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Western Province just missed out on an outright victory over their neighbours Boland on the first day of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Week in Durban. Western Province restricted Boland to a mere 46 in their first innings with Dayyaan Galiem (4/13) and Jay Stevens (2/13) causing most of the damage with the ball in hand.

Western Province declared their first innings at 125/6 with their captain Zubayr Hamza (35) the main contributor. Stevens grabbed two wickets for only six runs in Boland’s second innings. Boland was struggling at 14/3 with Western Province needing only two wickets more to secure an outright victory when play was stopped due to bad light.
Easterns and Namibia however managed to secure outright victories. Easterns’ victory came in their match against Limpopo with Lance Humprey (5/24) being the hero with his five-wicket haul. Humprey’s figures were the best of the opening day. The spin bowler was the main reason Limpopo was restricted to only 76 in their first innings. They also only managed 63/5 in their second innings.

Another two bowlers Tim Niemand (Border) and Sohail Mahmood (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) managed five-wicket hauls. The legbreak bowler, Mahmood grabbed five wickets to the cost of 64 runs, but it didn’t prevent his side from losing their match against Gauteng on the first innings. KwaZulu-Natal Inland managed only 61 runs as Nicholas Scholtz (3/7) and Kagiso Rabada (3/14) troubled the batsmen.

Niemand’s five wickets for 50 runs against Northerns completed the major milestones on the first day. Leus du Plooy (43) and Rivaldo Moonsamy (40) helped Northerns to reach 194 before being bowled out.

Namibia’s outright victory came against Griqualand West. The latter was restricted to 63 and 48/5 in their two innings. JJ Smit (4/12) was the main destroyer in Griquas’ first innings.

The best performance by a batsman belonged to Christopher Marrow (86*) for South Western Districts against Mpumalanga.

Summarised Scorecards (Time Cricket):

Boland first innings 46 (Marcke Cilliers 25*; Dayyaan Galiem 4/13, Jay Stevens 3/2, Gregory Olivier 2/13); Western Province first innings 125/6 decl. (Zubayr Hamza 35; Taigh Schoor 2/27); Boland second innings 14/3 (Jay Stevens 2/6). Western Province won on first innings.

KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings 61 (Extras 13, Nicholas Scholtz 3/7, Kagiso Rabada 3/14, Keith Dudgeon 2/11); Gauteng first innings 172/9 decl. (Marcus Ackerman 51*, Grant Roelofsen 40; Sohail Mahmoud 5/64). KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings 17/1. Gauteng won on first innings.

Limpopo first innings 76 (Extras 18, Lance Humprey 5/24, Jurie Snyman 2/9); Easterns first innings 119/8 decl. (Reder van Rooyen 31, Jurie Snyman 28; Asad Patel 3/20, Johan Louw 2/2); Limpopo second innings 63/5 (Tumi Mangena 25*); Easterns second innings 21/1. Easterns won outright.

North West first innings 138 (Michael Eckard 54*, AJ van Wyk 3/26, Paballo 3/26); Free State first innings 120/6 (Michael Stannard 55, Paballo Mokgwera 28*; Driaan Weyers 4/27). Match Drawn.

Mpumalanga first innings 205 (Daniël Griesel 48, Extras 40, Matthew Nepgen 36; Arno Moolman 3/34, Lance Roelfse 3/39); South Western Districts first innings 139/4 (Christopher Marrow 86*; Simon Geldenhuys 2/24). Match Drawn.

Northerns first innings 194 (Leus du Plooy 43, Rivaldo Moonsamy 40; Tim Niemand 5/50); Border first innings 107/6 (Aubrey Ferreira 54, Morgan Steyn 24*; Arno Spykstra 3/23). Match Drawn.

KwaZulu-Natal first innings 157 (Jason Oakes 41; Bradley Bopp 4/34, Grant Stretton 3/20); Eastern Province first innings 153/5 (Mbulelo Mama 49, Lyle Peterson 33*; Ainsley Ndlovu 2/27). Match Drawn.

Namibia first innings 136 (Malan Kruger 36, Gerhard Erasmus 32; Aidon Brooker 4/21); Griqualand West first innings 63 (GM Bruwer 26; JJ Smit 3/12, Michau du Preez 2/9); Namibia second innings 73/2 decl. (Joshuan Julies 31*); Griqualand West second innings 48/5 (Bredell Wessels 2/8). Namibia won outright.

GM Bruwer has represented his province, Griqualand West, at every age group level from under-11 to under-19 and he will captain the side at this year’s Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week in Durban.

