NC vs SWD – 14th Match

Commentary

End of Match! Northern Cape win by 7 wickets

Match Highlights:
Ronan Hermann: 140(260)
Nonelela Yikha: 111(285)
Odirile Modimokoane: 5/35
Liam Alder: 5/56

South Western Districts282/9 (90 ov, RR 3.13)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yaseen Vallie (c) c G Tarr b O Modimokoane	39	110	4	0	35.5
Ruan Terblanche lbw b T Ntuli	24	46	4	0	52.2
Kyle Jacobs c R Herrmann b O Modimokoane	56	104	2	3	53.8
George Van Heerden lbw b T Ntuli	21	33	0	1	63.6
Nathan Engelbrecht c N Yikha b O Modimokoane	10	38	0	0	26.3
Pheko Moletsane lbw b O Modimokoane	28	74	1	0	37.8
Liam Alder c M Venter b T Ntuli	84	94	12	0	89.4
Jade Richter b T Ntuli	4	8	1	0	50.0
Banele Cele* Not out	1	22	0	0	4.5
Zack Momberg c RK Terblanche b T Ntuli	6	8	0	1	75.0
Sintu Majeza* Not out	0	5	0	0	0.0

Extras9 (b 8, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

Total282/9 (90 ov · 24 fours, 5 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Benjamin Van Rensburg	9	1	29	0	3.22
Romano Terblanche	5	3	5	0	1.00
Morne Venter	3	1	8	0	2.66
Tshepo Ntuli	40	7	135	5	3.37
Orapeleng Motlhoaring	5	0	9	0	1.80
Odirile Modimokoane	28	5	88	4	3.14

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ruan Terblanche 24 lbw b T Ntuli	40-1	15.5
Yaseen Vallie 39 c G Tarr b O Modimokoane	88-2	34.2
George Van Heerden 21 lbw b T Ntuli	135-3	45.6
Kyle Jacobs 56 c R Herrmann b O Modimokoane	145-4	50.5
Nathan Engelbrecht 10 c N Yikha b O Modimokoane	154-5	56.2
Pheko Moletsane 28 lbw b O Modimokoane	266-6	80.6
Jade Richter 4 b T Ntuli	273-7	83.4
Liam Alder 84 c M Venter b T Ntuli	276-8	85.5
Zack Momberg 6 c RK Terblanche b T Ntuli	282-9	89.1

Northern Cape134/10 (44.4 ov, RR 3.00)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tristan van Rensburg c & b B Cele	22	40	2	0	55.0
Tahir Isaacs lbw b L Alder	1	12	0	0	8.3
Nonelela Yikha c K Jacobs b Z Momberg	13	40	2	0	32.5
Ronan Hermann (c) b Z Momberg	4	12	0	0	33.3
Morne Venter c N Engelbrecht b S Majeza	22	57	1	0	38.6
Garnett Tarr lbw b Z Momberg	2	6	0	0	33.3
Romano Terblanche c B Cele b L Alder	25	41	3	0	61.0
Tshepo Ntuli c G V Heerden b L Alder	14	31	1	0	45.2
Benjamin Van Rensburg c B Cele b L Alder	4	13	1	0	30.8
Orapeleng Motlhoaring* Not out	1	13	0	0	7.7
Odirile Modimokoane c N Engelbrecht b L Alder	12	8	0	1	150.0

Extras14 (b 8, lb 1, w 0, nb 5, p 0)

Total134/10 (44.4 ov · 10 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Liam Alder	17.4	3	56	5	3.16
Jade Richter	5	1	11	0	2.20
Pheko Moletsane	7	1	14	0	2.00
Banele Cele	5	1	17	1	3.40
Zack Momberg	4	0	14	3	3.50
Sintu Majeza	6	2	13	1	2.16

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Tahir Isaacs 1 lbw b L Alder	9-1	4.4
Tristan van Rensburg 22 c & b B Cele	37-2	12.2
Ronan Hermann 4 b Z Momberg	43-3	16.2
Nonelela Yikha 13 c K Jacobs b Z Momberg	49-4	18.3
Garnett Tarr 2 lbw b Z Momberg	55-5	20.3
Romano Terblanche 25 c B Cele b L Alder	95-6	32.3
Morne Venter 22 c N Engelbrecht b S Majeza	104-7	35.6
Benjamin Van Rensburg 4 c B Cele b L Alder	115-8	40.2
Tshepo Ntuli 14 c G V Heerden b L Alder	122-9	42.3
Odirile Modimokoane 12 c N Engelbrecht b L Alder	134-10	44.4

