Eagles celebrate mixed bag of results
Elsburg Eagles Cricket Club bowl their way forward in their Easterns Cricket League weekend matches.
The Easterns Cricket League continued last weekend and the Elsburg Eagles Cricket Club continued their campaign with three matches.
The matches were played at the club’s home grounds, the Elsburg Sports Complex last Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
The u-10 team played host to Vosloorus Cricket Club. The seniors hosted Duduza Northerns Cricket Club in the Sunday Directors League and Alberton Cricket Club in the Sunday Presidents League.
“Just as we said our juniors were showing improvement they show us just how much of an improvement by winning their match and playing as a team,” said club chairperson Martiens Grobler, after the u-10 team’s match against Vosloorus.
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Vosloorus opened the batting and were all bowled out for 67 runs.
The day’s top bowler was Alberto Lombard, with four wickets for 15 runs in four overs.
Elsburg then took their turn at the crease and were able to beat the target in just 15 overs, giving the club a seven-wicket victory.
The match’s top batsmen were Lombard with 39 runs, Luan Ackerman with 15 runs and Wian Scheepers with 11 runs.
In the Sunday Directors League, Elsburg were sent in to bat first and knocked up a total of 156 runs, all out, in their 40 allotted overs.
The day’s top batsmen were Johan van Greunen with 51 runs and Justin Howell with 29 runs.
Duduza then took their turn to bat and were bowled out for 128 runs, in their 40 overs.
Giving the home team a 28-run victory.
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The Eagles’ top bowler of the match was van Greunen, who took six wickets in eight overs for 32 runs.
In the club’s Sunday Presidents League match against Alberton, the visitors batted first, setting a target of 227, all out, in their 50 allotted overs.
The match’s top bowlers were Pieter Nel, with three wickets in 10 overs for 45 runs, and Christopher Coetzer, with two wickets in eight overs for 19 runs.
Elsburg then took their turn at the crease, but were disappointingly bowled out for 109 runs.
“Our batting was not up to standard,” said Grobler.
The day’s top batsmen were Darren van Tonder with 32 runs and Quinton Rudolph with 27 runs (not out).
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