GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO SPORT NEWS - The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers Academy team achieved mixed success against their Eastern Province counterparts last weekend.
The Badgers won one out of the three matches that were played in Gqeberha but aggressive batting displays by Johan Smal with scores of 41, 81 and 73 caught the eye.
In the third match, which the Badgers narrowly lost, Protea T20 player Tristan Stubbs hit a match-winning 93.
The summarised scorecards are:
Match 1
- SIX GUN GRILL GARDEN ROUTE BADGERS 282/6 (50 overs)
- (Mark Adrianatos 99, Lleyton Avontuur 48*, Johan Smal 41, S Plaatjies 2/38)
- EP ACADEMY 285/2 (43.2 overs) (E Meiri 135, Kyle Jacobs 106*, Luke Beaufort 20*, Tyrese Karelse 1/37) EP Academy won by 8 wickets
Match 2
- EP ACADEMY 251 all out (50 overs) (J Chippendale 68, Luke Beaufort 62, C Gleaves 52, Travis Ackermann 5/41, Anoxolo Khitsini 3/47)
- SIX GUN GRILL GARDEN ROUTE BADGERS 253/5 (47.4 overs)
- (Johan Smal 81, Lleyton Avontuur 49, Tyrese Karelse 42, Odin le Roux 27*, Hayden Sweet 26*, Gqiba 2/33)
- Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers Academy won by 5 wickets
Match 3
- SIX GUN GRILL GARDEN ROUTE BADGERS 271/9 (50 overs) (Johan Smal 73, Hayden Sweet 61, Tyrese Karelse 54, Gqiba 3/16, Baard 2/44)
- EP ACADEMY 272/4 (48.1 overs) (Tristan Stubbs 93, Kyle Jacobs 96,
- Luke Beaufort 42*)
- EP Academy won by 6 wickets.
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