2012 Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week Day 1 Results

 

 

The first day of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket week belonged to the spinners. Three of the four top bowlers on the first day were spinners. KwaZulu-Natal Inland’s Sohail Mahmood and Eastern Province's Shaakir Abrahams was the only bowlers managed to grab five-wicket hauls. Both of them being spin bowlers.

The best bowling performance of the day belonged to Mahmood. He got rid of six of Boland's batsmen for 43 runs. However, his performance was not enough to save his team from a defeat. KZN Inland batted first and managed a mere 77 runs before being bundled out. Boland recorded

187/9 before declaring their innings closed. Inland captain Robert Anderson (47 *) produced a true captain’s innings to deny Boland an outright victory.

Eastern Province defeated KwaZulu-Natal on the first innings thanks to Abrahams’ bowling. KwaZulu-Natal was in a strong position on 94/2 before Eastern Province decided to give Abrahams (5/47) a bowl.

Abrahams was the sixth bowler used by Eastern Province.

KwaZulu-Natal's spinner, Kyle Simmonds produced a valiant allround performance in the match. He contributed 31 runs to his team’s total before taking four wickets while conceding 46 runs t finish with the fourth best bowling figures for the day.

There were also quite a few batsmen who managed to record half-centuries on the first day. Western Province's David Beddingham stood out with an impressive 75 runs he scored against Northerns at Senwes Park. He faced 72 deliveries of which he dispatched 12 to the boundary of which one was a six just after reaching his half-century.

Northerns’ left-handed batsman, Leus du Plooy also impressed with his batting performance in the match. He recorded 47 runs in the first innings before being run out and followed it up with an unbeaten 26 in the second innings. Western Province won the match on the first innings. Beddingham and wicketkeeper Clyde Fortuin (52), a partnership of shared 96 runs for the fifth wicket. The two at a rate of just less than seven runs per over batting.

The highest score of the day was scored by Juan Heunis (92) of South Western Districts just missing out on his century against Mpumalanga.

He hit eight fours and five sixes while at the crease. He was caught by Sizwe Zwane off Max Khoza’s (3/46) bowling.

The match between Free State and Limpopo ended in a draw. Free State's Hanco Olivier (58) and Sachinta Galhenhage (56) scored half-centuries.

The two had a partnership of 102 runs for the second wicket and helped their team shared his innings at 213/6 was declared. Limpopo's Tian Koekemoer (85) helped his side to record 192/7 at the close of play to secure the draw.

 
The hosts, Northwest lost against Border on the first innings. They got restricted to 124 in their first innings. Craig Sansom (87) was the hero for Border with his half-century.

Northerns first innings 167 (Leus du Plooy 47; Imtiyaaz Groenewald 3/31); Western Province first innings 194 (David Beddingham 75, Clyde Fortuin 53; Corbin Bosch 4/51); Northerns second innings 30/0 (Leus du Plooy 26*). Western Province won on first innings.
KwaZulu-Natal first innings 171 (Dudu Zondo 34, Senuran Muthusamy 34, Kyle Simmonds 31; Shaakir Abrahams 5/47); Eastern Province first innings 181/9 decl. (Thomas Hobson 37, Andrew Rushmere 33; Kyle Simmonds 4/46, Senuran Muthusamy 3/37). Eastern Province won on first innings.
Griqualand West first innings 235/9 decl. (Aiden Brooker 53*, Kagiso Mohale 42, Diego Rosier 38; Shaylen Pillay 4/40, Tumelo Thlokwe 3/73); Gauteng first innings 187/6 (Lee Grustin 47, Jayden Broodryk 36*; De Wet Bezuidenhout 3/45). Match Drawn.
North West first innings 124 (Rupert Viljoen 32, Roy Harris 29*; Ngazibini Sigwili 3/17, Kirwin Christoffels 2/8); Border first innings
215 (Craig Sansom 87, Aubrey Ferreira 33; Stean Naudé 3/35). Border won on first innings.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings 77 (Kyle Pyne-James 16*; Justin Dill 4/30, Curtley Louw 3/6); Boland first innings 187/9 decl. (Hanno Kotze 54, Du Toit Maree 39; Sohail Mahmood 6/43); KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings 96/4 (Robert Anderson 47*; Justin Dill 2/10). Boland won on first innings.
Free State first innings 213/6 decl. (Hanco Olivier 58, Sachinta Galhenhage 56; Johan Fourie 3/14); Limpopo first innings 192/7 (Tian Koekemoer 85, Thomas Ngwenya 30; Heinrich Roberts 2/20). Match Drawn.
South Western Districts first innings 228/6 decl. (Juan Heunis 92, Morné Visagie 56; Max Khoza 3/46); Mpumalanga first innings 193/7 (Luan Walters 65*, Chris Coetzee 62, Yusuf Ahmed 34; Joshua Pieters 3/25). Match Drawn.
Namibia first innings 195 (Gerhard Erasmus 51, Zane Green 41; Divan Posthumus 4/34, Jurie Snyman 3/47); Easterns first innings 139/9 (Jurie Snyman 38; Bredell Wessels 3/21). Match Drawn.