BADGERS FINISH 4-DAY COMPETITION ON A HIGH

19 February 2024

The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers has finished their disappointing 4-day campaign with a three-wicket victory against the Mpumalanga Rhino»s at the Recreation Ground in Oudtshoorn on Sunday.

With this victory the Badgers has avoided the wooden spoon and jumped two places to 5^th on the final log with two victories, three defeats and a draw in their campaign.

Blayde Capell

Khwezi Gumede

It was again the top runs scorer in the 4-day competition, Blayde Capell, who set-up the victory for the Badgers. Capell (121), who scored his third century of the season in the Badgers first innings followed it up with an aggressive 55 in the second innings. Khwezi Gumede with figures of 4/71 and 6/65 was the outstanding Badgers bowler as he bagged ten wickets in the match.

The Rhino’s, who batted first was dismissed for 255 in their rain-interrupted first innings to which the Badgers replied with 280 - for a 25 runs lead. The Rhino’s who scored 280 in their second innings set the Badgers a competitive target of 256. The Badgers responded with an aggressive batting where they bat at a rate of close to 5 runs to the over from Capell, Kyle Jacobs (42), Keenan Vieira (46) and Jhedli van Briesies (82) and reached the target of 255 in the 54th over.

The summarised score card is:

MPUMALANGA RHINOS: 1^st innings 255 all out (Muhammed Mayet 85, Benjamin van Niekerk 91^*, Khwezi Gumede 4/71, Kelly Smuts 2/39, Sintu Majiza 2/54) and 2^nd innings 280 all out (Zuan Swart 92, Benjamin van Niekerk 54, Gregory Mahlokwane 66, Khwezi Gumede 6/65)
GARDEN ROUTE BADGERS: 1^st innings 280 all out (Blayde Capell 121, Kelly Smuts 39, Jhedli van Briesies 36, Jon Hinrichsen 5/30, Kieran Kenny 2/23, Gregory Mahlokwane 2/78) and 2^nd innings 258/7 (Blayde Capell 55, Kyle Jacobs 42, Keenan Vieira 46, Jhedli van Briesies 82, Jon Hinrichsen 5/63)
Garden Route Badgers won by 3 wickets.