f63088	North West v KwaZulu-Natal Inland
	CSA 4-Day Series 2025/26 (Division 1)
Venue	JB Marks Cricket Oval, Potchefstroom on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th September 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	North West won by 8 wickets
Points	North West 24.98 (Batting 5.98, Bowling 3); KwaZulu-Natal Inland 7.44 (Batting 5.44, Bowling 2)
Umpires	MN Gampu, A Jacobs
Referee	RN Birkenstock
Close of play day 1	KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1) 207/5 (Erlank 95*, Mogakane 24*; 60 overs)
Close of play day 2	North West (1) 190/1 (Ngoepe 88*, van Tonder 54*; 46 overs)
Close of play day 3	North West (1) 370/5 (de Swardt 55*, Forrester 9*; 92 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MJ Nofal	c and b de Swardt	0	2	2	-	-	2
K Rapulana	c Hermann b Mothoa	3	11	24	-	-	10
Muhammed Bulbulia	c Hermann b Cloete	26	58	98	3	-	44
*MN Erlank	not out	200	301	445	27	1	205
SM Gilson	b Forrester	1	2	5	-	-	1
+CD Shekleton	c Hermann b de Klerk	54	74	88	8	-	52
AC Mogakane	c Ngoepe b Mothoa	67	115	170	7	-	82
GC Viljoen	lbw b Forrester	12	21	36	1	-	15
B Xenxe	c Nyaku b Forrester	22	36	39	3	-	24
DM Dupavillon	b de Klerk	6	10	12	1	-	7
Z Abrahams	c van Tonder b de Klerk	0	5	9	-	-	5
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Nofal, 0.2 ov), 2-16 (Rapulana, 5.1 ov), 3-56 (Muhammed Bulbulia, 21.1 ov), 4-57 (Gilson, 22.1 ov), 5-150 (Shekleton, 42.2 ov), 6-278 (Mogakane, 81.5 ov), 7-336 (Viljoen, 89.6 ov), 8-372 (Xenxe, 99.5 ov), 9-389 (Dupavillon, 102.5 ov), 10-399 (Abrahams, 104.5 ov)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
de Swardt	16	4	60	1	-	-	73	11	-
Mothoa	21	5	63	2	-	-	94	5	-
Nyaku	15	0	69	0	-	-	57	9	-
Forrester	22	1	77	3	-	5	93	9	-
Cloete	11	1	51	1	1	-	45	8	-
de Klerk	15.5	1	58	3	-	1	68	6	1
Lubbe	4	0	20	0	-	-	12	2	-

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North West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
LC Ngoepe	c Shekleton b Dupavillon	154	206	386	23	-	130
M Prince	lbw b Abrahams	45	84	101	7	-	63
R van Tonder	c Viljoen b Abrahams	73	108	148	10	1	77
*WJ Lubbe	lbw b Viljoen	4	6	7	1	-	5
+RA Hermann	c Shekleton b Viljoen	18	17	18	3	-	11
R de Swardt	c Shekleton b Abrahams	59	116	146	5	-	84
DJ Forrester	c Abrahams b Nofal	66	100	129	6	3	72
O Nyaku	c sub (RCG Meyer) b Dupavillon	23	59	73	3	-	48
JP de Klerk	not out	4	12	12	-	-	8
AB Cloete	did not bat
SA Mothoa	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	461
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Prince, 24.1 ov), 2-238 (van Tonder, 55.1 ov), 3-243 (Lubbe, 56.3 ov), 4-265 (Hermann, 60.3 ov), 5-350 (Ngoepe, 86.2 ov), 6-391 (de Swardt, 96.2 ov), 7-451 (Nyaku, 114.5 ov), 8-461 (Forrester, 117.6 ov)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Dupavillon	18	2	71	2	-	-	75	11	-
Viljoen	21	1	103	2	-	-	83	16	-
Abrahams	26	8	71	3	-	-	127	10	1
Gilson	32	2	102	0	-	-	128	7	1
Nofal	4	0	24	1	-	-	13	1	2
Xenxe	17	4	75	0	-	-	72	13	-

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KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MJ Nofal	c van Tonder b Forrester	3	4	7	-	-	3
K Rapulana	c sub (JN Malan) b Mothoa	0	3	4	-	-	3
Muhammed Bulbulia	c Prince b Mothoa	5	15	19	1	-	13
*MN Erlank	b Mothoa	18	23	41	2	-	14
SM Gilson	lbw b Lubbe	16	39	50	1	-	32
+CD Shekleton	b Lubbe	1	3	4	-	-	2
AC Mogakane	lbw b de Klerk	24	33	47	4	-	23
GC Viljoen	lbw b de Swardt	0	2	10	-	-	2
B Xenxe	not out	16	27	43	1	-	17
DM Dupavillon	c Prince b Mothoa	4	28	22	-	-	25
Z Abrahams	c Nyaku b de Klerk	2	5	4	-	-	4
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 29.5 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Rapulana, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Nofal, 1.1 ov), 3-19 (Muhammed Bulbulia, 4.5 ov), 4-32 (Erlank, 10.3 ov), 5-33 (Shekleton, 11.2 ov), 6-56 (Gilson, 15.6 ov), 7-67 (Viljoen, 18.1 ov), 8-76 (Mogakane, 21.5 ov), 9-95 (Dupavillon, 28.4 ov), 10-98 (Abrahams, 29.5 ov)

