SACS delivered a bowling and fielding masterclass to do what not many have been able to do, decimate Rondebosch Boys’ High‘s batting. SACS limited ‘Bosch to only 50 all out on their home field on Saturday to score a stunning seven-wicket victory.
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Nicholas Oscroft struck with the second delivery of the match and there was no stemming the flow of wickets from that point on.
Litha Kraai bowled his first six overs without conceding a single run while also picking up three wickets, while Oscroft (3/12) and Reza Salie (3/6) didn’t allow the Rondebosch batsmen a chance to catch their collective breath.
Some spectacular catches by the visitors, led by a brilliant take from Reece Theunis in the slips, further compounded the home team’s woes.
David Simon struck twice as Rondebosch attempted to defend their small total, but all it took was an unbeaten 25 runs by Salie to see SACS to a memorable win over their fierce rivals.
Rondebosch will look to bounce back immediately when they take on the touring Grey College side from Bloemfontein on Sunday.
After another stellar season from Rondebosch, the manner in which they lost against SACS would have come as a shock to the system, but ‘Bosch has the quality to regroup quickly and the boys from Bloem may be taking on a wounded beast.
SACS, on the other hand, will ride a wave of momentum into their next fixture against another peninsular rival next weekend, when they take on Wynberg Boys’ High.
Wynberg were meant to play Grey on Saturday, but the weather brought an early end to that match.
Summarised scorecard
Rondebosch Boys’ High 50/10 (Daniel Bosman 17; Litha Kraai 3/4, Reza Salie 3/6, Nicholas Oscroft 3/12); SACS 53/3 (Reza Salie 25*; David Simon 2/14). SACS won by seven wickets.
Michael Spencer led the way for Michaelhouse, with 75 runs at the top of the order, as they put the hosts, St Alban’s College, to the sword in a 50-over match at the Independent Schools Cricket Festival on Saturday.
He received good backing from Ethan Muir (57) and Dylan Hewlett (56), while his opening partner, West Mitchell-Innes weighed in with 41, which led to Michaelhouse posting an imposing 325/9.
Ross Moller then continued his fine bowling form, spearheading the ‘House attack with three wickets for 18 runs, while Cival Rugbar later claimed 3/17.
For the hosts, Christiaan Visage, shone with the bat in a losing cause, making 56 runs from 96 balls. Kyle Block also tried valiantly, making 48. Despite the duo’s efforts, St Alban’s still fell a massive 173 runs short of the victory target.
Helpmekaar Kollege secured a convincing victory over St George’s College, comfortably beating the Zimbabweans by seven wickets.
Henricus Meyer’s return to form continued as the top-order batsman scored a blistering unbeaten 70 runs. He also contributed 2/31 with the ball. Henno Steyn was, however, the pick of the Helpie bowlers, knocking over two batsmen for just eight runs.
For the visitors from Harare, Takudzwa Mangena, with a mature 55 runs from 108 deliveries, stood out.
Another strong batting performance by Lhuan-dre Pretorius (59) helped Cornwall Hill College secure a hard-fought 24-run victory over St John’s College (Harare).
Pretorius and Tsepo Molete contributed 59 runs each, while the impressive Lethabo Phahlomohlaka maintained his run of fine form with 55 runs from 74 balls.
Yuveerin Govender was the Pretoria side’s best bowler, removing five of the Harare school’s batsmen at a cost of 40 runs. Trent Hardie supported him well, claiming two wickets for 27 runs.
For the visitors, Kian Bligaut stood out with both bat and ball, capturing 3/49 and scoring 42 runs. Takudzwa Nduku, who missed out on a century by only one run the previous day, led the St John’s batting effort, scoring an impressive 58 runs from 92 balls.
Summarised scorecards
St George’s College (Harare) 139 (Takudza Mangena 55, Takudza Magaya 26; Henno Steyn 2/8, Waldo Haasbroek 2/20, Henricus Meyer 2/31); Helpmekaar Kollege 143/3 (Henricus Meyer 70*, Juan Minnaar 30*, Anrich Liebenberg 25; Muntida Ndorah 2/38). Helpmekaar Kollege won by seven wickets.
Michaelhouse 325/9 (Michael Spenser 75, Ethan Muir 57, Dylan Hewlett 56, Cameron Strudwick 35*; Rohan Govind 2/36, Tim Hewett 2/36); St Alban’s College 153 (Christiaan Visagie 56, Kyle Block 48; Civil Rugbar 3/17, Luke Mitchell 2/20, Jean-Luc Rey 2/31). Michaelhouse won by 172 runs.
