Sheena shines on Day 1 of CSA u15-week

Western Province spin bowler Guy Sheena produced the best performance on a rainy opening day of Cricket South Africa’s annual National u15-week in Potchefstroom. Sheena bagged five wickets for only 21 runs in their victory of 43 runs over KwaZulu-Natal. 

On a low scoring day, Gauteng’s Heinrich Pieterse top scored with 88 runs in his side’s match against the Free State. Gauteng won the match by 20 runs according to the Duckworth/Lewis method. 

Summarised Scorecards (Limited Overs):

Northerns 121 (Wald Truter 47, Thabang Baloyi 20; Amele Matya 3/16, Juan Burger 3/31); Boland 79 (Ruan Terblanche 38; Tumelo Banda 3/18, Stephan Kruger 2/23). Northerns won by 42 runs (D/L method).

Gauteng 217/7 (Heinrich Pieterse 88, Connor Esterhuizen 42, Cameron Rowe 41; Orlein Keeno 3/32); Free State 205 (Danwich Beukes 58, Marco de Kock 41, Extras 41, Corné Viljoen 33; Tumelo Yeki 2/20, Joshua Pilling 2/38). Gauteng won by 20 runs (D/L method).

Northern Cape 231 (Hlomla Hanabe 61, Erlank Bernard 43, Orapeleng Motlhoaring 32; Michael Booth 4/46, Michael Frost 3/33, Akhona Thusi 3/61). KwaZulu-Natal Inland 105 (Subi Sekawable 29; Ian Erasmus 4/20, Umir Richards 2/17). Northern Cape won by 126 runs.

Western Province 156/6 (Isma-eel Prince 63, Jonathan Bird 42; Ariq Chetty 2/25, Gareth Beaven 2/27); KwaZulu-Natal 113 (Ariq Chetty 36, Jordan Bamber 31; Guy Sheena 5/21, Douglas Cox 2/21). Western Province won by 43 runs.

Limpopo 105/8 (Tiaan Enslin 38, Extras 21; Saahil Khan 3/21, Hendrik Black 2/9); Easterns 106/7 (Saahil Khan 34; Tiaan Enslin 2/17, Diehan Pretorius 2/30). Easterns won by three wickets.

Eastern Province 146 (Tiaan van Vuuren 51, Arend Visser 24; Christopher de Freitas 3/11, Odirile Modimokoane 2/21); North West 107 (Extras 22; Arend Visser 3/18, Aidan Meyer 3/18). Eastern Province won by 39 runs. 

Mpumalanga 135 (Khaya Fakude 29, Zuan Swart 28; Austin Brandt 4/28, Brian Masters 2/10); Border 53/4 (Nathan Wolff 16, Extras 16; Nathan du Toit 2/32). No Result. 

South Western Districts 188 (Tristan Reid 61, Extras 33, Schalk Vermeulen 30*; Mell Theunissen 3/29, Ramon Wilmot 3/38); Namibia 150 (JL Loftie-Eaton 46, Marnus Steenkamp 32; Johan Muller 3/18, Mesuli Vuba 2/24). South Western Districts won by 42 runs (D/L method).