http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Domestic: CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge - KwaZulu-Natal Inland v Namibia – Match Update
Namibia 357/8 (104.0 ov) - Namibia won the toss and elected to bat
On the first day of the three-day match between South Africa’s domestic team KwaZulu-Natal Inland and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964, the later scored 357 runs for the loss of eight wickets at stumps on Thursday, December 01, 2011 at City Oval, Pietermaritzburg.
After winning the toss, Namibian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raymond-van-Schoor-c84385,chose to bat first in a bid to post a big total against their rivals.
Openers, Glenn Foxcroft and Gerhard Rudolph gave their side a phenomenal start, as the duo posted 132 runs together before Foxcroft, lost his wicket after smashing a belligerent knock of 86 runs on 109 deliveries.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland, then made another breakthrough by dismissing Rudolph, who lost his wicket after playing a knock of 36 runs. At the time of his wicket, Namibia had managed to post 141 runs on the board.
The demise of Rudolph, did not end KwaZulu-Natal Inland’s misery, as number-three batsman, Schoor and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gerrie-Snyman-c59913 crafted another commendable partnership. The duo smashed 80 runs together in the third-wicket partnership.
The two batsmen, exhibited tremendous form and dominated the bowlers they were up against. KwaZulu-Natal Inland bowlers seemed out of colour against the batsmen and desperately sought a couple of more wickets to halt the batting onslaught unleashed by the Namibian batsmen.
With 221 runs on the board, Namibia lost their third wicket when, Schoor, fell after playing a knock of 46 runs.
However, this did not deter the batsmen, as they kept on smacking the bowlers all around the park.
Snyman and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nicholaas-Reimert-Petrus-Scholtz-c79326 went on to post 54 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership, as they played impressively against a meagre bowling attack.
The duo, took the took the tally to 275 runs before KwaZulu-Natal Inland struck again by grabbing the wicket of Snyman, who fell after playing an exuberant knock of 64 runs.
Later, Scholtz, fell after smashing a resilient knock of 46 runs. The fall of this wicket, injected life in KwaZulu-Natal Inland’s bowling attack as they grabbed a few more wickets, preventing the remaining batsmen from batting at will.
At stumps, Namibia posted 357 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 104.0 overs.
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