{"id":59678,"date":"2024-10-21T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T07:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=59678"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T07:59:52","slug":"dhs-rolls-against-westville-in-captain-pillays-50th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=59678","title":{"rendered":"DHS rolls against Westville in captain Pillay’s 50th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Durban High School (DHS)<\/strong> faced Westville Boys’ High<\/strong> on Saturday, with the Griffin<\/strong> <\/em>coming off an outstanding showing at the Westvaal North\/South T20 Tournament<\/strong> in Pretoria, but that counted for little as School<\/em> <\/strong>handed Westville a crushing 79-run defeat in a limited overs’ contest.<\/p>\n

Semal Pillay<\/strong> and crew have been in good form, tough in the field, and disciplined with the bat, and they used that recipe to inflict a surprisingly resounding defeat on Westville.<\/p>\n

Batting first after winning the toss, DHS posted 200\/4 in their 50 overs. That wasn’t a huge score, but, on the big Theobald Oval<\/strong>, which also offers something to the bowlers, that set the visitors a decent challenge.<\/p>\n

Ethan Cooper<\/strong> departed early, falling LBW to Dayalan Boyce<\/strong> at the start of the fifth over, but Ismaeel Omar<\/strong> and Semal Pillay<\/strong>, then, grafted hard to lay the foundation for the Horseflies<\/strong><\/em>‘ innings, putting on 67 in 16.5 overs. Their partnership ended when Omar was caught in the deep off the bowling of Tristin Delvin<\/strong> for 43 from 69 deliveries, which included seven fours.<\/p>\n

Josh van Biljon<\/strong> and Pillay steadied the innings once more, adding 55 for the third wicket before Van Biljon was caught and bowled by the left-arm spinner, Roxton Payne<\/strong>, for 29.<\/p>\n

The skipper was eventually dismissed with only an over remaining in the DHS innings. Pillay had scored a superb 87 from 137 balls, with four fours, and it took a run out to get rid of him.<\/p>\n

\"DHS
DHS 1st XI coach Fabian Lazarus presented captain Semal Pillay with a special shirt to celebrate his 50th match for the DHS 1st XI. Photo: DHS on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end, Lazlo Jooste<\/strong> was unbeaten on 23 and Taine Havemann<\/strong> had seven.<\/p>\n

Dayalan Boyce led the Westville bowlers, with 1\/19 from six, while Tristin Delvin kept the DHS batsmen tied down, snaring 1\/29 in 10.<\/p>\n

In reply, Westville started smoothly enough, with Nicandro Kistna<\/strong> and Max Robertson<\/strong> sharing an opening stand of 26 before Kistna, the captain, was caught by his counterpart, Semal Pillay, off the bowling of Dhilan Naraidu<\/strong> for 18.<\/p>\n

Robertson followed him back to the pavilion in the 13th over, bowled by Taine Havemann for an unusually subdued 13 from 28 deliveries. Westville was on 54\/2, but that became 58\/4 only seven balls later.<\/p>\n

Naraidu accounted for Seth Simpson<\/strong> for 22 from 32, with two fours, while Taine Havemann had the dangerous Kaeden McAllister<\/strong> caught by Pillay off the first ball he faced.<\/p>\n

From there, Westville’s innings crumbled, despite a stubborn effort from Kyle McGough<\/strong>. Sean McGough<\/strong> fell for five, a victim of Jared Havemann, who tore through the visitors’ batting with his leg spin.<\/p>\n

Roxton Payne followed for 10, and when Tristin Delvin was out for a single in the 30th over, Westville was in serious trouble on 101\/7. One over later, that had become 102\/8, with Jared Havemann sending Sekou Shangase<\/strong> packing for a duck.<\/p>\n

Kyle McGough and Dayalan Boyce added 18 for the ninth wicket before McGough was caught by Bayanda Majola<\/strong> off Jared Havemann for Westville’s highest score of 41. It had come from 61 balls and included four fours and a six.<\/p>\n

Seven balls later, it was all over, with Boyce out for five, a fourth victim of Jared Havemann.<\/p>\n

He led the DHS attack with a superb return of 4\/22 from 8.1 overs, while his brother, Taine, also wreaked havoc, capturing 2\/14 from six. Dhilan Naraidu contributed 2\/30 from seven, while there was a wicket each for Semal Pillay and Bhavesh Naicker.<\/p>\n

It was the latest in an impressive run of 10 victories on the trot for DHS, who will return many of their top performers in 2025.<\/p>\n

Summarised scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n

DHS 200\/4<\/strong> (Semal Pillay 87, Ismaeel Omar 43, Joshua van Biljon 29, Dayalan Boyce 1\/19, Tristin Delvin 1\/29); Westville 121\/10<\/strong> (Kyle McGough 41, Seth Simpson 22, Jared Havemann 4\/22, Taine Havemann 2\/14, Dhilan Naraidu 2\/30, Bhavesh Naicker 1\/14, Semal Pillay 1\/23).<\/p>\n

Durban High School won by 79 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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