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Kyle’s vol smiles: Four-Day final huge for Western Province, says Verreynne

Dudley Carstens|Published

A happy man: Kyle Verreynne. Picture: @WP_Blitz

Western Province smashed the Dolphins by an innings and 259 runs to force their way into the 4-Day Series final.

The 1Day Cup champions needed a big win over the then-log leading visitors from Durban at Newlands to make the top two and qualify for the decider.

Entering the match in fourth place, WP responded like true champs and thanks to centuries from Daniel Smith (106), Gavin Kaplan (173) and the captain himself Verreynne (135) posted a helse 592/6 declared at Newlands in their first innings.

Star turn: WP’s Kyle Simmonds. Picture: @WP_Blitz

Nandre Burger (3/66) and Beuran Hendricks (4/22) then combined to bowl the visitors out for just 202 runs in their first innings, setting up the follow on.

Kyle Simmonds then spun a web around the Dolphins batsmen and took 7/39 to bowl them all out for just 131 to send Province to the final.

WP will now face the Lions in the final at the Wanderers from Wednesday.

Of making the final two, Verreynne says: “We are really happy to get a win and more importantly getting to the final. That has been a big goal of ours for the last couple of seasons to make it to the back-end of a four-day series.

“So we’re really, really happy with that…

“I don’t think it’s quite hit us yet to be honest, for the last couple of years we’ve just been focused on making a final and then winning the one-day comp was almost like a tick of a box and our season was almost a success already.

“So to push on and make another final is incredible, hopefully we can go there, put a good show on and get a win, but just to get to the final is a massive achievement,”

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