| a11451 | |
| Venue | Springbok Park, Bloemfontein on 25th October 1998 (45-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Free State won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Free State won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Free State 2; Easterns 0 |
| Umpires | JD Cloete, NC Pretorius |
| TV umpire | J Woest |
| Player of the Match | JF Venter |
| Easterns innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *MJ Mitchley | b Hoggard | 10 | 34 | 39 | 1 | - | 29.41 |
| JS Lerm | b Hoggard | 14 | 18 | 20 | 2 | - | 77.78 |
| JP Schoeman | st van Wyk b Venter | 4 | 32 | 41 | - | - | 12.50 |
| Shakeel Ahmed | c Donald b Smit | 57 | 76 | 98 | 3 | - | 75.00 |
| RM Loring | lbw b Smit | 7 | 23 | 19 | - | - | 30.43 |
| CR Norris | b Venter | 4 | 14 | 13 | - | - | 28.57 |
| +I Pistorius | b Venter | 7 | 23 | 14 | - | - | 30.43 |
| J Uys | not out | 18 | 31 | 44 | - | - | 58.06 |
| NA Fusedale | b Hoggard | 4 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 40.00 |
| LD Botha | not out | 8 | 18 | 19 | - | - | 44.44 |
| A Nel | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 7 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Lerm), 2-28 (Mitchley), 3-48 (Schoeman), 4-63 (Loring), 5-78 (Norris), 6-98 (Pistorius), 7-115 (Shakeel Ahmed), 8-125 (Fusedale) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Mpitsang | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.88 |
| Hoggard | 9 | 0 | 31 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 3.44 |
| Bakkes | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.50 |
| Donald | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.67 |
| Venter | 9 | 3 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 2.22 |
| Smit | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 3.89 |
| Liebenberg | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 |
| Free State innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | c Pistorius b Nel | 0 | 9 | 15 | - | - | 0.00 |
| JF Venter | not out | 76 | 83 | 122 | 12 | 1 | 91.57 |
| HC Bakkes | c Mitchley b Nel | 22 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 100.00 |
| LJ Wilkinson | not out | 35 | 67 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 52.24 |
| HH Dippenaar | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Hoggard | did not bat | ||||||
| PV Mpitsang | did not bat | ||||||
| WJ Smit | did not bat | ||||||
| +MN van Wyk | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Beukes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 nb, 10 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 27.5 overs) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Liebenberg), 2-42 (Bakkes) | |||||||
| Easterns bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Nel | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 3.78 |
| Fusedale | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.67 |
| Botha | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.29 |
| Norris | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 12.00 |
| Uys | 3.5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.96 |