f63461	Eastern Province v Gauteng
	CSA 4-Day Series 2025/26 (Division 1)
Venue	Dafabet St George's Park, Gqeberha on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th February 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gauteng won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 11.96 (Batting 1.96, Bowling 4); Gauteng 14.1 (Batting 4.1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	TC Mokorosi, BM White
Referee	PJ Vosloo
Close of play day 1	Gauteng (1) 297/8 (Fortuin 107*, Sipamla 22*; 94 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 198 all out
Close of play day 3	Gauteng (2) 114/4 (Mulder 26*, Esterhuizen 12*; 40.3 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Gauteng first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Richards	c Hermann b Bedja	37	59	82	5	1	47
*DA Hendricks	c King b Mungroo	8	24	46	1	-	21
MZ Hamza	c de Villiers b Boast	13	31	48	2	-	26
OR Seletswane	b Bedja	1	7	9	-	-	6
PWA Mulder	b Olivier	26	41	49	5	-	32
+CB Esterhuizen	c Kruger b Boast	7	42	68	-	-	38
D Potgieter	c Qeshile b Olivier	34	109	138	4	-	89
BC Fortuin	not out	112	182	272	10	1	116
CE Yusuf	b Boast	26	45	69	4	-	33
LL Sipamla	c Kruger b Boast	24	51	72	5	-	43
SH Plaatjie	c Qeshile b Boast	0	7	12	-	-	7
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(all out, 438 minutes, 99 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Hendricks, 10.3 ov), 2-55 (Richards, 17.6 ov), 3-59 (Seletswane, 19.5 ov), 4-59 (Hamza, 20.2 ov), 5-90 (Mulder, 31.3 ov), 6-95 (Esterhuizen, 36.3 ov), 7-165 (Potgieter, 63.5 ov), 8-236 (Yusuf, 80.4 ov), 9-303 (Sipamla, 96.3 ov), 10-305 (Plaatjie, 98.6 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Olivier	18	7	51	2	-	-	85	7	1
Boast	23	2	90	5	3	3	96	9	-
Kruger	9	6	11	0	-	-	50	2	-
Mungroo	11	0	45	1	-	1	45	6	-
Bedja	18	2	58	2	-	-	85	11	-
Muthusamy	20	5	40	0	-	-	94	1	1

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JG Hermann	c Hendricks b Sipamla	1	3	5	-	-	2
MM Litheko	c Hamza b Mulder	14	42	59	3	-	37
*M de Villiers	b Sipamla	0	3	2	-	-	3
JP King	b Fortuin	54	101	178	8	-	77
+S Qeshile	b Sipamla	12	43	72	2	-	39
S Muthusamy	b Yusuf	2	8	12	-	-	7
PE Kruger	c Potgieter b Fortuin	45	100	140	5	1	77
D Olivier	c Hendricks b Fortuin	33	90	115	6	-	75
MR Boast	not out	15	49	51	2	-	41
W Bedja	b Sipamla	10	11	21	2	-	7
KP Mungroo	c Esterhuizen b Sipamla	4	12	15	1	-	11
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 342 minutes, 77 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Hermann, 1.1 ov), 2-1 (de Villiers, 1.4 ov), 3-29 (Litheko, 12.6 ov), 4-69 (Qeshile, 26.4 ov), 5-78 (Muthusamy, 29.1 ov), 6-101 (King, 37.5 ov), 7-168 (Kruger, 63.3 ov), 8-173 (Olivier, 67.2 ov), 9-192 (Bedja, 72.6 ov), 10-198 (Mungroo, 76.6 ov)

Gauteng bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Yusuf	14	3	36	1	-	-	67	6	-
Sipamla	17	4	53	5	-	-	81	10	-
Mulder	11	5	13	1	-	-	58	1	-
Fortuin	20	10	22	3	-	-	107	3	-
Plaatjie	10	0	45	0	-	-	41	5	1
Potgieter	5	0	21	0	-	-	22	4	-

