South Africa's free-scoring middle-order batsman AB de Villiers has moved up five places to 11th in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player rankings for Test batsmen following the Proteas' victory over the West Indies in Barbados on Tuesday
BOLAND WIN AGAIN
The Boland Senior Womens cricket team continued their winning ways in 2010, when they won their 3rd consecutive match in the New Year.
On Saturday, the team travelled to Mosselbay for their match against South Western Districts. The home team won the toss and decided to field first…, a decision they probably soon regretted as openers Yolandi van der Westhuizen (58) and Sunette Loubser (40) put on an opening stand of 117 of a mere 124 balls, striking 14 fours in the process. Alison Hodgkinson picked up were the openers left off and blasted 97 runs not out of only 95 balls. Boland concluded their 50 over innings with 279/8 on the scoreboard. The only respectable bowler was G Abrahams with figures of 3/34 in her 10 overs.
The SWD openers started steadily, amassing a 57 run partnership with Benita Bezuidenhout top scoring with 58 runs. Wickets started to fall at regular intervals and the SWD innings never got back on track. The youngster Stacey Lackay again showed her potential taking 3/23 in her 6 overs and Alicia Smith’s experience shone through with a return of 3/26 in her 9.4 overs. SWD were bowled out for 161 runs, handing Boland a 118 run victory and securing a much needed bonus point in the process.
Boland’s next match is against log leaders Western Province on 13 February and, as always, will be a hotly contested affair.
Earlier in January Boland came up against Border and Eastern Province in extremely hot conditions in Paarl. Summary of the Scoresheets :
Boland vs Border
9 January 2010
Paarl Cricket Club
Border - 144 all out
Angelique Taai 29
Ilze Cronje 2/6 in 4.2 overs
Nathanael Christiaans 2/23 in 10 overs
Alicia Smith 2/30 in 8 overs
Boland - 145/8 in 42.1 overs
Alicia Smith 47
Stephanie Bester 29
Elodie Pienaar 3/39 in 10 overs
Angelique Taai 2/28 in 8 overs
Boland win by 2 wickets
Boland vs Eastern Province
10 January 2010
Paarl Cricket Club
Boland - 208 all out
Yolandi Potgieter 53
Beth Cartledge 28
L Pienaar 4/36 in 10 overs
Jana Nell 2/43 in 9.5 overs
Eastern Province - 153 all out
Jana Nell 59
Stacey Lackay 5/29 in 10 overs
Jolene Hendriks 2/20 in 5 overs
Boland win by 55 runs