CRICKET 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 that were played at the DP World Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday and Sunday, 8 and 9 October 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). Jane Winster (3/32) and Michaela Andrews (3/53) each bagged three wickets.
The target was reduced due to bad light and lightening 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.
The summarised score cards are:
Limited-over match
DP WORLD LIONS 206 all out (48 overs) (Raisibe Ntozakhe 41, J Shaikjee 40, Jane Winster 3/32, Michaela Andrews 3/53)
SIX GUN GRILL GARDEN ROUTE BADGERS 88/6 (20 overs) (Mieke de Ridder 24*, Amber Botha 13, Lehlohonolo Sardick 2/10)
DP World Lions won by 36 runs as per the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern formula
Twenty/20 match
DP WORLD LIONS 164/4 (20 overs)
SIX GUN GRILL GARDEN ROUTE BADGERS 110/5 (20 overs) (Tazmin Brits 52)
DP World Lions won by 54 runs
Khayakazi Mathe of the Badgers during the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Cup. Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
Tazmin Brits of the Badgers Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
Mochelle May of the Badgers Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
Marnazelle Rabie of the Badgers Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
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