da spicy bet： A round-up from the first round of the UCB Provincial Cup
Keith Lane08-Oct-2005North West completed a convincing 253-run win over Griqualand West at Potchefstroom, who collapsed to 160 all out in their second innings. North West batted on at the start of the day to allow Mohammad Akoojee to score his maiden first-class hundred. A target of 414 was always going to be trying for Griquas and when Goolam Bhayat reducedthem to 35 for 4 the writing was on the wall.Despite a face-saving 135 not out from Andre Seymore, Easterns could onlyset Northerns a target of 239, one they reached with eight wickets to spare.Fifties from Heino Kuhn, Johan Myburgh and Francois du Plessis wereenough to see the more experienced team through.Free State and Gauteng had to settle for a draw after rain stopped anypossibility of play after the luncheon break. Gauteng had pushed theirtotal to 227 for 3, still nine runs behind, by lunch with Stephen Cookscoring a hundred. With the heavens opening up the game was called offas a draw.In the UCB Shield competition, Eastern Province turned the tables on Border by winning an exciting limited-overs match in Port Elizabeth. A disappointing 177 in 43.4 oversfrom Border allowed Eastern Province to pace themselves towards the win.Lyall Meyer was responsible for the low Border total after taking 4 for33 in his nine overs. A slight hiccup was overcome as 13 runs werescored in the penultimate over to give them the win by three wickets.