Cricket | Red Ball Campaign For Garden Route Badgers
- The Badgers will travel to East London where they will take on the Eastern Cape Iianyathi at Buffalo Park
- The Badgers will be keen and motivated to put their hands on silverware and the head coach Gurshwin Rabie
The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers will take a lot of confidence from the recent Cricket South Africa T20 knock-out competition as they enter their red-ball campaign for the 2024/25 season.
The Badgers were losing finalist in the T20 competition, and they will take a lot of confidence for the rest of the season. The Badgers will travel to East London where they will take on the Eastern Cape Iianyathi at Buffalo Park in East London with the match starting on Thursday 31 October.
The Badgers will be keen and motivated to put their hands on silverware and the head coach Gurshwin Rabie will be full of confidence that the line-up can produce the desired results.
Injuries, to Lifa Nthanzi and Ruan Terblanche has ruled them out of contention whilst Pheko Moletsane is unavailable due to personal reasons. Hlompho Modomokoane and Khwezi Gumede are both back from injuries. George van Heerden (with the bat), Thomas Kaber (with the ball) and all rounder Kyle Jacobs were the Badgers most outstanding players in the T20 campaign, and they will again be key players in the four day competition.
The Badgers squad for the weekend is: Yaseen Valli (captain), Luke Beaufort, Khwezi Gumede, Kyle Jacobs, Thomas Kaber, Hlompo Modimokoane, Kelly Smuts, Jarred Jardine, Tyrece Karelse, Sintu Majiza, Liyabona Malifi, George van Heerden and Keenan Vieira.
The rest of the Badgers 4-day fixtures are:
- vs Tuskers (in Oudtshoorn) 14-17 November
- vs Limpopo Impalas (in Oudtshoorn) 5-8 December
- vs Mpumalanga Rhino’s (in White River) 16-19 January 2025
- vs Northern Cape Heat (in Oudtshoorn) 30 January – 2 February 2025
- vs Eastern Storm (in Benoni) 20-23 March 2025
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