misc1018019	KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts v Free State Colts
	CSA Colts Three Day Championship 2025/26 (Central Group)
Venue	AET Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 12th, 13th, 14th February 2026 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free State Colts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Free State Colts won by 175 runs
Points	KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts 4 (Bowling 4); Free State Colts 21.38 (Batting 1.38, Bowling 4)
Close of play day 1	KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts (1) 5/0 (Fortmann 4*, Nadasan 1*; 2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Free State Colts (2) 175/2 (Leketa 24*, Lubbe 2*; 44 overs)

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Free State Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Coetzee	c Meiring b Dzanibe	20	35	52	4	-
R Bezuidenhout	c Brown b Dzanibe	4	16	24	1	-
D Leketa	b Fortmann	15	50	83	2	-
F Lubbe	c Brown b Fortmann	29	52	93	4	-
K Patel	b Rajah	25	94	119	4	-
*+B van den Berg	c Brown b Fortmann	4	8	6	1	-
M Maloka	lbw b Ndlovu	36	42	42	1	4
T Tshehlane	b Rajah	8	9	20	1	-
T Lekhoana	c van der Kruit b Mdunge	9	23	33	-	-
M Maqunqu	lbw b Fynn	9	26	31	1	-
O Ntshona	not out	0	8	8	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Bezuidenhout), 2-37 (Coetzee), 3-60 (Leketa), 4-78 (Lubbe), 5-86 (van den Berg), 6-129 (Maloka), 7-146 (Tshehlane), 8-151 (Patel), 9-167 (Lekhoana), 10-169 (Maqunqu, 60.3 ov)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Piedt	8	3	20	0	-	-
Dzanibe	7	3	23	2	-	-
Meiring	8	3	16	0	-	-
Rajah	9	4	13	2	-	-
Fortmann	11	2	38	3	-	-
Fynn	7.3	2	11	1	-	-
Ndlovu	4	1	24	1	-	-
Mdunge	6	2	14	1	-	-

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KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Fortmann	c Patel b Tshehlane	6	21	25	1	-
D Nadasan	c van den Berg b Lekhoana	10	21	41	1	-
J Meiring	lbw b Tshehlane	0	4	3	-	-
*DM Fynn	c Coetzee b Leketa	31	70	111	4	-
+SS Brown	c van den Berg b Lekhoana	0	3	4	-	-
A van der Kruit	b Tshehlane	3	10	15	-	-
MN Piedt	c Maqunqu b Leketa	41	38	67	5	2
T Ndlovu	run out (Lekhoana)	12	37	64	1	-
S Dzanibe	c Lubbe b Lekhoana	23	29	38	4	-
DRL Rajah	not out	2	15	19	-	-
T Mdunge	b Maqunqu	0	4	4	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 41.5 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Fortmann), 2-15 (Meiring), 3-19 (Nadasan), 4-19 (Brown), 5-28 (van der Kruit), 6-95 (Piedt), 7-96 (Fynn), 8-128 (Dzanibe), 9-134 (Ndlovu), 10-136 (Mdunge, 41.3 ov)

Free State Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lekhoana	9	3	30	3	-	-
Maqunqu	12.5	2	36	1	-	1
Tshehlane	8	1	27	3	-	-
Bezuidenhout	2	0	12	0	-	-
Ntshona	1	0	2	0	-	-
Leketa	9	3	22	2	-	-

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Free State Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Coetzee	c sub (R Mhlongo) b Rajah	97	112	185	13	1
R Bezuidenhout	c Ndlovu b van der Kruit	43	88	107	4	1
D Leketa	b Meiring	26	64	97	3	-
F Lubbe	c Meiring b Dzanibe	12	26	34	1	-
K Patel	not out	13	22	34	1	-
*+B van den Berg	c Brown b Meiring	2	9	8	-	-
M Maloka	b Meiring	14	11	14	1	1
T Tshehlane	run out (Meiring->Brown)	0	1	4	-	-
T Lekhoana	not out	16	9	8	2	1
M Maqunqu	did not bat
O Ntshona	did not bat
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-111 (Bezuidenhout), 2-166 (Coetzee), 3-185 (Leketa), 4-193 (Lubbe), 5-196 (van den Berg), 6-217 (Maloka), 7-217 (Tshehlane)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Piedt	3	0	13	0	-	-
Dzanibe	13	1	49	1	-	-
Fortmann	5	0	26	0	-	-
Fynn	5	0	20	0	-	-
Rajah	5	0	21	1	-	-
Mdunge	6	0	13	0	-	-
van der Kruit	7	2	19	1	-	-
Ndlovu	7	0	39	0	-	-
Meiring	6	1	23	3	-	-

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KwaZulu-Natal Inland Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+SS Brown	c van den Berg b Lekhoana	0	9	13	-	-
D Nadasan	b Tshehlane	0	5	8	-	-
J Meiring	b Tshehlane	0	2	13	-	-
*DM Fynn	c Lekhoana b Tshehlane	1	6	5	-	-
A van der Kruit	c Tshehlane b Ntshona	32	40	59	2	2
MN Piedt	c Bezuidenhout b Maqunqu	29	40	76	3	-
T Ndlovu	b Maqunqu	19	47	45	2	-
S Dzanibe	b Ntshona	0	2	2	-	-
DRL Rajah	c van den Berg b Ntshona	10	22	27	1	-
T Mdunge	not out	0	0	1	-	-
C Fortmann	absent hurt
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 28.4 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Nadasan), 2-0 (Brown), 3-1 (Fynn), 4-1 (Meiring), 5-54 (van der Kruit), 6-66 (Piedt), 7-71 (Dzanibe), 8-88 (Ndlovu), 9-92 (Rajah, 28.4 ov)

Free State Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lekhoana	6	1	27	1	-	-
Tshehlane	7	1	25	3	-	-
Ntshona	8.4	1	22	3	-	-
Maqunqu	7	1	18	2	-	1

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Notes
--> T Coetzee (2) 50 in 54 balls, 81 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six

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