NEW JUNIOR CRICKET LEAGUE LAUNCHED

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 CRICKET NEWS - NEW JUNIOR CRICKET LEAGUE LAUNCHED

The Clinton Moodley Cricket Academy(CMCA) in conjunction with the Scottburgh Country Club kicked off a junior hardball cricket T20 league this Saturday the 25th March 2023, . Four teams will participate in this league, CMCA Green Mamba`s, CMCA Red Devils, CMCA Rockets and Malangeni Cricket Club.
This weekend’s inaugural match was a nail-biter. The Mamba`s overcame a strong Red Devil`s defeating them by one run. Mamba`s Captain Rorke Harris won the toss and elected to bat, the Mambas made a competitive 122 runs in their 20 Overs, batting contributions came from Shivaar Sivpersad 16 runs, Rorke Harris 13 runs, Arshaan Ishwarlal 10 runs with the rest of the batters chipping in.The Red Devils bowling figures were respectable. Deshan Pillay bowling his 5 overs for 13 runs and claiming 2 wickets, Ryan Mansour 4 overs went for 20 runs and he claimed 1 wicket, Zayden Nagdee bowled his 5 over and conceded 31 runs while claiming 2 wickets, Stefanie Garber bowled 2 over for 20 runs and claimed 1 wicket and lastly Drogin Hall bowled 1 over and conceded no runs. 
 Red Devil’s Captain Deshan Pillay assumed that this run chase would be a doddle. Opening bowler Anton Bezuidenhout for the Mamba`s destroyed the Red Devils Top order Claiming the first 4 wickets for 18 runs in his 5 over spell. His opening partner Shivaar Sivpersad claimed the next 4 scalps for 25 runs in his 5 overs. Captain Rorke bowled a decent spell only conceding 14 runs in his 3 overs. Caleb Turner & Shivesh Moodley bowled decently with Shivesh taking 1 wicket in his 3 overs for 9 runs. 
Our Star Batsman for the Red Devils Chayton du Plessis smashed the ball regularly to the boundary. His boundary hitting included 6 fours and 2 sixes. He finished not out on 51(35 balls).
Chayton and Deshan took the game to the last ball but Mamba`s captain Rorke held his nerve and bowled a stellar last ball perfectly outside the off stump straight to wicki Cade Canham. The game was won by 1 run by the Mamba`s. 
                                                                  CMCA GREEN MAMBAS 
 
From left, Megan Bosman, Diane Ferreira, Asheley Brown, Abegale Hall, Anton Bezuidenhout, Rorke Harris, Arshaan Ishwarlal, Robert Webster, Caleb Turner, Shivaar Sivpersad, Cade Canham and Shivesh Moodley
CMCA RED DEVILS

 
From front Left kneeling, Valerie du Plooy, Chayton du Plessis, Deshan Pillay, Drogin Hall
Back Standing, Zayden Nagdee, Stefanie Gerber, Jana Gerber and Janel Garber








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