Randburg Cricket Club sets new 50-over record
Centuries from two players help Randburg Cricket Club reach 449/6 in President's A League game.
A new record has been set for the highest 50-over team total scored at the grounds of Randburg Cricket Club.
The home side’s President’s A-League team amassed a mammoth 449/6 against Kagiso Cricket Club recently.
This surpassed the previous record of 427/7 set by the same team in the 2017/2018 season.
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The new record was made possible by two centurions – man of the match Rowan Chalmers (102 off 49) and Josh McCoy (100 off 91).
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The incredible total left the visitors despondent, and Randburg’s bowlers showed no mercy to take advantage of this and bowled Kagiso out for 115 to set up an unheard-of win margin of 334 runs.
Chalmers was also among the best bowlers, finishing with figures of 3/16 in seven overs.
“The team has been a bit up and down in recent months but lately they have gained much momentum,” said Randburg club captain Harry Lediga who also congratulated the team captain Noel James on the victory.
“So it is good to see from a coaching perspective that they are doing well in all areas. Also, Chalmers and McCoy have been in the Randburg system since they were boys and it is great to see them come through the ranks. It shows we have real homegrown talent.”
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Lediga said the team was five games into the President’s A League and has 20 matches left, so it is a long way to go.
“I am really looking forward to seeing how they do.”
Soon the club will host ‘time cricket’ games again, which features each side playing two innings over a day.
Usually, each team has 60 overs for their two innings, so around 120 overs are played across the four innings in one day.
Lediga said this brought a different dimension to cricket and the format had been played in the past but had taken a break in recent years.
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