Adam Forbes leads Boksburg charge to victory

Forbes finished with an unbeaten 56 as the local side secured maximum points for the second week running.

Forbes has grabbed the bull by thes horns as the side’s frontman. This was his second half ton in as many weeks in Boksburg’s resurgence this season.

Forbes led the chase, but it was his fellow bowlers who laid the foundation early on after the visitors were sent to bat first.

Nathan Kruger initiated the Bedford demise as he struck early with both the dismissals of the visiting openers Dylan Murray (23) and Riaan van Aardt, who walked back for nothing.

Spinners Chris Opperman and Derek Brand all but finished off the visitors by taking five wickets between them to help limit Bedford to a vulnerable 122 after 38 overs.

Opperman took a hat-trick of wickets, producing 3/28 in his allotted bowling overs, while Kruger, Brand and Heinrich Cronje all claimed braces.

“It’s good to come into some runs,” commented Forbes amid his leading performance.

“I struggled at the beginning of the season and I always scored 40s so it actually feels nice to score 50 for the second time in a row.”

It was a perfect weekend for brilliant Boksburg, with their junior sides completing the weekend whitewash.

Other results:

U-8A: Boksburg beat Duduza. Boksburg 103/2 and Duduza 61/4. Juvandre Olivier 19*.

U-10A: Boksburg beat Tembisa. Boksburg 180/3 and Tembisa 79/9. Zander Swart 56 and Franco Nortje 3/5.

U-12SL: Boksburg beat Benoni Northerns. Boksburg 28/9 and Benoni 125/5. Nico Steyn 27 not out and Lohan Muller 1/10.

U-12A: Actonville festival: Boksburg unbeaten

U-12B: Boksburg beat Alberton. Boksburg 60/2 and Alberton 59 all out. Liam Strydom 5/20.