KZN Club Cricket title race heating up

BOTH the KZN Castle Premier Leagues in the Coastal region and the Inland region are moving into the final few weeks as a three-way fight for Coastal honours resumes while Standard Cricket Club are in the driver’s seat of the Inland League.

On the coast, the league has boiled down to a race between Hollywoodbets Crusaders, Clares and Berea Rovers, with Clares just one point adrift of Crusaders and Rovers at the summit.

Crusaders have dominated the club cricket scene in Durban over recent years; but it is exciting to see that the season might go down to the final day on 24 March.

“We are going for a tenth title this year and we want to get the maximum 20 points out of our final four games and from there whatever happens, happens,” Crusaders coach James Pentz said.

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“It has been quite a strange season in that the results have been more up and down with our two fixtures against Clares being completely different. We beat them comfortably in the first fixture and they did the same to us in the second game. We were rained out against Rovers in a really good position which is disappointing but nothing you can control. It has been a very competitive season so far and we will fight to the end again.”

Crusaders will finish their league with a clash with African Warriors while Rovers have a meeting with King Cetshwayo on 24 March. Clares will have a meeting with relegation threatened Pinetown Cricket Club on the final Sunday of the competition.

The ultimate Hollywoodbets Dolphins franchise winners will be determined on 31 March with a play-off between the champions of the KZN Coastal league and the KZN Inland league. The champions will represent KZN at the national club championships.

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