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| Venue | Springbok Park, Bloemfontein on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th March 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Free State won by 74 runs |
| Points | Free State 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Eastern Province 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | WA Diedricks, NC Pretorius |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 131/3 (Wessels 50*, Callaghan 0*; 42 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Free State (2) 183/3 (Liebenberg 83*, Radley 0*; 72 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Eastern Province (2) 174/7 (Baptiste 45*, Ferreira 3*; 67 overs) |
| Player of the Match | SA Cilliers |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | c Koen b Callaghan | 42 | 89 | 109 | 7 | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | c Bradfield b Badenhorst | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Masikazana b Ferreira | 16 | 25 | 40 | 3 | - | |
| WJ Cronje | b Baptiste | 7 | 21 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| JF Venter | lbw b Callaghan | 2 | 26 | 38 | - | - | |
| MN van Wyk | b Badenhorst | 49 | 108 | 132 | 6 | - | |
| N Boje | c Koen b Baptiste | 31 | 61 | 75 | 4 | - | |
| HC Bakkes | c Masikazana b Badenhorst | 11 | 23 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| +PJL Radley | not out | 6 | 5 | 18 | - | - | |
| NW Pretorius | c Wessels b Badenhorst | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| SA Cilliers | b Shaw | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.1 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Liebenberg), 2-42 (Dippenaar), 3-64 (Cronje), 4-68 (Jordaan), 5-78 (Venter), 6-131 (Boje), 7-162 (Bakkes), 8-167 (van Wyk), 9-175 (Pretorius), 10-178 (Cilliers) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ferreira | 12 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Badenhorst | 10 | 2 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Callaghan | 14 | 3 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Baptiste | 14 | 5 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 11.1 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MG Beamish | c Boje b Cilliers | 3 | 17 | 15 | - | - | |
| CC Bradfield | lbw b Cilliers | 9 | 29 | 34 | - | - | |
| LJ Koen | st Radley b Venter | 57 | 113 | 147 | 8 | - | |
| *KC Wessels | lbw b Cilliers | 57 | 123 | 158 | 7 | - | |
| DJ Callaghan | c and b Cilliers | 14 | 27 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| MW Rushmere | c Boje b Pretorius | 10 | 39 | 70 | 1 | - | |
| EAE Baptiste | c Boje b Cilliers | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| TG Shaw | c Liebenberg b Bakkes | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| +L Masikazana | c Boje b Pretorius | 25 | 50 | 67 | 3 | - | |
| Q Ferreira | not out | 6 | 20 | 24 | - | - | |
| A Badenhorst | c Radley b Pretorius | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 13 nb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.1 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Beamish), 2-20 (Bradfield), 3-131 (Koen), 4-151 (Wessels), 5-154 (Callaghan), 6-155 (Baptiste), 7-156 (Shaw), 8-187 (Rushmere), 9-196 (Masikazana), 10-198 (Badenhorst) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pretorius | 16.1 | 2 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cilliers | 19 | 3 | 69 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 14 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 14 | 7 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boje | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Venter | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Jordaan | c Masikazana b Baptiste | 19 | 71 | 91 | 1 | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | lbw b Ferreira | 85 | 227 | 337 | 11 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Koen b Shaw | 22 | 76 | 83 | 1 | - | |
| WJ Cronje | st Masikazana b Shaw | 40 | 91 | 122 | 5 | - | |
| +PJL Radley | lbw b Baptiste | 4 | 23 | 26 | - | - | |
| JF Venter | b Ferreira | 12 | 30 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| MN van Wyk | c Koen b Baptiste | 31 | 76 | 115 | 4 | - | |
| N Boje | b Shaw | 22 | 31 | 39 | 2 | 1 | |
| HC Bakkes | c Koen b Callaghan | 6 | 18 | 24 | - | - | |
| NW Pretorius | b Shaw | 8 | 22 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| SA Cilliers | not out | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 3 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 109.5 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Jordaan), 2-92 (Dippenaar), 3-180 (Cronje), 4-189 (Radley), 5-194 (Liebenberg), 6-215 (Venter), 7-251 (Boje), 8-258 (Bakkes), 9-267 (van Wyk), 10-275 (Pretorius) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ferreira | 19 | 2 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Badenhorst | 19 | 5 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Callaghan | 15 | 7 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 34.5 | 12 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Baptiste | 22 | 4 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MG Beamish | c Radley b Cilliers | 21 | 97 | 131 | 2 | - | |
| CC Bradfield | c Radley b Pretorius | 4 | 28 | 32 | - | - | |
| LJ Koen | c Cronje b Pretorius | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| DJ Callaghan | lbw b Boje | 8 | 24 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| MW Rushmere | c Venter b Cronje | 40 | 86 | 100 | 5 | - | |
| EAE Baptiste | c Pretorius b Boje | 48 | 98 | 138 | 6 | - | |
| TG Shaw | c Boje b Venter | 40 | 47 | 49 | 5 | - | |
| +L Masikazana | c Dippenaar b Venter | 1 | 11 | 12 | - | - | |
| Q Ferreira | b Cilliers | 7 | 29 | 26 | - | - | |
| A Badenhorst | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
| *KC Wessels | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.1 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Bradfield), 2-12 (Koen), 3-22 (Callaghan), 4-68 (Beamish), 5-92 (Rushmere), 6-157 (Shaw), 7-169 (Masikazana), 8-181 (Ferreira), 9-181 (Baptiste) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pretorius | 13 | 5 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cilliers | 16 | 5 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boje | 13.1 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Venter | 12 | 1 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cronje | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> NW Pretorius made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TG Shaw made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HH Dippenaar (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> MN van Wyk (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> GFJ Liebenberg (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> MG Beamish (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> L Masikazana made his debut for Eastern Province in First-Class matches
--> SA Cilliers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed EAE Baptiste in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 4-88)
--> SA Cilliers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings
--> SA Cilliers reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KC Wessels, his 3rd wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
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