It will be his second appearance at the week and he says last year’s tournament went relatively well for him personally, but not so well for the Griquas team.

“The problem last year was that there was little teamwork in the squad,” he said. “The senior player in the team relied too much on Diego Rossier who was player of the year in 2011. Diego did not have a great tournament with the bat and the team suffered.”

What GM learned from Diego was how to strategise as captain. “During a game Diego was brilliant in identifying other players’ weaknesses and taking advantage of them. Diego was very good at giving me confidence and getting the best out of me. I would like to do the same for my teammates this year.”

“This year’s team is far better than last year. Even though the guys come from different schools we have been part of the Griquas setup for years so we know each other very well and this has helped us become friends and help build team spirit,” he said.

This year the team took part in the Griquas high-performance setup that started in March. Once the team was selected the coaches concentrated on one-on-one sessions to help us with our technical abilities. Recently the team got together for team training sessions and we have had 2 warm-up games.

The objective of the warm-up games was to work on combinations and to see who bowls or bats well with whom. There were a lot of lessons learned and everyone knows what their role is in the team.

This year GM has battled to score runs. He started the season off well with 3x 50s in a row and a 128 in a school game after Cubs week but since then he has gone through a dry patch. Recently he hit 177 runs in a game for his club team West End which hopefully means that he has got his form back.

Earlier in the year, GM was recognized as a potential Coca-Cola U-19 player for the 2014 U-19 World Cup. He played for the combined schools team against the 2013 Coca-Cola® SA U-19s and where he has learned a lot and made many friends.

“I really enjoyed Ray Jennings’ training sessions. Even though they were tough they were very informative. I became friends with Tiaan Koekemoer, Kagiso Rabada and Clyde Fortuin and am looking forward to playing against Kagiso and Clyde again this year. “

GM says he does not want to look too far into the future and has not set himself personal goals. He wants the team to do well and one of the ways for his team to do well is for him to do well. The focus is team first,” he says.

His school, Northern Cape High, produces so many good cricketers because of the personal attention given to the players. He gives credit to his coaches and managers, Mr Labuschagne Mr Burger and Mr Bredenkamp for what they have done for him.

Khaya Majola Week: Rabian Engelbrecht (2008-11), Edrique Cook (2009), Junaid Cassiem (2009-11), Keegan Pietersen (2010-11), Rantin Fortuin (2011-12), Ruben Minnaar (2013).    

Summarised Scorecards (Time Cricket):

Boland first innings 46 (Marcke Cilliers 25*; Dayyaan Galiem 4/13, Jay Stevens 3/2, Gregory Olivier 2/13); Western Province first innings 125/6 decl. (Zubayr Hamza 35; Taigh Schoor 2/27); Boland second innings 14/3 (Jay Stevens 2/6). Western Province won on first innings.

KwaZulu-Natal Inland first innings 61 (Extras 13, Nicholas Scholtz 3/7, Kagiso Rabada 3/14, Keith Dudgeon 2/11); Gauteng first innings 172/9 decl. (Marcus Ackerman 51*, Grant Roelofsen 40; Sohail Mahmoud 5/64). KwaZulu-Natal Inland second innings 17/1. Gauteng won on first innings.

Limpopo first innings 76 (Extras 18, Lance Humprey 5/24, Jurie Snyman 2/9); Easterns first innings 119/8 decl. (Reder van Rooyen 31, Jurie Snyman 28; Asad Patel 3/20, Johan Louw 2/2); Limpopo second innings 63/5 (Tumi Mangena 25*); Easterns second innings 21/1. Easterns won outright.

North West first innings 138 (Michael Eckard 54*, AJ van Wyk 3/26, Paballo 3/26); Free State first innings 120/6 (Michael Stannard 55, Paballo Mokgwera 28*; Driaan Weyers 4/27). Match Drawn.

Mpumalanga first innings 205 (Daniël Griesel 48, Extras 40, Matthew Nepgen 36; Arno Moolman 3/34, Lance Roelfse 3/39); South Western Districts first innings 139/4 (Christopher Marrow 86*; Simon Geldenhuys 2/24). Match Drawn.

Northerns first innings 194 (Leus du Plooy 43, Rivaldo Moonsamy 40; Tim Niemand 5/50); Border first innings 107/6 (Aubrey Ferreira 54, Morgan Steyn 24*; Arno Spykstra 3/23). Match Drawn.

