WP vs NWD – 9th Match

Commentary

End of Match! Western Province win by 8 wickets

Match Highlights:
Rubin Hermann: 143(168)
Joshua van Heerden: 139(234)
Ruan de Swardt: 5/59
Beuran Hendricks: 5/70

North West Dragons 1st284/10 (87 ov, RR 3.26)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesiba Ngoepe b BE Hendricks	1	15	0	0	6.7
Meeka Eel Prince c TL Moreki b BE Hendricks	31	83	4	0	37.3
Raynard van Tonder c M Mpongwana b BE Hendricks	0	1	0	0	0.0
Wihan Lubbe c KI Simmonds b BE Hendricks	2	8	0	0	25.0
Rubin Hermann c D Smith b M Mpongwana	143	168	23	1	85.1
Ruan de Swardt b BE Hendricks	55	160	7	0	34.4
Dian Forrester c SV Kitime b KI Simmonds	27	53	3	1	50.9
Onke Nyaku c D Smith b D Paterson	7	22	1	0	31.8
Jade de Klerk* Not out	5	12	0	0	41.7
Achille Cloete c KI Simmonds b D Paterson	0	4	0	0	0.0
Shimane Alfred Mothoa lbw b D Paterson	0	4	0	0	0.0

Extras13 (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 8, p 0)

Total284/10 (87 ov · 38 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Dane Paterson	20	10	50	3	2.50
Beuran Hendricks	21	4	70	5	3.33
Mihlali Mpongwana	11	1	73	1	6.63
Tshepo Moreki	17	6	28	0	1.64
Juan James	7	0	29	0	4.14
Kyle Simmonds	10	2	26	1	2.60
George Linde	1	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Lesiba Ngoepe 1 b BE Hendricks	5-1	5.1
Raynard van Tonder 0 c M Mpongwana b BE Hendricks	5-2	5.2
Wihan Lubbe 2 c KI Simmonds b BE Hendricks	13-3	7.4
Meeka Eel Prince 31 c TL Moreki b BE Hendricks	87-4	28.4
Rubin Hermann 143 c D Smith b M Mpongwana	216-5	57.5
Dian Forrester 27 c SV Kitime b KI Simmonds	261-6	76.3
Onke Nyaku 7 c D Smith b D Paterson	279-7	82.5
Ruan de Swardt 55 b BE Hendricks	279-8	83.5
Achille Cloete 0 c KI Simmonds b D Paterson	284-9	86.2
Shimane Alfred Mothoa 0 lbw b D Paterson	284-10	86.6

Western Province 1st405/10 (106.1 ov, RR 3.81)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua van Heerden b W Lubbe	139	234	21	1	59.4
Jiveshan Pillay lbw b R de Swardt	74	168	16	0	44.0
Juan James c & b D Forrester	4	8	0	0	50.0
Daniel Smith c W Lubbe b R de Swardt	69	71	9	1	97.2
Valintine Kitime c RA Herman b R de Swardt	23	43	5	0	53.5
George Linde c LC Ngoepe b R de Swardt	3	15	0	0	20.0
Mihlali Mpongwana c O Nyaku b R de Swardt	0	3	0	0	0.0
Kyle Simmonds c R van Tonder b O Nyaku	36	33	6	0	109.1
Beuran Hendricks c A Cloete b SA Mothoa	4	19	0	0	21.1
Tshepo Moreki* Not out	13	35	1	0	37.1
Dane Paterson c RA Herman b D Forrester	19	19	2	1	100.0

Extras21 (b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 11, p 0)

Total405/10 (106.1 ov · 60 fours, 3 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Shimane Alfred Mothoa	18	2	71	1	3.94
Ruan de Swardt	25	8	59	5	2.36
Onke Nyaku	17	1	76	1	4.47
Dian Forrester	18.1	6	61	2	3.35
Achille Cloete	11	2	42	0	3.81
Jade de Klerk	10	0	61	0	6.10
Wihan Lubbe	7	0	30	1	4.28

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Jiveshan Pillay 74 lbw b R de Swardt	198-1	56.1
Juan James 4 c & b D Forrester	205-2	59.1
Joshua van Heerden 139 b W Lubbe	285-3	76.4
Daniel Smith 69 c W Lubbe b R de Swardt	304-4	80.6
George Linde 3 c LC Ngoepe b R de Swardt	316-5	86.3
Mihlali Mpongwana 0 c O Nyaku b R de Swardt	316-6	86.6
Valintine Kitime 23 c RA Herman b R de Swardt	323-7	88.6
Beuran Hendricks 4 c A Cloete b SA Mothoa	346-8	95.4
Kyle Simmonds 36 c R van Tonder b O Nyaku	366-9	100.2
Dane Paterson 19 c RA Herman b D Forrester	405-10	106.1

