Gauteng’s 19-year-old batting star Joshua Richards scored a century in each innings for Gauteng against Northern Cape as his side earned the only win of the round in the CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup.
Gauteng 248 (J Richards 132, TA Dithole 30, T Tlhokwe 30; ZC Qwabe 3-58, OEG Baartman 3-67) & 331-5 decl (J Richards 118, DA Hendricks 69, OA Ramela 61, SC Cook 32; GJ Snyman 3-61, M Budaza 1-35, ZC Qwabe 1-53)
Northern Cape 248 (KD Petersen 69, GJ Snyman 62, T Traugott 44 not out, TG Mokoena 29; A Myoli 3-37, D Potgieter 3-42, S Jamison 3-48) & 159 (GJ Snyman 51, K Mohale 38 not out, A Mnci 33; D Potgieter 3-24, A Myoli 2-26, A Karvelas 2-28)
Gauteng won by 172 runs
Northerns 471 (VB Mahlangu 169, JL du Plooy 110, RA Herman 76, N Brand 39, JD Vandiar 27; JN Diseko 3-78, JW van Wyngaardt 2-71, R Haasbroek 1-49)
North West 222 (RH Frenz 49, L Senokwane 43, NJ van den Bergh 40, BL Barends 32; I Moseki 4-21, R Trumpelmann 2-52, GG Peters 2-55) & 221-3 (NJ van den Bergh 66 not out, Y Valli 59, K Rapulana 47 not out, RH Frenz 39; N Brand 1-29, R Trumpelmann 1-37)
Match drawn
Free State 183 (JJ Dreyer 97 not out, P Mogoera 19, R van Tonder 19; AM Maposa 3-37, KR Mannikam 3-50, GI Hume 2-27, R Pretorius 2-35) & 200-3 (P Botha 60 not out, R van Tonder 57 not out, P Mogoera 43, JJ Dreyer 31; AM Maposa 3-34)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 372-9 decl (G Roelofsen 125 not out, R Pretorius 86, GI Hume 41, LA Schlemmer 30; T Mnyaka 3-54, T Ntuli 2-101, P Mogoera 1-12)
Match drawn
Eastern Province 392-6 decl (KR Smuts 76 not out, LC Ngoepe 75, O Nyaku 66, MP Breetzke 62, EM Moore 45; P Subrayen 5-113, S Nhlebela 1-99) & 220-5 decl (EM Moore 69, KR Smuts 52 not out, MP Breetzke 31, T Koekemoer 23 not out, C Fortuin 22; P Subrayen 3-99, DM Dupavillon 1-28, S Nhlebela 11-32)
KwaZulu-Natal 304 (MJ Ackerman 136, B Capell 43, MN Erlank 23, S Nhlebela 21 not out, GA Stuurman 4-50, KR Smuts 2-34, T Koekemoer 2-57) & 36-3 (MN Erlank 19; O Nyaku 1-3, KR Smuts 1-6, GA Stuurman 1-22)
Match drawn
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