NWD vs KZNI – 3rd Match

Commentary

End of Match! North West Dragons win by 8 wickets

Match Highlights:
Michael Erlank: 200(301)
Lesiba Ngoepe: 154(206)
Alfred Mothoa: 4/22
Ziyaad Abrahams: 3/71

KwaZulu-Natal Inland 1st399/10 (104.5 ov, RR 3.80)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Malcolm Nofal c & b R de Swardt	0	2	0	0	0.0
Kagiso Rapulana c RA Herman b SA Mothoa	3	11	0	0	27.3
Muhammed Bulbulia c RA Herman b A Cloete	26	58	3	0	44.8
Michael Erlank (c)* Not out	200	301	27	1	66.4
Sean Gilson b D Forrester	1	2	0	0	50.0
Cameron Dean Shekleton c RA Herman b JD Klerk	54	74	8	0	73.0
Andile Mokgakane c LC Ngoepe b SA Mothoa	67	115	7	0	58.3
Hardus Viljoen lbw b D Forrester	12	21	1	0	57.1
Bamanye Xenxe c O Nyaku b D Forrester	22	36	3	0	61.1
Daryn Dupavillon b JD Klerk	6	10	1	0	60.0
Ziyaad Abrahams c R van Tonder b JD Klerk	0	5	0	0	0.0

Extras8 (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 6, p 0)

Total399/10 (104.5 ov · 50 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ruan de Swardt	16	4	60	1	3.75
Shimane Alfred Mothoa	21	5	63	2	3.00
Onke Nyaku	15	0	69	0	4.60
Dian Forrester	22	1	77	3	3.50
Achille Cloete	11	1	51	1	4.63
Jade de Klerk	15.5	1	58	3	3.66
Wihan Lubbe	4	0	20	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Malcolm Nofal 0 c & b R de Swardt	0-1	0.2
Kagiso Rapulana 3 c RA Herman b SA Mothoa	16-2	5.1
Muhammed Bulbulia 26 c RA Herman b A Cloete	56-3	21.1
Sean Gilson 1 b D Forrester	57-4	22.1
Cameron Dean Shekleton 54 c RA Herman b JD Klerk	150-5	42.2
Andile Mokgakane 67 c LC Ngoepe b SA Mothoa	276-6	81.5
Hardus Viljoen 12 lbw b D Forrester	336-7	89.6
Bamanye Xenxe 22 c O Nyaku b D Forrester	372-8	99.5
Daryn Dupavillon 6 b JD Klerk	389-9	102.5
Ziyaad Abrahams 0 c R van Tonder b JD Klerk	399-10	104.5

North West Dragons 1st461/8 (118 ov, RR 3.90)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesiba Ngoepe c CD Shekleton b DM Dupavillon	154	206	23	0	74.8
Meeka Eel Prince lbw b Z Abrahams	45	84	7	0	53.6
Raynard van Tonder c GC Viljoen b Z Abrahams	73	108	10	1	67.6
Wihan Lubbe (c) lbw b GC Viljoen	4	6	1	0	66.7
Rubin Hermann c CD Shekleton b GC Viljoen	18	17	3	0	105.9
Ruan de Swardt c CD Shekleton b Z Abrahams	59	116	5	0	50.9
Dian Forrester c Z Abrahams b MJ Nofal	66	100	6	3	66.0
Onke Nyaku c (sub T Ntini) b DM Dupavillon	23	59	3	0	39.0
Jade de Klerk* Not out	4	12	0	0	33.3

Extras15 (b 10, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total461/8 (118 ov · 58 fours, 4 sixes)

Did not batAchille Cloete, Shimane Alfred Mothoa

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Daryn Dupavillon	18	2	71	2	3.94
Hardus Viljoen	21	1	103	2	4.90
Ziyaad Abrahams	26	8	71	3	2.73
Sean Gilson	32	2	102	0	3.18
Malcolm Nofal	4	0	24	1	6.00
Bamanye Xenxe	17	4	75	0	4.41

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Meeka Eel Prince 45 lbw b Z Abrahams	85-1	24.1
Raynard van Tonder 73 c GC Viljoen b Z Abrahams	238-2	55.1
Wihan Lubbe 4 lbw b GC Viljoen	243-3	56.3
Rubin Hermann 18 c CD Shekleton b GC Viljoen	265-4	60.3
Lesiba Ngoepe 154 c CD Shekleton b DM Dupavillon	350-5	86.2
Ruan de Swardt 59 c CD Shekleton b Z Abrahams	391-6	96.2
Onke Nyaku 23 c (sub T Ntini) b DM Dupavillon	451-7	114.5
Dian Forrester 66 c Z Abrahams b MJ Nofal	461-8	117.6

