f63401	Free State v South Western Districts
	CSA 4-Day Series 2025/26 (Division 2)
Venue	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein on 15th, 16th, 17th January 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Western Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Free State won by 7 wickets
Points	Free State 21.42 (Batting 1.42, Bowling 4); South Western Districts 5.88 (Batting 1.88, Bowling 4)
Umpires	H Killian, JW Sadler
Referee	S Wadvalla
Close of play day 1	Free State (1) 35/2 (Dikgale 17*, Maree 0*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Free State (2) 2/0 (Dikgale 2*, Cloete 0*; 1 over)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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South Western Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*Y Valli	lbw b Fledermaus	31	97	135	3	-	83
RG Terblanche	lbw b Siboto	31	75	122	3	1	63
KJ Jacobs	c Dikgale b Fledermaus	4	33	55	-	-	30
G van Heerden	b Siboto	7	20	21	1	-	16
+N Engelbrecht	c Cloete b Siboto	0	6	7	-	-	6
PKK Moletsane	b Langa	5	27	39	-	-	22
L Alder	c Langa b van Dyk	68	78	131	9	-	45
MR Brett	lbw b Siboto	19	32	51	3	-	25
BS Cele	lbw b Fledermaus	16	41	39	2	-	32
Z Momberg	c Langa b van Dyk	4	24	22	-	-	21
SF Majiza	not out	0	5	8	-	-	5
Extras	(9 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 321 minutes, 71.3 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Terblanche, 25.5 ov), 2-68 (Valli, 28.3 ov), 3-75 (van Heerden, 33.5 ov), 4-75 (Engelbrecht, 35.5 ov), 5-77 (Jacobs, 38.6 ov), 6-110 (Moletsane, 44.6 ov), 7-160 (Brett, 55.5 ov), 8-189 (Cele, 66.1 ov), 9-191 (Alder, 69.2 ov), 10-194 (Momberg, 71.3 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Siboto	21	9	33	4	-	-	107	4	-
Langa	13	4	42	1	-	7	65	6	-
van Dyk	13.3	2	46	2	-	1	60	3	1
Boast	6	1	23	0	-	1	27	3	-
Fledermaus	18	6	50	3	-	-	82	5	-

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Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
IM Dikgale	b Brett	20	73	103	3	-	63
+GL Cloete	c and b Brett	9	21	43	2	-	18
CJ Abrahams	b Cele	4	19	29	-	-	17
R Maree	c Jacobs b Majiza	5	13	24	1	-	11
P Botha	c Terblanche b Moletsane	59	108	161	6	1	76
R Haasbroek	b Cele	15	29	40	1	-	21
S Fledermaus	c Terblanche b Brett	10	16	38	2	-	13
R Boast	c Engelbrecht b Brett	1	10	14	-	-	9
*MP Siboto	lbw b Moletsane	28	46	77	2	-	29
JH van Dyk	lbw b Brett	0	11	21	-	-	11
S Langa	not out	0	5	4	-	-	5
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 283 minutes, 57.1 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Cloete, 8.6 ov), 2-34 (Abrahams, 14.6 ov), 3-44 (Maree, 19.5 ov), 4-44 (Dikgale, 20.4 ov), 5-70 (Haasbroek, 28.6 ov), 6-99 (Fledermaus, 36.1 ov), 7-103 (Boast, 38.6 ov), 8-159 (Botha, 51.6 ov), 9-171 (Siboto, 56.1 ov), 10-171 (van Dyk, 57.1 ov)

South Western Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Brett	15.1	4	25	5	1	2	77	2	-
Cele	13	3	40	2	-	2	63	6	-
Majiza	15	2	46	1	-	4	68	4	-
Momberg	6	2	21	0	-	-	28	4	-
Alder	4	0	22	0	-	-	13	1	1
Moletsane	4	2	6	2	-	-	18	-	-

