North West Dragons claimed a massive 109-run victory against the ITEC Knights in the Cricket South Africa (CSA) 1-Day Cup on Sunday.<\/p>\n
After opting to bat first, half centuries from Lesego Senokwane (79) and Heino Kuhn (96) powered the hosts to an innings score of 268\/10.<\/p>\n
Dragons were steady on 251\/6 after Kuhn\u2019s dismissal in the 44th<\/sup> over, caught by Gihahn Cloete off Migael Pretorius. A few deliveries later, Pretorius sent Shaylin Pillay packing with just one run and that began the collapse for the home team.<\/p>\n Alfred Mothoa (3\/46) did the rest to dismiss Eldred Hawken and Kerwin Mungroo for none, and Renaldo Meyer with 11 runs.<\/p>\n Pretorius (4\/36) had a good day out, also claiming the early wickets of Wesley Marshall for four and Grant Mokoena with eight runs.<\/p>\n Dragons bowling unit remained intact, taking wicket at regular intervals to restrict the Knights to 159 all out in 41.3 overs.<\/p>\n Delano Potgieter\u2019s four-wicket haul had the wickets of Raynard Van Tonder (25), Patrick Botha (11), Patrick Kruger (33), and Pite Van Biljon (17).<\/p>\n Eldred Hawken claimed three wickets to dismiss Jacques Snyman (11), Migael Pretorius for five and Alfred Mothoa without any runs.<\/p>\n Kerwin Mungroo (2\/39) registered the two wickets of Gihahn Cloete (7) and Nhlakanipho Mpungose (14) whilst Nealan van Heerden (19) was run out by Kuhn.<\/p>\n Six Gun Grill Western Province claimed a four-wicket win in their first 1-Day Cup encounter against the Hollywoodbets Dolphins in Cape Town.<\/p>\n Bradley Porteous\u2019s century rescued the visitors in the onslaught delivered by the hosts in the opening overs.<\/p>\n Dolphins had slumped to 24\/5 when Porteous (100) and Ruan de Swardt (28) put up the first partnership with 42 runs. De Swardt was trapped lbw by Junaid Dawood (2\/64) in the 24th<\/sup> over.<\/p>\n Mihlali Mpongwana (2\/20) continued the attack when he claimed two wickets in the 14th<\/sup> over to see off Jason Smith with seven and Andile Phehlukwayo without any runs.<\/p>\n Porteous and Eathan Bosch (45) combined for 113 runs as Dolphins finished the innings on 226\/9.<\/p>\n Western Province had elected to field first, a decision that proved well after Nandre Burger (3\/41) removed Tshepang Dithole for none and Jon Jon Smuts for three in his opening overs.<\/p>\n Beuran Hendricks (2\/23) was clinical in his ten overs, claiming the wickets of Porteous and Grant Roelofsen with two runs.<\/p>\n Edward Moore (94 off 115) steadied a 73-run partnership with Jonathan Bird (51) as the hosts comfortably chased 226 with five balls to spare.<\/p>\n Tony de Zorzi (32) and Mpongwana (28*) added crucial runs and Western Province ended on 229\/6, winning the game by four wickets.<\/p>\n The Momentum Multiply Titans and Dafabet Warriors went head-to-head in Centurion after losing their opening encounters on Friday.<\/p>\n Openers, Jiveshan Pillay (69) and Dewald Brevis (45) set a solid start for the Titans, putting up 75 runs before the fall of the first wicket.<\/p>\n Aiden Markram (89) added another half century and with Corbin Bosch (27*) and Donavon Ferreira (23), the hosts finished the innings on 296\/10.<\/p>\n Ziyaad Abrahams (4\/69) was the most successful bowler, claiming the wickets of Markram, Ferreira, Junior Dala (7) and Aaron Phangiso without any runs.<\/p>\n Half centuries from Tristan Stubbs (63), Lesiba Ngoepe (55), Jordan Hermann (55) were not enough as Warriors fell 23 runs short of the target.<\/p>\n Junior Dala and Okuhle Cele claimed two wickets each, whilst Ayabulela Gqamane, Corbin Bosch, Aaron Phangiso and Dewald Brevis also registered their names and warriors ended the innings on 273\/8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"