Boksburg Cricket Club beat Benoni Northerns Cricket Club by five wickets in Saturday’s Lions Veterans Cricket league semi-final in Bedfordview.
Benoni Northerns posted a final total of 216 for six in the allotted 20 overs on the back of batsman Kyle Smit‘s century.
Former Dolphins batsman Smit, who has been selected for South Africa Over-40, hit 108 from 37 deliveries. His century included nine fours and nine sixes. South Africa Over-50 bowler Simion Muller completed figures of four for 14 for Boksburg Cricket Club.
South Africa Over-40 all-rounder Johan Fourie hit 43 not out in 22 deliveries, including five sixes, in Boksburg Cricket Club’s reply of 219 for five in 19.1 overs.
Boksburg Cricket Club will meet Old Edwardians Cricket Club in the Lions Veterans Cricket League final later this month.