Wins all round for Germiston City cricketers

Germiston City Cricket Club had a great weekend of action.

October 19, 2017

Germiston City News 2 minutes read

Lee Wilson powers his way to a score of 72 runs during the Germiston City Cricket Club’s Sunday Executive League match at home against Vosloorus Cricket Club, on Sunday.

It was a clean-sheet weekend for Germiston City Cricket Club’s (GCCC) teams, with the players acquitting themselves well in all league matches.

The weekend campaign started with the Saturday Second League played at home at the Germiston City Sports Club, on Saturday, against Elsburg Eagles.

GCCC won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 214 runs in the allotted 35-overs match.

Jan van Wyk and David Ungerer had a 118-run second-wicket partnership, with van Wyk scoring 78 runs and Ungerer 56 runs.

Rudolph Swart contributed with a fast 47 not out from 47 balls.

Oswaldo de Sousa was the pick of the bowlers with seven overs, one maiden and 19 runs for four wickets.

Anthony Steicher and Shain Steicher contributed with two wickets each.

GCCC won by 173 runs, bowling Elsburg out for 41.

In the Germiston City Cricket Club’s Sunday Executive League match at home against Vosloorus Cricket Club, on Sunday, Nicholas Tantum batted his way to a century and top-scored for his team.

In the club’s Sunday Executive League match at home, they took on Vosloorus Cricket Club.

Germiston won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring a mammoth 396 runs in their allotted 50 overs.

The top batsmen were Nicholas Tantum with a century, Trompie van Reyter 83 not out and Lee Wilson with 72.

Vosloorus were restricted to 278 runs for eight wickets in their allotted 50 overs.

In the bowling department, Nicholas Tantum with three wickets for 30 runs and Troy Herwill with two wickets for 55 runs were the main contributors.

GCCC won by 118 runs.

In the Sunday Promotion League, the club played against Springs Old Boys.

GCCC won the toss and elected to bowl first, restricting their rivals to 136 runs in 39 overs from the allotted 50-over match.

The pick of the bowlers were Anthony Steicher (five overs; three wickets for 12 runs), Lowrens Engelbrecht (seven overs; three wickets for 29) and Shain Steicher (six overs; two wickets for 30 runs).

GCCC only needed 23 overs to chase down the target of 137 runs for the win. In doing so they lost four.

The top batsmen were Dumi Thanthsa with 50 runs, Alfred Hearnshaw with 26 and Morne Jonker with 27 not out.

The club won the match by six wickets.

In the fourth match of the weekend, the Sunday President’s League, the club played against Kempton Park Cricket Club.

GCCC won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 327 in their allotted 40-over match.

The GCCC President’s side comprises mostly schoolboys ranging in age from 14 to 17 years old, with two seniors in the team to assist on the day.

This is a GCCC youth development team that the club is extremely proud of.

During the match, 16-year-old Trestin de Lange scored a mammoth 175 runs with a phenomenal display of power hitting, which the opposition had little to no answer for.

He was assisted with a good 44 from Rudi Le Roux, 34 from Gustav Herwill and 23 from Jadin Roux.

Kempton were restricted to 159 runs through good bowling from Rudi Le Roux (three wickets), Louis van Rooyen (two wickets) and Jadin Roux (two wickets).

GCCC won by 159 runs.

All in all it was an excellent weekend of cricket for the club.