SA Champs 2012 - Marks Park

One by one they fell at the hands (and sheer class) of the World and now TeamKit SA Champs KINGS VIII. This years tournament culminated in what many would term a dream final with the much fancied centurion outfit matched against the (then) current and two time Champions from Johannesburg Rebels.

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Rebels won the toss and elected to bat.

Their opening pair built a decent platform, but none of the duo were able to really press on and make telling scores. This was further compounded by the demise of their next duo in quick succession. Alex Nel (5) came in and delivered a few lusty blows helped by Nicholas Hyslop (5) but by then it was a little too late.

Rebels ended with a score of 148 from their allotted overs, which was a decent total but one always felt that they were 20-30 runs shy of a competitive total.

Rebels
Player	BO	R	BF	HO	SR	OB	RC	BE	W	S	C
Andrew Roy		0	0	NA	0.00	3	28	9.33	0	0	0
Grant Hutcheon	1	25	20	Bowled	125.00	3	29	9.67	0	0	0
Leroy Dekker	2	34	22	Bowled	154.55	0	0	0.00	0	0	1
Johan Meyer	3	12	13	Bowled	92.31	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Werner Pretorius	4	6	8	Caught	75.00	3.3	21	5.83	1	0	0
Alex Nel	5	37*	19		194.74	4	16	4.00	1	0	0
Nicholas "Wilbur" Hyslop	6	25	13	Caught	192.31	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Adriaan Janse van Rensburg	7	6*	5		120.00	3	44	14.67	2	0	0

KINGS VIII showed their class when coming out to bat, they made light work of it getting their target in 16.2 overs, largely thanks to a ferocious knock from their man of the moment George Wolhuter (2) whose 50 came from a mere 18 balls, the second fastest 50 of the tournament.

KINGS VIII
Player	BO	R	BF	HO	SR	OB	RC	BE	W	S	C
Jg Adendorff	1	22	19	Caught	115.79	3	20	6.67	0	0	0
George Wolhuter	2	50*	18		277.78	4	32	8.00	0	0	0
JAMES NELSON	3	32	21	LBW	152.38	2	19	9.50	1	0	0
Stefan Nelson	4	10	5	Caught	200.00	4	22	5.50	3	0	0
Auke Compaan	5	10	5	Bowled	200.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Ian Nel	6	13*	10		130.00	4	27	6.75	1	0	0
Ryno Roets	7	0*	0		0.00	3	23	7.67	0	0	0

KINGS VIII vs Rebels

Date: Mon 24 Sep 2012

Umpire(s): Kitso Matjile,Mukesh Ramjee

Batted First: Rebels

Rebels Score: 148 for 5 after 20.0

KINGS VIII Score: 151 for 4 after 16.3

KINGS VIII won by 4 wickets

The business end of the tournament began with last 16 encounters on Sunday morning, followed by the quarter finals soon after.

Sun 23 Sep 2012
Home Team		Away Team	Umpire
Royal Super Challengers Punjab	100 - 126	KINGS VIII	Kitso Matjile
Futura Sports Agency	162 - 128	Alberton Black Mamba's	Mukesh Ramjee
Johannesburg Protea	153 - 138	To Be Confirmed	Anthony Mahachi
The Muffin Men	110 - 114	Team Blazers	Kitso Matjile
KINGS VIII	95 - 91	Futura Sports Agency	Mukesh Ramjee
Counter $triker$	119 - 141	Johannesburg Protea	Anthony Mahachi
Rebels	178 - 122	Team Blazers	Kitso Matjile
On the Field	168 - 171	Knights	Mukesh Ramjee

Mon 24 Sep 2012
Home Team		Away Team	Umpire
Rebels	155 - 146	Knights	Jarryd Kuiper,Kitso Matjile
KINGS VIII	109 - 105	Johannesburg Protea	Anthony Mahachi,Mukesh Ramjee
KINGS VIII	151 - 148	Rebels	Kitso Matjile,Mukesh Ramjee

There were a few notable and €œsurprise€ results as this meant the end of the road for all but four teams. The young side from Durban, Futura Sports Agency, impressed in their last 16 encounter match against Alberton Black Mambas.

The Muffin Men were once again found wanting by Team Blazers during knock outs.

However it was the late game which saw what many might call a shock, On the Field being knocked out by the Centurion team, Knights thanks to a Home Run!

Johannesburg Proteas were undoubtedly this years surprise package, having finished second in their group they went on to comfortably defeat To Be Confirmed and Counter Strikers in the last 16 and quarter finals respectively. Even as they lost out to the eventual winners, they put on a great performance as the KINGS VIII batting reply was nervous at best. It comes as no surprise then that 3 of their players made the dream team!

The Dream Team of the Tournament

Pos	Player	Team
1	Werner Pretorius	Rebels
2	George Wolhuter	KINGS VIII
3	Mohammad Talal	Johannesburg Protea
4	Alamdar Shah	Johannesburg Protea
5	Leroy Dekker	Rebels
6	Alex Nel	Rebels
7	Yasir Butt	Johannesburg Protea
8	Adriaan Janse van Rensburg	Rebels

Despite their loss in the finals the Rebels dominate the dream team with no less than 4 of their players making the list of the best 8 players.

The number one batsman Werner Pretorius was in sublime form with the bat and these are some of his scores during the tournament which included the fastest 50 from just 16 balls: