SOUTHERN CAPE NEWS - Union Stars, the club champion from SWD cricket, had their best run ever when they won three out of their five matches at the Cricket SA Momentum National Club Championships that took place in Pretoria the past week.
They recorded impressive victories against Maties, the defending champions Crusaders as well as the Central University of Technology.
Brendon Louw was their top batsman while the bowling twins of Marcello Piedt and Otneill Baartman excelled with the ball. Piedt, who achieved two five-wicket hauls, was named the bowler of the tournament.
The summarised scorecards are:
Union Stars: 138 (40 overs)
Brendon Louw 45, B Glover 8-1-29-3
Steinhoff Maties: 122 (22 overs)
D Bedingham 42, Marcello Piedt 9-0-23-6, Otneill Baartman 9-0-34-0
Union Stars won by 16 runs.
Cape Town: 182 (47.3 overs)
B Young 60, Otneill Baartman 10-1-35-4,
Gurshwin Rabie 9-2-23-3, Marcello Piedt 9-1-36-2
Union Stars: 101 (32 overs)
T Jansen 10-3-32-5, B Young 7-0-21-3, M Olsen 9-2-12-2
Cape Town won by 81 runs.
Union Stars 208/8
Brendon Louw 53, Merlin Masimela 48, N. Hewer 10-4-24-3, N Mpoza 10-0-53-2
Hollywoodbets Crusaders 157 (42.2 overs)
R Hattingh 42, Otneill Baartman 6-0-39-3, Merlin Masimela 6-0-39-3
Union Stars won by 51 runs.
NWU Pukke: 217 (46.2 overs)
J Malan 69, W Lubbe 44, Gurshwin Rabie 7-1-29-3, Merlin Masimela 8-0-34-3
Union Stars: 105 (33.1 overs) B Fortuin 9-2-23-4, A Erasmus 10-1-28-3
NWU Pukke won by 112 runs.
Union Stars: 261/6 (50 overs)
Brendon Louw 61, Sammy-Joe Avontuur 35, Leroi Bredenkamp 69, Malusi Siboto 10-2-41-4, Gino Vries 10-0-60-0
Central University of Technology: 89 all out (29.5 overs)
Rynard van Tonder 22, Marcello Piedt 10-3-23-5, Justin Jordaan 5-0-14-2, Brendon Louw 5-1-12-2
Union Stars won by 172 runs.
Union Stars, the SWD Premier League champions.
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