Protea batsmen join Toti Cricket Club squad
The club says its first team will benefit from playing with these professional cricketers.
TWO Dolphin and Protea batsmen joined Amanzimtoti Cricket Club’s (ACC) 1st XI team during their two home games on October 2.
Amanzimtoti Cricket Club recently had the pleasure of welcoming the two Dolphin and Protea batsmen, Sarel Erwee and Keegan Peterson, into their squad for the 2022/2023 cricket season.
Sunday saw both players play at the Toti Oval in the second round of the Castle T20 Premier competition.
“A welcome initiative of the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union sees Dolphin players allocated to clubs to help strengthen club teams and grow the game.
This is unique to have two Protea players play club cricket, and to have them at Amanzimtoti is a rare bonus. The current first team squad has a good mix of experienced and young up-and-coming players who will all benefit from the experience of players with these professionals,” said the club’s chairperson, Matthew Hamer.
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The women’s game was won by ACC as the opponents did not arrive for the game.
The ACC 1ST XI vs Simplex game started late due to a wet patch on the pitch which meant that the game was restricted to a 13-over game. ACC won the toss and put Simplex in to bat. Simplex scored 97 for the loss of 4 wickets. The wickets were taken by Jordan Bryan (2), Dylan Labuschagne (1) and Jandre Fourie (1).
Unfortunately, ACC only managed to score 74 for 3 wickets in their allotted overs. The main contributor was Jared Michaux with 33 runs. ACC lost by 23 runs.
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In their second game vs Ilembe, ACC won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 117 for 5 wickets with the runs coming from Sarel Erwee (18), Keegan Peterson (33), Corné Nel (14), Jandré Fourie (14) and Tegan Naidoo (13). ACC got Ilembe out for 61 runs in 15.5 overs.
The wickets were taken by Rob Ackermann (4), Dylan Labuschagne (2), Jordan Bryan (2) and Jared Michaux (1). The last wicket was a run-out. ACC won by 56 runs.
ACC has three senior men’s teams, a women’s team, veterans and a junior section. They welcome all new players and juniors looking to play cricket. For more information, contact the club on 084 641 1828.
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