CSA T20 Challenge 2022 Round-Up | October 20

image-l9hihx7mGerald Coetzee in action for Knights

The CSA T20 Challenge 2022 season continued on October 20 with two matches in Potchefstroom. Here is a look at the highlights from both those fixtures.

Western Province vs Knights

Knights pummelled the Western Province by nine wickets to register their opening points of the season. They dusted out the Western Province batters for just 116 upfront, off the back of Gerald Coetzee’s four-fer.

Later, the Knights chased down the total with more than six overs to spare. Opener Gihahn Cloete remained unbeaten till the end with a fine half-century, listing a boundary-laden 68 in the second innings.

Brief scores:

Western Province: 116 (18.5)

Kyle Verreynne 35 (21), Daniel Smith 31 (31)

Gerald Coetzee 4-22, Aubrey Swanepoel 3-24

Knights: 119-1 (13.5)

Gihahn Cloete 68* (42), Raynard van Tonder 33* (28)

Tshepo Moreki 1-16

Knights won by nine wickets

Warriors’ vs Boland

The Warriors edged past Boland in a final-over thriller at Potchefstroom in match number eight of the CSA T20 Challenge 2022 season.

Jordan Hermann and Matthew Breetzke charted rapid half-centuries, while Beyers Swanepoel clubbed a 10-ball 22* to power the Warriors’ total to 165-4.

Boland’s Janneman Malan anchored the run-chase till the end by whacking an unbeaten 68 in the innings. However, the opening batter struggled to get going in the final over, and the team eventually fell short of the Warriors’ total by three runs.

Brief scores:

Warriors: 165-4 (20)

Matthew Breetzke 61* (33), Jordan Hermann 52 (44)

Michael Copeland 1-22, Khwezi Gumede 1-23

Boland: 162-6 (20)

Janneman Malan 68* (52), Leus du Plooy 25 (14)

Ziyaad Abrahams 3-35, Tsepo Ndwandwa 2-24

Warriors won by three runs

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