TUT SCORPIONS’ BATSMAN
WERE NOT JOKER
By Thokozani Biyana.
Another fixture of the
Titans Second League presenting TUKS 6 up against TUT 3 (Scorpions) from 12h00
till 17h00 on Saturday, 4 March 2023 at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
Laduma Stadium Scorpions
won this match then climbed the Titans Second League table from number 4 to
number 3, claiming the three points to reach forty points.
TUKS 6 won the toss and
chose to bat first allowing them to set the pace of the game. TUKS 6 had the
advantage to bat first however, Scorpions flipped the coin around and claimed
victory by eight wickets. These results shows that Scorpions batman’s’ covered
TUK 6 runs with more batman’s’ to spare.
Scorpions are still in the title race
mathematically whereas TUKS 6 are struggling to escape relegation zone which
sets Ahead of the game the Coach of the Scorpions Thapelo Motloutseta said
“Every game is a crucial game now as we are left with only three games, so we
better be switched on.”
On the other hand, TUKS
6 had new recruitments on their team, one of them was Mlungisi Mashinini (22)
who is a batter. Mlungisi Mashinini said “The game went south after our first
two wickets were taken out early because we had to cover more runs after them.” TUKS 6 chose to bat first and recorded eighty-eight
runs (10 wickets, 18.3 overs) then had to bowl for Scorpion to which Scorpions
reached eighty-nine runs (2 wickets, 16.0 overs) by only losing two wickets.
Mostly it is families
that supports the Cricket athletes like their children and wife Martha Cortez
stated “These games are a nice escape from weekdays work to weekend family
time, just to relax the mind from stress.” Mathematically still in the race for
the title, until the next game on Saturday, 11 March 2023 12:00 PM, Scorpions
vs Sinoville 4 at Hillview. The last three games are the mile before the finish line.
.
Scorpions
won by eight wickets.
TUKS 6
were batting.
Mlungisi
Mashinini (22) new recruitment for TUKS 6
TUKS 6
batter.
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