Two out of two for King Cetshwayo
RH Construction King Cetshwayo cricket side had a good weekend at the office, winning one game on the road and one at home in their T20 and 50 over Premier League fixtures
THE RH Construction King Cetshwayo cricket side had a good weekend at the office, winning one game on the road and one at home in their T20 and 50 over Premier League fixtures.
The local outfit travelled to Durban on Saturday to take on Delta in a T20 encounter at Asherville.
The Zululanders won the toss and elected to field.
Delta reached 136/8 thanks to tight bowling, with King Cetshwayo captain Eugene Zwart leading the way with figures of 3/45 in 4 overs.
Speedster Neill Jordan was equally in fine form, claiming three scalps while only conceding seven runs in four overs.
Ruan Janse van Rensburg (1/22 in 4) and orthodox left hand spinner Stephan Joubert (1/16 in 4) did the rest.
In reply King Cetshwayo reached 137/6 in the 19th over with just three balls to spare.
Van Rensburg followed up his bowling performance with a knock of 42 before being caught by Cody Gertze off the bowling of Zakaria Paruk, but contributions of 35 and 28 from Zakhile Ntuli and Jason Redinger respectively set up the victory.
Dominating
Back in action on Sunday, King Cetshwayo took on Topham at Addison Park in the first 50 over match-up of the new season.
The Durban outfit batted first and were dismissed in the 42nd over thanks to Jason Redinger, who took four wickets for 10 runs in 3.3 overs.
He was well supported by Stephan Joubert (2/21), Neill Jordan (2/13) and Chad Neuhoff (1/36).
Familiar with the conditions, King Cetshwayo cantered to 122/2 in the 34th over to claim a comfortable eight-wicket victory.
Redinger remained unbeaten on 41 alongside his skipper Eugene Zwart, who ended unbeaten on 25.
Fellow opener Joubert managed 44 before being trapped LBW by Lance Padayachee.
This weekend is another jam-packed one for the cricketers, as the King Cetshwayo team will take on AML African Warriors in a T20 match on Saturday at Kingsmead Oval and UKZN in a T20 encounter on Sunday at Hammond Field.
Players involved in the KZN Coastals squad will travel to Polokwane on Saturday to take on Limpopo in a 50 over game.
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