Cornwall Hill College 237/5 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius 59, Tsepo Molete, Lethabo Phahlamohlaka 55, Evan Nixon 30; Kian Bligaut 3/49, Michael Blignaut 2/29) St John’s College (Harare) 213 (Takudzwa Nduku 58, Kian Bligaut 42, Dhaneel Goven 42, James Manning 24; Yuveerin Govender 5/40, Trent Hardie 2/27). Cornwall Hill College won by 24 runs.
Lohann Pretorius en die Hoërskool Stellenberg-boulers het Saterdag eerste bloed getrek teen Hoërskool Durbanville, voordat die twee spanne van die noordelike voorstede mekaar Woensdag weer pak, dié keer vir die Sammy Bloch-trofee.
Die 50-boulbeurt interskole-wedstryd oor die naweek het as onbeplande opwarming gedien vir Woensdag se kragmeting, waneer die twee trotse skole mekaar weer aandurf in ‘n korter weergawe van die spel.
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Tobias Roelofse en Xander van Aarde het vroeg-vroeg probleme veroorsaak vir die tuisspan, voordat Wilhelm Smet (29) en Ethan Vermeulen (12) kon vasskop om die aanvanklike Durbie-aanslag af te weer.
Michael Amoeda het teen die einde van hul beurt ook 19 lopies van 15 balle bygedra om sy span se telling ‘n broodnodige hupstoot te gee.
Jan Kriel was die uitblinker vir die Durbies in hul teenaanval en het die eerste 96 balle geabsorbeer om die beste telling van die dag (55) aan te teken.
Die res van Durbie-kolwers het egter gevou teen Pretorius se meedoënlose aanslag.
Stellenberg se staatmaker het in nege beurte vyf paaltjies laat spat om die besoekers dramaties in te perk.
Kriel kon sy span egter tot by 124 dryf, met twee paaltjies staande en oorgenoeg tyd om die tuisspan se voorsprong te probeer inhaal.
Gerrad Kamalie het hul poging egter in die 35ste beurt die nekslag toegedien, toe hy eers van Kriel, met behulp van Jan-Jak Alberts in die veld, en daarna die laaste Durbie-kolwer ontslae geraak het.
Stellenberg sal hierdie momentum oordra na die komende eindstryd toe, maar hul teenstanders sal ook bewus wees van die feit dat oorwinning binne trefafstand was. Woensdag se kragmeting behoort dus ‘n riller af te gee.
Paul Roos Gimnasium picked up their second big win of the weekend on Saturday when they thumped Paarl Gimnasium by 267 runs in Stellenbosch.
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Luca Plekker opened proceedings with a stellar innings of 107 runs and was well supported by Matthew Seymore (75). The duo controlled the pace of the game in the middle, sharing a stand of 159 runs, before Liam Burger finally made the breakthrough to dismiss Seymore.
Plekker soldiered on to his century, smashing 16 boundaries along the way, before Charles King palmed a catch off a delivery by Willem Matthee to end Plakker’s stay.
The visitors’ happiness was short-lived, though, as Beor van Reenen stepped to the crease and further compounded the team from Paarl’s concerns.
After earning his 50th cap the previous day in Paul Roos’s victory over Grey College, Van Reenen unleashed on the Paarl Gim bowlers, sending five deliveries flying for massive sixes, as he powered his way to 83 runs from a mere 28 balls.
Van Reenen’s onslaught was finally brought to an end by Adriaan Louw‘s safe hands but, by that point, the hosts were in the driver’s seat on 327/6.
Roux Joubert added a brisk 23, which included two more sixes, and Keanu Williams rounded their innings off with an unbeaten 10 runs, which left Paarl Gim, chasing 366, with a mountain to climb.
The Stellenbosch outfit’s dual SA Schools’ star, Riley Norton, continued his scintillating run of form, by destroying the visitors’ top order, while Niel Barnard and Dian Winkel each took two wickets to curtail the challenger’s fight and restrict them to double figures.
Norton also starred in their match against Grey, missing out on a century by only three runs.
Callum Appollis secured a massive win for Paul Roos with the first delivery of the 32nd over, picking up a second wicket, as Paul Roos continued to show its class as the season begins to draw to a close.
Summarised scorecard
Paul Roos Gimnasium 366/9 (Luca Plekker 107, Beor van Reenen 83, Matthew Seymore 75, Riley Norton 26, Roux Joubert 23; Koch van Eyssen 3/52, Liam Burger 2/42, Willem Matthee 2/54); Paarl Gimnasium 99 (Charles King 24; Riley Norton 3/23, Niel Barnard 2/2, Dian Winkel 2/29). Paul Roos Gimnasium won by 267 runs.
