RESULTS: FIRST DAY OF THE COCA-COLA KHAYA MAJOLA CRICKET WEEK 2011

The 1^st day of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket week was characterised by low scoring games, as the batsmen generally struggled in the chilly conditions on fields that were affected by the three days of rain experienced in the Western Cape ahead of the week.

The pitches were unpredictable for the bowlers, particularly in the morning, and the outfields were slow after the rain meaning that the sides batting first struggled and there were few big scores.

But all this changed after lunch with a number of 50s being notched up, the biggest coming from Griquas, Diego Rosier, who made 87 in his side’s drawn match with SWD. The best bowling display of day one came from Charl Van der Merwe of Northerns who took 5/20 against Western Province.

And there was a result in the one game that is rarely seen in cricket in general let alone the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week when Eastern Province and Gauteng were both bowled out for 102 runs in their first innings.

It’s impossible to say which sides are looking the best after just one day of play, but there were good wins for Boland, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Province.

Summarised Scores:

Border 1^ST innings 31 (Brockman 3/1, Frylink 3/1, Williams 2/50. Boland 1^st innings 124/9 (Frylink 33, Conradie 23; Sansom 3/16, Nqoba 2/19, Sigwili 2/48). Border 2^nd innings 122/3 (Marais 46, Ferreira 42). Boland won on 1^st innings.

Easterns 143 (Van Wyk 50, Du Plooy 45; Savage 4/19, Pavillon 3/41). KwaZulu-Natal Inland 147/8 (Shield 69, Futshane 22; Moore 2/20, Muller 2/42). KwaZulu-Natal Inland won in 1^st innings.

Eastern Province 1^st innings 102 (Samboer 29, Nortje 27; Harte 5/22, Rapelego /2/3, Pillay 2/8). Gauteng 102 (Harte 39; Nortje 5/32, Hobson 2/6, Nqweni 3/25). Eastern Province 2^nd innings 54/2 (Moore 20). Match tied on 1^st innings.

Free State 77 (Orros 40; Kirsten 4/23, Subrayen 2/2, Van Heerden 2/9). KwaZulu-Natal 34/0. Match drawn

Namibia 1^st innings 170 (Wessels 54, Van Vuuren 42, Groenewald 34; Buys 3/31, Rosier 2/45, Mohale 2/25). Griquas 209/8 (Rosier 87, Arends 50, Muller 36; Smit 4/50, Wessels 3/41). Namibia 2^nd innings 42/1. Griquas won on 1^st innings.

Limpopo 127/9 (Baloyi 51; Joubert 5/26). Mpumalanga 43/2. Match drawn

Northerns 1^st innings 142 (Van Wyngaardt 49, Saunders 21, Coetzee; Fransman 2/11, Muller 2/23, De Abreu 2/30). Western Province 144 (De Abreu 40, Chickety 30; Van der Merwe 5/20, Van Wyngaardt 3/37, Vester 2/26). Northerns 2^nd innings 13/1. Western Province won on 1^st innings.

Northwest 103 (Viljoen 30, Laher 25; Piedt 5/25, Baartman 2/12). SWD 75/6 (Stander 26; Smith 2/19, Steyn 2/23). Match drawn.