GAUTENG’S season ended not with a bang, but a whimper as they crashed out of the Standard Bank Cup in the final leg of the semi-final against Eastern Province. EP’s 62 run victory means that they will play Boland in Paarl in the final on Wednesday. Gauteng, the Supersport Series champions, looked set for a chance at the double when they beat EP in Port Elizabeth nine days ago. But an inspirational century by Dave Callaghan propelled EP to victory at the Wanderers last Friday and, after two days were lost to bad weather, the visitors clinched the deciding leg to reach the final. Callaghan was again the star for EP, top scoring with 65 in their total of 187-8 and then picking up 4-31 from nine overs in the Gauteng reply, including the crucial wicket of Adam Bacher. Bacher made a carefully constructed 59 from 110 balls with five boundaries before holing out to Meyrick Pringle in the deep. Earlier Pringle had started the slide with a fine new ball burst which included the wickets of the in form Andrew Hall and, in what is likely to be his final innings in top class cricket, Ken Rutherford for a duck. After Zander de Bruyn was dismissed by Garnet Kruger for 19, Bacher and Geoffrey Toyana put on 50 for the fourth wicket. But the remarkable Callaghan bowled Toyana for 14 and when he got Bacher out the game was settled. Gauteng finally subsided to 125 all out in 38 overs as the last six wickets fell for just 24 runs.
BOB SAVE SUPER BOWL RESULTS
Second round. At Caledonian Stadium: SuperSport United 1 (David Notoane 33) City Sharks 0; At Chatsworth Stadium: Manning Rangers 3 (Fees Moloi 40, 65, Helder ‘Mane Mane’ Muianga 24) Mabopane Young Masters 1 (Percy Malesta 43); At Greenpoint Stadium: Mother City 0 AmaZulu 1 (Alban Newman 54).
CASTLE PREMIERSHIP RESULT
At Greenpoint Stadium; Hellenic 3 Sundowns 4
STANDINGS
(P W D L F A P)
Sundowns 26 19 5 2 55 27 62
Orlando Pirates 26 15 7 4 51 24 52
Kaizer Chiefs 26 13 9 4 34 17 48
Wits Univ. 27 10 13 4 33 22 43
Hellenic 26 11 6 9 53 32 39
Jomo Cosmos 29 9 12 8 39 28 39
Ajax CT 28 11 6 11 34 34 39
Classic 27 12 3 12 40 52 39
Mann. Rangers 26 10 7 9 37 38 37
Afr. Wanderers 25 10 5 10 30 32 35
Santos 28 7 13 8 42 47 34
Moroka Swallows 27 8 8 11 29 41 32
Bush Bucks 28 7 9 12 31 40 30
Free State Stars 25 7 8 10 22 25 29
SuperSport Utd 26 7 7 12 29 36 28
AmaZulu 28 6 9 13 19 32 27
Bloem. Celtic 26 6 9 11 31 45 27
Mother City 26 2 4 20 19 56 10