A brilliant 10-wicket haul by SWD spinner Sean Whitehead sealed a 119-run victory over the Eastern Storm on the third day of their 4-Day Series Division Two match in Oudtshoorn.
Whitehead took 10-36 in 12.1 overs and finished with match figures of 15-100. He also made 66 and 45 with the bat.
SWD, who won the toss and elected to bat first, posted 242 in their first innings thanks mainly to a partnership of 114 between Whitehead and Leus du Plooy (91). Divan Posthumus took 3-10 and Jurie Snyman 3-40 for Easterns.
Easterns responded with 250 all out after half-centuries by Gionne Koopman (60) and Sizwe Masondo (63). Marcello Piedt (2-27) provided valuable support to Whitehead’s five-wicket haul.
Leus du Plooy then scored 85* and Whitehead 49 as SWD were dismissed for 193 – setting the visitors a target of 186 for victory.
Whitehead took control from the start and man alone dismissed the Storm for 65 in the 26th over.
10 wickets in an innings in a first-class match in South Africa:
10-26 B Vogler EP v GW Johannesburg 1906
10-36 S Whitehead SWD v Eas Oudtshoorn 2021
10-59 S Jefferies WP v OFS Cape Town 1987
10-65 M Olivier War v Eag Bloemfontein 2007— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 20, 2021
10 wickets in an inns, 5 wickets in the other inns & 100 runs in a first-class match:
EM Grace 192*, 5-77 & 10-69
Gentlemen of MCC v Gentlemen of Kent, Canterbury 1862SA Whitehead 66 & 49 5/64 & 10-36
South Western Districts v Eastern Storm, Oudtshoorn 2021— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) November 20, 2021
