{"id":173291,"date":"2018-02-22T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173291\/cricket-action-galore-for-local-side\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:43:05","slug":"cricket-action-galore-for-local-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/02\/22\/cricket-action-galore-for-local-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket action galore for local side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston City Cricket Club hosted the Tembisa Cricket Club at their home grounds, the Germiston City Sports Grounds, in the Saturday Second League on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Germiston managed their first win of the weekend fixtures by knocking up 175 runs over the 139 runs put up by Tembisa.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173293\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173293\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_09215-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_09215-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_09215-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_09215-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_09215.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gavin Ferreira batting a wide ball with hopes to clinch a win against Tembisa Cricket Club in the Saturday Second League held at the Germiston City Sports Club, on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anthony Streicher was the top batsman of the day leading with 58 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Germiston played host again on Sunday to the Vosloorus Cricket Club in the Sunday Executive League.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The team scored 216 runs in their allotted overs with Pieter Kuiper the top batsman with 63 runs and fellow teammate Divan van Aswegen knocking 36 runs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173294\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173294\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_49025-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_49025-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_49025-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_49025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_49025.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ntsako Tshabalala from Tembisa Cricket Club adding bounce and flair to his bowling delivery during the Saturday Second League against Germiston City Cricket Club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vosloorus only managed 91 runs giving Germiston a 122-run victory.<\/p>\n<p>Their winning streak came to a halt in the Sunday Promotion League when Germiston travelled to the Main Oval in Dinwiddie, home of the Elsburg Eagles Cricket Club.<\/p>\n<p>Elsburg Eagles managed to clinch a win by 4 runs winning with 79 runs over Germiston\u2019s 74.<\/p>\n<p>Gareth van Ginkel was Germiston\u2019s top batsman with 12 runs, followed closely by fellow teammate, Donovan Smit with 11 runs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-173291 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/02\/22\/cricket-action-galore-for-local-side\/attachment\/07gcnsportsgermc_55634\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_55634-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-173295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_55634-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_55634-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_55634-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/02\/07GCNSPORTSGERMC_55634.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-173295'>\n\t\t\t\tJaden Roux of Germiston City Cricket Club keeps his eye on the wickets at the Germiston City Sports Grounds in the Saturday Second League, on Saturday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171746\/presidents-league-win-for-germiston\/\" target=\"_blank\">President\u2018s League win for Germiston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Lucas Bila of Tembisa Cricket Club bowls out Gavin Ferriera, Germiston City Cricket Club batsman.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wGod7YCHbY0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171749\/difficult-weekend-for-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Difficult weekend for Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson 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