North West Dragons 2nd288/10 (83 ov, RR 3.81)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesiba Ngoepe c SV Kitime b BE Hendricks	2	7	0	0	28.6
Meeka Eel Prince lbw b D Paterson	29	52	6	0	55.8
Raynard van Tonder c KI Simmonds b TL Moreki	8	28	1	0	28.6
Wihan Lubbe c J van Heerden b TL Moreki	2	7	0	0	28.6
Rubin Hermann runout (SV Kitime)	108	130	15	2	83.1
Ruan de Swardt lbw b BE Hendricks	27	63	2	0	42.9
Dian Forrester c J James b M Mpongwana	45	52	8	0	86.5
Onke Nyaku* Not out	30	66	4	0	45.5
Jade de Klerk c M Mpongwana b D Paterson	25	93	2	0	26.9
Achille Cloete lbw b D Paterson	0	1	0	0	0.0
Shimane Alfred Mothoa c D Smith b D Paterson	0	2	0	0	0.0

Extras12 (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 3, p 0)

Total288/10 (83 ov · 38 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Dane Paterson	13	2	34	4	2.61
Beuran Hendricks	14	3	76	2	5.42
Tshepo Moreki	16	2	69	2	4.31
Kyle Simmonds	24	4	58	0	2.41
George Linde	9	2	20	0	2.22
Mihlali Mpongwana	5	1	22	1	4.40
Juan James	2	1	1	0	0.50

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Lesiba Ngoepe 2 c SV Kitime b BE Hendricks	11-1	3.1
Raynard van Tonder 8 c KI Simmonds b TL Moreki	34-2	13.3
Meeka Eel Prince 29 lbw b D Paterson	42-3	14.6
Wihan Lubbe 2 c J van Heerden b TL Moreki	42-4	15.4
Ruan de Swardt 27 lbw b BE Hendricks	111-5	35.3
Dian Forrester 45 c J James b M Mpongwana	202-6	53.3
Rubin Hermann 108 runout (SV Kitime)	237-7	57.1
Jade de Klerk 25 c M Mpongwana b D Paterson	288-8	82.3
Achille Cloete 0 lbw b D Paterson	288-9	82.4
Shimane Alfred Mothoa 0 c D Smith b D Paterson	288-10	82.6

Western Province 2nd173/2 (38.4 ov, RR 4.47)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jiveshan Pillay c O Nyaku b SA Mothoa	8	4	2	0	200.0
Joshua van Heerden* Not out	78	122	8	2	63.9
Juan James lbw b W Lubbe	30	58	3	0	51.7
Daniel Smith* Not out	55	49	7	1	122.2

Extras2 (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

Total173/2 (38.4 ov · 20 fours, 3 sixes)

Did not batValintine Kitime, George Linde, Mihlali Mpongwana, Kyle Simmonds, Beuran Hendricks, Tshepo Moreki, Dane Paterson

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Shimane Alfred Mothoa	7	2	27	1	3.85
Ruan de Swardt	6	0	18	0	3.00
Dian Forrester	5	1	17	0	3.40
Jade de Klerk	6.4	0	30	0	4.50
Achille Cloete	3	0	8	0	2.66
Onke Nyaku	5	0	23	0	4.60
Wihan Lubbe	6	0	49	1	8.16

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Jiveshan Pillay 8 c O Nyaku b SA Mothoa	8-1	0.4
Juan James 30 lbw b W Lubbe	60-2	20.2

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MatchWestern Province vs North West, 9th Match

SeriesCSA 4 Day Series Division One

Date & timeTue, 14 Oct 2025 · 1:30 PM IST

VenueNewlands, South Africa

TossWestern Province won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresStephen Harris (South Africa), Andre Olivier (South Africa)

Match refereeClifford Isaacs (South Africa)

Pitch

PitchFlat Track Pitch

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinSlow Spin

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp16°C

Humidity75%

Wind21.5 km/h

Rain chance10%

Which team will win?

Western Province50%

North West Dragons20%

Draw30%

10 votes