The stakes are at their peak at the St John’s Basketball College Tournament, with titles on the line on Sunday.
On Saturday, during the playoffs, the level of intensity was ratcheted up as the event proved, once again, why it is recognised as the most prestigious schools’ basketball tournament in Southern Africa.
Defending champions into the semi-finals
The defending champions, St Charles College, are eyeing back-to-back titles after setting up a semi-final showdown with King Edward VII School (KES).
The Johannesburg locals look primed for the clash after beating ESCA Wanderers 57-40 in the last eight, with a combination of good teamwork and individual brilliance.
It has been a relatively untroubled trip for KES, on their way to the semis, but Saints won’t be surrendering their title without a massive fight.
St Charles accounted for their KZN rivals, Michaelhouse, beating them 64-49 to secure a final four spot. That victory followed a hard-fought 57-45 win over St David’s Marist Inanda in the top 16.
Northwood to face St Albans in the final four
Northwood School remains unbeaten in this year’s tournament, although they had an all-too-close 39-36 win over Pretoria Boys High in the top 16. That was merely a scene-setter for an incredible showing against their close rivals, Maritzburg College, who recently defeated them in the final of the 2nd edition of the Jenny Orchard Basketball Tournament in Pietermaritzburg.
This time around, there was only one team in it as the Knights swept College aside by a shocking 80-41 margin to grab a semi-final spot. That result would have sent shockwaves around the schoolboy basketball scene.
St Alban’s beat St Benedict’s 52-46 to move on to the semi-finals. Photo: ActionPix
St Albans is another team that has displayed considerable charisma and talent. They play as a unit, take care of the ball, move it swiftly, and they’re blessed with players that can both dribble and shoot. They’re also backed up by an incredible fan base, which is hard to ignore. St Alban’s brings team spirit in bucketloads.
Their semi-final against Northwood brings together two unbeaten sides, both undoubtedly with the ability to go all the way. For many, the winners of this clash will be the favourites to lift the title.
St John’s College u15 to the Final
The St John’s College’sfirst team lost out to Maritzburg College in the last 16, but the St John’s u15s progressed to the semi-finals on Saturday, setting themselves up for a tilt at Michael Mount, with a place in the final the prize for the winners.
St John’s and St Stithians College met in the quarterfinals in a very evenly contested match, with the tigerish defences of both sides standing out. There were next to nothing in it and the game entered the fourth quarter with the teams level at 29-29.
With the pressure at its greatest, St John’s edged ahead and pulled out a 41-38 victory, with Sechaba Masithela and Reza Creamer leading the way against their determined Johannesburg rivals.
RESULTS
u19
Top 16
St Charles College 57-45 St David’s Marist Inanda
Michaelhouse 50-46 Hilton College
King Edward VII 63-29 Sacred Heart College
Kearsney College 34-49 ESCA Wanderers
Maritzburg College 51-43 St John’s College
St Alban’s College 56-41 Michael Mount
St Benedict’s College 28-26 St Stithians College
Northwood School 39-36 Pretoria Boys High
Quarterfinals
King Edward VII 57-40 ESCA Wanderers
St Charles College 64-49 Michaelhouse
St Benedict’s College 46-52 St Alban’s College
Northwood School 80-41 Maritzburg College
17-24
Clifton College 37-30 Jeppe High
Falcon College 22-25 Waterford Kamhlaba
Parktown Boys’ High 40-33 St Peter’s College
St George’s College 45-47 St Andrew’s College
u19 Semis
King Edward VII vs St Charles College
Northwood School vs St Alban’s College
u15
Top 16
St John’s College 46-29 St Charles College
St Stithians College 46-41 Sacred Heart College
St Benedict’s College 44-35 Northwood School
Michael Mount 42-29 Soweto Basketball Academy
Kearsney College 28-32 King Edward VII
Michaelhouse 40-25 Pretoria Boys High
Hilton College 45-29 Mangaung Knights
Maritzburg College 59-30 St Alban’s College
Quarterfinals
St John’s College 41-38 St Stithians College
St Benedict’s College 31-33 Michael Mount
King Edward VII 38-27 Michaelhouse
Hilton College 71-59 Maritzburg College
17-24
King’s Linbro 12-15 St Peter’s College
Redhill School 24-37 Jeppe High
St Andrew’s College 29-25 Saheti
Clifton College 20-40 St David’s Marist Inanda
Semis
St John’s College vs Michael Mount
King Edward VII vs Hilton College
The competition shifted into a higher gear on Saturday, delivering closer contests, as the top four teams booked their semi-final spots on the third day of the Old Petrian’s U19 Girls Water Polo Tournament.
