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Keith Lane12-Jul-2005Northerns 316 for 6 (Smith 97, Paleker 51, Dros 57, Almeida 3-35) beat Easterns 236 for 9 (Bodi 76, van Woerkom 3-43) by 80 runs
Northerns made the best possible start against Easterns at SuperSport Park as Aldin Smith (97) and Allahudien Paleker got away to a flier scoring 77 runs for the first wicket, with Paleker’s 50 coming off 31 balls.Nic van Woerkom then smashed a quick 49 off 45 opening the door for Gerald Dros to race to 57 off 40. Not to be outdone Justin Kemp then fired 26 off 10 balls for Northerns to end on 316. Easterns had struggled in the field with only Renato Almeida featuring by taking a creditable 3 for 35 in his nine overs.Easterns made a good start with their first fifty coming up in 10 overs as Andre Seymore tried to accelerate the innings. He edged an expansive drive into his stumps to be bowled for 40 while Goolam Bodi tried to emulate the Northerns tactics. His 50 came up in 35 balls after sending eight fours and two sixes to the ropes.But maintaining an run-rate of seven or eight an over proved to be just too much as Bodi swung across the line once to often to be trapped in front for 76. With wickets falling at regular intervals Northerns ran out worthy winners by 80 runs.KwaZulu-Natal 190 for 4 (Smit 74, Lazarus 52*) beat Free State 187 (Summers 50, Africa 4-48) by six wicketsFree State made the cardinal mistake of getting bowled out by KwaZulu-Natal inside their 45 overs at Kingsmead. Shane Summers, batting at No. 9, gave Free State a glimmer of hope by scoring a half-century, but with no-one able to stay with him the innings closed on 187.Keegan Africa, the young Under-19 KwaZulu-Natal pace bowler, was the main wicket-taker as he walked off with four scalps. Kyle Smit, the hard-hitting Natal opener, gave the home team the start they needed, stroking eight fours and a six in his 74. Fabian Lazarus then made sure that Natal won by carrying his bat for 52.