The second round of matches at the Fasken St David’s Marist Time Cricket Festival produced three wins and five draws. St John’s beat Maritzburg College by three wickets and, after winning their first game, against St Andrew’s in the first round, they were the only team to win two out of two.
The other winners in the second round were St Stithians who beat St Andrew’s, and Waterkloof, who defeated Noordheuwel.
The wickets were clearly showing wear by the end of the fourth day, shown by the number of big hauls by the spinners. There were two six wicket hauls – by Sipho Potsane (6/63 for Jeppe vs Paul Roos) and Alec Loveland (6/30 for St John’s against Maritzburg College). A further three spin bowlers took fifers: Marcus Bakker (5/20 for Waterkloof vs Noordheuwel); Lhuan-dre Pretorius (5/53 for St Stithians vs St Andrew’s); and Callum Ritchie (5/61 for KES vs Clifton).
Two batsmen notched up centuries on the final day. St Stithians’ Richard Seletswane, who was 85 not out overnight, went on the get 108 the next day, and Kyle Swanepoel of the Lions Invitation team made 103 in his side’s second innings against St David’s
Caleb Thomas of St John’s was named the batsman of the tournament, he was the top run-scorer and hit a century and two half centuries in the two matches. The bowling prize went to Sipho Potsane of Jeppe who took the most wickets, and had the best economy rate. The player of the festival is Lhuan-dre Pretorius of St Stithians who made 188 runs on Saturday, the highest score in the history of the festival. He also took nine wickets, including that fifer.
Summarised Scores
Lions Invitation 1st inns:
317/9 (Joshua McCoy 74, Henricus Meyer 76, Prfessor Mkhnanazi 63, Pranday Taylor 37; Kabir Bhattacharjee 3/66, Morteza Manack 4/49). St David’s 1st inns 223/8 (Armaan Manack 55, Matthew West 43, Morteza Manack 36; Henricus Meyer 3/46).
Lions 2nd inns 229/3 (Kyle Swanepoel 103). St David’s 2nd inns 184/9 (Matthew West 31, Gomolemo Phiri 78; Mashuda Khangale 4/29, Juan Minaar 3/52).
Match drawn
Maritzburg College 1st inns
293/5 (Liam Armstrong 109, Caleb Turner 65, Bryn Brokensha 50 not out, Chad Mason 42). St John’s 1st inns 244 (Nkosana Sibiya 45, Thomas Ievers 34, Joe McRobert 110; Oliver Da Costa 4/64, Chad Mason 3/50).
Maritzburg College 2nd inns 118 (Caleb Thomas 38; Alec Loveland 6/30). St John’s 2nd inns 168/7 (Joe McRobert 70, Cole Francis 33; Chad Mason 4/6).
St John’s won by 3 wickets.
Jeppe 1st inns
279/7 (Kai van Aardt 90, Keegan Caixero 34, Ryan Young 37, Christopher Ellson 43; Dian Winkel 3/67). Paul Roos Gimnasium 1st inns 178 (William September 49; Sipho Potsane 6/63, Christopher Ellson 3/29).
Jeppe 2nd inns 113 (Riley Norton 4/33, Dian Winkel 4/20). Paul Roos 2nd inns 152/6 (Liam Basson 43 not out; Sipho Potsane 3/42).
Match drawn.
St Andrew’s 1st inns
226 (Andre du Preez 36, Schalk Liebenberg 73, Andrew Sobiech 31; Emile Odendaal 3/32). St Stithians 1st inns 381/6 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius 188, Richard Seletswane 108).
St Andrew’s 2nd inns 206 (Andre du Preez 82; Lhuan-dre Pretorius 5/53, Pranav Raichetti 3/29). St Stithians 2nd inns 52/1.
St Stithians won by 51 runs.
Noordheuwel 1st inns
199 (Brandon Pieters 30 not out, Ruan Strauss 29, Dillon Potgieter 91; Tristan Luus 4/10). Waterkloof 1st inns 226 (Marcus Bakker 36, Beukes Vanden Berg 80; Gomolemo Sibi 3/50).
Noordheuwel 2nd inns 102 (Ruan Strauss 43; Alexander Volschenk 3/9, Marcus Bakker 5/20). Waterkloof 2nd inns 78/1 (Marcus Bakker 45).
Waterkloof won by 9 wickets.
Clifton 1st inns
248/6 (Tim Saulez 96, Jayden Roux 87). King Edward 1st inns 217/4 (Callum Ritchie 84).
Clifton 2nd inns 307/7 (Rivan Moodley 60, Cohen Naidoo 66; Callum Ritchie 4/61). KES 2nd inns 233/5 (Callum Ritchie 47, Eric Southey 55 not out, Zieg Roos 40.
Match drawn.
