da bwin： Boland have a full day to score 112 runs to win their Supersport Seriesmatch against North West in Paarl, with seven wickets in hand
Craig Ray26-Nov-2000Boland have a full day to score 112 runs to win their Supersport Seriesmatch against North West in Paarl, with seven wickets in hand.North West resumed play on Sunday with the score on a potentially disastrousscore of 92 for five. They managed to move to 225 by the time their secondinnings was up, thanks in the main to a fifth career century from middle-order batsman Craig Light.The right-hander scored 101 and shared valuable partnerships of 50 and 76with Mark Lavine and Alphonso Thomas respectively, which set the hosts atarget of 218-runs to win the match.Ezra Poole was the first wicket of the day when right-arm seamer CharlLangeveldt clean bowled him for six.Lavine only scored 11, but his share of a 50-run stand with Light frustratedthe Boland bowling, which was exactly what North West needed to do.Thomas came to the crease once Lavine was caught mistiming a pull off NeilCarter to Brad Player at mid-off.He immediately set about playing in the same positive fashion that saw himscore a century last weekend and steadily built a decent score while Light’sown progress slowed as he approached his century.His hundred came midway through the afternoon session off 205 balls andincluded 16 boundaries. Three balls later Light edged leg-spinner JustinOntong to Koen at slip.Thomas eventually mistimed a Brad Player delivery to mid-off for 43, but thevalue of his knock will only be known if North West eventually triumph.Boland skipper Louis Koen was unbeaten on 57 at stumps and will be the hingearound which the run chase will hang when play gets underway on Mondaymorning.