SOUTHERN CAPE CRICKET NEWS - Union Stars, Pacaltsdorp United and NMU George won both their encounters in the past weekend's SWD Cricket premier league action.
Union Stars who defeated Pioneers and Knysna respectively is now leading the log positions.
Neil Hornbuckle (130 runs for Pacaltsdorp United against Mossel Bay), Mark Vermeulen (143 runs for Pioneers against Mossel Bay), Envirino Swartz (129 runs for Union Stars against Knysna Cavaliers) and Todd Walker (135 runs for NMU against Western Hope) contributed with centuries, whilst Obus Pienaar (91 runs for George against Ramblers) and Levin Muller (99 runs for NMU against Western Hope) narrowly missed out on the three-figure landmark.
Outstanding five-wicket haul bowling performances were achieved by Grant Smith (5/43 – for Pacaltsdorp vs Mossel Bay), JP Ellis (5/14 – for Knysna Cavaliers vs Harlequins), Ronald Dirks (5/14 – for Harlequins vs Knysna Cavaliers), Jaco Janse van Rensburg (5/24 – for George vs Ramblers) and Sydwill Williams (6/29 for Pacaltsdorp vs Harlequins.)
The summarised scorecards are:
Mossel Bay vs Pacaltsdorp United
PACALTSDORP UNITED 309/6 (Neil Hornbuckle 130, Ruall de Reuck 58, Daniel Koert 50*, Phillip Niewoudt 2/39, Henk Lourens 2/65)
MOSSEL BAY 163 all out (Zayde Jacobs 44, Hanlo Nel 36,
Christo van Schalkwyk 24, Grant Smith 5/43, Neil Hornbuckle 3/24)
Pacaltsdorp United won by 146 runs
George vs NMU Madibaz George
NMU MADIBAZ GEORGE 206/6 (Jean du Plessis 68, Kerwin Chrisoffels 49, Travis Ackerman 24, Grant Simpson 3/40)
GEORGE 155 all out (Gary Wagner 55, Obus Pienaar 53, Franco Geldenhuys 25, Joshua Klue 3/25, Stefan Tait 2/28,
Travis Ackerman 3/29) NMU Madibaz
George won by 51 runs
Pioneers vs Union Stars
PIONEERS 94 all out (Mark Vermeulen 45, Reagan Booysen 3/11, Dillan Nuys 3/22)
UNION STARS 95/7 (Leroi Bredenkamp 28, Douglas Baartman 21, Keith Oraai 3/21)
Union Stars won by 3 wickets
Harlequins Forces vs Knysna Cavaliers
HARLEQUINS FORCES 106 all out Reagan Engelbrecht 40, JP Ellis 5/14, AB van der Walt 3/24) K
KNYSNA CAVALIERS 52 all out (Ronald Dirks 5/14, Rhupino Plaatjies 3/24)
Harlequins Forces won by runs won 54 by runs
Ramblers vs George
GEORGE 217 all out Obus Pienaar 91, Johandre Barnard 45, Jaco Janse van Rensburg 34, Gert Swart 4/53, Dean Lewis 2/45, Linford Krotz 2/59)
RAMBLERS 139 all out (Dean Lewis 39, Askin Louw 32, Bradley Carolus 20,
Jaco Janse van Rensburg 5/24, Grant Simpson 3/37)
George won by 78 runs
Pioneers vs Mossel Bay
PIONEERS 263/5 (Mark Vermeulen 143, Robert Cunningham 65, Brendon Louw 26, Phillip Niewoudt 2/49)
MOSSEL BAY 60 all out (Keith Oraai 4/8, Claude Terblance 3/14, Danrick Moodien 2/0)
Pioneers won by 203 runs
Pacaltsdorp United vs Harlequins Forces
HARLEQUINS FORCES 57 all out (Sydwell Williams 6/29, Neil Hornbuckle 2/5,
PACALTSDORP UNITED 59/3 (Jermaine Jeonna 28, Ronald Dirks 2/27)
Pacaltsdorp United won by 7 wickets
NMU Madibaz George vs Western Hope
NMU MADIBAZ GEORGE 379/6 (Todd Walker 135, Levin Muller 99, Travis Ackerman 59, Jean du Plessis 27, Mehego September 3/45, Jaco Windvogel 3/62
WESTERN HOPE 76 all out (Joshua de Ponte 4/19, Joshua Klue 3/16)
NMU Madibaz George won by 303 runs
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