Harlequins made a strong statement in the SWD Cricket premier league competition when they won both their encounters the past weekend.
Caption: Mark Vermeulen
On Saturday they defeated Pioneers by 132 runs and on Sunday they recorded another bonus point victory with a comprehensive 136 runs victory against Western Hope.
Union Stars (198/9) won a nail-biting encounter against Pacaltsdorp United (198/9) by 1 wickets thanks to an unbeaten 28 runs partnership for the last wicket. Mark Vermeulen (97) was the hero as Knysna Cavaliers (226/7) defeated Mossel Bay (94 all out) by 132 runs. George (227 all out) was too strong for Western Hope (116 all out) and recorded an 111 runs bonus point victory. Marco de Kock posted 81 for George.
Western Hope vs George
GEORGE 227 (Marco De Kock 81, Gary Wagner 41, Hannes van Niekerk 21, Jaco Windvogel 3/13, James Bruiners 3/34)
WESTERN HOPE 116 (Jayver Philander 30*, Jaco Fourie 3/12, Shane Smith 2/24, Shaun Wagner 2/31, Grant Simpson 2/43)
George won by 111 runs
Union Stars vs Pacaltsdorp United
PACALTSDORP UNITED 196/9 (Reavan Plaatjies 61, Sidwell Williams 53, Clinton Moolman 30*, Rushaan Mc Gregor 3/26, Dillan Nuys 3/39, Joshay Swartz 2/27)
UNION STARS 198/9 (Pieter Stuurman 62, Envirino Swartz 43, Dillan Nuys 27*, Jermaine Jeonna 5/39)
Union Stars won by 1 wicket
Mossel Bay vs Knysna Cavaliers
KNYSNA CAVALIERS 226/7 (Mark Vermeulen 97, Bryan Barnard 25, Irvin Campher 22, Jacques Budricks 3/42, Etienne Botha 2/44)
MOSSEL BAY 94 (Kyle Stuart 2/9, Francois Bonthuys 2/17, Irvin Campher 2/35)
Knysna Cavaliers won by 132 runs
Harlequins Forces vs Pioneers
HARLEQUINS FORCES 195 (Rhupino Plaatjies 42*, Lesley Maksella 29, Jermaine Le Kay 26, Kurt Fourie 21, Claude Terblanche 4/59, Carlos Koeberg 2/21, Lelethu Nzuzo 2/31)
PIONEERS 128 (John Koopman 39, Cruz Lee-Roy Fourie 21, Rhupino Plaatjies 6/12, Jason Cooper 2/33)
Harlequins Forces won by 67 runs
Harlequins Forces vs Western Hope
HARLEQUINS FORCES 284/9 (Rhupino Plaatjies 52*, Jermaine le Kay 40, Reagan Engelbrecht 36, Jason Cooper 36, Kurt Fourie 32, EJ Carew 2/30, Michael Hess 2/47)
WESTERN HOPE 148 (Miehego September 25, EJ Carew 21, Damain Esau 20, Juan Murphy 4/29, Lesley Maksella 2/19, Clayton Manewil 2/25)
Harlequins Forces won by 136 runs
The summarised score cards in the SWD Promotion- and Reserve league is:
PROMOTION LEAGUE
Kwanonqaba vs New Dawn Park
KWANONQABA 69/10 (20.2); NEW DAWN PARK 70/1 (6.5)
New Dawn Park won by 9 wickets
Hartenbos vs Sussex
HARTENBOS 89/10 (28.1); SUSSEX 95/3 (12)
Sussex won by 7 wickets
Mayflower vs Blanco
MAYFLOWER 167/10(36.4); BLANCO 121/10 (21.4)
Mayflower won by 46 runs
Riversdale vs Albertinia
ALBERTINIA 63/10 (17.5); RIVERSDALE 65/1 (9)
Riversdale won by 9 wickets
Heidelberg United vs Melkhoutfontein
HEIDELBERG UNITED 151/10 (33.1); MELKHOUTFPNTEIN 119/10 (37.5)
Heidelberg United won by 32 runs
Ladismith vs Masakhane
LADISMITH 218/10 (37); 94/10 (28)
Ladismith won by 124 runs
Pirates United vs Wilderness Vipers
PIRATES UNITED 227/20 (42); WILDERNESS VIPERS 125/10 (22)
Pirates United won by 102 runs
Calitzdorp Young Stars vs Masakhane
MASAKHANE 64/10 (19.5); CALITZDORP YOUNG STARS 68/1 (10)
Calitzdorp Young Stars won by 9 wickets
WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Dysselsdorp vs Thembalethu
DYSSELSDORP 32/10 (11.5); THEMBALETHU 65/10 (14.3)
DYSSELSDORP 21/5 (5.2)
Thembalethu won by 12 runs
Ramblers vs Thembalethu
RAMBLERS 155/8 (31.4); THEMBALETHU 40/10 (15.4)
THEMBALETHU 19/5 (13.1)
Ramblers won by 96 runs
