Semi-final cricket showdowns loom large

The pool stages for the Southern KZN Cricket 30 Over Cup are finally complete and now the excitement of the semi-finals await.

That’s the case for divisions one and two, with the finalists for Division 3 already decided.

In the Division 1 semi-finals, hot favourites Port Shepstone Country Club will play Kokstad Bombay and Legends will take on Vikings.

In Division 2 Bizana XI play Harding Sultans and Punjab XI play Port Edward Warriors.

In the Division 3 final Challengers XI will face the mighty Wolfpack.

There were some close games in last Sunday’s action, with some shortened due to late starts as a result of overnight rain.

RESULTS
Division 2
* Bizana XI beat Sezela CC by 17 runs.
Bizana 73 all out in 13.4 overs.
Usama 13 (10), Usman Patel 11 (17). Travis van Niekerk 4-14 (3), Angelo Scarpa 2-11 (2), Stefan Hoffmann 2-9 (1).
Sezela 56 all out in 10.5 overs.
Sam Hines 17 (14), Angelo 17 (16). Altaaf Hussain 5-11 (1.5), Rana Azhar 3-14 (3), Muhammad Tayyab 2-8 (2).

* Harding Sultans beat Legends B by 35 runs.
Harding Sultans 140-9 in 15 overs.
Wali Raza 60 (28), Saqib Hussain 25 (18), Yasir 21 (18). Hanif 3-25 (3), Mohammed Moolla 2-23 (3).
Legends 105-9 in 15 overs.
Munna 34 (24), Fejan 20 (13). Waseem 2-16 (3), Saqib Hussain 2-22 (3), Ammar 2-21 (2).

* Port Edward Warriors beat Crusaders CC by 8 wickets.
Crusaders 122-2 in 12 overs.
Elton Pillay 62* (35), Rashied Gopaul 43* (31). Sajib Hassan 1-27 (4), Satya Dhaka 1-24 (3).
Port Edward 124-2 in 11 overs.
Sajib Hassan 76* (40), Maulana Ismail 27* (16). Charlie Madraveeran 2-18 (3).

* Punjab XI beat Crusaders CC by 6 wickets.
Crusaders 111 all out in 20.1 overs.
Rashied Gopaul 22 (12), Charlie Madraveeran 20* (15), Bilal Habib 20 (20). Ali Raza 4-35 (6), Malwandi 2-15 (3.1).
Punjab 112-4 in 18.2 overs.
Saqib Inayat 60* (36), Afzal 32 (32). Charlie Madraveeran 1-18 (4), Kavesh Singh 1-28 (5.2), AJ Pienaar 1-28 (4).

Division 3
* Challengers XI beat Mustangs by 85 runs.
Challengers 227 all out in 29.5 overs.
Ayoob Ebrahim 45 (28), Wilko Kunz 35 (33), Azhar Suleman 28 (17). Clinton Heslop 2-19 (3), Lance Hargreaves 2-29 (3), Theo Goldstone 2-37 (5.5).
Mustangs 142 all out in 22.2 overs.
Theo Goldstone 56 (42), Clinton Heslop 26 (21). Benjamin Kunz 5-19 (5.2), Sahl Peerbhay 1-11 (4).

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