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Gauteng second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Richards	b Muthusamy	52	78	111	8	-	54
*DA Hendricks	c de Villiers b Boast	1	8	11	-	-	7
MZ Hamza	c Qeshile b Boast	0	9	18	-	-	9
OR Seletswane	b Muthusamy	19	71	101	1	-	58
PWA Mulder	not out	89	108	149	9	1	59
+CB Esterhuizen	c Qeshile b Bedja	17	47	69	1	-	37
D Potgieter	not out	32	37	57	4	-	17
BC Fortuin	did not bat
CE Yusuf	did not bat
LL Sipamla	did not bat
SH Plaatjie	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 261 minutes, 59 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Hendricks, 2.2 ov), 2-21 (Hamza, 6.1 ov), 3-71 (Richards, 24.3 ov), 4-87 (Seletswane, 29.4 ov), 5-141 (Esterhuizen, 45.3 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Boast	12	1	46	2	-	1	49	5	-
Mungroo	12	2	57	0	2	3	49	8	-
Kruger	6	2	13	0	-	-	30	2	-
Bedja	13	1	52	1	1	-	47	6	-
Muthusamy	15	2	43	2	-	-	61	1	1
de Villiers	1	0	6	0	-	-	3	1	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JG Hermann	c Richards b Fortuin	26	62	85	4	-	49
MM Litheko	lbw b Plaatjie	24	96	139	3	-	82
*M de Villiers	c Hamza b Fortuin	25	42	62	4	-	31
JP King	not out	23	50	62	3	-	41
+S Qeshile	not out	16	33	53	3	-	26
S Muthusamy	did not bat
PE Kruger	did not bat
D Olivier	did not bat
MR Boast	did not bat
W Bedja	did not bat
KP Mungroo	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 202 minutes, 47 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Hermann, 19.2 ov), 2-77 (Litheko, 32.1 ov), 3-83 (de Villiers, 33.6 ov)

Gauteng bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Yusuf	9	3	11	0	-	1	48	1	-
Sipamla	11	3	31	0	1	-	52	5	-
Fortuin	17	5	35	2	-	-	85	5	-
Mulder	2	0	6	0	-	-	9	1	-
Plaatjie	7	0	31	1	-	-	30	5	-
Potgieter	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Gauteng (1) 80/4 (Mulder 17*, Esterhuizen 3*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Gauteng (1) 156/6 (Potgieter 31*, Fortuin 25*; 58 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Eastern Province (1) 44/3 (King 23*, Qeshile 0*; 20 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Eastern Province (1) 118/6 (Kruger 21*, Olivier 7*; 48 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Gauteng (2) 76/3 (Seletswane 16*, Mulder 4*; 27 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Eastern Province (2) 38/0 (Hermann 24*, Litheko 13*; 14 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Eastern Province (2) 114/3 (King 22*, Qeshile 15*; 44 overs)
--> Gauteng first innings: 50 in 17.4 overs
--> Gauteng first innings: 100 in 36.5 overs
--> Gauteng first innings: 150 in 56.1 overs
--> Gauteng first innings: 200 in 70.2 overs
--> Gauteng first innings: 250 in 82.4 overs
--> Gauteng first innings: 300 in 94.4 overs
--> Eastern Province first innings: 50 in 22.1 overs
--> Eastern Province first innings: 100 in 37.3 overs
--> Eastern Province first innings: 150 in 59.3 overs
--> Gauteng second innings: 50 in 14.6 overs
--> Gauteng second innings: 100 in 34.5 overs
--> Gauteng second innings: 150 in 47.1 overs
--> Gauteng second innings: 200 in 55.5 overs
--> Eastern Province second innings: 50 in 23.4 overs
--> Eastern Province second innings: 100 in 39.5 overs
--> D Olivier made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BC Fortuin (1) 50 in 96 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> BC Fortuin (1) 100 in 159 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> BC Fortuin (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> JP King (1) 50 in 94 balls with 7 fours
--> JM Richards (2) 50 in 75 balls with 8 fours
--> PWA Mulder (2) 50 in 69 balls with 6 fours
--> JP King (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> S Qeshile (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> D Potgieter (24) and BC Fortuin (22) added 50 in 109 balls for the Gauteng 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BC Fortuin (38) and CE Yusuf (11) added 50 in 71 balls for the Gauteng 8th wicket in the first innings
--> BC Fortuin (30) and LL Sipamla (18) added 50 in 72 balls for the Gauteng 9th wicket in the first innings
--> PE Kruger (25) and D Olivier (24) added 50 in 130 balls for the Eastern Province 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JM Richards (34) and OR Seletswane (14) added 50 in 108 balls for the Gauteng 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> PWA Mulder (33) and CB Esterhuizen (17) added 50 in 90 balls for the Gauteng 5th wicket in the second innings
--> PWA Mulder (28) and D Potgieter (22) added 50 in 58 balls for the Gauteng 6th wicket in the second innings

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