KwaZulu-Natal first innings 157 (Jason Oakes 41; Bradley Bopp 4/34, Grant Stretton 3/20); Eastern Province first innings 153/5 (Mbulelo Mama 49, Lyle Peterson 33*; Ainsley Ndlovu 2/27). Match Drawn.

Namibia first innings 136 (Malan Kruger 36, Gerhard Erasmus 32; Aidon Brooker 4/21); Griqualand West first innings 63 (GM Bruwer 26; JJ Smit 3/12, Michau du Preez 2/9); Namibia second innings 73/2 decl. (Joshuan Julies 31*); Griqualand West second innings 48/5 (Bredell Wessels 2/8). Namiba won outright.

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Khaya Majola Week: Michael Nienaber (1998), Kyle Abbott (2004), Lloyd Madsen (2004), Devyn van Niekerk (2004), Shane Penn-Sawers (2009), Jared Phillips (2009), Slade Weideman (2009), Matthew Gregory (2009), Chad Bowes (2009-10), Richard Pentecost (2010), Jason Lacon-Allin (2010), Mark Airey (2010-11), Michael Shadwell (2011), Craig Kirsten (2011-12), , Tyler Smith (2012-13), Ryan Wallace (2013).

South African Schools’ Players: Craig Kirsten (2011-12).

Protea Test Players: Kyle Abbott.

KwaZulu-Natal 106/4 (Caleb Pillay 57*; Zian de Jager 2/12); Gauteng 109/6 (Tetelo Mphaka 26; Bandile Ngcobo 2/15, Joshua Brown 2/18). Gauteng won by four wickets.

Griqualand West 100/5 (Christoffel Klijnhans 57*, Vernon Willemse 2/8); Boland 101/3 (Marthus Coetzee 43; DS van Niekerk 2/14). Boland won by seven wickets.

KwaZulu-Natal Inland 132/5 (Robbie McGaw 47, Michael Sclanders 46); Mpumalanga 84 (Coenraad Visser 20; Joshua Chesworth 2/4, Robbie McGaw 2/12, Nikhil Gopal 2/15, Nishlalen Govender 2/18). KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 48 runs.

Western Province 61 (Yaseen Ebrahim 3/10; Sibusiso Maseko 2/7, Modiri Litheko 2/8); Northerns 62/4 (Steven Naidoo 21*, Modiri Litheko 21). Northerns won by six wickets.

Easterns 50 (James Ritchie 4/5, Sebastian Denison-Brown 3/13); Border 53/3 (James Ritchie 36*). Border won by seven wickets.

South Western Districts 100/8 (Tristan Stubbs 25; Jonathan Kruger 3/14); Eastern Province 101/3 (Jeremy Beyleveld 27, Tristen du Randt 24; Bugan Esau 2/10). Eastern Province won by seven wickets.

North West 123/4 (Lucian Coakley 29, Robert de Villiers 28); Free State 94/6 (Pheku Moletsane 27; Duan Jansen 2/8). North West won by 29 runs.

Limpopo 112/4 (Dian Forrester 36*; Lohan Duvenhage 23); Zimbabwe 102/8 (Marshall Takodza 34; Phillip Apea-Adu 2/21). Limpopo won by ten runs.

Centuries 

156* – Ryan du Plessis St. Andrews vs. St. Dunstan College
148 – Ryan du Plessis St. Andrews vs. Noord-Kaap

Five-wicket hauls 

6/15 – Aidon Brooker Noord-Kaap vs. Marais Viljoen

Summarised Scorecards:

KwaZulu-Natal 147/7 in 28 overs (Simon Holmes 54, Matthew Pollard 31*; Andrew Louw 2/16); Griqualand West did not bat. No Result due to rain.

South Western Districts 100/7 in 25.5 of 26 overs (Keegan Moontjoy 24, Tristan Stubbs 23; Maziko Theu 3/21); KwaZulu-Natal Inland did not bat. No result due to rain.

Easterns 104 in 31.3 of 32 overs (Ayabonga Huwa 20; Jonathan Kruger 4/18); Eastern Province 7/0 (1 0ver). No result due to rain.

Gauteng 140/5 in 29 overs (JP Mulder 47*, Dean Shekleton 41*); North West did not bat. No result due to rain.

Free State 139/5 in 24 overs (Gerald Coetzee 51*, Jannes Schlebusch 33; Tatenda Shuttleworth-Richardson 2/19); Western Province did not bat. No result due to rain.

Mpumalanga 2/0 in o.3 of 20 overs; Limpopo did not bat. No result due to rain.