Durban, Nov 13: A young black African cricketer in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa has written his name into the country's cricket history books by scoring a triple century in a provincial B match. Dumisa Makalima, 22, a right-hand batsman for the eastern province B team, scored 302 against free state B in Bloemfontein in a United Cricket Board bowl match.

He scored his triple century off 326 deliveries in his team's second innings total of 514 for 5. He scored 61 in the first innings.

The CEO of the Eastern Province Cricket Board, Dave Emslie, says Makalima has great potential and he will be included in the top league soon. "Dumisa is clearly in great form at the moment as he scored 184 against Griquas B the previous weekend. To follow that up with this huge score is a fantastic achievement. He's shown great potential and we hope that it will be realised in the supersport series."

Makalima was born in the nearby eastern Cape Town of King William's town in 1980 and made his first-class debut for border in 1997/98 before moving on to join eastern province last season.

Bureau Report