The 19th match of the Cricket South Africa T20 Challenge being played at St Georges Park, Gqeberha saw the clash of the Top meets Bottom of the Log teams in Six Gun Grill Western Province (17 points) meeting the ITEC Knights (4 points).
We also saw the return of the veteran WP batsman, Richard Levi after a spell in isolation.
WP won the toss and elected to field first and, at one stage in the match it looked like a new record for the lowest total score in this tournament would be made (80/10 by the Dragons against WP).
BUT, the Knights were saved from that dubious fate by the bats of Captain Pite van Biljoen (40 caught Walters and Bowled Hendricks) and Patrick Kruger (34 Bowled Dawood).
At the end of 20 overs the ITEC Knights posted a total of 121 for the loss of 7 Wickets.
It was not a good day at the office for WP opening bat, Richard Levi, who only posted 2 runs before being caught by Substitute P. Botha off of the bowling of Mothoa.
After 5 overs WP were on 43/1 as opposed to the Knights posting 18/2 – a definite indication of trouble to come for the Knights.
Taking a leaf out of WP’s book the Knights deployed their quicker bowlers during the Power Play: Gerald Coetzee, Alfred Mothoa, Jacques Snyman and Mbulelo Budaza BUT nit to as great effect as WP when the played against the North West Dragons (SEE: https://mygqeberha.com/not-the-records-that-the-dragons-sought/).
Looking for a change of pace the Knights then deployed Budaza for over number 7 which proved to be expensive for the spinner as he conceded 8 runs in that over.
After the loss of Levi, Bird and De Zorzi settled into a steady partnership seeing their total rise to 71 before Klijnhans caught Jonathan Bird in an unbelievable catch on the boundary off of the bowling of Coetzee. And in came Vilas to steady the ship once again.
At the end of 10 overs WP were on 78/2 in comparison to the Knights 49/3 after 10 overs.
With 9 overs to go Western Province had 54 balls in hand to score 36 runs to win – a relaxing target for the men from Province.
BUT, Klijnhans put the cat amongst the pigeons when he showed that his first one handed boundary catch was no fluke as he proceeded to take the exact same catch putting paid to De Zorzi (41) off the bowling of Vilas. Surely a contender for Catches of the Tournament for the young Grey College Cricketer?
The 100 up for Western Province came after 78 balls 53 minutes 3 sixes and 7 fours with Vilas and Linde at the crease.
At the 14.2 overs mark Klijnhans did te magic for the THIRD time catching Linde (10) on the boundary to restrict WP to 119/4 with 8 runs left to win off of 34 balls.
But the outcome was inevitable as WP posted a total of 130/4 after 15.5 overs to comfortably win the match.
Batsman of the match – Jonathan Bird
Bowler of the Match – Junaid Dawood
The ITEC Knights set Six Gun Grill Western Province a target of 122 runs to win the match:
KNIGHTS INNINGS (20 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christoffel Klijnhans | c †Vilas b Parnell | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| Jacques Snyman | c Levi b Linde | 20 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 95.23 | |||
| Raynard van Tonder | c Parnell b Walters | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| Pite van Biljon (c) | c Walters b Hendricks | 40 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 114.28 | |||
| Farhaan Behardien | c Parnell b Dawood | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Patrick Kruger | b Dawood | 34 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 161.90 | |||
| Mangaliso Mosehle † | not out | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Gerald Coetzee | b Dawood | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Nealan van Heerden | not out | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (w 3) | 3 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (19 Ov, RR: 6.36) | 121/7 | |||||||
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Yet to bat: Mbulelo Budaza, Alfred Mothoa |
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Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Christoffel Klijnhans, 1.6 ov), 2-18 (Raynard van Tonder, 4.6 ov), 3-32 (Jacques Snyman, 7.6 ov), 4-51 (Farhaan Behardien, 10.2 ov), 5-106 (Pite van Biljon, 16.3 ov), 6-112 (Patrick Kruger, 17.2 ov), 7-114 (Gerald Coetzee, 17.5 ov) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beuran Hendricks | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Parnell | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Basheeru-Deen Walters | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 |
| George Linde | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Junaid Dawood | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 |
WESTERN PROVINCE INNINGS (TARGET: 127 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Levi | c sub (P Botha) b Mothoa | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| Jonathan Bird | c Klijnhans b Coetzee | 43 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 122.85 | |||
| Tony de Zorzi | c Klijnhans b Budaza | 41 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 151.85 | |||
| Dane Vilas † | not out | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 161.53 | |||
| George Linde | c Klijnhans b Mothoa | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| Aviwe Mgijima | not out | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 7) | 9 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (15.5 Ov, RR: 8.21) | 130/4 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Wayne Parnell (c), Mihlali Mpongwana, Beuran Hendricks, Junaid Dawood, Basheeru-Deen Walters |
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Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Richard Levi, 1.2 ov), 2-77 (Jonathan Bird, 9.4 ov), 3-97 (Tony de Zorzi, 11.5 ov), 4-118 (George Linde, 14.2 ov) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Coetzee | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 2 | 0 |
| Alfred Mothoa | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Snyman | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mbulelo Budaza | 3.5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.86 | 3 | 0 |
| Nealan van Heerden | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
Still to come:
- 18/02/2022: 14:30 – Dolphins vs Dragons
- 19/02/2022: 10:00 – Western Province vs Titans and 14:30 – Warriors vs Lions
- 20/02/2022: 10:00 – Dolphins vs Rocks and 14:30 – Lions vs Knights
- 22/02/2022: 10:00 – Dragons vs Titans and 14:30 – Rocks vs Knights
- 23/02/2022: 10:00 – Western Province vs Dolphins and 14:30 – Warriors vs Dragons
- 25/02/2022: 10:00 – Semi Final 1 and 14:30 – Semi Final 2
- 27/02/20: 10:00 – FINAL
CSA T20 Challenge Scores to DATE:
7 February 2022:
Rocks: 142/6 in 20 overs.
