{"id":136361,"date":"2016-10-26T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/136361\/tough-weekend-for-eagles\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T08:51:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T06:51:48","slug":"tough-weekend-for-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/10\/26\/tough-weekend-for-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough weekend for Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Elsburg Eagles Cricket Club suffered a blow this weekend, losing both their Second League and Promotion League clashes.<\/p>\n

On Saturday the team faced the Midrand Cricket Club at their home ground, the Scaw Main Oval in Dinwiddie.<\/p>

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The club batted first and managed to get 145 runs on the board before they were all out.<\/p>\n

Schalk Groenewald and Garreth Hann were credited with making most of the Eagles’ runs, scoring 35 and 26 runs respectively.<\/p>

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The Eagles then took to the field, where despite their best efforts, they were unable to crack the Midrand batting partnerships.<\/p>\n

The top wicket taker was Schalk Groenewald who took two wickets for only 16 runs; he was awarded man of the match.<\/p>\n

The visitors won the match with six wickets in hand.<\/p>\n

On Sunday the Eagles continued their Promotion League campaign against the KwaThema Cricket Club, at the Scaw Main Oval.<\/p>\n