da dobrowin： After a storming start to their campaign, with five straight victories,Eastern Province suffered a second comprehensive defeat in succession whenthe Northerns Titans got home by six wickets with 15 deliveries in hand
da bwin： MWP27-Dec-2000After a storming start to their campaign, with five straight victories,Eastern Province suffered a second comprehensive defeat in succession whenthe Northerns Titans got home by six wickets with 15 deliveries in hand.It was a superb unbroken partnership for the fifth wicket of 107 off just101 balls between Northerns captain Gerald Dros (71) and young wicketkeeperKruger van Wyk (44), which got them home after they’d looked a trifle shakyon 89 for four in the 27th over following the dismissal of Martin vanJaarsveld for 36.The asking rate had looked none too taxing after EP had posted just 196/8 intheir 45 overs – even that wouldn’t have been possible but for a stand of 92for the sixth wicket between Mark Benfield and Murray Creed – but thevisitors allowed it to climb above six to the over at one point, before thepair who were there at the end started getting stuck in. Dros, who faced 93balls during his match-winning knock, hit three sixes, one less thanBenfield had managed for EP.After a nailbiting victory over the Highveld Strikers in a make-or-breakmatch last week, the visitors built on the momentum established at home tocruise in at St George’s Park and put themselves within striking distance ofa semi-final spot. For EP, the semi-finals are also still in their thoughts,though they’ll have to halt the recent slide to be certain of qualifying.The man who really bore the brunt of the onslaught launched by the Northernspair late on was highly-rated paceman Garnett Kruger, who eventuallyconceded 58 off just 7.3 overs, though he did grab the wickets of openersRudi Steyn and Johan Myburgh.
