cup cup inaugural edition cup premier class cricket tournament south_africa competition involved teams sides played single day match won wickets sides low scores innings opted bat dismissed runs reply reached lead runs second innings fared better century helped total reached total ball overs helped century background class cricket played south_africa previous season managed toured country playing representative teams provinces matches south_africa later test cricket status tour donated cup awarded team performed best touring judged class matches season faced twice winning matches play class cricket prior contest challenged challenge trophy number team selections controversial selection committee chose remained south_africa touring england cricket team previous year played majority cricket opposition team newspaper journalist fallen smith writing number articles criticising english selected smith bat number match summary match began saturday april toss won captain opted bat opened batting scored runs wicket fell took wickets addition runs leaving batsmen shared partnership runs loss wicket suffered collapse eventually bowled runs scored runs batsmen reached double figures scored innings took wickets took remaining began reply strongly runs wicket majority scored lost wicket team continued lose wickets regular intervals second highest partnership innings runs tenth wicket best collecting wickets bowled majority overs took wickets score substantially best batsman innings scored runs managed innings match gave second attempt batting day lost wickets regularly afternoon opener remained finishing day unbeaten team match resumed monday april play scheduled sunday early loss runs joined pair scored runs taking score quick wickets ended innings scored runs overs scored century hitting runs leg wicket took wickets claiming smith claimed wickets designed team wicket keeper claimed wickets overs bowled batted rapidly second innings reaching required total win match inside second day match scheduled days total opening batsman batted innings remaining won match joined end scored runs partnership runs players tried different effort bowl took wickets claiming apiece key captain wicket keeper fielder indicates batsman dismissed catch named fielder bowler indicates bowler gains credit dismissal indicates batsman dismissed leg wicket indicates batsman dismissed hit wicket indicates batsman aftermath remained sides contest cup following season match won runs timeless match tournament played restarted following year team joined renamed
1889–90 Currie Cup