GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO SPORTS NEWS - In a disappointing weekend for the Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers women's team, Haroline Rhodes and her troops lost against the DP World Lions in both the limited over and Twenty/20 fixtures at the DP World Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
In the limited over match the Badgers had the Lions in trouble at 100/6, but the home team recovered to 206 (all out).
Jané Winster (3/32) and Micaela Andrews (3/53) each bagged three wickets.
The target was reduced due to bad light and lightning and with the Badgers at 88/6 after 20 overs, they were 36 runs behind on the revised Duckworth/Lewis target.
The Lions posted 164/4 in the T20 match. Despite a half-century by Tazmin Brits (52) the Badgers ended on 110/5 for a 54-run defeat.
Limited over match
- LIONS 206 all out (48 overs) (Raisibe Ntozakhe 41, J. Shaikjee 40, Jané Winster 3/32, Micaela Andrews 3/53)
- BADGERS 88/6 (20 overs) (Mieke de Ridder 24*, Amber Botha 13, Lehlohonolo Sardick 2/10)
- DP World Lions won by 36 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern formula.
Twenty20 match
- LIONS 164/4 (20 overs)
- BADGERS 110/5 (20 overs) (Tazmin Brits 52) DP World Lions won by 54 runs.
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