The event, being hosted by St Peter’s Girls Prep School, in Johannesburg, has 27 schools participating. It began on Thursday, and it concludes on Sunday, with the Wahoo Aquatic Centre hosting the final at 15:40.
St Stithians, Diocesan School for Girls (DSG), Herschel and Reddam House Constantia will battle it out for a place in the title-decider.
St Stithians was the first team to secure a final four place after they edged out Roedean in a closely contested encounter.
The defending champions took a longer route to get there, unlike Roedean, who did not have to go the route of a playoff match to reach the quarterfinals. To get there, Saints had to come through a playoff game against Clarendon. There handled the challenge well, winning 6-3, to book a place against Pool B winners, Roedean, in the last eight.
In the quarterfinal clash, Cadha Mosehla and Courtney Calenborne netted two goals each to lead St Stithians to another final four appearance at Old Petrian’s after a narrow 6-5 win.
Coach Julia Gaybba’s DSG finished second in Pool B, three points behind table topping Roedean. That placed them in the path of a red-hot St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls, one of the three teams that finished on 15 points in Pool C. But the Grahamstown girls were not focused on the past, they were focused on what was before them and they eased past St Dominic’s 5-1.
With that job down, they trained their eyes on the next prize, a semi-final spot. The opposition was tougher, but not too tough for them to overcome. Nelson Mandela Bay u19 star Amelia Brown led the way with a brace as DSG overcame St Anne’s by a 6-4 margin.
Meanwhile, Kayla Andrews and Inga Southey played their hearts out, scoring hat-tricks for Durban Girls’ College (DGC) in their quarter-final clash against Herschel. DGC came into the contest on the back of an impressive showing against St Mary’s, where Andrews scored another hat-trick and Southey came through with a brace, to secure a 6-3 win. However, Herschel proved to be a tougher opponent.
The Alex Hawkins-coached team showed that they had not topped Pool A – which included the two most recent champions, Saints and Crawford – through a stroke of luck. Herschel outplayed them.
In their quarter-final encounter against DGC, they put together a solid team performance that saw eight scorers combine to secure an 11-8 win. Herschel was led by Emily Van Heerden, who scored a hat-trick.
Hannah Banks then rounded off a day filled with outstanding performances by leading five-time champions Reddam Constantia to the semi-finals.
In the group stages of the tournament, Reddam lost a single game on their way to first place in Pool C. They were tied on 15 points with DGC and St Dominic’s but enjoyed a superior goal difference after netting 63 times while conceding only eight goals in six matches.
Most of those goals came from the hands of Banks. The Western Province star is one of the top three scorers of the tournament. In Reddam’s quarterfinal match against Kingswood, Banks scored four of the five goals that saw her team through to the semi-finals by a 5-4 margin.
RESULTS
Pool A
Crawford 7-1 Alex Hudson 2-12 St Stithians Kingswood 14-1 Rand Park
Pool B
Stirling 5-12 St Mary’s DSG 7-4 Chisipite Stirling 3-13 Roedean Springfield 2-13 St Mary’s
Pool C
Reddam Constantia 18-0 St Peter’s Collegiate 2-6 DGC Rustenburg 5-8 St Dominic’s
Die seuns van Wessel Maree in Odendaalsrus het Saterdag soete wraak geneem op verlede jaar se 17-0 nederlaag teen President Steyn deur om die Bloemfonteiners op hul tuisveld met 13-0 af te stof.
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Die besoekers het van die begin af gewys dat hulle met ‘n duidelike doelwit hierdie jaar opgedaag het. Hul agtsteman, Ntute Tsotsotso, het vroeg in die wedstryd ‘n strafdoel oorgeklits om aan sy span die voorsprong te gee.
Met die gang van die wedstryd asook die wind van agter het Wessel Maree die Steyners onder druk gedurende meeste van die eerste helfte gehad. Die groot loskopstut, Thabang Lenyane, en sy makkers het die tuisspan sag gemaak om vir Thato Lebitso (vleuel) toe te laat om die eerste drie van die hoofwedstryd te druk.
Sy spanmaat op die ander vleuel, Kabelo Oliphant, was ook deurlopend betrokke en saam met heelagter Kamohelo Ntaje kon die trio die gasheerspan se skoptaktieke tot niet lê.
Die Steyners het hul voete in die tweede helfte gevind en kon Wessel Maree onder baie druk sit, maar hulle kon net nie oor die lyn kom nie.
Hierdie byeenkoms se doel is egter juis om vir die spelers ‘n geleentheid te gee om die roes van die vakansie af te skud terwyl die afrigters nog ‘n laaste paar toetslopies op die proef kan stel.