South Western Districts139/10 (45.2 ov, RR 3.06)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ruan Terblanche c T van Rensburg b RK Terblanche	26	61	2	1	42.6
Yaseen Vallie (c) b T Ntuli	6	36	0	0	16.7
Kyle Jacobs b RK Terblanche	2	13	0	0	15.4
George Van Heerden st G Tarr b T Ntuli	1	11	0	0	9.1
Nathan Engelbrecht b O Modimokoane	1	8	0	0	12.5
Pheko Moletsane c M Venter b O Modimokoane	12	15	2	0	80.0
Liam Alder c RK Terblanche b O Modimokoane	22	18	1	2	122.2
Zack Momberg c & b T Ntuli	12	17	1	1	70.6
Banele Cele b O Modimokoane	4	17	0	0	23.5
Jade Richter st G Tarr b O Modimokoane	35	46	4	1	76.1
Sintu Majeza* Not out	8	31	0	0	25.8

Extras10 (b 8, lb 1, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

Total139/10 (45.2 ov · 10 fours, 5 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Tshepo Ntuli	21	3	65	3	3.09
Tristan van Rensburg	6	1	12	0	2.00
Romano Terblanche	6	2	18	2	3.00
Odirile Modimokoane	12.2	2	35	5	2.83

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Yaseen Vallie 6 b T Ntuli	11-1	10.2
Kyle Jacobs 2 b RK Terblanche	18-2	13.2
Ruan Terblanche 26 c T van Rensburg b RK Terblanche	38-3	19.3
George Van Heerden 1 st G Tarr b T Ntuli	40-4	20.6
Nathan Engelbrecht 1 b O Modimokoane	40-5	21.2
Pheko Moletsane 12 c M Venter b O Modimokoane	65-6	25.5
Liam Alder 22 c RK Terblanche b O Modimokoane	78-7	27.2
Zack Momberg 12 c & b T Ntuli	90-8	30.2
Banele Cele 4 b O Modimokoane	106-9	35.2
Jade Richter 35 st G Tarr b O Modimokoane	139-10	45.2

Northern Cape289/3 (92.3 ov, RR 3.12)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tristan van Rensburg lbw b P Moletsane	5	11	0	0	45.5
Benjamin Van Rensburg lbw b P Moletsane	0	5	0	0	0.0
Tahir Isaacs lbw b P Moletsane	0	3	0	0	0.0
Nonelela Yikha* Not out	111	285	13	0	38.9
Ronan Hermann (c)* Not out	140	260	11	4	53.8

Extras28 (b 15, lb 2, w 2, nb 9, p 0)

Total289/3 (92.3 ov · 24 fours, 4 sixes)

Did not batMorne Venter, Garnett Tarr, Romano Terblanche, Tshepo Ntuli, Orapeleng Motlhoaring, Odirile Modimokoane

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Liam Alder	43	16	78	0	1.81
Pheko Moletsane	15	3	61	3	4.06
Yaseen Vallie	2	0	12	0	6.00
Kyle Jacobs	2	0	7	0	3.50
Banele Cele	17	2	54	0	3.17
Zack Momberg	12	0	39	0	3.25
Jade Richter	1.3	0	16	0	10.66

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Benjamin Van Rensburg 0 lbw b P Moletsane	4-1	1.3
Tahir Isaacs 0 lbw b P Moletsane	4-2	1.6
Tristan van Rensburg 5 lbw b P Moletsane	5-3	3.3

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Playing XI

TV

Tristan van Rensburg

TI

Tahir Isaacs WKWK

Nonelela Yikha BAT

Ronan Hermann CWK

MV

Morne Venter AR

GT

Garnett Tarr WKWK

RT

Romano Terblanche AR

Tshepo Ntuli BOWL

BV

Benjamin Van Rensburg BOWL

OM

Orapeleng Motlhoaring AR

OM

Odirile Modimokoane BOWL

MatchNorthern Cape vs South Western Districts, 14th Match

SeriesCSA 4 Day Series Division Two

Date & timeThu, 8 Jan 2026 · 1:30 PM IST

VenueDiamond Oval, South Africa

TossSouth Western Districts won the toss and chose to bat

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresWillhelm Nell (South Africa), Jurie Sadler (South Africa)

Match refereeGerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

Pitch

PitchFast & Bounce

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinSlow Spin

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp30°C

Humidity31%

Wind8.6 km/h

Rain chance5%

Which team will win?

Northern Cape26%

South Western Districts39%

Draw35%

31 votes