Premier League newcomers, Thembalethu, had a tough weekend in the top echelon whey they lost both their fixtures the past weekend. Union Stars defeated Thembalethu on Saturday by 9 wickets whist they lost by 318 runs against NMMU on Sunday.
The top individual performers in the premier league were Ottniel Baartman (5/27) and Gurshwin Rabie (4/32) who excelled for the ball for Union Stars against NMMU whilst Ross McMillan (121), Patrick Hancock( 80) and Lyndon Volkwyn (8/14) were the heroes for NMMU in their victory against Thembalethu.
Ramblers were the top performer in the Twenty20 matches that were played over the weekend. The Rosemoore based team recorded three victories during the weekend. They defeated Mayflower (by 8 wickets), Ladismith (by 4 wickets) and Pacaltsdorp United (by 4 wickets).
The summarised score sheets are:
PREMIER LEAGUE
THEMBALETHU vs UNION STARS
Thembalethu 89/10 (Nkosinathi Siyoli 49*, Otniel Baartman 5/27, Gurshwin Rabie 4/32) Union Stars 90/1 (Elridge Booysen 50*) Union Stars won by 9 wickets
NMMU vs THEMBALETHU
NMMU 339/5 (Ross McMillan 121, Patrick Hancock 80, Niel Hornbuckle 50, Kobus Scholtz 34) Thembalethu 21 (Lyndon Volkwyn 8/14) NMMU won by 318 runs
SEDGARS TWENTY20 COMPETITON
HEIDELBERG vs MELKHOUTFONTEIN
Heidelberg 143/8 (Leon Hartnick 36, Glanville Lietz 3/1) Melkhoutfontein 123 (Francios Malowitz 50, Danielo Du Preez 3/12, Richard Roberts 3/23) Heidelberg won by 20 runs
DYSSELSDORP vs BONGOLETHU
Bongolethu 139 Dysselsdorp 136/8 Bongolethu won by 3 runs
RAMBLERS vs MAYFLOWER
Mayflower 85 (Deroy Rhoode 27, Shael Laminie 3/10) Ramblers 86/2 (Nolan Booysen 53*) Ramblers won by 8 wickets
HARLEQUINS vs MAYFLOWER
Mayflower 50 Harlequins 51/1 Harlequins won by 9 wickets
LADISMITH vs RAMBLERS
Ladismith 113/5 (Raymond April 28, Shaun Pretorius 3/16) Ramblers 114/6(Daniel Koert 54*, Shaun Pretorius 31) Ramblers won by 4 wickets
RIVERSDALE vs MELKHOUTFONTEIN
Melkhoutfontein 39 (Sammy Kiewiets 3/7) Riversdale 42/3
Riversdale won by 7 wickets
PACALTSDORP vs MAYFLOWER
Pacaltsdorp 117 Mayflower 112 Pacaltsdorp won by 5 runs
PACALTSDORP vs RAMBLERS
Pacaltsdorp 106 (N Rhodes 26, Devan Muller 24, Shaun Pretorius 3/13, Sheal Laminie 3/21) Ramblers 107/6 (Nolan Booysen 34) Ramblers won by 4 wickets