da apostebet： An unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 107 between Goolam Bodi, whofinished unbeaten on 70, and Errol Stewart (38), finally erased anypossibility of a result in this match, taking KwaZulu-Natal to 252 for six,a lead of 222, with just 30 overs
Grant Shimmin – MWP28-Jan-2001An unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 107 between Goolam Bodi, whofinished unbeaten on 70, and Errol Stewart (38), finally erased anypossibility of a result in this match, taking KwaZulu-Natal to 252 for six,a lead of 222, with just 30 overs to be bowled on the last day.That state of affairs prompted umpires Danny Becker and Satish Jivan toconsult the players on the field and call off a distinctly unmemorableencounter, putting the sparse crowd out of their misery.Stewart and Bodi’s partnership eventually occupied 178 balls, although attimes it was painful stuff. At one point, a seven-over spell yielded justsix runs and it was only when the left-handed Bodi, who scored his maidenfirst-class century against Easterns earlier in the season, but had nohalf-centuries to his name before Sunday, started to accelerate later in theday that the rate reached respectability.Before Stewart joined Bodi, the Strikers still had a chance of forcing aresult, having reduced the visitors to 145 for six when Andrew Hall pickedup his second scalp, that of Wade Wingfield, for a single, but the centurypartnership finally rendered all prospect of an exciting run-chase for thehome side null and void.The Strikers did themselves no favours by bowling as slowly as they did.Sixteen overs an hour is the required rate in the Supersport Shield, but bythe time proceedings were halted, they had bowled just 82 in a minute oversix hours, 14 short of the required tally, which means a hefty fine could bein the pipeline for the Strikers players.