f63338	KwaZulu-Natal Inland v Western Province
	CSA 4-Day Series 2025/26 (Division 1)
Venue	AET Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th December 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 139 runs
Points	KwaZulu-Natal Inland 4 (Bowling 4); Western Province 23.8 (Batting 3.8, Bowling 4)
Umpires	LB Gcuma, DJ Smith
Referee	RN Hendricks
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 275/7 (Breed 2*, Moreki 0*; 67 overs)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 41/2 (James 21*, Smith 20*; 10 overs)
Close of play day 3	KwaZulu-Natal Inland (2) 172/7 (Laycock 12*; 50.4 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JA Bird	c du Plessis b Whitehead	28	66	108	4	-	54
K Josephs	c Zuma b Abrahams	17	29	42	2	-	22
J James	c Zuma b Whitehead	35	75	91	6	-	61
*D Smith	c Gilson b Abrahams	61	81	108	7	1	47
+K Verreynne	c Nofal b Gilson	9	8	17	2	-	5
SV Kitime	c Zuma b Xenxe	52	92	143	5	-	63
KI Simmonds	b Gilson	60	39	66	8	1	16
J Breed	not out	12	42	57	2	-	37
TL Moreki	b Whitehead	4	30	42	-	-	27
MR Dube	lbw b Whitehead	0	2	1	-	-	2
D Paterson	b Whitehead	0	1	1	-	-	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 343 minutes, 77 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Josephs, 9.2 ov), 2-77 (Bird, 24.2 ov), 3-96 (James, 30.6 ov), 4-113 (Verreynne, 34.4 ov), 5-174 (Smith, 49.4 ov), 6-273 (Simmonds, 64.1 ov), 7-273 (Kitime, 65.2 ov), 8-290 (Moreki, 76.3 ov), 9-290 (Dube, 76.5 ov), 10-290 (Paterson, 76.6 ov)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Dupavillon	17	4	60	0	-	3	80	10	-
Abrahams	16	1	61	2	1	-	71	10	-
Xenxe	13	1	44	1	1	-	58	5	-
Whitehead	18	2	66	5	-	-	74	6	2
Gilson	13	1	52	2	-	-	49	5	-

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KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Y Valli	c Verreynne b Moreki	4	19	24	-	-	16
MJ Nofal	lbw b Simmonds	13	45	71	1	-	38
K Rapulana	c James b Simmonds	33	64	93	3	-	48
JF du Plessis	b Simmonds	1	6	9	-	-	5
+N Zuma	c Smith b Paterson	33	80	105	4	-	62
*SM Gilson	b Dube	4	6	5	1	-	5
CJ Laycock	lbw b Simmonds	4	13	18	-	-	9
B Xenxe	c Smith b Simmonds	0	2	1	-	-	2
SA Whitehead	not out	46	76	98	5	1	53
DM Dupavillon	c Breed b Moreki	6	23	34	1	-	21
Z Abrahams	c Verreynne b Breed	2	13	23	-	-	11
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 246 minutes, 57.5 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Valli, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Nofal, 15.3 ov), 3-38 (du Plessis, 17.4 ov), 4-67 (Rapulana, 27.3 ov), 5-72 (Gilson, 28.4 ov), 6-83 (Laycock, 33.2 ov), 7-83 (Xenxe, 33.4 ov), 8-105 (Zuma, 44.3 ov), 9-133 (Dupavillon, 52.5 ov), 10-148 (Abrahams, 57.5 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Paterson	11	3	29	1	-	-	54	4	-
Moreki	11	2	30	2	-	-	52	4	-
Simmonds	20	1	39	5	-	-	96	1	1
Breed	9.5	2	23	1	-	-	45	2	-
Dube	6	0	25	1	-	-	23	4	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JA Bird	c Valli b Whitehead	0	3	2	-	-	3
K Josephs	lbw b Whitehead	0	10	15	-	-	10
J James	c Gilson b Whitehead	56	91	126	8	1	70
*D Smith	c Gilson b Nofal	93	116	193	6	1	55
+K Verreynne	lbw b Whitehead	4	22	26	-	-	18
SV Kitime	b Whitehead	14	34	38	1	-	24
KI Simmonds	not out	22	23	34	2	1	12
J Breed	not out	6	20	21	-	-	16
MR Dube	did not bat
TL Moreki	did not bat
D Paterson	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 231 minutes, 53 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Bird, 0.3 ov), 2-11 (Josephs, 4.2 ov), 3-116 (James, 28.1 ov), 4-136 (Verreynne, 34.2 ov), 5-164 (Kitime, 44.1 ov), 6-180 (Smith, 47.5 ov)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Whitehead	20	4	53	5	-	-	90	2	2
Gilson	8	0	42	0	-	-	27	4	1
Dupavillon	4	0	20	0	-	-	14	2	-
Abrahams	8	0	29	0	1	1	28	2	-
Laycock	3	0	15	0	-	-	11	2	-
Xenxe	5	0	23	0	-	-	20	4	-
Nofal	5	0	15	1	-	-	18	1	-

