Gbets Rocks spinners bamboozle Lions batters in bonus point win

GBets Rocks 160/4

Imperial Lions 116 all out

Rocks won by 44 runs

Johannesburg - The Boland Rocks spinners bamboozled the Lions batters earning their side a crucial bonus point in Tuesday’s CSA T20 Challenge fixture in Gqeberha.

The Rocks’ trio of spinners shared six wickets between them successfully defending what their skipper Pieter Malan felt was a ‘par total’ at St George’s Park.

Leg-spinner, Shaun von Berg, did a very passable imitation of his hero Shane Warne, picking up two wickets with his first two deliveries including a beauty to Mitchell van Buuren, that pitched on the line of middle stump, turned and found the outside edge, with wicket-keeper Clyde Fortuin completing a good catch.

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Van Buuren also deceived Dominic Hendricks, trapping him lbw, and completed his allotment of four overs having taken the best figures in the competition so far, 3/14.

The left-arm spinner Siyabonga Mahima had set the tone for the Rocks in the field, by claiming a wicket with the first ball of the innings, trapping the Lions opener Joshua Richards lbw. Mahima finished with 2/20 while off-spinner Imraan Manack claimed 1/27.

GAME 1 RESULT | @Paarl_Rocks WON BY 44 RUNSPieter Malan's men stay in the #CSAT20Challenge hunt as a well rounded performance sees the Paarl outfit register a bonus point victory.