Pukke completes first National Club Championship win in 15 years
NWU-Pukke completed a fantastic 8-wicket victory over the University of Pretoria (Tuks) in the Momentum National Club Championship on Wednesday, 27 April in Pretoria. Tuks batted first and suffered a major batting collapse to crawl to 209 all out from 45.3 overs. Katleho Leokoake tore through the Tuks batting line-up with 5/26. From a comfortable …
NWU-Pukke completed a fantastic 8-wicket victory over the University of Pretoria (Tuks) in the Momentum National Club Championship on Wednesday, 27 April in Pretoria.
Tuks batted first and suffered a major batting collapse to crawl to 209 all out from 45.3 overs. Katleho Leokoake tore through the Tuks batting line-up with 5/26. From a comfortable 182/3 they slumped to 209 all out.
Pukke now had their chance to put both hands on the trophy and they duly did that with Richardt Frenz and André Malan hitting unbeaten scores of 87 and 59 respectively for an easy win.
This marks the first time in 15 years that Pukke has managed to win the prestigious trophy. Their last win was in 2001 when current coach, Conrad de Swardt played in the team.
Read the full match report in next week’s Potchefstroom Herald.
