Madibaz batting defeats UCT side
THE NMMU-Madibaz put on a strong batting display to defeat UCT at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom yesterday.
UCT won the toss and elected to field, looking to bounce back from their heavy defeat to UWC earlier in the day.
But the men from Port Elizabeth had completely different ideas.
They were 30/2 after the first two overs thanks to a combination of five boundaries by openers Matthew Christensen and Kevin Carroll, and the four wides by Stuart Cox in his first over.
UCT would have been relieved to have claimed the wicket of Christensen an over later thanks to the bowling of Kieran Hayne.
But it was to be a brief respite as Carroll and the incoming Lloyd Brown continued where the openers had left off.
Madibaz had a slight hiccup when Carroll and Vian Marnitz fell in the space of five balls, the latter going for a duck.
But a steady partnership ensued and Aubrey Ferreira put on a quick-fire 31.
Brown reached 50 in some style with a six off the penultimate over.
Madibaz ended on 170/5, setting UCT 171 for victory.
The Capetonians got off to a much steadier start.
Jack Newby and Taariq Chiektey took UCT to 22/0 in the first three overs.
In the fourth over, Jason Davidson got the breakthrough, as Chiektey edged through to Vian Marnitz, who took a diving catch. In the second ball after strategy break, Junaid Dawood struck, trapping Brandan Tattum lbw.
On Wednesday, Madibaz beat UWC by two wickets. Madibaz won the toss and elected to field first.
UWC got off to a slow start with only 41 runs from the first five overs.
By restricting the chaps from the Western Cape to 145/6, Madibaz would feel they were still in with a chance.
Madibaz started their run chase slowly, after five overs they only had 30 runs on the scoreboard.
Aubrey Ferreira’s 17 from 20 balls and Vian Maritz’s 31* from 25 balls kept their foot on the pedal.
In the end it was Onke Nyaku with 20* from 11 balls securing the victory.