Rebels display best form
NZPA-AAP Cape Town In their most impressive win so far on their South African tour, the Australian rebel cricketers beat a leading province in a limited overs match at Cape Town on Saturday. Kim Hughes’s team easily won by 48 runs against Western Province. The home team made 212 for the loss of nine wickets in its 50 overs in reply to the Australian XTs total of 260/4 off 50 overs. The win follows a series of mediocre results for the Australians in the run-up to the first unofficial “tesr against the Springboks from December 26 in Durban. On Saturday the rebels set a strong 260 target after the former Test opener, John Dyson, carried his bat through the innings for 126. The rebels were in control
from the moment Kim Hughes won the toss and decided to bat Steve Smith, after slamming the first ball to the boundary, was soon out for 14, but this introduced Hughes who delighted fans with a superb 61 from only 69 balls.
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