KwaZulu-Natal Inland 2nd98/10 (29.5 ov, RR 3.28)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Malcolm Nofal c R van Tonder b D Forrester	3	4	0	75.0
Kagiso Rapulana c (sub M Pretorius) b SA Mothoa	0	3	0	0.0
Muhammed Bulbulia c ME Prince b SA Mothoa	5	15	1	33.3
Michael Erlank (c) b SA Mothoa	18	23	2	78.3
Sean Gilson lbw b W Lubbe	16	39	1	41.0
Cameron Dean Shekleton b W Lubbe	1	3	0	33.3
Andile Mokgakane lbw b JD Klerk	24	33	4	72.7
Hardus Viljoen lbw b R de Swardt	0	2	0	0.0
Bamanye Xenxe* Not out	16	27	1	59.3
Daryn Dupavillon c ME Prince b SA Mothoa	4	28	0	14.3
Ziyaad Abrahams c O Nyaku b JD Klerk	2	5	0	40.0

Extras9 (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 3, p 0)

Total98/10 (29.5 ov · 9 fours, 0 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Shimane Alfred Mothoa	8	2	22	4	2.75
Dian Forrester	4	0	16	1	4.00
Wihan Lubbe	7	1	24	2	3.42
Ruan de Swardt	5	1	16	1	3.20
Jade de Klerk	5.5	1	14	2	2.40

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Kagiso Rapulana 0 c (sub M Pretorius) b SA Mothoa	7-1	0.6
Malcolm Nofal 3 c R van Tonder b D Forrester	7-2	1.1
Muhammed Bulbulia 5 c ME Prince b SA Mothoa	19-3	4.5
Michael Erlank 18 b SA Mothoa	32-4	10.3
Cameron Dean Shekleton 1 b W Lubbe	33-5	11.2
Sean Gilson 16 lbw b W Lubbe	56-6	15.6
Hardus Viljoen 0 lbw b R de Swardt	67-7	18.1
Andile Mokgakane 24 lbw b JD Klerk	76-8	21.5
Daryn Dupavillon 4 c ME Prince b SA Mothoa	95-9	28.4
Ziyaad Abrahams 2 c O Nyaku b JD Klerk	98-10	29.5

North West Dragons 2nd37/2 (10 ov, RR 3.70)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Rubin Hermann lbw b DM Dupavillon	0	6	0	0.0
Meeka Eel Prince b MJ Nofal	15	26	3	57.7
Raynard van Tonder* Not out	10	22	2	45.5
Wihan Lubbe (c)* Not out	9	7	2	128.6

Extras3 (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

Total37/2 (10 ov · 7 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batLesiba Ngoepe, Ruan de Swardt, Dian Forrester, Onke Nyaku, Jade de Klerk, Achille Cloete, Shimane Alfred Mothoa

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Daryn Dupavillon	4	2	8	1	2.00
Ziyaad Abrahams	3	1	11	0	3.66
Bamanye Xenxe	2	0	14	0	7.00
Malcolm Nofal	1	0	2	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Rubin Hermann 0 lbw b DM Dupavillon	2-1	0.6
Meeka Eel Prince 15 b MJ Nofal	25-2	8.2

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Playing XI

Lesiba Ngoepe BAT

Meeka eel Prince WKWK

Raynard van Tonder BAT

Wihan Lubbe CBAT

Rubin Hermann WKWK

Ruan de Swardt AR

DF

Dian Forrester AR

Onke Nyaku BOWL

Jade de Klerk BOWL

Achille Cloete BOWL

Alfred Mothoa BOWL

Bench

Migael Pretorius BOWL

MatchNorth West vs KwaZulu-Natal Inland, 3rd Match

SeriesCSA 4 Day Series Division One

Date & timeThu, 25 Sep 2025 · 1:30 PM IST

VenueSenwes Park, South Africa

TossKwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and chose to bat

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresMazizi Gampu (South Africa), Arno Jacobs (South Africa)

Match refereeRudi Birkenstock (South Africa)

Pitch

BattingAverage

PaceAverage

SpinAverage

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp18°C

Humidity86%

Wind10.8 km/h

Rain chance45%

Which team will win?

North West Dragons0%

KwaZulu-Natal Inland100%

Draw0%

1 votes