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    North West take Rural cricket crown

    Grocott's Mail ReportersBy Grocott's Mail ReportersMarch 8, 2019No Comments5 Mins Read
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    EP Grahamstown captain Brandon Handley drives through the covers in EP Grahamstown against North West. Photo: Stephen Kisbey-Green

    By: CHESLEY DANIELS and EVAN WILLIAMS

    The hosts of the annual Cricket South Africa (CSA) Rural week, Grahamstown Cricket Board (GCB) will be proud of the successful event that was held in Makhanda (Grahamstown). The last time the town had hosted this great tournament was in 2006, and this year has been seen as a much better tournament, despite the ongoing water crisis in the area.

    Simon Amm takes the aerial route against North West. Photo: Stephen Kisbey-Green

    The cricket was of high quality and very competitive, with most of the provinces on another level of professionalism. The competition came down to the wire on the last day, as the tournament closed off with T20’s between all of the competing sides.

    In their matchup on the final day, North West won the toss and opted to send EP Grahamstown out to the crease. Eastern Province were unable to grab the game by the horns and saw their first six wickets fall before reaching a half century, eventually being bowled out for just 108, just before the 18th over. The total was chased down by North West in 17 overs with five wickets in hand; a good victory by the unbeaten North West.

    North West and KZN were unbeaten and deserved to be placed on top of the log, with only their net run rate placing North West on top of the log. Both teams also dominated the SA Rural Team that was announced at the closing function, hosted at PJ Olvier Hoërskool. The team are as follows: Z Elkin (Mpumalanga), R Visagie (captain, Northwest), A Mbolombo (Border CD), T Plank (Northwest), M Jackson (KZN), N Jordaan (KZN), J Reddinger (KZN), W Abraham (Boland), G Bishop (KZN), A Pansergrouw (Northwest), D Bester (Northwest), T Phukuile (Mpumalanga), K Oosthuizen (Boland).

    Simon Amm comes down the pitch for EP Grahamstown against North West. Photo: Stephen Kisbey-Green

    “The quality and standard of Rural Cricket in South Africa is on the up,” said Leon Coetzee, Rural Cricket South Africa (RCSA) and GCB president. “Quality venues in Grahamstown and in the Country areas played a major part in the success of the week. Facilities at clubs in the country areas and Schools and the University were brilliant which lead to the success of the event.”

    The tournament saw some excellent and brilliant young cricket players that performed exceptionally well. From here, the players that took part in the rural tournament will hope to continue to develop their skills, eventually playing cricket at the highest level.

    Final log

    1. Northwest
    2. KZN
    3. Mpumalanga
    4. Free State
    5. Limpopo
    6. Boland
    7. Border CD
    8. EP Midlands
    9. EP Rural Grahamstown
    10. Border Villages

    Results:

    Day 1 Results

    EP Rural Grahamstown vs Limpopo
    Limpopo 217
    EP 114
    Limpopo won by 103 runs

    Northwest vs Boland
    Northwest 258
    Boland 140
    Northwest won by 118 runs

    Border CD vs Free State
    Border 190
    Free State 114
    Border won by 76 runs

    Mpumalanga vs EP Midlands
    Mpumalanga 291
    Midlands 121
    Mpumalanga won by 170 runs

    KZN vs Border Villages
    KZN 140
    Border 76
    KZN won by 64 runs

    DAY 2 – CSA Rural Week Results:

    EP Rural Grahamstown Mpumalanga
    EP 128 all out
    Mpumalanga 129/4
    Mpumalanga won by 6 wickets

    Boland vs Limpopo
    Boland 238/8
    Limpopo 179 all out
    Boland won by 59 runs

    EP Midlands vs Free State
    Midlands 163
    FS 167/6
    FS won by 4 wickets

    KZN Coastal vs Border CD
    KZN 280/7
    Border 102 all out
    KZN won by 178 runs

    Border Villages vs North West
    Border 151 all out
    North West 152/2
    North West won by 8 wickets

    DAY 3 – CSA Rural Week Results:

    EP Rural Grahamstown vs Free State
    EP 208
    Free State 213/7
    FS won by 3 wickets

    Mpumalanga vs Border Villages
    Border 118
    Mpumalanga 120/4
    Mpumalanga won by 6 wickets

    EP Midlands vs North West
    Midlands 136
    Northwest 137/1
    Northwest won by 9 wickets

    Boland vs KZN
    Boland 186/9
    KZN 189/3
    KZN won by 7 wickets

    Border CD vs Limpopo
    Border 197/9
    Limpopo 202/7
    Limpopo won by 3 wickets

    DAY 4 – CSA Rural Week Results:

    EP Rural Grahamstown vs KZN
    EP 218/9
    KZN 221/2
    KZN won by 8 wickets

    EP Midlands vs Limpopo
    Midlands 244/7
    Limpopo 215
    Midlands won by 29 runs

    Northwest vs Border CD
    Northwest 141
    Border 68
    Northwest won by 73 runs

    Boland vs Mpumalanga
    Boland 266
    Mpumalanga 226
    Boland won by 40 runs

    Border Villages vs Free State
    Border 198/9
    Free State 199/7
    Free State won by 3 wickets

    DAY 5 Results – T/20’s

    EP Rural Grahamstown vs Northwest
    EP 108
    Northwest 112/5
    Northwest won by 5 wickets

    Boland vs Free State
    Boland 187/9
    FS 145/6
    Boland won by 52 runs

    EP Midlands vs KZN
    Midlands 111/8
    KZN 112/2
    KZN won by 7 wickets

    Border CD vs Mpumalanga
    Border 86
    Mpumalanga 90/1
    Mpumalanga won by 8 wickets

    Border Villages vs Limpopo
    Border 122/6
    Limpopo 125/0
    Limpopo won by 10 wickets

    EP Rural Grahamstown vs Boland
    EP 135/8
    Boland 136/6
    Boland won by 4 wickets

    Northwest vs Free State
    Northwest 138/5
    FS 107
    Northwest won by 31 runs

    EP Midlands vs Limpopo
    Midlands 146/5
    Limpopo 149/1
    Limpopo won by 9 wickets

    Border Villages vs Mpumalanga
    Border 93/8
    Mpumalanga 94/8
    Mpumalanga won by 2 wickets

    KZN vs Border CD
    KZN 161/6
    Border 66
    KZN won by 95 runs

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