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South Western Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RG Terblanche	c Haasbroek b Siboto	0	3	2	-	-	3
*Y Valli	c Cloete b Fledermaus	38	63	107	5	-	43
KJ Jacobs	c Abrahams b van Dyk	5	28	37	-	-	24
G van Heerden	c Haasbroek b van Dyk	4	5	8	1	-	4
+N Engelbrecht	b van Dyk	0	2	2	-	-	2
PKK Moletsane	lbw b van Dyk	15	45	68	1	-	34
L Alder	b van Dyk	1	5	5	-	-	4
MR Brett	b Langa	26	32	57	3	-	20
BS Cele	lbw b Siboto	15	32	41	1	-	25
Z Momberg	not out	6	23	37	-	-	18
SF Majiza	b van Dyk	3	24	28	-	-	22
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 201 minutes, 43 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Terblanche, 0.2 ov), 2-27 (Jacobs, 8.3 ov), 3-35 (van Heerden, 10.2 ov), 4-35 (Engelbrecht, 10.4 ov), 5-63 (Valli, 23.1 ov), 6-64 (Alder, 24.2 ov), 7-71 (Moletsane, 26.1 ov), 8-109 (Cele, 35.2 ov), 9-114 (Brett, 36.4 ov), 10-121 (Majiza, 42.6 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Siboto	10	1	21	2	-	3	49	1	-
Langa	8	2	30	1	-	-	35	5	-
van Dyk	13	3	28	6	-	-	64	2	-
Boast	6	1	15	0	-	-	25	1	-
Fledermaus	6	0	23	1	-	1	23	2	-

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Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
IM Dikgale	lbw b Majiza	8	25	28	1	-	21
+GL Cloete	c Engelbrecht b Momberg	34	44	91	6	-	28
CJ Abrahams	c Engelbrecht b Cele	10	45	68	-	-	39
R Maree	not out	35	85	106	3	-	66
R Haasbroek	not out	51	80	99	8	-	55
P Botha	did not bat
S Fledermaus	did not bat
R Boast	did not bat
JH van Dyk	did not bat
*MP Siboto	did not bat
S Langa	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 198 minutes, 46 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Dikgale, 5.5 ov), 2-53 (Cloete, 17.5 ov), 3-55 (Abrahams, 18.5 ov)

South Western Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Brett	11	2	27	0	-	-	53	3	-
Majiza	6	1	28	1	-	1	27	5	-
Cele	5	1	15	1	-	-	23	2	-
Momberg	9	2	24	1	-	-	41	3	-
Alder	11	2	28	0	-	-	50	4	-
Moletsane	4	0	18	0	-	1	13	1	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Western Districts (1) 62/1 (Valli 27*, Jacobs 0*; 27 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Western Districts (1) 160/6 (Alder 54*, Brett 19*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Free State (1) 115/7 (Botha 32*, Siboto 6*; 42 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Western Districts (2) 35/4 (Valli 25*; 10.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Free State (2) 77/3 (Maree 7*, Haasbroek 11*; 26 overs)
--> South Western Districts first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> South Western Districts first innings: 100 in 42.3 overs
--> South Western Districts first innings: 150 in 52.3 overs
--> Free State first innings: 50 in 21.6 overs
--> Free State first innings: 100 in 36.4 overs
--> Free State first innings: 150 in 50.3 overs
--> South Western Districts second innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> South Western Districts second innings: 100 in 31.5 overs
--> Free State second innings: 50 in 15.4 overs
--> Free State second innings: 100 in 33.3 overs
--> R Boast made his debut in First-Class matches
--> N Engelbrecht made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SF Majiza made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> L Alder (1) 50 in 47 balls with 9 fours
--> BS Cele (1) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> P Botha (1) 50 in 99 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> P Botha (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> R Haasbroek (2) 50 in 78 balls with 8 fours
--> S Fledermaus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Western Districts first innings
--> MR Brett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Free State first innings (previous best was 5-61)
--> JH van Dyk reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SF Majiza, his 6th wicket in the South Western Districts second innings
--> Y Valli (21) and RG Terblanche (28) added 50 in 114 balls for the South Western Districts 1st wicket in the first innings
--> L Alder (26) and MR Brett (19) added 50 in 63 balls for the South Western Districts 7th wicket in the first innings
--> P Botha (31) and MP Siboto (19) added 50 in 74 balls for the Free State 8th wicket in the first innings
--> R Maree (18) and R Haasbroek (28) added 50 in 99 balls for the Free State 4th wicket in the second innings

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