Welkom Gimnasium het vroeg in hul wedstryd teen Jim Fouché ook nog tekens gewys van ‘n lang vakansie, maar nadat hulle teen rustyd nog net ‘n twee-punt voorsprong geniet het kon die Gimmies weer hul kenmerkende ritme vind.
JF het die eerste punte aangeteken deur hul binnesenter, Heinrich Hattingh. Hy het daarna gedurig op Welkom Gimnasium se doellyn geboer.
Die Gimmies het van tyd tot tyd oplewing getoon van die tipe rugby waartoe hulle in staat is, soos toe Renaldo Kiewiet (losskakel) en Ethan Jones (agsteman) kragte saam gespan het, om vir hulle die voorsprong voor rustyd te gee.
Daar was egter ‘n hele paar kanse wat net nie uitgewerk het nie, en toe Jones in die tweede helfte sy tweede geelkaart ontvang het dit gelyk asof daar ‘n gulde geleentheid is vir die Bloemfonteiners om terug te veg.
Jim Fouché het vir ‘n oomblik die voorsprong geniet na ‘n strafdoel deur sy losskakel, Alldrick Johnson, maar die momentum het kort daarna geswaai toe Kiewiet terugslaan met een van sy kenmerklike skepskoppe.
Toe die span van Welkom eers hul ritme begin vind het die damwal gebars met nog drieë deur die slot, Jayden Auld, en blitsige Revaldo Farmer wat van die plaasvervangersbank sy verskyning gemaak het.
Asook danksy skitterende skopwerk deur Kiewiet, kon verlede jaar se Kovsie-kampioen hul seisoen met ‘n indrukwekkende 31-13 sege begin.
Wolmaransstad se losskakel, Christopher Dennis, het ook sy span tot ‘n klinkende sege gelei teen Bultfontein.
Dennis kon 13 punte aanteken met twee drieë en ‘n strafdoel in hul 20-7 oorwinning.
Postmasburg en Brandfort het sussies gesoen op 24-elk. Greyven Demspey (agsteman) kon twee keer agter Postmasburg se doellyn gaan kuier terwyl sy teenorgestelde nommer, Gordon Diergaardt, ‘n driekuns kon aanteken om sy span in die wedstryd te hou.
Postmasburg se klein skrumskakel, Maseru Koaho, het ook ‘n barshou vir sy span gespeel en kon in die doodsnikke druk en sy eie drie van ‘n uitdagende posisie af verdoel om die tellings gelyk te trek.
The Kearsney College 1st XI, with captain Ross Coetzee on the right.
Kearsney College vs St Stithians College
Kearsney College slayed their third opponent in three outings on Saturday at the Independent Schools Cricket Festival in Pretoria, recording a 56-run win over St Stithians College, who had pushed number one ranked Bishops all the way the previous day.
It was a victory to savour and a performance to remember from their captain and all-rounder Ross Coetzee, who was in sublime form.
Firstly, he cracked 87 from 94 balls, blasting three sixes and six fours, to guide his side to 218 all out. Wicketkeeper Matthew De Oliveira added a valuable 38, and Cameron Veenstra made 24, but Ethan Jacobs caused the Botha’s Hill boys all sorts of problems.
He snapped up 5/30 from his 10 overs, while the Player of the ICC u19 Cricket World Cup, Kwena Maphaka, captured 2/29 in nine. Neither removed Coetzee, however. It was Cayden Sunker who finally bowled the Kearsney skipper, on his way to a return of 3/39 from 8.3 overs.
St Stithians made a solid start to their run chase, with Emile Odendaal and Pranav Raichetti putting on 60 for the opening wicket. But they fell within two runs of one another, with Odendaal the first to depart after scoring an aggressive 44 from 41 balls, with eight fours and a six.
Saints, though, reached 100 with only three wickets down. That’s when Coetzee got rid of Chris Anderson. From 100/3, the Johannesburg school tumbled to 110/7 as Coetzee, aided by Sandiswa Yeni, ripped the heart out of their run chase.
He followed up on his superb 87 with a match-winning 5/17 – which included the wicket of SA u19 star, Richard Seletswane, for 21 – from nine overs.
Ryan Browning claimed 2/38 in eight, and Asavela Khambule returned 1/30 with his excellent leg spin.
Cayden Sunker scored 21 and Josh Meyer 24, as Saints showed some life lower down their batting order but, after 45 overs, they were all out for 162.
St David’s Marist Inanda vs St Andrew’s College
St David’s Marist Inanda, fresh off wins over Kingswood College and Hilton College, put up a strong 274/7 in their 50 overs against St Andrew’s College.
