Local team bats to two victories

The Elsburg Eagles are starting to take control of their league campaigns.

November 1, 2017

Germiston City News 2 minutes read

Elsburg Eagles Cricket Club’s Gerhard Herbst bowls during his team’s Executive League match against Kempton Park Cricket Club on Sunday.

The Elsburg Eagles Cricket Club had a wonderful weekend with victories in two of their three matches.

The club was pleased to see old players returning to the game, injured players also returning back from injury and new players taking to the field for the club over the weekend.

The Promotion League match away against Kempton Park Cricket Club on Sunday did not go according to Elsburg Eagles’ plan.

Elsburg walked into a very strong Kempton side which has old premier league players and ex-provincial players in the team.

Kempton batted first and set a target of 270 runs for seven wickets in their 50 overs.

The top bowlers for Elsburg were Henko Black with two wickets for 68 runs in nine overs and Qamar Hayat with one wicket for 43 runs in 10 overs.

When it was time for Elsburg to come in and bat the game went all Kempton’s way and Elsburg were bowled out for 73 runs.

The top batsman for Elsburg was Kobus Black with 14 runs.

The club, however, showed good form in their Executive League match against Kempton Park Cricket Club at the Elsburg Eagles Main Oval on Sunday.

It was almost like payback time for the teams.

Kempton batted first and was bowled out for 151 runs in their 50 overs.

The top bowlers for Elsburg were Theuns Herbst with four wickets for 24 runs in 10 overs, Stan Thorpe with three wickets for 31 runs in 10 overs and a superb spell of bowling by Darren van Tonder with no wickets for nine runs in eight overs.

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Elsburg took to the crease knocking 152 runs with seven wickets down giving them a three-wicket victory.

The top batsmen were Theuns Herbst with 57 runs, Darren van Tonder with 17 runs and Martiens Grobler with 12 runs.

The Saturday Second League T20 match away against Bakerton YS Cricket Club saw Elsburg batting to a score of 152 in their 20 overs.

The top batsmen were William Best with 38 runs and Sampie Bloem with 27 runs.

Bakerton could only manage 119 runs in their 20 overs with seven wickets down, giving Elsburg a 33 run victory.

The top bowlers for Elsburg were Naeem Khalid with two wickets for 20 runs in four overs and Quamar Hayat with one wicket for 15 runs in three overs.

It was a satisfying weekend result for the club.