CRICKET NEWS - The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers Colts achieved mixed results in their final round of matches in the Cricket South Africa Provincial Colts competition against Boland.
The matches were played at the REC Ground last weekend.
In the three-day match, Boland batted first and posted 312 (all out) with David Christie K(136) posting a century.
Jarren Bacher (grandson of Dr Ali Bacher) took 6/65 for the Badgers.
The schoolboy, Kurt Botha, (82) excelled for the Badgers in their first innings as they were dismissed for 166 – a deficit of 146.
Boland declared their second innings at 220/5 – setting the Badgers a target of 366.
With their second innings score at 225/4, the captains shook hands as the match ended in a draw. Tyrece Karelse made 79.
In the one-day match the Badgers were dismissed for only 178 with Warren Bell (75 from 94 balls) the top performer. Boland responded with 179/1 for a nine-wicket victory with Christie (101 from 112 balls) making a century.
Summarised scorecards
Three-day match: drawn:
Boland 1st innings 312 all out (David Christie 136, Akeem Minaar 59, Micheal Copeland 59, Jarred Bacher 6/65, Elih Thorne 2/52), and 2nd innings 220/5 (Micheal Copeland 103*, David Christie 72, Nathan Engelbrecht 24, Tyrese Karelse 2/28).
Garden Route Badgers 1st innings 166 all out (Kurt Botha 82, Breyton Plaatjies 26, Devon Smith 5/49, Anda Dilima 2/32, Jevano Baron 2/33) and 2nd innings 225/4 (Tyrese Karelse 79, Kurt Botha 39, Stefan May 37, Jonathan Bester 32*, Warren Bell 24*).
One-day match: Boland won by 9 wickets:
Garden Route Badgers 178 all out (Warren Bell 75, Stefan May 48, Jevano Baron 2/6, Ethan Cunningham 2/9, Kent Goedeke 2/14),
Boland 179/1 (David Christie 101, Nathan Engelbrecht 58*)
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