Jason Rowles, who had taken four wickets in each of St David’s previous matches, showed his talents extend to the bat, too. Opening the innings, he hammered 11 fours and a six in a 116-ball stay, which produced 101 runs.
Morteza Manack shone, too, making 77 from 99 deliveries, before he was bowled by William Beamish. He and Rowles put on 127 for the third wicket.
Reece Reddy added a useful 29 at a run a ball as St David’s batted at 5.48 runs per over.
The St Andrew’s opening bowlers, Roman van Zyl and Joe Wostenholm, shared five wickets between them, but they were on the expensive side of things, with Van Zyl returning 2/51 from his 10, and Wostenholm claiming 3/57, also in 10. William Beamish was the only other wicket-taker, picking up 2/60 in 10.
Beamish and Oliver Johns began the St Andrew’s reply with 39 for the first wicket, but Beamish was then run out for 22. Johns and Mitch Coventry moved the total along to 57 before Coventry fell for nine.
Johns was eventually out for 43 from 72 deliveries, with the total having moved on to 96. The problem for St Andrew’s was that they had lost a number of other batsmen along the way, and they were six-down when the 100 came up. They weren’t about to come back from there.
Shavir Maharaj had a lot to do with that. He sent down 10 overs and captured 4/24, while Jason Rowles continued his outstanding form with the ball, picking up 2/22. Ethan Greenstein also enjoyed success, knocking over 2/33 in nine.
Rhys Wiblin offered some lower order resistance, making 26, while Alistair de Kock finished with 19 not out, as St Andrew’s were bowled out for 167.
Bishops Diocesan College vs St John’s College
Bishops Diocesan College took on St John’s College, who had posted convincing wins in their first two ISCF outings. But they had few answers for the Cape Town school, which certainly lived up to its billing as the number one team in South Africa.
Bishops were narrow 10-run winners over St Stithians on Friday, but they were back to their brutal best on Saturday.
Opener Adnaan Lagadien found his form, while the Bishops’ middle order delivered solid contributions as the Capetonians powered their way to 323/7 from their 50 overs.
Lagadien led the way, plundering six sixes and nine fours in a 100-ball knock that produced 106 runs. His opening partner, Kashief Joseph, added 28.
A slight hiccup saw Bishops slip for 45 without loss to 49/3, but Lagadien and Alex Vintcent then put on 138 for the fourth wicket in 22.5 overs before Lagadien’s fine innings was ended when he was caught behind by Joe MacRobert off the bowling of Oliver Tait.
Vintcent was out just shy of 200, having scored 43 from 62 balls. The punishment wasn’t over for the St John’s bowlers and fielders, however. Waco Bassick upped the scoring rate, hitting six fours in an innings of 41 from 43 balls, while David Handley added 24.
Then, Sam Staveley-Alexander and Litha Mbiko shared an unbroken stand of 57 in 5.3 overs to lift Bishops to 323/7. Staveley-Alexander bashed four fours and a six in his 33, which required only 16 balls, while Mbiko was 23 not out from 17 deliveries.
Cole Francis came in for some stick, but he removed three batsmen at a cost of 56 runs, while Malan du Plessis‘s 1/34 from eight was a good return, given the circumstances.
Unfortunately for St John’s, only opener Nkosana Sibiya and Jacob Smith managed anything meaningful against the outstanding Bishops’ bowlers.
Sibiya struck 56 from 63 balls, with seven fours and a six, while Smith made 53 from 61, which included five fours and one maximum. They also enjoyed a 74-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
The remaining nine batsmen failed to make it into double figures as Waco Bassick led the charge, getting rid of four of the first five batsmen, three of them LBW. He added another wicket just before St John’s were bowled out to finish with his second five-four of the event, capturing 5/25 from seven overs.
Peyton Leigh was also among the wickets, picking up 3/32 in 8.5 overs, and Michael Kotze took 2/35 in nine, as St John’s were all out for 146, leaving Bishops the winners by a massive 177-run margin.
Kingswood College vs Clifton College
Kingswood College batted first against Clifton College after calling the coin flip correctly, but they didn’t start particularly well, losing opener David Loudon for one, bowled by Callum Watson, with the total on 11.
The team from Makhanda then steadied itself and advanced to 41, but they then lost three wickets in the space of three runs. Chris Zimmerman rose to the challenge, however, and defied the Clifton bowlers. He was Kingswood’s leading run scorer, making 43 from 55 deliveries, with eight fours.
He also found some support from Alistair Knott, who contributed 21, but it was Matthew Loon who helped turn a very average total of 113/8 into 170 all out. He was the last man to go, bowled by Clifton captain Shahzaad Perumal for a hard-hitting 39 from 24 balls, which featured three sixes and four fours.
