da aposte e ganhe： Veteran all rounder Dave Callaghan stopped Eastern Province’s mini-slumpin form by leading them to an emphatic 67 run victory over Griquas in theStandard Bank Cup on Friday night
Neil Manthorpe06-Jan-2001Veteran all rounder Dave Callaghan stopped Eastern Province’s mini-slumpin form by leading them to an emphatic 67 run victory over Griquas in theStandard Bank Cup on Friday night.The victory put EP back on top of the Standard Bank log, on the verge ofqualifying for the semi finals and returned them to winning ways after fivestraight victories had been followed by two losses.Callaghan top scored for the home side with 75 in their imposing totalof 249-7 and Griquas could do no more than muster 182 all out in reply, ascore boosted by some lusty hitting late in the order when the match wasover as a contest.Justin Kemp celebrated his recent call-up to the national one-day squadwith a quickfire 26 from 19 balls, with four boundaries and a six, at thebeginning of the EP innings and laid the platform for an impressive startwhich realised 81-2 in thye first 15 overs.Thereafter Callaghan and James Bryant took over with a third wicketstand of 86 in 19 overs as the innings, and the match, slipped slowly butsurely beyond Griquas grasp.Callaghan’s 75 came from only 86 deliveries and contained fourboundaries and a brace of sixes while Bryant’s 69 was a touch slower, comingfrom 91 balls but containing an impressive 11 boundaries as he unerringlycashed in on the poor deliveries that came his way.Perhaps Griquas should have known it wasn’t going to be their eveningwhen another verteran, swing bowler Meyrick Pringle, shattered PieterKoortzen’s stumps with the first ball of the visitors’ reply.Skipper Martin Gidley (27) and Grant Elliott (31) led a recovery ofsorts with a second wicket stand of 54 but Bryant held a stinging catch, atcover, off the bowling of Kemp to remove Elliott and left arm spinner RobinPetersen struck twice in his first two overs to reduce Griquas to 74-4, anadir from which they never recovered.