Jevano Baron, making his List A debut for Goldrush Boland, claimed 4-24 as a woeful Hollywoodbets Dolphins crumbled to 109 all out in 30.4 overs in their CSA One-Day Cup match at Kingsmead in Durban on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old right-arm seamer must have thought 50-over cricket was an easy game as he speared through the Dolphins’ middle-order after bowling his full spell of 10 overs in one go.
Romashen Pillay, Hanu Viljoen, Aryan Gopalan and Tristan Luus all succumbed to him as last season’s champions stumbled and fell.
Last week, the Dolphins were dismissed for 138 as they were thrashed by the North West Dragons whose bowlers were blessed by the number of soft wickets that fell to them.
Today was little different, particularly at the top of the order, with Tshepang Dithole, Jon-Jon Smuts and Eddie Moore all gifting their wickets to the visitors.
Smuts was the first to go after the Dolphins won the toss and chose to bat on a hot day with a north-easter blowing – usually a sign of a good time to bat.
Smuts tamely drove his second ball from offspinner Imraan Manack straight to Grant Roelofsen at cover.
Tshepang Dithole then obligingly smacked a full-toss from the same bowler to Blayde Capell at cover who took a sharp catch before loanee Eddie Moore, for the second consecutive time, was run-out unnecessarily although it took a fine throw from Nathan Jacobs to achieve it as he hit the stumps from distance.
Skipper Marques Ackerman – the only batter to play an innings of any authority – then added 23 in the biggest partnership of the innings with Romashen Pillay before Pillay got a leading edge to cover to present Baron with his first scalp.
Hanu Viljoen was the next on Baron’s menu. He left two deliveries outside his off-stump before nudging the next to the wicketkeeper.
The death knell of the innings was then signalled when Ackerman, after playing some exquisite straight drives in his innings of 40 in 52 balls that included seven fours, tried to deflect a delivery from Akhona Mnyaka to third man but only succeeded in edging a catch to wicketkeeper Clyde Reeves-Fortuin.
Gopalan was then bowled by Baron after essaying an airy swish at the ball and Baron completed his quartet of wickets when Tristan Luus played on off the inside edge.
Imran Tahir had some fun, cover driving a four and clouting an on-drive for six, before he sliced to third man to end the innings.
Aside from Baron, Manack claimed 2-26 while Mnyaka and left-arm spinner Yves Kamanzi each picked up a cheap wicket as the innings came to an end in little more than two hours.
HOLLYWOODBETS DOLPHINS: Tshepang Dithole, Jon-Jon Smuts, Eddie Moore, Marques Ackerman (capt), Romashen Pillay, Hanu Viljoen (wk), Gomolemo Phiri, Aaryan Gopalan, Tristan Luus, Imran Tahir, Bayanda Majola
GOLDRUSH BOLAND: Grant Roelofsen, Blayde Capell, Gavin Kaplan, Jhedli van Briesies, Clyde Reeves-Fortuin (wk), Nathan Jacobs, Jevano Baron, Imraan Manack, Keith Dudgeon, Yves Kamanzi, Akhona Mnyaka