Durbies, Stellenberg and DF Malan take the spoils in the northern suburbs
It was an action-packed day of cricket in Cape Town on Saturday as the local schools took to the fields for some derby action.
In a northern suburbs’ showdown, Hoërskool Durbanville made it a short match against their rivals, Hoërskool Bellville, thanks to an undefeated half-century by Jan Kriel.
Meanwhile, Stellenberg romped to an equally convincing victory over Belville THS, and D’Neil du Toit led DF Malan to an eight-wicket trouncing of Curro Durbanville.
In the Durbanville vs Bellville clash, Tobias Roelofse and Kriel each dismissed three Bellville batsmen to leave the Durbies chasing only 88 for victory.
That was no problem for Kriel, who clattered 52 runs off 42 deliveries to see his side over the line in the 17th over. He received support from Henry Venter and Pierre du Toit who both scored 15, while Kriel raced away at the other end, striking 10 boundaries, to power the Durbies to an impressive win.
Bellville THS found JJ Rothman (4/7), Lohann Pretorius (3/9) and Jan-Jak Alberts (2/8) unrelenting as Stellenberg also made light work of their opponents, bundling them out for a meagre 48 runs.
Miya Kopo had some success for the visitors, dismissing both Stellenberg openers. But the Bellville THS bowlers had no runs to play with and Arno Koen secured the victory in style, smashing two sixes and a four as he led Stellenberg to the win with a quickfire, unbeaten 19.
D’Neil du Toit stole the spotlight in DF Malan’s fixture against Curro Durbanville. The dynamic young talent from DF snared five Curro batters for only 17 runs before leading the charge with the bat, scoring 19 not out, to see his school to victory in the 11th over of their innings.
Johannes Meyer also recorded a five-for as Hoërskool Stellenbosch held on to beat Westerford by 17 runs.
Meyer anchored the Stellenbosch innings, with his 147-ball knock producing 69 runs, which helped Stellies to 196/8. Then, his 5/31 quelled the Westerford response.
Summarised Scorecards
Hoërskool Bellville 87/10 (Ruald Coetzee 38, Extras 20; Tobias Roelofse 3/10, Jan Kriel 3/12, Oscar van Tonder 2/20); Hoërskool Durbanville 90/3 (Jan Kriel 52*; Janno Junas 1/11). Hoërskool Durbanville won by seven wickets.
Bellville THS 48/10 (Connor Smith 38; JJ Rothman 4/7, Lohann Pretorius 3/9, Jan-Jak Alberts 2/8); Stellenberg 50/3 (Arno Koen 19*; Miya Kopo 2/27). Stellenberg won by seven wickets.
Curro Durbanville 59/10 (Extras 24; D’Neil du Toit 5/17, Benjamin Grobler 2/11, Johan Janse van Rensburg 2/22); DF Malan 62/2 (D’Neil du Toit 19*; Caleb Jonkers 1/17). DF Malan won by eight wickets.
Fairmont 207/9 (Byron Garton 63, Enzo Whitaker 50, Extras 38, Joshua Martin 26; Troy Diab 4/31, Aaron Peet 2/61); Parklands 110/10 (Conor Russel 37, Troy Diab 21; Samuel Hoctor 4/38, Joshua Martin 3/37, Byron Garton 2/17). Fairmont won by 97 runs.
Hoërskool Stellenbosch 196/8 (Johannes Meyer 69, Divan 56, Jordan Februarie 31; Jan Farhan 2/37); Westerford 179/10 (Nathan Beswick 43, Extras 31, Jan Farhan 26, Ethan Gilham 20; Johannes Meyer 5/31, Jordan Februarie 2/31). Hoërskool Stellenbosch won by 17 runs.
Hoërskool Tygerberg 174/10 (Extras 50, Isaiah Swartz 26, Joshua Malgas 22; Gqwesa Antoni 3/26, Ethan Smeda 3/41, Wynand 2/44); Edgemead 160/10 (Abdullah Muhammad 65, Extras 42; Hamza Camroodien 3/27, Aarin Barends 3/32, Joshua Malgas 2/18). Hoërskool Tygerberg won by 14 runs.
