CRICKET NEWS - The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers will take a lot of confidence from the recent Cricket South Africa T20 knock-out competition as they enter their red-ball campaign for the 2024/25 season.
The Badgers were the losing finalists in the T20 competition. They will travel to East London where they will take on the Eastern Cape Iianyathi at Buffalo Park with the match starting on Thursday 31 October.
The Badgers will be keen to put their hands on silverware and the head coach, Gurshwin Rabie, will be full of confidence that the line-up can produce the desired results.
Injuries to Lifa Nthanzi and Ruan Terblanche have ruled them out of contention while Pheko Moletsane is unavailable due to personal reasons. Hlompho Modomokoane and Khwezi Gumede are both back from injuries.
George van Heerden (with the bat), Thomas Kaber (with the ball) and all-rounder Kyle Jacobs were the Badgers' most outstanding players in the T20 campaign, and they will again be key players in the four-day competition.
The Badgers squad for the weekend are: Yaseen Valli (captain), Luke Beaufort, Khwezi Gumede, Kyle Jacobs, Thomas Kaber, Hlompo Modimokoane, Kelly Smuts, Jarred Jardine, Tyrece Karelse, Sintu Majiza, Liyabona Malifi, George van Heerden and Keenan Vieira.
The summarised scorecards in the Six Gun Grill SWD promotion, reserve and women's league matches that were scheduled for the past weekend are:
Promotion League:
- Ladismith beat Mossel Bay by 69 runs
- Ladismith 260 all out (37 overs); Mossel Bay 191 all out (24.1 overs)
- Pirates United beat Bongolethu by 8 wickets
- Bongolethu 67 all out (19.5 overs); Pirates United 71/2 (9.5 overs)
- NMU beat New Dawn Park by 53 runs
- NMU 247 all out (49.4 overs); New Dawn Park 194 all out (37.5 overs)
- NMU beat Bongolethu by 283 runs
- NMU 402 all out (48.3 overs); Bongolethu 119 all out (31.4 overs)
Reserve League Division 2:
- Plett Pioneers B beat Knysna Cavaliers C by 5 wickets
- Knysna Cavaliers C 163 all out (27 overs); Plett Pioneers B 164/5 (15.2 overs)
- Pirates United B beat Plett Pioneers C by 92 runs
- Pirates United B 169 all out (25.6 overs); Plett Pioneers C 77 all out (21.6 overs)
- Beaufort West beat Calitzdorp Young Stars B by 8 wickets
- Calitzdorp Young Stars B 60 all out (14.4 overs); Beaufort West 65/2 (10 overs)
- Harlequins Forces B beat Western Hope B by 8 wickets
- Western Hope B 74 all out (20.2 overs); Harlequins Forces B 75/2 (10.1 overs)
- Knysna Cavaliers B beat George D by 60 runs on DLS method
- George D 140 all out (34.4 overs); Knysna Cavaliers B 117/2 (20 overs)
- Sussex B vs Hartenbos B: match abandoned
- Hartenbos B 100/3 (24 overs); Sussex B (dnb)
- Thembalethu B vs Sussex C: match abandoned
- Thembalethu B 171 all out (25.2 overs); Sussex C 102/5 (13.5 overs)
- George C vs Ramblers B: match abandoned
Women's League Division 1:
- Union Stars beat Sussex by 9 wickets
- Sussex 57 all out (18.2 overs); Union Stars 58/1 (11.2 overs)
Women's Division 1: T20:
- Pacaltsdorp United beat Harlequins Forces by 172 runs
- Pacaltsdorp United 216/2 (20 overs); Harlequins Forces 44 all out (12.4 overs)
- George beat Sussex by 195 runs
- George 216/2 (20 overs); Sussex 21 all out (10.5 overs)
- George vs Harlequins Forces: match abandoned
- Harlequins Forces 48/3 (12 overs); George (dnb)
- Union Stars vs Pacaltsdorp United: match abandoned
- Pacaltsdorp United 66/2 (13.1 overs); Union Stars (dnb)
Returning from an injury, Kwezi Gumede will join the Badgers for the red-ball campaign.
Hlompho Modomokoane has returned from an injury and is joining the Badgers for the red-ball campaign.‘We bring you the latest Garden Route, Hessequa, Karoo news’
