f63479	Free State v Easterns
	CSA 4-Day Series 2025/26 (Division 2 Final)
Venue	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th February 2026 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free State won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Free State won on first innings)
Umpires	W Lategan, M Shezi
Referee	GH Pienaar
Reserve Umpire	S Gasa
Close of play day 1	Easterns (1) 224/7 (Marais 46*, Albanie 25*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Free State (1) 159/1 (Cloete 78*, Botha 8*; 53.3 overs)
Close of play day 3	Free State (1) 229/1 (Cloete 110*, Botha 39*; 73.2 overs)
Close of play day 4	Free State (1) 479/8 (van Vuuren 28*; 140 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Easterns first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
J Snyman	c van Vuuren b Langa	44	61	80	5	-	37
*EH Kemm	c Fledermaus b Piedt	25	73	114	3	-	62
CB Britz	c Botha b Piedt	34	108	148	3	-	88
KW Sekhukhune	b Boast	16	42	62	1	-	33
D Marais	not out	62	161	265	5	-	120
GM Thomson	c Haasbroek b Siboto	7	30	38	-	-	23
+J Govender	c Haasbroek b Piedt	0	6	5	-	-	6
A Rasemene	b van Vuuren	14	24	24	1	1	19
J Albanie	c Fledermaus b Siboto	35	94	102	5	-	78
A Khan	c Cloete b Siboto	20	26	30	1	1	19
TLN Simelane	b Siboto	4	4	3	-	-	2
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 444 minutes, 104 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Snyman, 19.1 ov), 2-73 (Kemm, 26.3 ov), 3-106 (Sekhukhune, 42.1 ov), 4-138 (Britz, 53.5 ov), 5-151 (Thomson, 64.4 ov), 6-156 (Govender, 65.6 ov), 7-173 (Rasemene, 72.4 ov), 8-237 (Albanie, 96.2 ov), 9-273 (Khan, 103.2 ov), 10-277 (Simelane, 103.6 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Siboto	25	5	54	4	1	3	121	3	-
van Vuuren	22	4	66	1	-	-	98	7	-
Piedt	33	4	82	3	-	-	156	6	2
Langa	15	2	41	1	-	1	68	5	-
Boast	9	2	24	1	-	1	41	3	-

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Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
IM Dikgale	c Kemm b Simelane	56	156	204	6	-	133
+GL Cloete	c Snyman b Simelane	210	367	541	21	2	253
P Botha	b Britz	96	171	204	12	1	122
R Maree	lbw b Simelane	6	22	28	1	-	19
R Haasbroek	c and b Britz	1	9	9	-	-	8
S Fledermaus	run out (Albanie)	10	27	30	1	-	23
TM van Vuuren	not out	28	63	93	2	-	46
R Boast	c Simelane b Rasemene	23	23	25	2	-	10
*DL Piedt	c Thomson b Simelane	4	7	6	1	-	6
MP Siboto	did not bat
S Langa	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 21 lb, 7 nb)	45
Total	(8 wickets, 575 minutes, 140 overs)	479
Fall of wickets:
1-143 (Dikgale, 47.6 ov), 2-332 (Botha, 97.4 ov), 3-360 (Maree, 104.6 ov), 4-363 (Haasbroek, 107.2 ov), 5-387 (Fledermaus, 116.1 ov), 6-441 (Cloete, 131.2 ov), 7-474 (Boast, 138.2 ov), 8-479 (Piedt, 139.6 ov)

Easterns bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Rasemene	19	2	81	1	-	4	83	13	-
Khan	19	4	50	0	-	-	88	6	-
Kemm	37	4	125	0	-	-	157	13	1
Albanie	10	4	28	0	-	1	49	4	-
Simelane	32	2	91	4	-	2	141	6	1
Thomson	12	3	32	0	-	-	48	2	-
Snyman	4	0	19	0	-	-	15	1	1
Britz	7	1	15	2	-	-	33	1	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Easterns (1) 74/2 (Britz 4*, Sekhukhune 1*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Easterns (1) 141/4 (Marais 15*, Thomson 3*; 58 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Free State (1) 34/0 (Dikgale 10*, Cloete 15*; 9 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Free State (1) 124/0 (Dikgale 50*, Cloete 60*; 39 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Free State (1) 217/1 (Cloete 103*, Botha 36*; 68 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Free State (1) 367/4 (Cloete 171*, Fledermaus 2*; 110 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Free State (1) 479/8 (van Vuuren 28*; 140 overs)
--> Easterns first innings: 50 in 13.3 overs
--> Easterns first innings: 100 in 41.1 overs
--> Easterns first innings: 150 in 63.5 overs
--> Easterns first innings: 200 in 81.6 overs
--> Easterns first innings: 250 in 99.6 overs
--> Easterns score at 100 overs in the first innings was 251-8
--> Free State first innings: 50 in 13.5 overs
--> D Marais (1) 50 in 148 balls with 3 fours
--> GL Cloete (1) passed his previous highest score of 184 in First-Class matches
--> J Snyman (31) and EH Kemm (19) added 50 in 81 balls for the Easterns 1st wicket in the first innings
--> D Marais (23) and J Albanie (24) added 50 in 94 balls for the Easterns 8th wicket in the first innings
--> IM Dikgale (18) and GL Cloete (22) added 50 in 85 balls for the Free State 1st wicket in the first innings

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