GARDEN ROUTE CRICKET NEWS - The SWD women cricket team suffered defeats in both the limited over and Twenty20 matches in their Cricket South Africa Provincial Women's competition matches that were played against Border at Buffalo Park in East London.
As in their previous match against Eastern Province, the SWD Women narrowly lost by one wicket in the limited over match. SWD, who posted only 107, fought back with a great bowling performance by the captain, Haroline Rhodes (5/36), but Border got over the line (109/9) in the 32nd over.
SWD were outplayed in the Twenty20 clash when they were restricted for 47/8, whereafter Border surpassed the total (48/2) in the 11th over for an 8-wicket bonus point victory.
The SWD women, who are still without a victory in any format this season, will now regroup for their next round of matches against Kei in Mthatha on 18 and 19 January.
The summarised score cards are:
- Limited over match
Border Women beat SWD Women by 1 wicket:
SWD (107 all out): Jane Winster 36, Nobulumko Baneti 4/16, Khayakazi Mathe 2/25. BORDER (108/9 in overs 31,5): Genevieve Fritz 24, Haroline Rhodes 5/36, Jane Winster 3/23.
- Twenty/20 match
Border Women beat SWD Women by 8 wickets:
SWD 47/8 (in 20 overs): Nobulumko 2/25, Asakhe Nyovane 2/5, Cinga Mhlubulwana 2/4. BORDER 48/2 (in 10,1 overs): M Kirchoff 20, S Pillay 11*, Jane Winster 2/22.
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