The talented NMMU wicket keeper/batsman, Hanno Kotze, was again the hero in the past weekend’s Sedgars Premier League competition. He scored a match winning 81 runs as NMMU (215/7) defeated Union Stars (122 all out) by 93 runs and on Sunday made 107 in NMMU’s victory of 106 runs against George.
Mayflower (151/5) caused the upset of the weekend when the beat Pacaltsdorp United (150 all out) by 5 wickets and moved away from the bottom position on the log.
Mossel Bay (114/8) defeated Pirates United (113 all out) by two wickets to stay in the run for a semi-final place whilst Sussex (94 all out) on Saturday easily defeated Mayflower (28 all out). Harlequins Forces (60/5) strengthen their position for a place in the semi-finals after they defeated George (59 all out) by 5 wickets.
The summarized score sheets are:
Pirates United vs Mossel Bay
PIRATES UNITED 113 (Mervin Bock 18, Urenzol van Reenen 18, Ricky Lessing 7/25, Christopher Bosch 2/23) MOSSEL BAY 114/8 (Ricky Lessing 34, Barry Oosthuizen 27, Warren Bruiners 4/7)
Mossel Bay won by 2 wickets
NMMU vs Union Stars
NMMU 215/7 (Hanno Kotze 81, Edrique Cook 47, Bradley Carolus 29, Mario Jansen 2/29, Marcello Piedt 2/40) UNION STARS 122 (Marcello Piedt 44, Bronwill Goede 3/8, Lance Roelfse 3/19, James Marais 2/29)
NMMU won by 93 runs
Mayflower vs Sussex
SUSSEX 94 (Regarth Olkers 20, Martin de Vos 3/13, Hugh Minnies 3/24, Ashwin Meyer 2/20) MAYFLOWER 28 (Jermaine Jeona 5/14, Craig Thanna 4/8)
Sussex won by 66 runs
Harlequins vs George
GEORGE 59 (Byron Haycock 21, Lee-Henry Meyer 6/19, Sidwill Williams 2/14)
HARLEQUINS 60/5 (Enverino Swartz 19, Richard Papenfus 2/9, Joshua Kleu 2/1) Harlequins won by 5 wickets
NMMU vs George
NMMU 236 (Hanno Kotze 107, Bradley Carolus 34*, Bronwill Goede 29,
Richard Papenfus 2/8, Moheen Elyas 2/17, Joshua Klue 2/29) GEORGE 130 (Grant Simpson 45, Sabir Elyas 21, Lance Roelfse 6/20, Patrick Hancock 3/29)
NMMU won by 106 runs
SEDGARS SWD PREMIER LEAGUE
Position, Team, Played, Won, No Result, Lost, Points
- Union Stars 15 8 5 2 48
- NMMU 14 7 6 1 46
- Harlequins 15 6 5 4 39
- Pacaltsdorp United 15 6 4 5 38
- Mossel Bay 14 5 4 4 35
- Sussex 15 4 4 7 28
- George 15 2 7 5 27
- Mayflower 15 2 6 7 22
- Pirates United 14 2 5 7 19
The four teams that advanced to the Promotion league semi-final’s that will contest on Saturday were determined the past weekend. In a thrilling contest the match between Blanco (126) and Thembalethu (126) ended as a tie with both teams qualifying for the play-off.
Pioneers (172) also secured in place in the semi-finals when they defeated Kranshoek Cobra’s (151) by 21 runs.
Union Stars B (91/2) retained the Reserve League title when they defeated Union Stars C (88 all out) in a one-sided final by 8 wickets.
The summarized score sheets are:
SEDGARS PROMOTION LEAGUE
Kranshoek Cobra’s vs Pioneers
PIONEERS 172; KRANSHOEK COBRA’S 151
Pioneers won by 21 runs
Calitzdorp vs Bongolethu
BONGOLETHU 102; CALITZDORP 50
Bongolethu won by 52 runs
Blanco vs Thembalethu
THEMBALETHU 126; BLANCO 126
Match tied
SEDGARS RESERVE LEAGUE FINALS
Union Stars B vs Union Stars C
UNION STARS C 88 (Mauritz Pretorius 25, Eugene Piedt 21*, Emile Titus 2/12, Keanan Gertse 2/27) UNION STARS B 91/2 (Jolin Anthony 54*, Estjone Goliath 1/15, Eugene Piedt 1/22) Union Stars B won by 8 wickets.
