Mokwena stars in Northern Cape upset Captain Abel Mokwena led from the front with his four wickets helping Northern Cape stun Northerns by five wickets on Day Two of the Momentum Under-13 Week in Cape Town on Saturday. On a day of 50-over per side matches, the right-arm off break bowler took 4/19 in an excellent 10 over spell that helped bundle the opposition out for 112 in 36.2 overs at the Vineyard Cricket Ground.
Northern Cape then needed 40.5 of their overs to secure a memorable win with Regan Izaks hitting 22 and extras top scoring with 34.
Home favourites Western Province were also surprised when they went down to a 34-run loss to Easterns at the University of Cape Town Oval.
Adam Rosslee struck an unbeaten 43 as the visitors were bowled out for 191 in 49.1 overs. In reply, Province could only manage 157 all out, despite Nicholas Govender top-scoring in the game with 67.
Nathan Steyn was the pick of the bowlers with 3/17. In other matches, KwaZulu-Natal Inland fell to a three-wicket loss to Border after Layron Millborow starred with bat and ball at the Western Province Cricket Club.
The all-rounder first took 4/27 as KZNI were bowled out for 145, before he hit 22 not out to take the Border over the line with 14 balls to spare.
Elsewhere, Eastern Province ousted Limpopo by 96 runs, Gauteng beat North West by 115 runs and KZN were far too good for South Western Districts winning by nine wickets.
Finally, Boland secured a 39-run win over Mpumalanga and Free State eased past Zimbabwe by six wickets.
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