KZN Cricket win big at KZN Sports Awards:
Durban – The KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union along with Hollywoodbets Dolphins and Proteas star Keshav Maharaj were the big winners at the recent KwaZulu-Natal Sports Awards held on Friday evening.
KZN Cricket was a big winner taking home the prize for Sports Federation of the Year while the Hollywoodbets Dolphins side was recognised as the Team of the Year following the successful season which ended in two trophies and another final.
At the end of the previous season KZN Cricket was ranked as the number one affiliate according to Cricket South Africa’s Operational model.
The CSA Incentive Scorecard is based on a combination of Cricket Services, Finance & Admin and Governance.
It was the first time that the KZN Cricket Union ended at the top of the pile and the Union continued along that same line into the past season where the Hollywoodbets Dolphins, the flagship side for the Union, was consistently one of the best teams in the country.
The Dolphins were awarded the Team of the Year award beating DSTV Premiership runners-up AmaZulu after another red-letter season for cricket in the province.
It was a historic campaign for the Dolphins who won the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series convincingly and claimed the final red ball trophy of the franchise era but also shared the Momentum One Day Cup title with the Lions and then lost to the Lions in the T20 Challenge final.
One of the flagship awards is Sports Man and Sports Woman of the year and this year Hollywoodbets Dolphins all-rounder Keshav Maharaj was the announced as the winner of Sports Man of the Year.
Maharaj’s role at the Dolphins has been paramount to their success; however his role in the Proteas set-up has become crucial in recent years and his inclusion in the national side for all three formats shows how influential he is at a national level.
“We continue to strive to make KZN Cricket the number one cricketing brand in the country and to be recognised for all our efforts is very rewarding,” CEO of KZN Cricket Heinrich Strydom said.
“This award creates an expectation that we will continue to get better and strive to put cricket and cricket development at the forefront of everything that we do.
“Our mission as custodians of this beautiful game remains to leave it in a better space than what we found it in.”
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Titans edge day one against the Dolphins:
Durban – The Hollywoodbets Dolphins were made to work hard for the six Momentum Multiply Titans wickets that they took on day one of their CSA 4-Day Domestic Series clash at SuperSport Park on Friday with the hosts scoring 371 first innings runs.
The Titans won the toss and elected to bat first at SuperSport Park and their openers made a solid start for the Sky Blues.
Grant Mokoena and captain Neil Brand put on 109 for the first wicket before the latter became the first victim for the Dolphins, caught by the Dolphins skipper Marques Ackerman off the bowling of Daryn Dupavillon for 56.
Mokoena then followed twelve runs later, also caught but this time by Kerwin Mungroo off the bowling of the returning Ruan de Swart for 49. At this stage the hosts were 121 for two in the 26th over of their innings.
Theunis de Bruyn was the next victim, caught by Sarel Erwee off the bowling of Mungroo for six and then Sibz Makhanya was also caught Erwee off the bowling of Mungroo for a duck.
At the loss of Makhanya the Titans were 155 for four before Gihahn Cloete and Jordan Hermann continued to rebuild the innings for the home side.
Cloete became Dolphins debutant and loanee Achille Cloete’s first first-class wicket when he was caught by Ackerman for 46.
Hermann went to his first first-class hundred and was eventually dismissed for 112.
The Titans pair of Jiveshan Pillay and Corbin Bosch then put on 44 for the seventh wicket with Pillay not out on 48 and Bosch undefeated on 20 when bad light forced an early end to the day’s play with the Titans 371 for six in 82 overs.
SUMMARY OF SCORE – Momentum Multiply Titans v Hollywoodbets Dolphins
1st Innings:
Titans 371/6 (J Hermann 112 N Brand 56 G Mokoena 49 G Cloete 46 K Mungroo 3/48)
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