The first round of two-day games at the St David’s Marist Fasken Festival produced two results and four draws.
Paul Roos Gimnasium beat Noordheuwel by nine wickets. They bowled the Krugersdorp side out for under 150 twice, with Callum Appollis taking seven wickets over the two days and Dion Winkel getting 5/45 in the second innings, setting his side up to chase a low total of 68.
St John’s got the other victory. They set St Andrew’s of Bloemfontein a target of 243, and then bowled them out for 185.Dakalo Leketa did most of the damage with the ball for St John’s. He took nine wickets in the game, including 4/60 in the second innings.
In the other four games the captains of the sides batting second-last were all a bit over-cautious, batting on tool long and setting targets which were not realistic to chase. They were not helped by the conditions, though, with the wickets remaining pretty flat and lifeless for both days.
There were a number of good individual performances. Alexander Volschenk made 112 for Waterkloof against St Stithians, he hit 112 off 140 balls with seven fours and 6 sixes. And Pranav Raichetti of St Stithians converted his 57 against Waterkloof from day 1 into a 110 not out on Friday morning. His 110 not out came off 147 balls and included 11 fours and 3 sixes. Raicehetti then made 60 Saints’ 2nd knock in the afternoon.
The centurions from day one. Martitzburg College’s Liam Armstrong and Caleb Thomas, followed those performances up with big half centuries against St David’s on day two (76 and 60, respectively); Callum Ritchie of KES had a good day with bat and ball. He took 5/64 against the Lions Invitation team, and then got 70 in his sides’ failed run-chase; Shahzaad Perumal of Clifton got a fifer – 5/94 against Jeppe; and Reece Reddy of the hosts, St David’s contributed 85 to his side’s chase against Maritzburg College.
The batsmen are certainly on top so far. Apart from the two hundred there were a further 12 half centuries on day two and the Maritzburg College vs St David’s game produced a mammoth total of 1138 runs.
Summarised Scores
Jeppe 1st inns 175 (Kyle Jackson 72, Ryan Young 33; Tim Saulez 2/18, Zack Williamson 3/10). Clifton 1st inns 161 (Aalok Beharie 50; Jaydon Brooker 3/20, Tino Mutekwa 3/15).
Jeppe 2nd Inns 268 (Kyle Jackson 36, Jaydon Brooker 41, Christopher Ellson 58 not out; Shazhaad Perumal 5/94). Clifton 2nd inns 127/4 (Muhammed Malek 47 not out, Cohen Naidoo 3/38; Sipho Potsane 3/38).
Match drawn.
Maritzburg College 1st inns 359/ 3 (Liam Armstrong 133, Caleb Thomas 166, Bryn Brokensha 38 not out). St David’s 1st inns 218/8 (Kabir Battacharjee 51, Matthew West 52, Oliver Botha 53).
Maritzburg College 2nd inns 264/6 (Liam Armstrong 76, Caleb Thomas 60, Ryan McKenzi 78). St David’s 2nd inns 246/5 (Reece Reddy 85, Matthew West 68, Gomelemo Phiri 33.
Match drawn.
Waterkloof 1st inns 391/6 (Wian Ruthben 40, Divan Behrens 50, Beukes Van der Berg 127, Riley Miller 71 not out). St Stithians 1st inns 191/7 (Ayush Ramnarian 44, Pranav Raichetti 110 not out, Aiden Van der Westhuizen 35).
Waterkloof 2nd inns 273/6 (Franco Cronje 58, Alexander Volschenk 112, GJ de Swardt 52).
St Stithians 2nd inns179/5 (Pranav Raichetti 60, Richard Seletswane 61).
Match drawn.
St John’s 1st inns 290 (Thomas Ievers 74, Nkosana Sibiya 62, Luke Francis 66; FG Botha 4/10, Dakalo Leketa 5/80). St Andrew’s 1st inns 216/6 FG Botha 50; Cole Francis 3/39).
St John’s 2nd inns 193 (Cole Francis 42, Christopher Ford 52; FG Botha 4/74, Dakalo Leketa 4/60). St Andrew’s 2nd inns 185 (Naude Botha 34, Reuben Van Aarde 31, Leon Anthanasiou 41; Alec Loveland 4/70, Christopher Ford 4/18).
St John’s won by 58 runs.
Noordheuwel 1st inns 141 Corne Botha 53, Ruan Strauss 53; Callum Appollis 4/27). Paul Roos Gimnasium 1st inns 225/8 (Cormey Van der Watt 95, Corne Swart 62).
Noordheuwel 2nd inns 149 (Marius Penning 32; Callum Appollis 3/53, Dian Winkel 5/45). Paul Roos 2nd inns 68/1.
Paul Roos won by 9 wickets.
Lions Invitation 1st inns 220 (Henricus Meyer 72, Professor Mkhwenazi 54, Yahya Bhaba 33 not out; Fayaaz Vawda 4/34, Callum Ritchie 3/55. KES 1st inns 223/7 (Zieg Roos 39, Stuart Faber 42; Zayd White 3/15).
Lions Invitation 2nd inns 249/9 (Kyle Swanepeol 61, Joshua McCoy 35, Mpho Nzala 32, Professor Mkhwanezi 47; Callum Ritchie 5/64). KES 2nd inns 206/6 (Callum Ritchie 70, Kwezi Nyamate 40 not out).
Match drawn.
The second round of games begins tomorrow. The fixtures are:
Jeppe vs Paul Roos (Gier Oval, St David’s), St David’s vs Lions (La Valla Oval, St David’s), KES vs Clifton (La Rosey Oval, St David’s), St Stithians vs St Andrew’s (Dlamini Oval, St Stithians), St John’s vs Maritzburg College (Mc Gregor Oval, St David’s), Noordheuwel vs Waterkloof (Baytop Oval, St Stithians).
