Welwitschias in action

Rudi Bowe

The Welwitschia cricket team from the coast maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier 50-over Cricket League with a comfortable victory.

Welwitschia beat Trustco United by 93 runs at the United field in Windhoek. United won the toss and sent Welwitschia in to bat and they got the early wicket of Justus Hangula for a duck, Rana Waqas (60 off 52 balls) and Shalako Groenewald got 65 from 79 balls.
Nian Grobler added 34 and Herman Karsten 28 before all were out for 235 runs. Ben Shikongo was Welwitschia’s best bowler, taking five wickets for 42 runs from nine over’s. Tomorrow Wel-witschia will lock horns with Wanderers from Windhoek at 9:30 at the Sparta Oval in Walvis Bay.