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| Venue | Buffalo Park, East London on 27th, 28th, 29th September 2002 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Free State won by an innings and 41 runs |
| Points | Border 3.44 (Batting 1.44, Bowling 2); Free State 16.88 (Batting 2.88, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | GB Cuddumbey, S Wadvalla |
| Close of play day 1 | Free State (1) 92/2 (Beukes 58*, Adams 3*; 44 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Border (2) 0/0 (Bennett 0*, Bruyns 0*; 0.2 overs) |
| Player of the Match | D Pretorius |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BL Bennett | b Pretorius | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| ML Bruyns | b Pretorius | 1 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| SC Pope | b Pretorius | 10 | 26 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| CB Sugden | c Adams b Mpitsang | 18 | 27 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | c Beukes b Mpitsang | 67 | 148 | 173 | 12 | - | |
| BC de Wett | st van Wyk b Venter | 15 | 49 | 69 | 3 | - | |
| GT Love | b Venter | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| T Henderson | c Adams b Mpitsang | 53 | 59 | 81 | 10 | - | |
| +SM Nelani | not out | 1 | 16 | 20 | - | - | |
| M Zondeki | c Arendse b Venter | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| VC Drakes | timed out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.3 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bennett, 0.2 ov), 2-1 (Bruyns, 2.3 ov), 3-29 (Sugden, 9.2 ov), 4-35 (Pope, 10.4 ov), 5-87 (de Wett, 27.3 ov), 6-87 (Love, 29.3 ov), 7-166 (Henderson, 52.3 ov), 8-171 (Strydom, 54.3 ov), 9-172 (Zondeki, 57.3 ov), 10-172 (Drakes, 57.3 ov) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pretorius | 17 | 8 | 41 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| van der Wath | 9 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mpitsang | 15 | 4 | 53 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Venter | 16.3 | 2 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GFJ Liebenberg | c sub (RR Schulte) b Zondeki | 4 | 13 | 12 | - | - | |
| JA Beukes | b Strydom | 89 | 200 | 255 | 7 | - | |
| RG Arendse | lbw b Henderson | 24 | 96 | 112 | 2 | - | |
| *JC Adams | c Nelani b Strydom | 36 | 114 | 152 | 2 | - | |
| JF Venter | c Sugden b Strydom | 22 | 59 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| +MN van Wyk | c Bennett b Love | 80 | 154 | 188 | 9 | - | |
| JJ van der Wath | c Nelani b Drakes | 21 | 49 | 37 | 3 | - | |
| HC Bakkes | c Strydom b Drakes | 0 | 4 | 14 | - | - | |
| MR Lewis | c Nelani b Love | 22 | 67 | 87 | 3 | - | |
| D Pretorius | not out | 16 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 1 | |
| PV Mpitsang | lbw b Love | 8 | 15 | 24 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb, 12 nb, 1 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.5 overs) | 349 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Liebenberg, 2.6 ov), 2-48 (Arendse, 26.5 ov), 3-160 (Beukes, 65.3 ov), 4-171 (Adams, 71.6 ov), 5-212 (Venter, 85.4 ov), 6-244 (van der Wath, 99.3 ov), 7-253 (Bakkes, 101.3 ov), 8-316 (Lewis, 122.5 ov), 9-321 (van Wyk, 124.1 ov), 10-349 (Mpitsang, 130.5 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Zondeki | 27 | 4 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Henderson | 18 | 4 | 38 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Love | 44.5 | 12 | 95 | 3 | - | - | |
| Drakes | 20 | 4 | 45 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Strydom | 21 | 7 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BL Bennett | c Beukes b Venter | 33 | 109 | 147 | 3 | - | |
| ML Bruyns | b Pretorius | 15 | 18 | 26 | 3 | - | |
| SC Pope | c Arendse b Pretorius | 1 | 13 | 19 | - | - | |
| CB Sugden | c van Wyk b Venter | 10 | 33 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| *PC Strydom | c Adams b Mpitsang | 9 | 24 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| BC de Wett | not out | 46 | 106 | 120 | 6 | - | |
| VC Drakes | c Beukes b Pretorius | 7 | 32 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| T Henderson | b Pretorius | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| GT Love | lbw b Pretorius | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| +SM Nelani | b Venter | 5 | 24 | 21 | - | - | |
| M Zondeki | b Venter | 0 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.5 overs) | 136 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Bruyns, 6.3 ov), 2-25 (Pope, 10.4 ov), 3-52 (Sugden), 4-64 (Strydom), 5-80 (Bennett), 6-107 (Drakes), 7-111 (Henderson), 8-121 (Love), 9-130 (Nelani), 10-136 (Zondeki, 61.5 ov) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pretorius | 21 | 4 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| van der Wath | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Venter | 20.5 | 8 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mpitsang | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Adams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Free State score at 100 overs in the first innings was 244-6
--> SM Nelani made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BC de Wett (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> D Pretorius reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GT Love, his 5th wicket in the Border second innings
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