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KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Y Valli	lbw b Simmonds	58	105	187	6	1	76
MJ Nofal	c Smith b Paterson	12	36	43	2	-	32
K Rapulana	c Josephs b Breed	41	50	61	8	-	33
JF du Plessis	c James b Breed	1	7	7	-	-	6
+N Zuma	obstructing the field	1	8	7	-	-	7
*SM Gilson	c Verreynne b Moreki	34	64	87	3	-	46
CJ Laycock	st Verreynne b Simmonds	24	61	94	3	-	48
B Xenxe	c and b Breed	2	15	16	-	-	13
SA Whitehead	c Verreynne b Moreki	20	29	39	2	1	20
DM Dupavillon	b Moreki	0	1	1	-	-	1
Z Abrahams	not out	0	5	13	-	-	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 282 minutes, 63.1 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Nofal, 8.6 ov), 2-94 (Rapulana, 23.4 ov), 3-96 (du Plessis, 25.1 ov), 4-99 (Zuma, 26.5 ov), 5-141 (Valli, 41.5 ov), 6-160 (Gilson, 46.4 ov), 7-172 (Xenxe, 50.4 ov), 8-202 (Whitehead, 60.2 ov), 9-202 (Dupavillon, 60.3 ov), 10-204 (Laycock, 63.1 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Paterson	11	4	31	1	-	-	52	3	-
Moreki	16	4	53	3	1	2	77	9	-
Simmonds	19.1	4	62	2	-	-	89	8	2
Breed	12	1	39	3	-	-	48	4	-
Dube	5	0	11	0	-	-	19	-	-

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Notes
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland full substitute: CJ Laycock for MN Erlank (after 65.1 overs of the Western Province first innings)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Western Province (1) 105/3 (Smith 20*, Verreynne 1*; 33 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Western Province (1) 248/5 (Kitime 44*, Simmonds 43*; 59 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1) 49/3 (Rapulana 25*, Zuma 4*; 21 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (1) 148 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Western Province (2) 162/4 (Smith 87*, Kitime 13*; 43 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: KwaZulu-Natal Inland (2) 78/1 (Valli 34*, Rapulana 28*; 19 overs)
--> Western Province first innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> Western Province first innings: 100 in 31.6 overs
--> Western Province first innings: 150 in 43.2 overs
--> Western Province first innings: 200 in 52.3 overs
--> Western Province first innings: 250 in 59.5 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 50 in 21.2 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings: 100 in 40.2 overs
--> Western Province second innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
--> Western Province second innings: 100 in 24.5 overs
--> Western Province second innings: 150 in 38.1 overs
--> Western Province second innings: 200 in 52.4 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings: 100 in 27.2 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings: 150 in 44.4 overs
--> KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings: 200 in 58.5 overs
--> K Josephs made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Breed made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MR Dube made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Smith (1) 50 in 60 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> SV Kitime (1) 50 in 84 balls with 5 fours
--> KI Simmonds (1) 50 in 31 balls with 8 fours
--> J James (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> J James (2) 50 in 77 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> D Smith (2) 50 in 60 balls with 2 fours and 1 six
--> D Smith (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> Y Valli (2) 50 in 80 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> K Rapulana (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> D Smith (36) and SV Kitime (13) added 50 in 67 balls for the Western Province 5th wicket in the first innings
--> SV Kitime (17) and KI Simmonds (29) added 50 in 37 balls for the Western Province 6th wicket in the first innings
--> J James (20) and D Smith (29) added 50 in 65 balls for the Western Province 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> J James (45) and D Smith (54) added 100 in 140 balls for the Western Province 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> Y Valli (22) and K Rapulana (28) added 50 in 50 balls for the KwaZulu-Natal Inland 2nd wicket in the second innings

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