Kemp brutalises Easterns with an explosive 100
Smashes century in fifty five balls much to the fear of Easterns
Keith Lane
12-Jul-2005
Northerns 357 for 6 dec and 290 for 2 dec (Kemp 100*, Aronstam 95) drew with Easterns 187 and 330 for 7 (Bodi 127*, du Toit 64, Barresi 57)
Northerns started day three at SuperSport Park at 179 for 2. Ten overs later they had raced to 290 for 2. Justin Kemp pulverised Easterns with a century off 55 balls. Of those runs, 76 came in boundaries. The brutal knock allowed Northerns to declare, leaving Easterns an almost unreachable target of 461 in 94 overs. Wesley Barresi then scored 57 on debut, and Jacques du Toit (64) gave the innings the impetus it needed. A career-best 127 not out from Goolam Bodi gave Easterns slight hope but time was running out. At the close of play they were 131 runs short with three wickets to spare. It was a gallant but vain chase.
Free State 315 for 8 dec and 206 for 7 dec (Henderson 57, Linde 51) drew with KwaZulu-Natal 185 and 159 for 0 (Sanders 82*, Gobind 69*)
The match in Bloemfontein between Free State and KwaZulu-Natal ended in a stale-mate after the Natal openers put on an undefeated 159, chasing 337. James Henderson (57) and Corne Linde, scoring 51 on debut, had made an attempt to get Free State into a position to set a target but the declaration came far too late. With Natal not taking the bait and Free State unable to take any wickets, the game petered out into a dull draw with both captains agreeing to an early finish.