Boland Under-17s v North West Under-17s - CSA Under-17s Cricket Week – Live Score and Update
North West Under-17s 102 v Boland Under-17s 106 - Boland Under-17s won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
On Friday, Boland Under-17s secured a well deserved win by four wickets against North West Under-17s, chasing down 103 runs in 19 overs for the loss of six wickets, at Bergvliet High School A Field, Cape Town.
After winning the toss in the T20 game, North West Under-17s chose to bat first, aiming to put enough runs on the board to give their opponents a tough time.
However, they could post only ten runs before losing their first wicket as opener D Wyers succumbed with six to his name.
The second-wicket partnership between P Haarhoff and F Botha was a breath of fresh air, as a ouple of singles and a six from Botha ensued, and North West Under-17s were out of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Woods-c98113.
The batsman then became the second wicket to fall from his side when he was dismissed after hammering 33 runs off 27 deliveries. At the time of his wicket, North West Under-17s had managed to post 59 runs on the scorecard.
His wicket was Achilles' heel for North West Under-17s, as it triggered a terrible batting collapse where the batsmen failed to find their feet. The rapid demise of the batting order reduced them to 102 in 19.3 overs.
From Boland, S Botha and W Stowman were phenomenal by sharing three wickets each.
Requiring a small target, Boland had a shocking start as they lost their first wicket with only a run on the board.
This was an encouraging start for North West Under-17s, as a few more wickets would have put them in a dominating position.
The second-wicket partnership yielded 13 runs, as with 14 on the board Boland saw skipper N Botha go down with only four runs to his name.
Later, with 29 runs on the scoreboard Boland suffered the demise of opener M Cilliers, who perished after scoring 14 runs.
This was a disappointinhttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Goodchild-c52940 run chase and leading Boland to their ultimate doom. However, S de Necker (26) and D Papier (21) crafted match saving knocks to help their side reach the target with G Claasen unbeaten on 11 and S Botha on four.
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