CRICKET NEWS - Sussex has moved to the top of the Six Gun Grill Premier League competition table.
Playing at D'Almeida on Saturday, the home side (244 all out) recorded a bonus point 59-run victory against the visitors from Oudtshoorn (185 all out) to move to 44 points and join Union Stars at the top of the table.
For Sussex, Hanno Kotzé, a former Garden Route Badgers professional player, posted 162 - the highest individual score of the season.
Corné Kennedy (4/38) for Union Stars and Rowan Groenewald (4/61 for Sussex) bagged four wickets each.
The defending champions, Pacaltsdorp United (182 all out), suffered a 40-run defeat against Knysna Cavaliers (228/8). For Cavaliers, Ruan Terblanche posted an elegant 79.
George (195) defeated Union Stars II (138) by 57 runs at the Bridgton Sport Grounds for a bonus point victory. For George, De Wet Steyn scored a vital half-century (54) and Shelby Lindeque (4/25) impressed with the ball. Adriaan van der Merwe (60) played a gutsy knock for Union Stars.
Summarised score cards
Sussex beat Union Stars I by 59 runs:
Sussex 244 all out - 45.2 overs (Hanno Kotze 162, Corne Kennedy 4/38, Lee Henry Meyer 3/45, Merlin Masimela 2/40)
Union Stars 185 all out - 41.2 overs (Merlin Masimela 43, Thurston Murphy 25, Grant Esau 20, Corné Kennedy 20, Rowan Groenewald 4/61, Heath Richards 2/28)
George beat Union Stars II by 57 runs:
George 195 all out - 49.6 overs (De Wet Steyn 54, Khwezi Gumede 42, Lifa Ntanzi 3/38, James Bruiners 2/19, Shannon Opperman 2/37)
Union Starts II 138 all out - 41.2 overs (Adriaan van der Merwe 60, Shelby Lindique 4/25, PJ Carstens 3/31, Jarren Bacher 2/33)
Knysna Cavaliers beat Pacaltsdorp United by 40 runs:
Knysna Cavaliers 222/8 - 49 overs (Ruan Terblanche 79, AB van der Walt 33, JP Ellis 27, Gert Swart 2/22, Warren Bell 2/40)
Pacaltsdorp United 182 all out - 46.5 overs (Randy Wesso 49, Anoxolo Khitshini 36, Gert Swart 30, Pieter Stuurman 18*, Francois Bonthuys 2/32, Charl Francois Marais 2/33, Wessel Croukamp 2/37)
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