da esport bet： A round-up from the thrid day of the latest round of matches in the SAA Provincial Challenge
Keith Lane19-Feb-2006North West caused an upset in Potchefstroom beating a strong Free Stateteam by four wickets. Free State had been in a strong position as theydeclared at 358 for 4 after solid knocks from Petrus Koortzen (96), Cliff Deacon(69*) and Benjamin Hector (68). The target of 309 was, however, notenough as North West chased it down in 52.1 overs despite 4 for 80from Bennett Sekonyane. A magnificent 103 from Mohammad Akoojee and an unbeaten 66from Frikkie Holtzhausen saw North West register a satisfyingwin and a jump to the second spot in Pool A.Western Province only needed 9.2 overs on day three to claim victory against Boland in Cape Town. Set a huge 473 to win,Boland were bowled out for 74. The winning margin of 398 is the biggest in South African first-class domestic cricket. Quentin Friend picked up 3 for 32 while the first inningsdestroyer, Mark de Stadler, took 3 for 6.KwaZulu-Natal inflicted a nine-wicket win over Border in Durban as theychased down a target of 178 for the loss of Mark Sanders (69). RivashGobind (71*) and Imraan Khan (37*) carried on to see Natal home.Border’s second innings was a vast improvement on their first, with LadenGamiet (105) and a career-best 47 from Kevin Bennett taking them to 334.Robbie Frylinck was the main wicket-taker for Natal with 4 for 63.Despite taking 11 wickets in the match, Ahmed Nawab and Gauteng had tosettle for a tame draw against Northerns in Johannesburg. A good pitch andsome resolute defence from Gauteng, chasing a target of 376, saw thegame peter out to a draw with Gauteng on 204 for 4 and Enoch Nkwe notout on 71. Earlier, Nkwe and William Motaung (75) had put 75 in just 70 minutes as Gauteng went after the target. The lossof Motaung and a further wicket slowed things down and a draw becameinevitable. Northerns had tried hard to set a realistic target withHeino Kuhn (50), Alfonso Thomas (42*) and Johan Myburgh (64*) scoring freely, but it was Nawab who stole the show in taking 5 for66 to add to his 6 for 106 in the first innings.