GEORGE NUUS - George Cricket Club has moved into the second position on the log of the SWD Premier League after the weekend's action.
Their match against Pacaltsdorp United on Saturday was abandoned and on Sunday they defeated Pioneers by 60 runs, scoring 155 and then dismissing Pioneers for 89.
NMU had mixed success. On Saturday they lost by 3 wickets against Union Stars, but on Sunday they posted 174, whereafter they dismissed Harlequins for 160 for a 14-runs victory.
Harlequins (178/5) were successful on Saturday with an 8-wicket victory against Pirates United (175/8).
Mossel Bay (95/2) defeated Ramblers
(94 all out) by 8 wickets whilst Western Hope (110/9) recorded a nail-biting 1-wicket victory against Pioneers (109 all out).
The summarised score cards are:
Saturday
PIRATES UNITED 175/8 (Curnol Thorne 56, Edwin Jacobs 40*, Bronwill Goede 32, Jade Titus 20, Rhupino Plaatjies 3/25, Reagan Engelbrecht 2/36, Clayton Manewil 2/40).
HARLEQUINS FORCES 178/5 (Jermaine le Kay 55, Lesley Maksella 35, Clayton Manewil 35, Mark Anthony 26, Renaldo van Rooyen 3/42).
Harlequins Forces won by 5 wickets.
RAMBLERS 94 (Francois Swart 23, Christopher Bosch 4/36, Shane Smith 3/9, Ettienne Botha 2/37). MOSSEL BAY 95/2 (Niel Ferreira 42, Marco de Kock 40, Ruan Pieters 2/21).
Mossel Bay won by 8 wickets.
PIONEERS 109 (Robert Cunningham 25, Carlos Koeberg 17, Shanon Opperman 4/20, James Bruiners 3/16, Gurshwin Prins 2/36). WESTERN HOPE 110/9 (Welton Verlaat 38, Kevin Brouwers 4/40).
Western Hope won by 1 wicket.
NMU MADIBAZ GEORGE 105/9 (Todd Walker 62, Envirino Swartz 3/20, Ronald Dirks 2/20, Emile Titus 2/21, Douglas Baartman 2/29). UNION STARS 106/7 (Geoffrey Perel 38, Le Roi Bredenkamp 27*, Coenie Nel 3/43, Travis Ackerman 2/24).
Union Stars won by 3 wickets.
PACALTSDORP UNITED VS GEORGE
Match abandoned.
Sunday
NMU MADIBAZ GEORGE 174 (Todd Walker 47, Joshua Klue 47, Rhupino Plaatjies 2/20, Niel Hendricks 2/32). HARLEQUINS FORCES 160 (Kurt Fourie 32, Adrian Booysen 23*, Clayton Manewil 22, Travis Ackerman 5/64, Coenie Nel 4/31).
NMU Madibaz George won by 14 runs.
GEORGE 155/10 (Franco Geldenhuys 60, Jaco Janse van Rensburg 25, Grant Simpson 20, Carlos Koeberg 4/31, Keith Oraai 2/9). PIONEERS 89 (Pieter-Juan Carstens 3/22, Grant Simpson 2/16, Jaco Janse van Rensburg 2/19).
George won by 66 runs.
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