Weekend Sports Results — October 30, 2012

Rugby    Cricket   Motor Sport  Football

Rugby:

ABSA Currie Cup Final:  Premier Division:

The Sharks 18 – 25 DHL Western Province

ABSA Currie Cup:  2^nd Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Eastern Province Kings 6 – 16 Toyota Free State Cheetahs

u/19 Currie Cup Final:

DHL Western Province 22 – 18 Blue Bulls

Springbok Rugby Team for the outgoing tour to Ireland, Scotland and England:

Backs:Juan de Jongh, Jean de Villiers (captain), Francois Hougaard, Elton Jantjies, Zane Kirchner, Patrick Lambie, Lionel Mapoe, Lwazi Mvovo, Ruan Pienaar, JP Pietersen, Raymond Rhule, Morné Steyn, Jaco Taute, Jano Vermaak

Forwards: Willem Alberts, Arno Botha, Schalk Brits, Pat Cilliers, Marcell Coetzee, Eben Etzebeth, Juandré Kruger, CJ van der Linde, Francois Louw, Flip van der Merwe, Franco van der Merwe, Tendai Mtawarira, Jannie du Plessis, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Gurthro Steenkamp, Adriaan Strauss, Duane Vermeulen

Cricket

Highveld Lions v Sydney Sixers, Champions League T20 Final, Johannesburg

Highveld Lions 121 all out (Symes 51, Pretorius 21, McCullum 3-24 & Hazlewood 3-22) lost  to Sydney Sixers 124 (Lumb 82*, Haddin 37*) by 10 wickets

Hong Kong Sixes:
Final: South Africa v Pakistan

South Africa 142/2 off 40 balls (five eight-ball overs) with four of the batsmen retiring not out defeated Pakistan 105 all out by 37 runs.

Colin Ingram, South Africa’s captain was named the player of the final scoring 34 runs off 6 balls (5 sixes and a four) before retiring (tournament rules) and then taking 3/28 in his eight-ball over.

Motor Sport: Indian Grand Prix:

Results:
1 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 1hr31min10.744sec
2 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari +9.437sec
3 Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull +13.217sec
4 Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) McLaren +13.909sec
5 Jenson Button (Great Britain) McLaren +26.266sec
6 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari +44.674sec
7 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus +45.227sec
8 Nico Hülkenberg (Germany) Force India +54.998sec
9 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus +56.103sec
10 Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams +1:14.975sec
11 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes +1:21.694sec
12 Paul di Resta (Great Britain) Force India +1:22.815sec
13 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso +1:26.064sec
14 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber +1:26.495sec
15 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso +1 lap
16 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams +1 lap
17 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham +1 lap
18 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham +1 lap
19 Charles Pic (France) Marussia +1 lap
20 Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia +2 laps
21 Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT +2 laps
22 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes +5 laps
Retired:
Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT 18 laps
Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber 40 laps.

Football:

English Premier League:

Newcastle 2 – 1 West Brom
Everton 2 – 2 Liverpool
Southampton 1 – 2 Tottenham
Chelsea 2 – 3 Man United
Aston Villa 1 – 1 Norwich
Wigan 2 – 1 West Ham
Stoke 0 – 0 Sunderland
Reading 3 – 3 Fulham
Man City 1 – 0 Swansea
Arsenal 1 – 0 QPR

ABSA Premier League:

Orlando Pirates 0 – 0 AmaZulu
Bloem Celtic 1 – 2 University of Pretoria
Moroka Swallows 2 – 2 Black Leopards
Golden Arrows 2 – 0 Chippa United
Ajax Cape Town 0 – 0 Mamelodi Sundowns
SuperSport United 1 – 1 Bidvest Wits
Platinum Stars 4 – 0 Free State Stars
Maritzburg Utd 1 – 1 Kaizer Chiefs

Bible Inspiration:

….He has also set eternity in the human heart;…. (Ecclesiastes 3:1 — NIV)