{"id":189,"date":"2018-02-26T08:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T06:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.supersportschools.com\/st-alban-s-college-book-place-in-coca-cola-t20-national-final\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T08:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T06:10:57","slug":"st-alban-s-college-book-place-in-coca-cola-t20-national-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"St Alban&#8217;s College book place in Coca-Cola T20 National Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35447\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/St-Albans-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>St Alban\u2019s College&#8217;s 1st cricket team has won the final of the Titans franchise in the National Coke a Cola Schools T20 competition and will now represent the Titans at the National Tournament being held in Pretoria from 15 \u2013 17 March at the University of Pretoria. St Alban\u2019s College beat Marais Viljoen from Easterns in the final on Sunday at the Irene Country Club. St Alban\u2019s lost the toss and fielded first after Marais Viljoen got off to a flying start scoring 44 for 0 after 4 overs. The St Alban\u2019s blowers stuck to their task and soon reduced Marais Viljoen to 65 for 3, some tight bowling followed and St Alban\u2019s were able to restrict Maris Viljoen to 136 for 7 in their 20 overs. Rein Hulme was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wickets for 8 runs in his 4 overs.<\/p>\n<p>St Alban\u2019s College openers Chris Williamson and Ross Whitelaw got St Alban\u2019s off to a rollicking start with an opening stand of 70 in just 6 overs before Williamson was brilliantly caught at cover off the bowling of Liam Murphy for 37 off just 24 balls. Whitelaw and Farrell fell in quick secession to see St Alban\u2019s 76 for 3 after 8 overs. Musa Twala and Rein Hulme then added 60 for the 4th wicket scoring the winning runs in 15.4 overs. Hulme ended the game with a huge six over cover to end 37 not out off 25 balls and Twala ended on 18 not out of 22 balls.<br \/>\nRoad to the final.<\/p>\n<p>St Alban\u2019s beat Cornwall Hill in the Northerns semi-final by 6 wickets before beating Garsfontein in the Northerns Final. The Northerns final went down to the wire after a tied match resulted in a super over being needed to separate the two teams. Garsfontein scored 9 in their super over. St Alban\u2019s needed four to win off the last ball and the inform Chris Williamson hit the last ball of the game for six to progress to the Titans semi-final. The Titans semi-final was played in Phalaborwa against Limpopo winners Ho\u00e9rskool Ben Vorster where St Albans ran out winners by 18 Runs to advance to the Titans final.<\/p>\n<p>Summarized scores of the Northerns semi-final and final, Titans semi-final and Titans final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi final vs Cornwall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cornwall batted first and scored 113 runs, all out in 19.3 overs<\/p>\n<p>Best bowling performance: Jordan Landberg: 3 wickets for 21 runs in 3.3 overs<br \/>\n: Rein Hulme: 2 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs<br \/>\n: Aidan Ridgway: 3 wickets for 26 runs in 3 overs<\/p>\n<p>St Alban\u2019s scored 114 runs for 4 wickets in 15.1 overs<br \/>\nBest batting performance: Chris Williamson: 38 runs off 29 balls<br \/>\n: Rein Hulme: 27 runs off 24 balls<br \/>\nResult: St Alban\u2019s won by 6 wickets<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final vs HS Garsfontein<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St Alban\u2019s batted first and scored 126 runs, all out in 20 overs<br \/>\nBest batting performance: Rein Hulme: 22 runs off 26 balls<\/p>\n<p>HS Garsfontein scored 126 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs<br \/>\nBest bowling performance: Tristan Farrell: 2 wickets for 12 runs of 4 overs<br \/>\nResult: Match tied<\/p>\n<p>Super Over<\/p>\n<p>HS Garsfontein scored 9 runs in their 1 over. St Alban\u2019s reached the target in their 1 overs with Chris Williamson clearing the boundary with a six.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schools T20 Titans Semi Final vs Ben Vorster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St Alban\u2019s batted first and scored 156 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs<br \/>\nBest batting performance: Chris Williamson: 62 runs off 55 balls<br \/>\n: Musa Twala: 61 runs off 45 balls<\/p>\n<p>Ben Vorster scored 138 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs<br \/>\nBest bowling performance: Jordan Landsberg: 4 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs<br \/>\nSt Albans won by 18 runs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schools T20 Titans Final vs Marais Viljoen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marais Viljoen batted first and scored 136 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs<br \/>\nBest bowling performance: Rein Hulme: 3 wickets for 8 runs in 4 overs<\/p>\n<p>St Alban\u2019s scored 137 runs for 3 wickets in 15.4 overs<br \/>\nBest batting performance: Chris Williamson: 37 runs off 24 balls<br \/>\n: Rein Hulme 37 runs off 36 balls (not out)<\/p>\n<p>St Albans won by 7 wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Alban\u2019s College&#8217;s 1st cricket team has won the final of the Titans franchise in the National Coke a Cola Schools T20 competition and will now represent the Titans at the National Tournament being held in Pretoria from 15 \u2013 17 March at the University of Pretoria. 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