| a10708 | |
| Venue | Springbok Park, Bloemfontein on 1st October 1997 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Eastern Province won by 4 runs (Clark curves method) |
| Points | Free State 0; Eastern Province 2 |
| Umpires | DF Becker, K Lavery |
| TV umpire | EH Baillie |
| Player of the Match | MN van Wyk |
| Eastern Province innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GC Victor | c Venter b Smit | 34 | 33 | 53 | 7 | - | 103.03 |
| LJ Koen | c Radley b Vorster | 12 | 17 | 18 | 2 | - | 70.59 |
| *KC Wessels | b Vorster | 78 | 110 | 135 | 3 | - | 70.91 |
| DJ Callaghan | st Radley b Boje | 32 | 49 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 65.31 |
| MW Rushmere | b Bakkes | 43 | 51 | 59 | 2 | - | 84.31 |
| AG Prince | not out | 2 | 2 | 12 | - | - | 100.00 |
| EAE Baptiste | c Boje b Vorster | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 66.67 |
| +L Masikazana | did not bat | ||||||
| S Abrahams | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Pringle | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hayward | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 7 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Koen), 2-60 (Victor), 3-118 (Callaghan), 4-201 (Wessels), 5-211 (Rushmere), 6-216 (Baptiste) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Bakkes | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 2 | - | 42.00 | 5.86 |
| Vorster | 9 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 4 | - | 18.00 | 4.33 |
| Botha | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.14 |
| Smit | 8 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | - | 48.00 | 4.62 |
| Venter | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 |
| Boje | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.40 |
| Free State innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AK Volsteedt | b Hayward | 2 | 7 | 19 | - | - | 28.57 |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | c Koen b Pringle | 2 | 13 | 13 | - | - | 15.38 |
| DL Hemp | c Prince b Pringle | 5 | 14 | 29 | - | - | 35.71 |
| JF Venter | b Callaghan | 20 | 38 | 60 | 3 | - | 52.63 |
| N Boje | lbw b Pringle | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MN van Wyk | c Hayward b Pringle | 75 | 96 | 110 | 5 | - | 78.12 |
| HC Bakkes | c Callaghan b Abrahams | 10 | 12 | 16 | 1 | - | 83.33 |
| +PJL Radley | c Wessels b Baptiste | 18 | 28 | 27 | 1 | - | 64.29 |
| WJ Smit | not out | 28 | 30 | 40 | 2 | - | 93.33 |
| CJ Vorster | c Wessels b Hayward | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 133.33 |
| H Botha | not out | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 |
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb, 18 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Liebenberg), 2-10 (Volsteedt), 3-34 (Hemp), 4-35 (Boje), 5-68 (Venter), 6-90 (Bakkes), 7-126 (Radley), 8-186 (van Wyk), 9-191 (Vorster) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pringle | 8 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12.00 | 3.75 |
| Hayward | 8 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 8 | - | 24.00 | 4.25 |
| Baptiste | 8 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 48.00 | 6.75 |
| Callaghan | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 3.88 |
| Abrahams | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.88 |
Notes
--> Free State target was 199 runs in 40 overs
--> AK Volsteedt made his debut in List A matches
--> MN van Wyk made his debut in List A matches
--> GC Victor passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 33
--> JF Venter passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> DL Hemp made his debut for Free State in List A matches
--> WJ Smit made his debut for Free State in List A matches
--> CJ Vorster made his debut for Free State in List A matches
--> DL Hemp made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> CJ Vorster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed LJ Koen in the Eastern Province innings (previous best was 0-45)
Free State target reduced to 199 off 40 overs due to rain.
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