Shiraz Perumal led the Clifton attack, snaring 3/32 in nine overs, while Simon Hill picked up 2/17 in four, and Shahzaad Perumal 2/27 in 5.4. Callum Watson was tight, knocking over 1/12 from his six overs.
In reply, Clifton lost Cohen Naidoo early, but Bryon Ward and Shahzaad Perumal added 27 runs before Ward was dismissed for 23. Perumal followed for 13, which reduced the Durban side to 63/3.
Tim Saulez played a good knock, making 36, before he was bowled by Daniel Jakins, and Callum Watson, in at eight, did a good job, scoring 27 before he was caught and bowled by Josh Loon, the last man to go out, with the total on 153.
Kingswood had won by 17 runs.
Loon hastened Clifton’s demise, grabbing 2/5 in 3.2 overs, but it was Daniel Jakins who did most of the damage, claiming 4/43 in 10, including three of Clifton’s top six. David Loudon delivered a challenging spell and picked up 2/30 from his 10.
Hilton College vs St Andrew’s School
Hilton College put a mark in the win column after overcoming an awful start to beat St Andrew’s School by 37 runs, coincidently their margin of defeat against St David’s Marist Inanda the previous day.
Captain Ethan van Heerden elected to bat first, but that decision quickly backfired when Robert Burman and Jayden Roux were both caught by wicketkeeper Naudé Botha, off the bowling of Cullen Kakora, before a run was on the board.
Ben Hockly and Charles Swart then executed an excellent rescue effort, adding 83 for the third wicket before Swart was trapped in front by off-spinner Dakalo Leketa for 28. Hockly followed, when the total had reached 99, for a well-played 57 from 94 balls, which included nine fours.
Ben Erasmus also made a telling contribution, weighing in with an unbeaten 38 to help Hilton to 182/8 at the completion of their 50 overs.
Leketa bowled beautifully to return 2/22 from his 10 overs, while FG Botha returned 2/31 with his leg spin, and Kakora finished with 2/30 from six. Opening bowler JC Young didn’t take a wicket, but he ended with an impressive 0/7 from his six overs.
Not surprisingly, St Andrew’s made a better start to their innings than Hilton had, but at 11/2 it wasn’t that much of an improvement. Then, two wickets fell with the total on 42, and Kyle Christie began to tear the Bloemfontein boys’ innings apart.
He was at the forefront of Hilton’s bowling efforts as Saints slumped to 75/7, with FG Botha having made 25.
Johan Liebenberg lent the innings some stability, with a patient and unbeaten 30 from 92, and CM Geel and Nikhil Sukraj stubbornly resisted, but both were then caught by Murray Loughlor-Clarke off the bowling of Luke Campbell, for 15 and 16 respectively.
One run later, it was all over, with St Andrew’s all out for 145.
Christie, with 4/26 from 10 overs, was the pick of the Hilton bowlers, while Luke Campbell continued his fine form in the festival with 2/26 in 10.
Summarised Scores
Kearsney College 218/10 (Ross Coetzee 87, Matthew De Oliveira 38, Cameron Veenstra 24; Ethan Jacobs 5/30, Cayden Sunker 3/39, Kwena Maphaka 2/29); St Stithians College 162/10 (Emile Odendaal 44, Joshua Meyer 24, Richard Seletswane 21, Cayden Sunker 21; Ross Coetzee 5/17, Ryan Browning 2/38) Kearsney College won by 56 runs.
St David’s Marist Inanda 274/7 (Jason Rowles 101, Morteza Manack 77, Reece Reddy 29; Joe Wostenholm 3/57, Roman van Zyl 2/51, William Beamish 2/60); St Andrew’s College 167/10 (Oliver John’s 43, Rhys Wiblin 26, William Beamish 22; Shavir Maharaj 4/24, Jason Rowles 2/22, Ethan Greenstein 2/33) St David’s Marist Inanda won by 107 runs.
Bishops Diocesan College 323/7 (Adnaan Lagadien 106, Alex Vintcent 43, Waco Bassick 41, Sam Staveley-Alexander 33*, Kashief Joseph 28, David Handley 24, Litha Mbiko 23*; Cole Francis 3/56); St John’s College 146/10 (Nkosana Sibiya 56, Jacob Smith 53; Waco Bassick 5/25, Peyton Leigh 3/32, Michael Kotze 2/35) Bishops Diocesan College won by 177 runs.
Kingswood College 170/10 (Chris Zimmerman 43, Matthew Loon 39, Ross Thompson 21, Tapiwa Zhanda 20; Shiraz Perumal 3/32, Simon Hill 2/17, Shahzaad Perumal 2/27); Clifton College 153/10 (Tim Saulez 36, Callum Watson 27, Bryon Ward 23; Daniel Jakins 4/43, Josh Loon 2/5, David Loudon 2/30) Kingswood College won by 17 runs.
