Five wicket wonder from young offspinner
Only four teams remain as semi-finals approach.
Teenager Damion Bezuidenhout starred with the ball as Port Shepstone Country Club easily beat Harding Sultans in quarter-final cricket action of the Southern KZN Autumn 100 recently.
The 14 year-old, bowling flighted off-spinners which turned prodigiously, took 5-9 in four overs to leave the Sultans in tatters.
He wasn’t the only one to take five wickets, with Altaf doing the same for Knockouts in the later game as they crushed Port Edward Warriors. He ended with figures of 5-16 in four overs.
Up the road at Scottburgh, veteran Anton Potgieter turned on the power to smash 61* off 32 balls for Vikings in their victory over Punjab.
He then trundled in and grabbed two wickets to round off a superb day.
In the other game, Abdullah Dhudhat showed his all-round class with a fiery half century and three wickets.
The semi-finals will be played this Sunday.
In the first game Port Shepstone CC will play Vikings at Port Shepstone CC at 09:30. This will be a massive clash, as Vikings beat Port Shepstone during the pool stage.
The later game Knockouts will take on Trophy Fighters, starting at 13:30.
RESULTS
* Port Shepstone CC beat Harding Sultans by 6 wickets.
Harding Sultans 76-10 (79).
Tahir Hussain 23 (18), Ramzan 11 (17).
Damion Bezuidenhout 5-9 (4).
* Knockouts beat Port Edward Warriors by 9 wickets.
Port Edward Warriors 65-10 (86).
Ahmed Mehtar 22 (31), Babar Sher 14 (16), Rizwan 10 (7).
Altaf 5-16 (4), Zainul 3-4 (2.1), Sahid 2-10 (3).
Knockouts 66-1 (69).
Yakub 40* (30), Talha Mansoor 13 (26).
Ismail 1-14 (3.4).
* Vikings beat Punjab XI by 45 runs.
Vikings 159-5 (100).
Anton Potgieter 61* (32), Joe Currie 42 (33), Christiaan Louwies 27 (14).
Ali Raza 2-36 (4).
Punjab 114-10 (86).
Faisal Satti 23 (21), Ali Raza 20 (9), M Afzal 16 (12), Ikram 14 (6).
Carel Nolte 3-18 (4), Anton Potgieter 2-15 (2.1), Matthew Malan 2-25 (3).
* Trophy Fighters beat Bizana XI by 49 runs.
Trophy Fighters 176-8 (100).
Abdullah Dhudhat 57 (29), Yasin Gangat 33 (18), Siraj Patel 26 (19).
Tariq Mahmood 2-26 (4), Umar Hayat 2-28 (4), Altaf Hussain 2-30 (4).
Bizana 127-10 (99).
Altaaf Hussain 49 (40), Umer Farooq 29 (17), Rana Azhar 23 (11).
Yasin Gangat 3-20 (4), Abdullah Dhudhat 3-8 (4).
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