Standard Bank Cup, 1999/00
Free State v Eastern Province
Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein (day/night)
3 March 2000 (45-over match)

Result: Eastern Province won by 7 wickets
Points: Free State 0, Eastern Province 4

Toss: Free State
Umpires: CJ Mitchley and S Wadvalla
Man of the Match: KD Duckworth

Free State innings (45 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
JF Venter             c Pringle          b Kemp                20  37  29  3 0
AI Gait                                  b Pringle             88 145 113 10 0
WJ Smit                                  b Callaghan           42  80  68  3 0
MN van Wyk            lbw                b Kemp                40  33  31  6 0
GFJ Liebenberg                           b Kruger               9  16  13  0 0
JJ van der Wath                          b Pringle              0   2   1  0 0
*+GL Brophy                              b Kruger               2  11   4  0 0
HC Bakkes             not out                                  11  12  10  0 0
PV Mpitsang           not out                                   4   9   5  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 5, nb 4)                        13
Total                 (7 wickets, 45 overs, 175 mins)         229

DNB: MJ Hoggard, D Pretorius.

FoW: 1-49 (Venter), 2-147 (Smit), 3-199 (Gait),
     4-205 (van Wyk), 5-205 (van der Wath), 6-214 (Liebenberg),
     7-215 (Brophy).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pringle                      9      1     41      2 (2w, 2nb)
Kemp                         9      0     49      2 (2w)
Kruger                       9      0     46      2
Callaghan                    9      0     42      1 (1w, 2nb)
Abrahams                     7      1     34      0
Creed                        2      0     13      0

Eastern Province innings (target: 230 runs from 45 overs)       R   M   B  4 6
CC Bradfield          not out                                  77 189 129  5 0
KD Duckworth          c Liebenberg       b Pretorius          110 158 124  3 0
MR Benfield           c van Wyk          b Bakkes               5  19  11  0 0
DJ Callaghan          c Liebenberg       b Bakkes               6   5   4  1 0
*MW Rushmere          not out                                   2   3   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 18, w 9, nb 3)                       30
Total                 (3 wickets, 44.4 overs, 189 mins)       230

DNB: +DW Murray, JM Kemp, MW Creed, S Abrahams, MW Pringle, GJP Kruger.

FoW: 1-197 (Duckworth), 2-219 (Benfield), 3-226 (Callaghan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hoggard                      8.4    0     30      0 (3w, 1nb)
Bakkes                       9      1     32      2
Pretorius                    9      0     47      1 (1w)
Mpitsang                     9      0     51      0 (4w, 1nb)
Venter                       7      0     38      0 (1w)
van der Wath                 2      0     14      0 (1nb)

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Team Pages: Free State, Eastern Province.

Ground Page: Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein

Free State Player Pages: JF Venter, AI Gait, WJ Smit, MN van Wyk, GFJ Liebenberg, JJ van der Wath, GL Brophy, HC Bakkes, PV Mpitsang, MJ Hoggard, D Pretorius.

Eastern Province Player Pages: CC Bradfield, KD Duckworth, MR Benfield, DJ Callaghan, MW Rushmere, DW Murray, JM Kemp, MW Creed, S Abrahams, MW Pringle, GJP Kruger.

Match Officials' Pages: CJ Mitchley, S Wadvalla.