Roelofse snares four as Durbies beat Milnerton
Milnerton stumbled against Hoërskool Durbanville on Saturday as the Capetonians made the most of a beautiful day for 50-over cricket.
Tobias Roelofse starred for the Durbies, dismissing four Milnerton batsmen and bowling two maidens in his ten overs.
However, Daniel Bloemetjie (19), Tristen Logie (45), and Amr Williams (29) did well to build a platform for Milnerton as they absorbed the initial Durbanville onslaught.
Divan Bosman had made the breakthrough, claiming the first two wickets for his side by dismissing Bloemetjie and Williams.
Williams, though, made good use of his short time at the crease, smashing seven boundaries to race to 29 runs off of only 25 deliveries.
After Logie was run out, five runs short of a half-century, Roelofse made light work of the rest of the Milnerton lineup to restrict them to 165 all out.
The Durbie batsmen also struggled to find a rhythm, however, when they took to the crease in reply.
Williams spearheaded Milnerton’s efforts again and combined with Josh Reynolds to take eight wickets.
Henry Venter managed a stay of 58 deliveries and 29 runs for Hoërskool Durbanville as they slowly chipped away at the difference until, finally, it was left to the tailenders De Wet Viljoen (23*) and Hugo Bredell (16*) to score the winning runs in the 41st over.
Despite Joshua Martin taking four wickets for Fairmont in their game against DF Malan, Fairmont’s batsmen failed to find a winning formula and were dismissed 22 runs shy of the visitors’ 158.
Johan Janse van Rensburg played a mature innings, scoring 67 from 135 deliveries, but DF Malan’s lower order crumbled.
In reply, Fairmont’s Byron Garton weighed in with a confident 35 not out, but he could only watch on helplessly as the rest of his teammates fell victim to Eddie Fick (3/17) and co.
Summarised Scorecards
Milnerton 165 (Tristen Logie 45, Amr Williams 29, Extras 23; Tobias Roelofse 4/15); Hoërskool Durbanville 166/8 (Henry Venter 29, De Wet Viljoen 23*; Amr Williams 4/38, Josh Reynolds 4/39). Hoërskool Durbanville won by two wickets.
Bergvliet 212 (Ameen Jabaar 63, Fayaaz Isaacs 36, Jadon van Rensburg 28, Extras 27; Farhaan Jan 3/21, Raaziq Johaadien 3/52, Suhail Kathrada 2/51); Westerford 213/6 (R Johaadien 54*, Ethan Gilham 50, F Jan 38*, Extras 36, Suhail Kathrada 21; Jude Paulse 3/53, Fayaaz Isaacs 2/56). Westerford won by four wickets.
DF Malan 158 (Johan Janse van Rensburg 67, Extras 35, D’Neill du Toit 34; Joshua Martin 4/38, Caleb le Roux 3/16); Fairmont 136 (Byron Garton 35*, Razeen Parker 27, Extras 25, Colby Meade 20; Eddie Fick 3/17, Charl Botha 2/17, Johan Janse van Rensburg 2/31). DF Malan won by 22 runs.
