Season: 2019/2020

Excelsior I vs Mbekweni I

Another one bites the dust…

A great day out for the Excelsior boys! It wasn’t easy, but we made it through. Mbekweni turned out to be a formidable opponent and hats off to them.

On an out and out batting pitch (totally different from the sticky one we played on two weeks ago), we decided that if we win the toss, we will bat. We claimed the toss due to the late arrival by the opponents and was set to bat.

Posting a total of 238/6 in the allotted 50 overs. An excellent partnership of 177 between Y Johnson(103) and D Walbrugh (52) set the bar for Mbekweni. Mbekweni fought back hard in their innings with L Mthandeki scoring 104 off 128 balls, but only to fall short with 11 runs.

A tight game and enjoyable at that. The Excelsior I team continue on their 2-game unbeaten run. There is still more to come as this team grows together and has the ability to overcome obstacles put in their path to win the league. #watch_this_space

 

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Excelsior II vs Saron I

A slow start to our 2nd team’s campaign this season, playing against the 5th spot, Saron’s first team. A team with 1 bonus point win under their name and 1 loss. Can the boys pull one back and get on the scoreboard. Sure they can 🙂

Putting Saron into bat and limiting them to 163 all out, Excelsior II knew that this could be their day and sure it was. An excellent 77* by captain Y Khan and a valuable contribution by D Kleinhans, saw the team through in the 43rd over.

Well done boys!

Gameday!!!

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Excelsior I vs Klapmuts I

Team Photo (including Anton of Klapmuts(bottom right) 🙂 )

After a rained out weekend last time around, Excelsior Cricket Club are back facing the Klapmuts team that beat our 2nd team a fortnight ago.

Upon arriving at the ground, the team noticed that the pitch was heavily underprepared. Wet, soft and very sticky. We decided that if we won the toss, we would send Klapmuts in to bat. That was not to be. We lost the toss and they sent us into bat.

Our innings went ok with tough batting conditions, with Tahir Fredericks scoring an excellent 65 off 64 balls. We finished with 200 all out in the 50th over.

After the break, we prepared ourselves to utilise the pitch conditions and put them under pressure. Their batsman could not carry their team through even with a brilliant innings by N Samuels, scoring 37 off 43 balls. They reached 104 all out giving Excelsior a 96 run win. Congrats to the boys.

After a disappointing start in the first league match against Raithby and a rained out weekend, Excelsior bounces back well with a bonus-point win. We now need to keep up the good work and keep on going onward and upward.

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