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Border v Griqualand West, UCB Provincial Cup final, Kimberley
Griquas enhance their franchise chances
Keith Lane
March 20, 2005
Griqualand West 184 and 208 for 3 (McLaren 114*) beat
Border 240 and 151 (Botha 90*, Swanepoel 7-30) by 7 wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball
Griqualand West won the first UCB Provincial Cup by beating Border by
seven wickets and a day to spare in a fluctuating match at the De Beers
Diamond Oval in Kimberley.
Having fallen behind on the first innings two individual performances
saw Griquas run out easy winners as first Adriaan Swanepoel ripped the
heart out of the Border batting by taking a career best 7 for 30 and
then Adrian McLaren struck 114 not out as they chased down the target of
208.
Johan Botha had shown stiff resistance in the Border second innings by
scoring 90 out of a total of 151. His stay at the wicket included a
54-run partnership with Murray Ranger who scored 20. For the rest there
was no answer to Swanepoel who took the last seven wickets to fall.
This win will go a long way towards Griqualand West maybe acquiring
franchise status for the 2006/07 season.
© Cricinfo
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