TUESDAY, 11.00AM:
EASTERN Province held Boland to a fine six-wicket away victory in just 38.5 overs on Monday in a Standard Bank League fixture.
The two teams meet in Paarl again on Saturday in the quarterfinal of the cup competition, with EP now favourites to make it to the semifinals.
Boland won the toss and elected to bat, but made heavy going of the bowling to notch up 183/7.
Rain held up play for anhour during the dinner break, but that did not dampen the spirits of Louis Koen, who set the pace with a snappy 34 off just 32 balls, including six fours. EP reached their target of 184 having conceded only four wickets and with 37 balls to spare.
Man-of-the-match Justin Kemp survived a drop in the slips on six to take his tally to an unbeaten 64. With Together with Koen, the pair cracked out the first 50 runs in 38 balls to post a run rate of 7,5 an over — making up for the loss of opener Ashwell Prince (7) with only 10 runs on the board. Koen and Kemp’s second-wicket partnership yielded 62 runs off 52 balls.
SPORT BRIEFS
SAILING CHAMPS FOR SA CAPE Town is to host the 28th International Sailing Federation World Youth Sailing Championships to be held from December 28, 1998 to January 7, 1999. Alan Keen, chairman of the organising committee, said South Africa was awarded the bid against stiff competition from seven other countries, including Finland and Australia.
GRIQUAS SURPRISED ZIMBABWEAN U19 captain Mark Vermeulen stunned hosts Griqualand West on Monday with a magnificent 155-run innings to take his side to a surprise 48-run victory in a UCBSA one-day match in Kimberley. The Zimbabweans tallied 275/8 in their alotted 45 overs. Griquas, after a middle-order collapse, only managed 227 all out, with four overs to go.
HURTER FOR PROVINCE SPRINGBOK tighthead prop Marius Hurter has withdrawn from the Northern Bulls side leaving on Sunday for a tour of Wales and Scotland, and will definitely make himself available for Western Province this season. He was replaced in the touring team by Matthew Proudfoot.
DULLSTROOM FOR THE FAST LANE THE sleepy trout fishing resort village of Dullstroom in Mpumalanga is tipped to be the home of SA’s first high-altitude athletics training facility. Athletics SA development manager Richard Stander said on Monday two consortiums have proposed devloping a training base in Dullstroom, which sits at 2 075m altitude. An ASA task team recently comleted a feasibility study, which will soon be handed to Mpumalanga Premier Mathews Phosa.