Western Province skipper, Kyle Verreynne, ensured his men claim victory as the Cricket South Africa (CSA) 1-Day Cup commenced on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Western Province, who were losing finalists this past season kicked off their campaign on a high note, winning by six wickets via Duckworth\u2013Lewis\u2013Stern (DLS) method in Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n
The North West Dragons had won the toss and elected to bat first , as Raynard van Tonder, new to the Dragons set up, led with the bat as the sole contributor, unbeaten with 129* runs.<\/p>\n
Van Tonder received support from Wihan Lubbe (46), and Senuran Muthusamy (34) before his 65-run seventh wicket partnership with Duan Jansen (33*) to end the Dragons innings on 276\/6 at the end of their allotted 50 overs.<\/p>\n
Beuran Hendricks returned figures of 3\/52 in 10 overs whilst Nandre Burger claimed two scalps and one wicket from Mihlali Mpongwana.<\/p>\n
The revised target meant the visitors were chasing 245 in 38 overs, where Verreynne smashed 101 off 65 to ensure his side secure a comfortable lead.<\/p>\n
Edward Moore (41*) and Mpongwana (27*) ended the Western Province innings on 248\/4 with 3.5 overs to spare.<\/p>\n
Kerwin Mungroo claimed the all-important wicket of Verreynne and Migael Pretorius (2\/30) saw the dismissals of Tony de Zorzi and Yaseen Vallie.<\/p>\n
The Hollywoodbets Dolphins and Gbets Rocks encounter was abandoned in Durban after only six overs due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Division 2, Eastern Cape Iinyathi secured a five-wicket victory at home against the Eastern Storm, the Northern Cape Heat defeated Limpopo Impalas by 29 runs whilst ITEC Knights were victorious in Oudtshoorn, securing a narrow 12-run win against Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"