MTN WP scored an easy 144 run victory over Griquas in a Standard Bank Cup match played in Kimberley on Wednesday evening.

Griquas won the toss and asked MTN WP to bat first. Gary Kirsten (51) and Herschelle Gibbs (71) gave WP an ideal start with a first wicket opening stand of 119. MTN WP eventually totalled 229/7 in 45 overs.

In reply Griquas could only muster 85 runs in 36.3 overs after Alan Dawson claimed three early wickets to have Griquas reeling at 5/3. Griquas never recovered and wickets fell at regular intervals. Stand-in WP captain Alan Dawson claimed five wickets for 13 runs in 9 overs.

Full match scorecard available at; http://www-rsa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NEW/LIVE/frames/GRIQ-W_WPR_SBC_18OCT2000.html

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