Jolly Brothers beat LMS Click Boys
Ryan Foster, who opened the batting for Back Stoppers, smashed the RKC Academy bowlers out of the park and scored a quick 50 from 24 balls.
The game of the week saw RKC Academy losing for the first time this season.
With a team full of Academy youngsters being led by their coach Ruan Kotze, they were on their fifth win.
This Sunday, they played their sixth game against Back Stoppers, which is more of a social team.
RKC batted first and scored 144 in their 20 overs for the loss of two wickets.
Ruan Kotze batted well, scoring 50 runs from 33 balls, and Dwaine Rossouw cemented the batting, scoring 50 from 36 balls after being dropped twice.
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Rossouw used his life line perfectly as 144 was a tough score to chase.
Ryan Foster, who opened the batting for Back Stoppers, smashed the RKC Academy bowlers out of the park and scored a quick 50 from 24 balls.
After Foster retired, RKC Academy bowlers managed to reduce the run rate.
Wickets fell and it came to the last over where Back Stoppers needed seven from the last ball to win the game.
The pressure was on Lodie Greeff of Back Stoppers, who was on strike.
The only way Back Stoppers could win the game was by hitting a home run.
Greeff overcame the pressure and managed to hit the home run, which is 12 runs, and this saw RKC Academy face their first loss.
Back Stoppers won the game, scoring 150 runs for the loss of four wickets in their 20 overs.
Greeff ended up scoring 52 runs from 29 balls.
Other results:
Hulapalu 97/4/20 vs LMS Click Boys 84/8/17.3
Jolly Brothers 129/6/20 vs LMS Click Boys 112/5/20
RKC Academy 132/4/20 vs Spitbraai 102/3/20
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