Free State trounced Easterns by seven wickets and Northern Cape triumphed over Boland by six wickets in Sunday’s CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge action.
Big-scoring Knights wicketkeeper batter Andries Gouws guided Free State to a comfortable victory over Easterns, thanks to an undefeated 89 off 88 balls, with 13 fours and a six.
Northern Cape’s victory was courtesy of Farhaan Sayanvala, who scored 81 off 115 balls (9×4), to steer his side to victory with five overs in hand. Teammate Desmond de Koker took 4-28 and a run out to keep the lid on Boland, with Murray Commins (son of former Proteas batter John Commins) top-scoring for the visitors with 91 not out off 114 balls (10×4, 1×6).
Boland 217-8 (M Commins 91 not out, NM Serame 24, HHJ Kotze 20, C Cyster 20; D de Koker 4-28, AR Swanepoel 1-28)
Northern Cape 221-4 (F Sayanvala 81, KD Petersen 51, M Nqam 27 not out, AR Swanepoel
25; NM Serame 2-36, SM Khomari 1-21, Z Abrahams 1-36)
Northern Cape won by six wickets with 29 balls in hand
Easterns 154 (WB Marshall 38, KW Sekhukhune 31, T Mnyaka 3-19, T Ntuli 3-43, G Coetzee 2-33)
Free State 158-3 (AGS Gous 89 not out, R van Tonder 22; I Manack 2-44)
Free State won by 7 wickets with 113 balls in hand
Photo: Cricket South Africa
