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Limpopo cricket team were a first-class cricket team from Limpopo, the northernmost province of South Africa. They played their home games at Modjadjiskloof Oval, Duiwelskloof. When Cricket South Africa decided to expand the Provincial Three-Day Challenge in 2006, Limpopo were one of five provincial teams (along with Kei, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Mpumalanga and South Western Districts) elevated to first-class status. ==First-class history== Limpopo played eight first-class matches in the 2006-07 season, losing five and drawing the other three. They played seven matches in the Provincial One-Day Challenge, winning two and losing five. Their highest score in each competition was made by Andrew Galloway.〔(Andrew Galloway at Cricket Archive )〕 In the first-class match against Free State he scored 127 off 123 balls in the first innings to help Limpopo to their highest score of 402 for 7 declared.〔(Free State v Limpopo 2006-07 )〕 He finished the season with 421 runs at an average of 42.10, scored at a run-rate of 108.22 runs per 100 balls. The five matches he played in 2006-07 were Galloway's whole first-class career. In the one-day competition he hit 91 not out off 88 balls against North West. The other prominent batsmen in the first-class matches were Pieter Haasbroek,〔(Pieter Haasbroek at Cricket Archive )〕 who scored 497 runs at 31.06, and Johannes Shokane,〔(Johannes Shokane at Cricket Archive )〕 who scored 437 runs at 36.41, including one century. In each case 2006-07 gave them their only first-class matches. The two main bowlers were the pacemen Tumi Masekela,〔(Tumi Masekela at Cricket Archive )〕 who took 22 wickets at 24.18 and continues to play first-class cricket, and Sammy Letsoalo,〔(Sammy Letsoalo at Cricket Archive )〕 who took 22 wickets at 29.40 and subsequently played a few matches for North West. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Limpopo cricket team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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