da dobrowin： In East London, Border and Northerns called the game off early withneither side in a position to win as time ran out
Keith Lane09-Jan-2005
ScorecardIn East London, Border and Northerns called the game off early withneither side in a position to win as time ran out.Maurice Aronstam and Johann Myburgh both completed hundreds as they puton 173 for the second wicket allowing Northerns to declare on 262 for 4and a lead of 267.Border were in no position to chase the target and played out for thedraw ending on 128 for four when the captains decided to call the matchoff as a draw.
ScorecardGauteng completed an eight wicket win over Easterns at Willowmoore Parkin Benoni. Chasing a target of 109 Gauteng raced to victory in 22.2overs with Blake Snijman scoring 63 not out in 70 balls.Earlier the Easterns batsmen struggled against the seam of RyanGroeneveld (3-25) and Nicholas Mataboge (3-24) with only Andre Seymore(63) and Pierre de Bruyn (86) able to show any resistance as Easternswere bowled out 217.
ScorecardIn Port Elizabeth Eastern Province and Griqualand West settled for adraw as Eastern Province held out in a chase of 232 to end on 195 for 7.Michael Price again failed to get to the hundred as he tried to up theEastern province pace only to be stumped for 86.With both teams having a chance to win the scales tipped to both side asthe afternoon went on with Griquas falling 3 wickets short and EasternProvince ending 37 runs short when time ran out.