Nkuna’s six wickets a stunning highlight at Girls Northern Region playoffs
The Nkowankowa Cricket Club‘s Nsovo Nkuna produced a remarkable spell of bowling to see the defending Switch Schools SA20 Girls’ Northern Regional champions to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over the Titans’ winners, Hoërskool Zwartkop, on Friday.
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The girls’ playoffs feature only three teams – Nkowankowa, Zwartkop, and Boksburg’s Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen. Earlier in the day, Jansies also convincingly defeated Zwarries.
Nkowankowa, from Tzaneen, had to wait until the afternoon to make their bow. Then, they made a splash.
Nkuna maintained an immaculate line and length, a signature of the Nkowankowa attack and, almost single-handedly, dismantled the Zwartkop batting line-up. She gave nothing away, conceding no runs from her three overs. It was, however, her extraordinary haul of six wickets that left spectators at the St Dunstan’s College Oval in awe.
Behind Nkuna’s jaw-dropping 6/0 from three overs, Nkowankowa dismissed Zwartkop for a meagre 24. The defending champs overhauled that total inside the fourth over of their reply.
Earlier in the day, also at St Dunstan’s, EG Jansen‘s Tenique Williams produced a similarly noteworthy performance against Zwartkop, albeit with the bat. She fell just five runs short of a memorable century, smashing a scintillating 95 from only 50 balls, with 19 fours and a six included in her big innings, which accounted for more than half of her side’s total of 172/3.
With plenty of runs to defend, Jansies went hard at Zwarries with the ball. Jessica Morgan led their attack, capturing 3/16 from three overs as EG Jansen cruised to a commanding 59-run victory.
Nkowankowa and the EG Jansen meet on Saturday morning at Willowmoore Park in a match that could be a precursor to a second meeting of the sides in the final.
Summarised scorecards
Session 1
EG Jansen 172/3 (Tenique Williams 95, Extras 33, Nicia Swart 30; Mary-Kate Bothma 2/38); Zwartkop 113/8 (Genique Greeff 27, Extras 26; Jessica Morgan 3/16). EG Jansen won by 59 runs.
Session 2
Zwartkop 24 (Mary-Kate Bothma 16; Nsovo Nkuna 6/0, Alicia Masela 3/3); Nkowankowa CC 27/0 (Tshepiso 12*; Genique Greeff 0/10). Nkowankowa CC won by 10 wickets.
