A steady start to the season for Germiston City
Germiston City Cricket Club had a tough match in the Saturday First League making their weekend fixtures a mixed bag of results with two wins and a loss.
The young cricketers of Germiston City Cricket Club travelled to Curro School in Serengeti on Sunday for their match against Champions Cricket Club.
After winning the toss, Germiston elected to bowl first.
Choosing to bowl first proved to be a great decision for Germiston, who bowled Champions out after setting a target of 125 runs in 21.1 overs.
Rudolph Swart, Anthony Rose and Jonathan van der Westhuizen, took two wickets each.
Soon it was Germiston’s turn to bat and trouble loomed on the pitch when the scoreboard seemed to stick at 48 runs for some time.
However, resilience shown by Swart in knocking 77 runs, not out, set Germiston up for victory.
Germiston City won by five wickets.
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It was a weekend of glory and upsets for Germiston who took on Tsakane Cricket Club in the Saturday Fifth League and Bedfordview Cricket Club in the Saturday First League.
The team geared up for their T20 match against Tsakane in an away game played at Hosking Park, in Brakpan.
Germiston won the toss and elected to bat first.
A brilliant batting stance was shown by Jason Parsons who made 57 runs, setting the scene for his fellow batsman, Gavin Ferreira, to knock up a whirlwind 83 runs, not out, setting a target of 218 to win.
It was a close affair with Tsakane managing to get to 192 runs for four wickets before their overs finished.
Germiston won by 26 runs.
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In the Saturday First League, Germiston also played an away game against Bedfordview.
After winning the toss, Germiston elected to bat first allowing them to set a target of 119 runs in 26.2 overs.
The notable player in this game was Jan van Wyk who knocked up 31 runs.
Bedfordview chased the runs down with only two wickets down and beat Germiston by eight wickets.
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