North West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Mothoa	8	2	22	4	-	-	39	3	-
Forrester	4	0	16	1	-	-	17	2	-
Lubbe	7	1	24	2	-	-	29	1	-
de Swardt	5	1	16	1	-	-	21	2	-
de Klerk	5.5	1	14	2	-	3	29	1	-

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North West second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+RA Hermann	lbw b Dupavillon	0	6	4	-	-	6
M Prince	b Nofal	15	26	38	3	-	22
R van Tonder	not out	10	22	41	2	-	18
*WJ Lubbe	not out	9	7	7	2	-	4
LC Ngoepe	did not bat
R de Swardt	did not bat
DJ Forrester	did not bat
O Nyaku	did not bat
JP de Klerk	did not bat
AB Cloete	did not bat
SA Mothoa	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 10 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Hermann, 0.6 ov), 2-25 (Prince, 8.2 ov)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Dupavillon	4	2	8	1	-	-	22	2	-
Abrahams	3	1	11	0	-	-	15	2	-
Xenxe	2	0	14	0	-	1	8	3	-
Nofal	1	0	2	1	-	-	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1) 82/4 (Erlank 37*, Shekleton 13*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1) 181/5 (Erlank 80*, Mogakane 15*; 50 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1) 355/7 (Erlank 173*, Xenxe 11*; 96 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: North West (1) 64/0 (Ngoepe 33*, Prince 29*; 19 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: North West (1) 278/4 (Ngoepe 123*, de Swardt 8*; 64 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: North West (1) 331/4 (Ngoepe 148*, de Swardt 36*; 82.5 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (2) 26/3 (Erlank 13*, Gilson 0*; 8 overs)
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 50 in 19 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 100 in 32.1 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 150 in 42.1 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 200 in 58.5 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 250 in 73.2 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 300 in 83.5 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 350 in 93.5 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland score at 100 overs in the first innings was 372-8
--> North West first innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> North West first innings: 100 in 29.2 overs
--> North West first innings: 150 in 38.5 overs
--> North West first innings: 200 in 48.1 overs
--> North West first innings: 250 in 59.3 overs
--> North West first innings: 300 in 68.4 overs
--> North West first innings: 350 in 85.3 overs
--> North West score at 100 overs in the first innings was 399-6
--> North West first innings: 400 in 101.1 overs
--> North West first innings: 450 in 114.2 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> Muhammed Bulbulia made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MN Erlank (1) 50 in 96 balls with 9 fours
--> MN Erlank (1) 100 in 183 balls with 16 fours
--> MN Erlank (1) 150 in 247 balls with 24 fours
--> MN Erlank (1) 200 in 301 balls with 27 fours and 1 six
--> MN Erlank (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> CD Shekleton (1) 50 in 64 balls with 8 fours
--> AC Mogakane (1) 50 in 92 balls with 5 fours
--> LC Ngoepe (1) 50 in 80 balls with 8 fours
--> LC Ngoepe (1) 100 in 127 balls with 17 fours
--> LC Ngoepe (1) passed his previous highest score of 135 in First-Class matches
--> LC Ngoepe (1) 150 in 201 balls with 23 fours
--> R van Tonder (1) 50 in 64 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> R van Tonder (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> RA Hermann (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> R de Swardt (1) 50 in 101 balls with 5 fours
--> DJ Forrester (1) 50 in 89 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> DJ Forrester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed B Xenxe in the KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings (previous best was 2-10)
--> MN Erlank (17) and CD Shekleton (32) added 50 in 77 balls for the KwaZulu-Natal Inland 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MN Erlank (28) and AC Mogakane (20) added 50 in 101 balls for the KwaZulu-Natal Inland 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MN Erlank (51) and AC Mogakane (46) added 100 in 189 balls for the KwaZulu-Natal Inland 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MN Erlank (41) and GC Viljoen (12) added 50 in 45 balls for the KwaZulu-Natal Inland 7th wicket in the first innings
--> LC Ngoepe (28) and M Prince (22) added 50 in 88 balls for the North West 1st wicket in the first innings
--> LC Ngoepe (25) and R van Tonder (27) added 50 in 80 balls for the North West 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> LC Ngoepe (49) and R van Tonder (50) added 100 in 121 balls for the North West 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> LC Ngoepe (75) and R van Tonder (73) added 150 in 183 balls for the North West 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> LC Ngoepe (20) and R de Swardt (30) added 50 in 74 balls for the North West 5th wicket in the first innings
--> DJ Forrester (28) and O Nyaku (21) added 50 in 102 balls for the North West 7th wicket in the first innings

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