The North West Rural Dragons side was crowned as the national winners of the recent Rural Cricket South Africa (RCSA) Week in Kimberley in February for the fourth year in succession.
At the RCSA Week the following was achieved
Day 1
Venue: West End
NW Rural vs. Border Aloes
Rained out.
Day 2
Venue: O’ Grady’s
NW Rural vs. EP Grahamstown
North West won the toss and elected to bowl.
EP Grahams Town 173/8 in 34 over
Henk Conradie 7 overs 1 maiden 41 runs 3 wickets
Sthembele Badi 4 overs 0 maidens 14 runs 1 wickets
Ziets Nyembe 7 overs 2 maidens 22 runs 1 wickets
NW Rural Dragons 175/5 in 27.1 overs
Michael Enslin 47*(44)
Henk Conradie 65* (22)
Charl du Toit 24 (41)
NW Rural won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Henk Conradie
Day 3
Venue: West End
NW Rural vs. Border Village
NW Rural won the toss and elected to bowl.
Border Village 54 /10 in 37.3 overs
Alex Meyer 2 overs 1 maiden 2 runs 2 wickets
Sthembele Badi 7 overs 2 maidens 9 runs 2 wickets
Jessie – James Albanie 7.4 overs 3 maidens 11 runs 2 wickets
Henk Conradie 10 overs 2 maidens 17 runs 2 wickets
Ziets Nyembe 10 overs 3 maidens 13 runs 1 wickets
NW Rural Dragons 58/0 in 8.5 overs
Steffan Vorster 34*(22)
Ruan van Tonder 21*(31)
NW Rural won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Steffan Vorster
Day 4
Venue: Country Club B
NW Rural vs. Boland
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Boland 208/8 in 50 overs
Sthembele Badi 10 overs 0 maidens 37 runs 3 wickets
Michael Enslin 10 overs 0 maidens 46 runs 2 wickets
Henk Conradie 10 overs 4 maidens 11 runs 0 wickets
NW Rural Dragons 212/7 in 45.3 overs
Michael Enslin 63*(70)
Ruan van Tonder 51 (78)
Steffan Vorster 47 (39)
Jessie – James Albanie 33*(34)
NW Rural won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: Michael Enslin
Final of the RCSA Week
Venue: Kimberley Diamond Oval
NW Rural vs. KZN Coastal
KZN Coastal won the toss and elected to Bowl.
NW Rural Dragons 252/8 in 50 overs
Ruan van Tonder 93 (125)
Steffan Vorster 87 (107)
Carl Moralo 22 (16)
Opening partnership of 160 runs.
KZN Coastal 70/10 in 31.1 overs
Sthembele Badi 9.1 overs 4 maidens 21 runs 4 wickets
Michael Enslin 6 overs 1 maidens 15 runs 2 wickets
Henk Conradie 5 overs 3 maidens 4 runs 1 wickets
Ziets Nyembe 5 overs 1 maidens 14 runs 1 wickets
NW Man of the Match: Ruan van Tonder
NW Rural Dragons won the final by 182 runs
