T20 Premier League past halfway mark
Cricket
The T20 Premier League final will be decided on 1 December after only 12 matches.
The fourth round of Cricket Namibia's T20 Cricket Premier League games between APS Samsung Wanderers 1 and ATG WHS Old Boys 1 as well as the clash between CCD Tigers 1 and Trustco United 1 tomorrow at Wanderers in Pionierspark promise to be tense affairs.Last weekend Wanderers got the better of United by eight wickets, while Old Boys trumped Tigers by six wickets.
Top five run scorers last Saturday
The five batsmen together hit 186 runs from 127 balls and chased 26 deliveries for 120 runs to the boundary rope (18x4, 8x6).
They are JC Balt (50 runs, 26 balls, 6x4, 3x6), Lo-han Louwrens of Wanderers (40 not out, 18 b, 5x4, 2x6), Handré Klazinga of United (31, 25 b, 1x4, 2x6), Malan Kruger (31, 25 b, 4x4) and Ben Shikongo of Tigers (29, 32 b, 2x4, 1x6).
Top five bowlers from last weekend
A total of 13 wickets fell among the top five for 84 runs in 19 overs.
The top 5 are Jan-Izak de Villiers (4 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs, economy 4.25), Francois du Plessis (3/26 in 4, econ. 6.5), Zhivago Groenewald (2/11 in 4, econ. 2.75), Donovan Zealand (2/17 in 4, econ. 4.25) and Shaun Fouché (2/13 in 3, econ. 4.33).
The competition is fierce between the bowlers and batters to secure a place on Cricket Namibia's respective rankings for them and the overall rankings points.
Top five run scorers after three games
JJ Smit of Wanderers (139 rund, 2 batting innings), JC Balt of Wanderers (127, 3 innings), Niko Davin of Wanderers (85, 3 innings), Ryan Moffett of Tigers (77, 3 innings) and Gerhard Erasmus of Old Boys (76, 1 innings).
Top five bowlers after three matches: Francois du Plessis of Old Boys (8 wickets in 11.4 overs), Jan-Izak de Villiers of Wanderers (7 in 8), Zhivago Groenewald of Old Boys (6 in 12), Bernard Scholtz of Wanderers (5 in 8) and Shaun Fouché of Old Boys (4 in 5).
Overall ranking points
JC Balt (609 points), JJ Smit (599), Gerhard Erasmus (401), Ryan Moffett (351) and Niko Davin (335).
The clash between Wanderers and Old Boys starts at 09:00 and Tigers versus United at 15:00.
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