Western Province Under-15s v KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s - CSA Under-15s Cricket Week – Live Score and Update
KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s 132 (50 ov) v Western Province Under-15s 133/5 (41.0 ov) - Western Province Under-15s won by 5 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)
Western Province Under-15s won their 50-over game against KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s by five wickets on Wednesday, 12 December, at Glenwood High School, Durban.
With Christmas just around the corner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/William-Ingleby-Jefferson-c97368 gave the Western Province Under-15s' fans an early present with this well deserved win.
After KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s chose to bat, they had a daunting start of 44 runs before the Westerns drew first blood with the wicket of Y Ramsurrup, who had his stumps obliterated by Ekstrom after bolstering an 18-run knock.
Then with 60 on the board, the batting side suffered the demise of their second wicket on the departure of number-three batsman, M Kirkham, who scored 12 runs.
By now KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s, had lost pace in their innings as the bowlers were making it quite difficult for them to hit the ball.
With 77 on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472hey saw their third wicket go down when T Koen, was run out after scoring just five runs. Ten runs later, another wicket fell when Stander picked up Junaid Syed for eight.
Things were now getting too hot to handle for KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s, as their batsmen were losing their heads while failing to find their feat.
Western Province’s N Stander and M Vaseen Allie were the main source of concern for KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s, as the two shared three wickets each to play a dominating role in restricting their opposition on 132 with opener, J Tedder unbeaten on 55 runs.
Nonetheless, KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s had managed to put a defendable total on the board and now it was up to their bowlers to deliver.
Western Province had a decent start to their run chase, as their opener posted 33 runs before KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s, grabbed their first wicket of the day on the dismissal of K Verreynne, who perished after smacking 22 runs.
His opening partner, M Vaseen Allie, was next to go as he lost his wicket after scoring four runs, leaving his side on 41.
It was imperative for KwaZulu-Natal Under-15s to prevent the batsmen from moulding big partnerships; however, they were outplayed as Western Province reached the target in 41 overs for the loss of five wickets.
Skipper M Commins led from the front by hammering an outstanding 51-run knock.
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