a14798	Western Province v Free State
	Standard Bank Cup 2002/03 (Pool B)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 21st December 2002 (45-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 6 wickets (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Points	Western Province 4; Free State 0
Umpires	SB Lambson, S Wadvalla
TV umpire	LH Matroos
Player of the Match	CM Willoughby

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Free State innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+MN van Wyk	b Dawson	8	10	12	2	-	80.00
JA Beukes	c Smith b Willoughby	0	6	8	-	-	0.00
HH Dippenaar	c Willoughby b Henderson	44	55	83	5	-	80.00
*JC Adams	c Puttick b Willoughby	4	17	19	1	-	23.53
N Boje	b Willoughby	20	16	30	3	-	125.00
RG Arendse	not out	28	59	70	-	-	47.46
JJ van der Wath	c Puttick b Friend	0	2	6	-	-	0.00
HC Bakkes	c Dawson b Henderson	5	10	9	-	-	50.00
MR Lewis	not out	6	17	24	-	-	35.29
AA Donald	did not bat
PV Mpitsang	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 7 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 32 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Beukes, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (van Wyk, 2.4 ov), 3-21 (Adams, 7.1 ov), 4-65 (Boje, 13.6 ov), 5-92 (Dippenaar, 21.2 ov), 6-98 (van der Wath, 22.4 ov), 7-107 (Bakkes, 25.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dawson	7	0	22	1	1	-	42.00	3.14
Willoughby	7	0	29	3	4	-	14.00	4.14
Friend	6	0	29	1	-	-	36.00	4.83
de Stadler	6	0	22	0	1	-	-	3.67
Henderson	6	0	20	2	1	-	18.00	3.33

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Western Province innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GC Smith	c van Wyk b Bakkes	12	19	21	2	-	63.16
HH Gibbs	lbw b Bakkes	15	16	30	2	-	93.75
G Kirsten	not out	53	73	103	7	-	72.60
*HD Ackerman	c Beukes b Boje	17	36	51	3	-	47.22
+AG Puttick	c Boje b Mpitsang	15	28	36	2	-	53.57
JP Duminy	not out	1	4	6	-	-	25.00
AC Dawson	did not bat
CW Henderson	did not bat
M de Stadler	did not bat
Q Friend	did not bat
CM Willoughby	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 124 minutes, 29 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Smith, 5.2 ov), 2-33 (Gibbs, 7.1 ov), 3-79 (Ackerman, 18.3 ov), 4-114 (Puttick, 27.5 ov)

Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Donald	5	0	19	0	-	-	-	3.80
Bakkes	6	2	26	2	1	-	18.00	4.33
van der Wath	5	0	18	0	-	-	-	3.60
Mpitsang	6	1	27	1	1	2	36.00	4.50
Boje	7	0	27	1	-	-	42.00	3.86

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 32 overs per side, Western Province target was 124 runs
--> Free State innings: 50 in 10.6 overs, 48 minutes
--> Free State innings: 100 in 23.5 overs, 104 minutes
--> Western Province innings: 50 in 12.3 overs, 55 minutes
--> Western Province innings: 100 in 24.1 overs, 104 minutes
--> G Kirsten 50 in 73 balls, 103 minutes with 7 fours

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Rain stopped play after 2.2 overs: FS 9/1.
Rain delay 157 minutes. Match reduced to 33 overs per team.
Partial floodlight failure after 7.4 overs: FS 26/3.
Delay 13 minutes. Match reduced to 32 overs each.
Revised target: 124 in 32 overs
The D/L target was incorrectly calculated and should have been 123.