There have been a number of
good performances over the first three days of the 2019/20 Khaya Majola Week
and day three’s T20 double-headers served up quite a few of them.
There were 11 50s and 4
four-wicket hauls on the day, but the performance that really stood out was
Christiaan Oberholzer’s 5/22 against Limpopo. Not only did he take more wickets
than anyone else in one innings during the day but he also took the first
hat-trick of the tournament in the process of achieving that feat.
Christian was delighted with
his bowling performance. ‘The hat-trick came in the 8th over. We had
a decent total and I decided that I wanted to attack so I asked my captain to
bring the field in and let me see if I can get a wicket or two.’
‘My captain backed me and
allowed me to place my own field. It took me two balls to take the first
wicket, the two batsmen had crossed and with the next ball I took the other set
batsman, which applied pressure on the new batsman coming in. The next ball
snuck under the bat and hit the batsman’s pad and he was given out LBW.’
Christian is only 17 and this
is his first Khaya Majola Week so he did not come with too many personal
expectations. His main objective was to enjoy the week and to learn as much as
possible from the other players in his team and from his coach. He hopes that
he will play again in the week next year.
He struggled a little in the
first two games that he played but he thinks that his performance with bat and
ball on the third day might be the turning point in his week and he will be
able to do far better in the rest of the week.
‘Being an all-rounder gives
me an opportunity to do well with both bat and ball. After I took 5 wickets and
the hat-trick my confidence was up and I managed make a good score to help my
team beat Limpopo by 9 wickets,’ said Christian.
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