Bad day at the office for uThungulu

RH Construction uThungulu failed miserably in their Premier League match against Topham at Chatsworth Oval on Sunday, going down by 5 wickets and handing Topham a bonus point victory.

uThungulu padded up first and marched out to the middle with confidence after last week’s away victory.

But with openers Stephan Joubert (2 off 15 balls) and Eugene Zwart (4 off 6 balls) failing to get the engine running, things did not look good for the uThungulu lads.

It was only Simon Savides who dug in and his impressive 76 not out pushed the tally to a reasonable 148 all out.

Topham reached 149 for 5 in the 39th over to secure the home victory.

Van Rensburg managed to make some inroads with the ball, ending with figures of 2/24 in 8.

Otto Rode 1/31 in 10 and Joubert 1/15 in 9 also got into the wicket column.

The team will have a break this week with the KZN Coastal Districts team in action.

Their next game will be on Sunday, 6 March against Chatsworth United at Chatsworth.