Benkenstein steers Howzats to victory
Source: Supercricket & Cricinfo - August 31, 2002

KwaZulu Natal's Dale Benkenstein produced a classy unbeaten half century to lead his Howzat cricket side to a comfortable seven wicket victory over the Hotshots in the Sports Trust Cricket Challenge, played at the SuperSport Show on Saturday.

Despite a slow start to their innings at the Tuks Sports Centre, the Hotshots totalled 176 runs for the loss of four wickets of their allotted 25 overs, with captain Neil McKenzie and Western Province lefthander Ashwell Prince both contributing 61 runs.

The Howzat innings was off to a shocking start with SA opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs departing for a duck, but Benkenstein, Graeme Smith (37), Eastern Province's Robbie Peterson (50) and Northerns Titans star Martin van Jarsveld (36 not out) all got among the runs, to see their team to victory in the final over of the match.


Sport Trust Cricket Challenge, 2002/03
Hotshots v Howzats
Tuks Sports Centre, Pretoria
31 August 2002 (25-over match)

Result: Howzats won by 7 wickets

Toss: Hotshots
Umpires: K Hurter and S Wadvalla

Hotshots innings (25 overs maximum)                             R   B
J Rudolph                                b Telemachus          15  26
L Bosman              c Benkenstein      b Telemachus          20  19
A Prince              not out                                  61  59
*N McKenzie           c Kemp             b Ntini               61  36
J Ontong              c Kemp             b Ntini                8   7
L Klusener            not out                                   8   4
Extras                (lb 2, w 1)                               3
Total                 (4 wickets, 25 overs)                   176

DNB: A Hall, +T Tsolekile, S Elworthy, M Hayward, D Terbrugge.

FoW: 1- (Bosman), 2- (Rudolph), 3- (McKenzie), 4- (Ontong).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Dawson                       5      1     36      0
Ntini                        5      0     25      2
Telemachus                   5      0     30      2
Kemp                         4      0     20      0
Peterson                     3      0     27      0
Benkenstein                  3      0     36      0 (1w)

Howzats innings (target: 177 in 25 overs)                       R   B
GC Smith              c Tsolekile        b Hayward             37  43
HH Gibbs              c Hall             b Elworthy             0   3
R Peterson            c Elworthy         b Hall                50  40
*D Benkenstein        not out                                  50  40
M van Jaarsveld       not out                                  36  23
Extras                (lb 1, w 4, nb 1)                         6
Total                 (4 wickets, 24.4 overs)                 179

DNB: B Dippenaar, J Kemp, E Stewart, A Dawson, R Telemachus, M Ntini.

FoW: 1- (Gibbs), 2-80 (Smith), 3- (Peterson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Elworthy                     4.4    0     37      1 (3w,1nb)
Terbrugge                    5      1     34      0
Klusener                     5      0     34      0 (1w)
Hayward                      5      0     33      1
Hall                         4      0     35      1
Ontong                       1      0      5      0