GEORGE NEWS - Durbanville Cricket Club will represent the Western Cape at the Cricket South Africa T20 Community Challenge. The hosts for the event on Sunday defeated the SWD champion, Pacaltsdorp, by seven wickets in the final round-robin match of the competition.

Pacaltsdorp was impressive on Saturday as they defeated Paarl Cricket Club (Boland) by 27 runs, but crucial injuries prevented them from firing on all cylinders as they went down by seven wickets against the Western Province champions, Durbanville CC. 

Pacaltsdorp ended second, ahead of Paarl, who also lost against Durbanville.

Summarised score cards

Pacaltsdorp United beat Paarl by 27 runs:

Pacaltsdorp United 123/7 (20 overs) (Bradley Carolus 31, George van Heerden 27, Luke Philander 2/7, HE Poggenpoel 2/22)

Paarl 96 all out (16.6 overs) (Darryl Hendricks 32, George van Heerden 3/14, Liyabona Malife 3/25)

Durbanville beat Pacaltsdorp United by 7 wickets:

Pacaltsdorp United 113/7 (20 overs) (Matthew Thorne 25, Liyabona Malife 18*, Daniel Lategan 2/18, Taswin Lucas 2/24)

Durbanville 114/3 (14.2 overs) Laurens Smit 42*, Fritz de Beer 30, Ruben Senekal 29, Liyabona Malife 2/23)

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