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Cricket | Upsets In SWD Premier League

Sussex, on Saturday, joined Union Stars I at the top of the Six Gun Grill premier league competition table. The home side (244 all out), at D’Almeida, 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.

HANNO KOTZE PROFILEHanno Kotze

For Sussex, Hanno Kotze, a former Garden Route Badgers professional player, posted the highest individual score of the season – 162.  Corné Kennedy (4/38) for Union Stars and Rowan Groenewald (4/61 for Sussex) both respectively bagged four wickets.

The defending champions, Pacaltsdorp United (182 all out), suffered a 40 runs defeat against Knysna Cavaliers (228/8). For Cavaliers, Ruan Terblanche posted an elegant 79.

George (195) defeated Union Strs 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.

The summarised scorecards are:

Sussex vs Union Stars I

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) Sussex won by 59 runs

Union Stars II vs George

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 STARS II 138 all out  - 41.2 overs (Adriaan van der Merwe 60,

Shelby Lindique 4/25, PJ Carstens 3/31, Jarren Bacher 2/33)

George won by 57 runs

Knysna Cavaliers vs Pacaltsdorp United

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)

Knysna Cavaliers won by 40 runs

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