SAA Provincial Cup - 7-9 Feb Matches

[maehara]

In case you're keeping an eye on Zim's chances of winning Pool B - there are two matches in the pool this week which is a bye for ZImbabwe Provinces):
Namibia v Free State - I'd like to see Namibia win this, myself, but with these two teams propping up the table, the result is irrelevant to who qualifies for the final.
Griqualand West v Easterns - Griqualand West are currently top of the pool, and a win for them would probably put them beyond Provinces' reach. A win for Easterns would leave the top spot just about within Provinces' reach, but still relying on results to go their way during the final rounds.

[Train Driver]

Not too good today, close of play Griqualand West 200 all out, Easterns 110 all out

[Train Driver]

That horrible bloke Charl Pietersen scored a career best 87 and then took 5-29.

[aydee]

That horrible bloke Charl Pietersen scored a career best 87 and then took 5-29.

Makes me worry a bit about the standard of this competition, because I just remember him being rubbish in county cricket...

[brmtaylor.com admin]

That horrible bloke Charl Pietersen scored a career best 87 and then took 5-29.

Makes me worry a bit about the standard of this competition, because I just remember him being rubbish in county cricket...

I don't think there is any standard to speak of - it is amateur cricket I'm led to believe.

[aydee]

That horrible bloke Charl Pietersen scored a career best 87 and then took 5-29.

Makes me worry a bit about the standard of this competition, because I just remember him being rubbish in county cricket...

I don't think there is any standard to speak of - it is amateur cricket I'm led to believe.

Fair enough, but amateur or not, it is still first class cricket...

[Train Driver]

Quite right aydee, if it's recognised as a 1st class match then that's what it is.

Meanwhile, in Kimberley, things are looking even worse now. Griqualand made 302 in their 2nd innings after having been 177-8 and set Easterns 393 to win. With a little over half an hour of day 2 remaining Easterns are 67-2 with Pietersen having taken both wickets.

[Train Driver]

An easy win for Griqualand West today.

They dismissed Easterns for 183 giving them a 209 run win, 17 points and a highly probable place in the final.

If only a couple of Zim batsmen could have got their heads down last week

[maehara]

And here's the resulting pool table:

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                Pl   W L T D NR    Pts
1 Griq'land Wst 6    4 0 0 2  0    79.68
2 Zim Provs     6    2 3 0 1  0    57.02
3 Gauteng       5    2 2 0 1  0    53.54
4 Northerns     5    2 1 0 2  0    53.26
5 Easterns      6    1 2 0 3  0    52.70
6 North West    5    1 0 0 4  0    52.42
7 Free State    6    0 2 0 4  0    35.66
8 Namibia       5    0 2 0 3  0    30.76