WP: 143/4 in 17 overs
Western Province won by 6 wickets
PoM: RE Levi and GF Linde
Warriors: 163/8 in 20 overs
Titans: 155/8 in 20 overs
Warriors won by 8 runs
PoM: JJ Smuts and T Stubbs
8 February 2022:
Dragons: 136/6 in 20 overs
Lions: 125/5 in 20 overs
North West Dragons won by 11 runs
PoM: MB Van Buuren and JN Diseko
Knights: 128/5 in 20 overs
Dolphins: 130/2 in 18 overs
Dolphins won by 8 wickets
PoM: KD Pietersen and P Subrayen
9 February 2022:
Warriors: 163/5 in 20 overs
Western Province: 164/3 after 17.1 overs
Western Province won by 7 wickets
PoM: RE Levi and MA Nabe
Titans: 158/2 after 20 overs
Rocks: 155/8 in 20 overs
Titans won by 3 runs
PoM: Q de Kock and CJ Dala
10 February 2022:
Knights: 94/9 in 20 overs
Dragons: 95/2 in 10.1 overs
North West Dragons won by 8 wickets
PoM: WB MArshall and S Muthusamy
Lions: 156/8 in 20 overs
Dolphins: 148/2 in 20 overs
Lions won by 8 runs
PoM: SSB Magala and SSB Magala
12 February 2022:
Dolphins: 211/5 in 20 overs
Warriors: 191/6 in 20 overs
Dolphins won by 20 runs
PoM: T Stubbs and OEG Baartman
Titans: 151/6 in 20 overs
Knights: 124 in 19 overs
Titans won by 27 runs
PoM: H Klaasen and LB Williams
13 February 2022:
Lions: 140/5 in 20 overs
WP: 141/5 in 19.1 overs
WP won by 5 wickets
PoM: T de Zorzi and BE Hendricks
Rocks: 182/6 in 20 overs
Dragons: 182/3 in 20 overs
Tied then Rocks won in the Super Over.
PoM: D Pretorius and FC Adams
14 February 2022:
Dolphins: 134/4 in 19 overs
Titans: 137/3 in 16.3 overs
Titans won by 7 wickets
PoM: DA Miller and AM Phangiso
Warriors: 170/5 in 20 overs
Knights: 173/1 in 18.4 overs
Knights won by 9 wickets
PoM: GJ Snyman and GJ Snyman
15 February 2022:
Rocks: 160/4 in 20 overs
Lions: 116 in 17.2 overs
Rocks won by 44 runs
PoM: PJ Malan and S von Berg
WP: 164/8 in 20 overs
Dragons: 80 in 17.4 overs
Western Province won by 84 runs
PoM: WD Parnell and BE Hendricks
17 February 2022:
Lions: 148/6 in 20 overs
Titans: 152/3 in 18.1 overs
Titans won by 7 wickets
PoM: TB de Bruyn and T Shamsi
Warriors: 156/6 in 20 overs
Rocks: 160/7 in 19.4 overs
Rocks won by 3 wickets
PoM: MJ Copeland and S von Berg
18 February 2022:
Knights: 126/8 in 20 overs
WP: 130/4 in 15.5 overs
Western Province win by 6 wickets
PoM: J Bird and J Dawood
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