 4-25 (Callaghan, 19.1 ov), 5-26 (Murray, 20.6 ov), 6-52 (Abrahams, 31.4 ov), 7-91 (Peterson, 50.5 ov), 8-101 (Pringle, 54.1 ov), 9-110 (Kruger, 60.1 ov), 10-110 (Ngam, 63 ov) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pretorius | 19 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Cilliers | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boje | 20 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Venter | 17 | 4 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |