The past weekend saw the start of the 2017/18 cricket season. Seven teams will be competing in the T20 night and day, 30 and 50 over fixtures for top honours in the local league.
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September 29 – Game was cancelled due to rain (game to be re-scheduled).
October 1 – Colita vs Macksons (T20 day) – Colita went into bat first and made use of the slow wicket and quick out field, managing to score 190/3 in their 20 overs.
Top scorers for Colita were Amith scoring 69 with 11 boundaries and Divek ‘Snowy’ with 54 in a 127 run second wicket partnership. Macksons bowlers had Waseem, Naseem and Iqbal managing a wicket each.
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Macksons chasing a large total came out swinging with Ismail ‘Milo’ taking a liking to the slower bowlers, scoring 68 and bringing Macksons in reach although they could only manage 157/8 in their 20 overs giving Colita the win.
Colita Bowlers had Bennie with 3/36 off his four overs as the highest wicket taker although a tight opening spell by Suvedh with 1/22 off his four overs and Amith was surely the deciding point.
October 1 – Wembezi vs Farhaan Hardware (FH) (Pro30) – FH went into bat and scored 224/6 in their allotted 30 overs with Muhammed Ali top scoring with 103 runs.
Top bowlers for Wembezi were Waseem and Sainesh, each taking two wickets. Unfortunately the score was too large for the Wembezi team and they managed a respectful 59 all out giving the win to FH with Thulani top scoring with 11 runs for Wembezi. FH bowlers had Anas and Imran each taking three wickets.
The week’s fixtures:
October 6 – 7pm – Farhaan Aluminium vs. Macksons XI.
October 7 – Saturday 1.30pm – Colita vs. Wembezi.
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