Season: 2019/2020

Excelsior I vs Klapmuts

A great start to the T20 season. The Excelsior I team kicks off with a win.

Electing to bowl, the Klapmuts I team struggled to keep down the runs with our openers scoring a 121 partnership. J Schreuder (54 off 38 balls) and Y Johnson (80* off 58 balls) opened brilliantly. After an unfortunate run out of J Schreuder, S Jacobs carried the team through to the 20th over with a quick 24 off 14 balls. Excelsior I finished with 173/2 after the 20 overs.

The Klapmuts I team’s batting didn’t provide any resistance against a good bowling outfit. Finishing on 76/8 after 20 overs.

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Excelsior I vs Drakenstein EDU

A proud winning team! Another bonus point win, but 1 point short of finishing in the top spot in the league.

The Excelsior I team travelled to Paarl to face a formidable second spot Drakenstein EDU team. Needing a bonus-point win to challenge the first placed Wolseley on 32 points and Excelsior I on 31 points.

On an overcast morning, the opposition won the toss and elected to bat first. The Drakenstein team ended with 145 all out in the 34th over with G Petersen contributing a 63 off 56 balls. The Excelsior I bowling destroyer, JP Anthony, finished with bowling figures of 35/4 in his 10 overs.

Our turn to bat and we knew that chasing this score by the 40th over would mean a bonus point for us, but we first focussed on getting ourselves in and just going for the win first. The innings went on well with S Sederman (26 off 24 balls) and D Walbrugh (34 off 70 balls) obtaining the highest runs in the innings, but everyone contributed in our efforts. Partnerships of 41 and 41 between D Walbrugh and A Ras and D Walbrugh and JP Anthony, respectively, stabilised the ship after a few early wickets. 8 runs to go, everything almost went haywire as a flurry of wickets fell. The final few runs were scored with 1 wicket in hand and in the 39th over meaning that the bonus point was obtained.

Well done boys! It has been a great season, unlucky we did not finish top. Hats off to Wolseley, we wish you well in the playoffs. Next season we will come back stronger!

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Excelsior II vs Raithby I

Boom! Bam! Thank you, mam! Thanks for coming, Raithby! A major upset in the league! Our boys stood strong!

Raithby I was put into bat and could only muster 101 all out by the 33rd over. Only their opening batsmen showed some sort of resistance with R Bastra (36) and J Johnson (20). The rest fell to brilliant bowling by N Jacobs (21/4) and R Pool (28/3).

Excelsior II batsman showed composure to successfully chase the low total by the 28th over obtaining a bonus point as well. Our top scorers were H Valentyn (26), D Kleinhans (21) and quick 19 from 12 balls from F Rhoda.

Well done chaps!

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Excelsior I vs Excelsior II

The match played on Saturday 18 January 2020 turned out good for Excelsior I.

Winning the toss and electing to bat, the Excelsior I team scored 313/5 in the allotted 50 overs with Y Khan top-scoring with 83 off 93 balls and supported by A Ras (63 not out off 54) and C Krediet (36 not out off 36 balls).

Excelsior II replied with 169 all out in the 35th over with T Carolus top-scoring with a nifty 39 not out off 29 balls and F Rhoda 32 off 26 balls. The destroyer, L Julies, featured with the ball. The younster took 5 wickets in 8 overs for only 19 runs.

Excelsior I obtained a bonus point win and one step closer in challenging for the league title.

Excelsior Cricket would like to say bon voyage to Alie Ras, playing his final match before immigrating to Australia. We wish you well and thank you for your service.


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