Ten Doeschate takes seven

A remarkable seven-wicket haul by WPCC's strike bowler Ryan ten Doeschate scuttled UCT, who were tumbled out for 103 at Groote Schuur.

ten Doeschate's return of 7 for 49 provided an ironic twist as the medium-pacer had skippered UCT last season when the students won the local league championship. He did well yesterday to extract an effective marginal lift off the pitch, also succeeding to swing the ball, and his short pitched deliveries forced the opposition onto the back foot, resulting in two of his victims being caught.

The remaining three wickets were picked up by Andrew Mazina, a former Eastenr Province B offspinner. Responding to the students' meagre total WPCC's opening pair, Geo Colussi and Neil Quale, cracked a swift 71 before Quale departed for 37. Colussi continued his onslaught and went on to form the backbone of the innings. Together with Steven George (24), this pair continued the momentum in raising 65 for the second wicket.

Colussi went on to carry his bat until the visitors declared at 227-8, the opener notching an unbeaten 109 off 163 deliveries, which included 14 fours. At stumps, Western Province had lost the wicket of Rob Sherwood - promoted to open and see off the remaining five overs of play, and were at 29-1. WPCC are well in control with a lead of 151.

At the Boon Wallace Oval Marc Adams looked well set for a century for Claremont against Cape Town but was deprived Kyle Coetzer ran him out with a direct hit on 73. Adams hammered eight boundaries and with Marc Barham (46) put on 95 runs for the fourth wicket. Barham reached the fence on seven occasions while Alan Dawson (38) also batted well.

Claremont eventually declared at 225 for 6 after 68 overs. Cape Town made a poor start, losing three wickets for 32 ,but Lloyd Moore and Kyle Coetzer (23) took the score to 96 before Moore had to retire with an injured back. At the close Cape Town had 102 for 4.

Friday's rain seeped under the covers at Pinelands with the result that the groundsmen had to battle to prepare the pitch for a prompt start. Bellville won the toss and did not hesitate to send the home side in, who battled with the pitch and were all out for a paltry 127. Bellville are in the driving seat with their openers, Ryan van Niekerk and JB Burger, putting on 128 for the opening stand. Burger was eventually out for 105 (13 fours and six sixes) after an excellent knock that included no chances. At the close Bellville were 152 runs on with seven wickets standing.

UCT v WPCC

UCT First innings
D Slater c Dourans b Ten Doeschate      9
D Worth c Mazina b Ten Doeschate        14
R Short b Ten Doeschate 0
N Kruger b Ten Doeschate        2
A Cronje c Roberts b Mazina     21
C Vadas c Mazina b Ten Doeschate        0
B Murphy c Roberts b Ten Doeschate      2
E Lepine b Ten Doeschate        25
R Sherwood b Ten Doeschate      9
D Cooke c George b Mazina       0
Z Meyer not out 3
Extras  8
TOTAL (After 38,3 overs)        103
Falls: 1/19, 2/19, 3/25, 4/32, 5/32,
6/60, 7/87, 8,90, 9/90.
Bowling: Martyn 9-0-18-0, Ten Doeschate 12,3-2-49-7,
Preston 12-4-26-0, Mazina 7-3-7-3

WPCC first innings
G Colussi not out       109
N Quale c Lepine b Meyer        37
S George c Sherwood b Meyer     24
R Hendricks c Sherwood b Murphy 2
R Ten Doeschate lbw Murphy      10
A Martyn b Worth        16
B Roberts lbw Worth     4
J Doerans lbw Murphy    8
N Preston st Sherwood b Murphy  1
B Clark not out 6
Extras  10
TOTAL (for 8 decl)      227
Falls: 1-71, 2-136, 3-141, 4-161, 5-179,
6-183, 7-196, 8-204
Bowling: Worth 4-2-67-2, Cook 5-1-29-0,
Murphy 24-3-96-4, Meyer 12-1-33-2

UCT second innings
R Sherwood c George b Martyn    0
R Short not out 20
C Vadas not out 8
Extras  1
TOTAL (for 1)   29
Falls: 1-15
Bowling: Martyn 5-1-9-1, Ten Doeschate 3-0-3-0,
Preston 2-0-17-0

Cape Town v Claremont

CLAREMONT First innings
P Lawson c and b Palmer 24
G Stoffberg b De Beer   1
W Havenga c Thornton b Holman   27
M Adams run out 73
M Barham lbw Holman     46
A Dawson c J Holgate b Thornton 38
D Loebenstein not out   13
B Swanson not out       0
Extras  3
TOTAL (for 6 decl)      225
Falls: 1-6, 2-49, 3-66, 4-161, 5-207, 6-215
Bowling: Gie 8-2-31-0, De Beer 10-2-32-1,
Martin 10-2-36-0, Palmer 24-10-60-1, Holman 14-0-51-2,
Thornton 2-0-13-0

CAPE TOWN First innings
M Ritchie c Havenga b Stockton  5
D Holgate c Havenga b Stockton  3
L Moore retired hurt   46
J Holgate lbw Stockton  6
K Coetzer not out       23
D Thornton lbw Dawson   11
Extras  8
TOTAL (for 4)   103
Falls: 1/7, 2/24, 3/32, 4/102
Bowling: Dawson 12-4-19-1, Stockton 13-6-20-3,
Cullen 8-4-17-0, Loebenstein 4-1-9-0, Barham 7-2-22-0,
S van Duiker 5-1-10-0.

Pinelands v Bellville

PINELANDS first innings C Ambrose c Ackermann b Smith 24 R Bannatyne c Vermaak b du Plessis 20 R Clark c Vermaak b Smith 20 R Beukes c Theron b Trott 1 S Tarr c Theron b Olivier 23 A Little c Smith b Trott 4 B Wilkinson lbw Smith 0 N Nickonnoche c Theron b du Plessis 16 L Katz b Olivier 2 T Franke lbw du Plessis 4 G Williams not out 0 Extras 13 TOTAL 127 Falls: 1-37, 2-68, 3-69, 4-75, 5-81, 6-84, 7-116, 8-120, 9-126 Bowling: Olivier 10.1-3-25-2, du Plessis 14-5-31-3, Smith 14-2-39-3, Trott 9-2-19-2

BELLVILLE first innings R van Niekerk c Williams b Tarr 26 JB Burger c Little b Tarr 105 J Trott not out 72 L Ferreira lbw Franke 58 S Ackermann not out 14 Extras 4 Total (for 3) 179 Falls: 1-128, 2-133, 3-244 Bowling: Franke 24-5-74-1, Tarr 16-0-77-2, Williams 12-1-83-0, Bannatyne 9-3-43-0

Tygerberg v Almar

ALMAR first innings A Gray not out 151 A Kalis c Kotze b Philander 6 K Jackson c Philander b L Simpson 63 N Johnson not out 74 Extras 26 TOTAL (for 2 decl) 320 Falls: 1-14, 2-145 Bowling: Philander 21-2-108-1, Gilbert 12-0-12-0, Harris 5-0-29-0, L Simpson 15-4-66-1, Timmet 10-0-40-10, Buys 2-0-20-0

TYGERBERG first innings A Simpson b Tatton 70 B Johnson b Berg 9 S Agulhas c Randal b Berg 0 A Botha lbw Tatton 17 B Gilbert not out 25 V Philander not out 4 Extras 11 TOTAL (for 4) 136 Falls: 1-41, 2-41, 3-78, 4-125 Bowling: Johnson 5-0-21-0, Berg 10-3-23-2, Hemmings 6-0-23-0, Tatton 12-3-41-2, Snyman 4-2-11-0, Liebrecht 7-2-10-0