Hilton College 182/8 (Ben Hockly 57, Ben Erasmus 38*, Charles Swart 28; Dakalo Leketa 2/22, Cullen Kakora 2/30, FG Botha 2/31); St Andrew’s School 145/10 (Johan Liebenberg 30*, FG Botha 25; Kyle Christie 4/26, Luke Campbell 2/26) Hilton College won by 37 runs.
St Anne’s Diocesan College and Bloemfontein’s Oranje remained in the driving seat after reinforcing their unbeaten records on day two of the Balling Hockey Festival in Bethlehem.
St John’s DSG also won both of their matches on Saturday, recording victories over Eunice and Beaulieu College.
After a dramatic opening day that saw St Stithians College shock Eunice 4-2, more upsets were on the cards, as teams continued to strive for early season rhythm and consistency at Voortrekker’s Marlé Claasen Astro, New Horizon College, and Hoërskool Witteberg.
St Anne’s, from Hilton in the KZN midlands, continued with the dominance they showed on day one, which had brought them six goals in wins over Voortrekker and Beaulieu College. In one of the day’s early games, on the Marlé Claasen Astro, they outplayed Noordheuwel, winning 3-0.
In their second match of the day, they faced last year’s number one ranked team in South Africa, Eunice.
Coach Nika Coertzen’s young Eunice side entered the game on the back of a disappointing loss against St Stithians on Friday, which was followed by a 2-4 setback against St John’s DSG on Saturday morning.
In their clash with St Anne’s, the two sides were neck-and-neck in the first half, with little to separate them, but St Anne’s edged in front and took a slender 2-1 lead into the break.
Just as they had done in their previous matches at the festival, St Anne’s produced a strong second half, controlling matters, both on attack and in defence.
They pulled away from Eunice, scoring three times, with their last goal coming from a penalty corner. But Eunice kept fighting and retaliated with two goals of their own, leaving St Anne’s the 5-3 winners of an entertaining match.
Meanwhile, Oranje continued to make goalscoring look easy. They had netted 13 times on the opening day of the festival, and they added another 12 goals on day two.
In their first outing, Noordheuwel was subjected to a 7-0 hammering, and then the hosts, Voortrekker, saw five goals stuck past them, although they did manage one in response.
Oranje coach Gyster van Schalkwyk will seek more of the same from his players in their final match against Beaulieu at 07:55 on Sunday morning.
In other matches on Saturday, St Stithians College struggled to replicate the form they showed on the opening day, going down to Voortrekker and Beaulieu.
There was joy for Epworth, who thumped Potchefstroom Volkskool 6-1, before Hoërskool Sasolburg sneaked a 4-3 win over Wykeham Collegiate.
Nine matches will be played on Sunday, starting at 07:00, when Union High takes on Monument.
St Anne’s tackle St Stithians College at 09:45, while Wykeham will aim to end on a high when they play Our Lady of Fatima at the New Horizon Astro at 09:45.
Results: Day 2
Marlé Claasen Astro| Voortrekker
Potchefstroom Volkskool 0-0 Union HS
Epworth 1-1 St Dominic’s College
Oranje 5-1 Voortrekker
St Anne’s 3-0 Noordheuwel
Monument 2-0 Witteberg
St John’s DSG 4-2 Eunice
Oranje 7-0 Noordheuwel
Voortrekker 1-0 St Stithians College
St Anne’s 5-3 Eunice
St John’s DSG 2-0 Beaulieu
New Horizon Astro:
Wykeham 4-2 Oranje II
Our Lady of Fatima 2-1 Hoërskool Sasolburg
Beaulieu 1-0 St Stithians College
Epworth 6-1 Potchefstroom Volkskool
Union HS 1-1 Oranje II
Hoërskool Sasolburg 4-3 Wykeham
Witteberg 3-3 Our Lady of Fatima
Monument 2-0 St Dominic’s College
Day 3
Marle Claassen Astro | Voortrekker
07:00 – Union HS vs Monument; 07:55 – Oranje vs Beaulieu; 08:50 – Eunice vs Voortrekker; 09:45 – St Anne’s vs St Stithians College; 10:40 – Noordheuwel vs St John’s DSG; 11:35 – Witteberg vs Potchefstroom Volkskool; 12:30 – Hoërskool Sasolburg vs Epworth.
New Horizon Astro
09:45 – Our Lady of Fatima vs Wykeham; 10:40 – St Dominic’s College vs Oranje II
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