Aussie cricketers suffer surprise Maccabiah loss
AFTER an encouraging performance against South Africa, Australia's cricketers have suffered a shock loss to Israel in their Maccabiah Games match.
DANIEL GARB
AFTER an encouraging performance against South Africa, Australia’s cricketers have suffered a shock loss to Israel. Bowling first, the Aussie pacemen were far too erratic, conceding 48 wides which ended up being more than the final difference between the teams.
David Fayman was again the best of the bowlers claiming 4 wickets, while spinner Dave Majtlis took three wickets to dismiss Israel for 172. It was a total the Aussie batsmen had expected to reach, but another top order collapse made the task too difficult for the tail achieve.
Fayman is making a strong claim as Australia’s player of the tournament, top scoring with 59 while Adam Zemski was the next best contributor with 13 in a poor Australian total of 130.
The boys need to bounce back quickly against a strong Great Britain team today.