{"id":58931,"date":"2024-10-05T11:59:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=58931"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:59:54","slug":"rowles-destroys-st-benedicts-as-he-leads-st-davids-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=58931","title":{"rendered":"Rowles destroys St Benedict\u2019s as he leads St David\u2019s to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jason Rowles shone for St David’s Marist Inanda with both bat and ball. Photo: St David’s Marist Inanda on Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jason Rowles<\/strong> continued his rich vein of form as he scythed an unbeaten century to lead St David\u2019s Marist <\/strong>to an emphatic 10-wicket win over St Benedict\u2019s College<\/strong> in their 50-over encounter on Raven Park Field One<\/strong>, at St Benedict\u2019s, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

St Benedict\u2019s, who won the toss and elected to bat first, were bowled out for 236 in 48.4 overs. In reply, St David\u2019s smashed 238\/1 in 27.4 overs to claim victory.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Rowles scored a brilliant 75 off 47 to inspire St David\u2019s to a three-wicket win over HS Kempton Park<\/strong> in a T20 match. The opener had saved his best for the weekend. Rowles creamed an imperious unbeaten 140 off 80 deliveries (13X4s, 8X6s) as he shepherded his side to a dominant victory.<\/p>\n

Rowles, who was adjudged to be the Player of the Match because of his outstanding innings and contribution with the ball, was in no mood to let the St Benedict\u2019s bowling attack settle. He established a 37-run opening stand with Armaan Manack<\/strong> (13) from 4.3 overs. When that partnership collapsed, Rowles joined forces with Samrat Basu<\/strong> for an unbroken 201 third-wicket partnership.<\/p>\n

Basu\u2019s knock of an unbeaten 75 off 69 deliveries looked slow in comparison to Rowles\u2019 innings, which was going at a strike rate of 166.67. However, Basu was not going at a pedestrian pace. His rate of 108.7 is a relatively brisk 50-over strike rate.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Christopher Emslie<\/strong> and the rest of the St David\u2019s bowling attack saw to it that their hosts did not bat them out of the contest. Emslie bagged two wickets for 21 runs in seven overs as St David\u2019s applied the squeeze. The spinner was one of five bowlers who walked away with a brace of wickets each. Jared Stern<\/strong> (2\/28), Jason Rowles (2\/43), Morteza Manack<\/strong> (2\/44) and Kyle Butler <\/strong>(2\/44), also took two wickets each.<\/p>\n

However, St Benedict\u2019s did not roll over and play dead, allowing St David\u2019s to run them over. Marco Mendes<\/strong> and Matt Feiretag<\/strong> constructed an impressive 96-run fifth-wicket partnership that rescued the hosts from a middling total. Mendes scored an impressive 68 off 99, while Feiretag scored a 71-ball 57. However, their half-centuries were not enough to help St Benedict\u2019s compile a winning total.<\/p>\n

Summarised Scorecards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Benedict\u2019s College<\/strong>\u00a0236<\/strong> (Marco Mendes 68, Matt Feiretag 57; Christopher Emslie 2\/21, Jared Stern 2\/28);\u00a0St David\u2019s Marist<\/strong>\u00a0238\/1<\/strong> (Jason Rowles 140*, Samrat Basu 75*; Russell Jones 1\/45) St David\u2019s Marist won by ten wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jason Rowles continued his rich vein of form as he scythed an unbeaten century to lead St David\u2019s Marist to an emphatic 10-wicket win over St Benedict\u2019s College in their 50-over encounter on Raven Park Field One, at St Benedict\u2019s, on Saturday. St Benedict\u2019s, who won the toss and elected to bat first, were bowled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":56203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}