The Southern KZN summer season has started with a flourish, with 14 teams taking part in the two divisions.
In round one, three of the four T20 games came right down to the wire. Games were played at Port Shepstone Country Club and Suid-Natal High.
Port Shepstone CC (Division 1):
Defending champions Hibiscus Ballies lost to Port Shepstone Country club by five runs, with a brilliant final over from Kevin Manthey that got Country Club home.
PSCC 127/5 (Gershion Lawrence 41 and 2 wkts, Struan Scott 27, Shaun Ferreira 3 wkts) beat Ballies 122/7 (Anton Potgieter 37 and 2 wkts, Gregg Wigmore 33).
In the afternoon game at Port Shepstone, there was another upset as powerhouse Kings XI got an absolute hiding from newly promoted Legends CC.
For their first game in the top division, it couldn’t have gone any better and shows how tight this year’s competition will be.
Kings XI 99/6 (Mohammed Moolla 27, Abdur Rehman 4 wkts) lost to Legends CC 105/5 (Sahal Mansoor 25, Rizwan Bhula 40, Arif Kazi 2 wkts, Rizvan Vabia 2 wkts).
The other three teams are Knockouts, Eagles and Sezela.
Suid-Natal High (Division 2):
There was another upset as new boys Solid XI beat Manbrechd Vikings in a thriller with the result being decided by the final wicket in the final over.
Manbrechd Vikings 116/9 (Rudi Smit 43 and 2 wkts, Marko Sukkels 2 wkts, Mikyle Bartle 20) lost to Solid XI 117/9 (Ayoob Ebrahim 5 wkts, Shalin Harriparsad 2 wkts, Siya Manona 2 wkts).
In the afternoon game, Gamalakhe kept up their league form from last season by beating Crusaders CC. Ben Malamba was proud of his boys as they stuck to the game plan of mistake-free cricket.
Crusaders 104/10 (Usman Mohamed 47, Avinash Manilal 3 wkts, Ali Haider 2 wkts, Yega Kathanan 2 wkts) lost to Gamalakhe 105/7 (Qhamani Sikhutshwa 5 wkts, Simiso Mthembu 3 wkts).
The other three teams are Wolfpack, Mustangs and Lions.
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