James Kirsten spearheads Rondebosch win in Stellenbosch
Rondebosch Boys’ High looked to James Kirsten and their bowling attack to secure a victory over Paul Roos Gimnasium in Stellenbosch on Saturday. The home side bowled and fielded well, but their batsmen were unable to capitalise on the good work done by their bowlers.
Dian Winkel was in fine form for Paul Roos. He frustrated the visitors and claimed 6/30 after Niel Barnard had removed the openers, which helped the hosts to restrict Rondebosch to 188 all out.
Declan Gillespie (33) and Josh Neill (23) combined for a vital fourth-wicket partnership to give the ‘Bosch innings some direction before Winkel got rid of both of them.
Hlumelo Mgweba contributed a well-struck 29 runs at the tail-end of the innings, smashing five boundaries, including a six, to boost his side’s total.
In reply, the Paul Roos batsmen found run scoring difficult in the face of a relentless Rondebosch onslaught.
They were swiftly reduced to 29/3 as the visitors made it clear that they were in no mood to allow their total to be passed. Kornel Swart did well to bring some stability to the Paul Roos middle order but, despite his resistance, Rondebosch kept taking wickets regularly while also smothering the hosts’ run rate.
Swart showed character to score 50 runs on a day that clearly favoured the bowlers, but it was Kirsten, the ‘Bosch bowling spearhead, who removed PRG’s top scorer, as the visitors asserted their dominance to win by a comfortable 74 runs.
Next weekend they take on their southern suburbs’ rivals, Wynberg Boys’ High, who are on a tour to Gqeberha this weekend.
On Thursday, Boland Landbou beat Charlie Hofmeyr in a tightly contested T20 battle.
Charlies owed plenty to Luan Giliomee after he carried their innings by scoring an unbeaten 54 out of their total of 88/7. His heroics proved in vain, however, as Boland reached the victory target in the 19th over to come away with a three-wicket win.
Stefan Conradie opened their innings with a solid 31, but the rest of the Landbou lineup crumbled in the face of persistent and consistent bowling by the visitors until Francois Prins stood his ground and drove Boland to victory with an unbeaten 30 runs.
Summarised Scorecards
3 February
Rondebosch Boys’ High 188 (Extras 44, Declan Gillespie 33, Hlumelo Mgweba 29, Josh Neill 23, Daniel Bosman 21; Dian Winkel 6/30, Niel Barnard 2/38); Paul Roos Gimnasium 114 (Kornel Swart 50, Extras 23; James Kirsten 4/17, Declan Gillespie 2/16). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 74 runs.
Hoërskool Bellville 120 (Extras 35, Pieter du Toit 20; Izaiah Beukes 4/17, Domerick Owies 2/31); Piketberg 78 (Domerick Owies 31, Extras 21; André Bernhardt 3/15, Chris Roets 2/12). Hoërskool Bellville won by 42 runs.
2 February
Milnerton 180/3 (Tristan Logie 99*, Keegan van Blerk 40; Delaray 2/22); Curro Hermanus 86/5 (Nick 51; Ryan Gretschel 1/8). Milnerton won by 94 runs.
1 February
Charlie Hofmeyr 88/7 (Luan Giliomee 54*; Gunther Schmidt 1/9); Boland Landbou 92/7 (Stefan Conradie 31, Francois Prins 30*; Rossouw Matthee 2/5, Philip du Plessis 2/17, Daniel Bakkes 2/23). Boland Landbou won by three wickets.
