Donkies too stubborn to lose at Somerset College’s T20 day
HTS Drostdy delivered an encouraging three wins at Somerset College‘s T20 day, in Somerset West, on the weekend, emerging from their scraps in the shorter form of the game with a clean record.
In their opening game against Hoërskool Bellville, the Donkies scored a comfortable six-wicket win, with two overs to spare.
Adriaan Krynauw knocked over 3/9, while Karel Hugo snapped up 2/2 to limit Bellville to only 92 all out.
The Worcester locals, then, appeared assured at the crease as they chased down the moderate total, led by Stephan Steyn’s 32 and M-Jay van Reenen’s 26.
In an equally comfortable win over Somerset College, the Drostdy bowlers again led the way. Batting first, though, they struggled to get going, with DJ Luck doing most of the heavy lifting as the Donkies posted 112/8.
Troy Varie caused the visitors all sorts of problems, snaring 4/13 in four overs. Those figures were tied for the best of the day with Bellville’s Krige van Jaarsveld, who matched them in a seven-wicket win over Somerset College. Callum Hughes, who scored a century against Reddam House Constantia, played his part by claiming 2/27 in four.
Drostdy’s bowlers, however, did an even better job than the hosts, ploughing through the Somerset College batting, which crashed to 62 all out. The wickets were shared around, with Janu Nel picking up 2/1 in two overs, while Willem Louwrens and Jannes Krynauw also took two each.
Oddly enough, the Donkies struggled most against the only team that went winless, Reddam House Constantia, who put up 126/4 in their 20 overs. Considering that they were left with six wickets in hand, they could have been more aggressive towards the end of their innings.
Thomas Meintjies, though, didn’t hang around. He struck 57 runs off 32 balls to pace the Reddam batting effort.
With only four wickets falling, Drostdy’s bowling figures were fair as opposed to special, but Karel Hugo, with 1/7 in three, showed that bowling economically can often be more important than taking wickets in limited overs cricket.
Adriaan and Jannes Krynauw took charge of the HTS Drostdy run chase, scoring 32 off 47 and an unbeaten 25 off 29 respectively. Their patient knocks helped steer their team to a hard-fought three-wicket victory with 15 balls to spare.
Leo Del Connor’s 2/21 was the best that the Reddam House bowling attack could muster against a patient batting lineup. Reddam’s efforts, though, were undermined by loose bowling, which cost the Constantia school 30 extras, from 22 wides and eight no-balls.
SCORES
Somerset College 217/2 (Cameron Hughes 119, David de Klerk 52, Owethu Moyi 26); Reddam House Constantia 87/5 (Caden Spiller 41, Extras 22; Finn Rankin 2/8).
Somerset College won by 130 runs.
HTS Drostdy 112/8 (DJ Luck 48; Troy Varie 4/13, Callum Hughes 2/27); Somerset College 62/10 (Janu Nel 2/1, Willem Louwrens 2/11, Jannes Krynauw 2/18).
HTS Drostdy won by 50 runs.
Hoërskool Bellville 90/3 (Xander Lategan 30, Johan Bergh 21); Somerset College 89/8 (Cameron Hughes 30; Krige van Jaarsveld 4/13, Lehano van der Westhuyzen 2/20).
Hoërskool Bellville won by seven wickets.
HTS Drostdy 93/4 (Stephan Steyn 32, M-Jay van Reenen 26; Edmund Klue 2/12); Hoërskool Bellville 92/10 (Xander Lategan 37, Edmund Klue 25; Adriaan Krynauw 3/9, Willem Louwrens 2/11).
HTS Drostdy won by six wickets.
Hoërskool Bellville 90/3 (Johan Bergh 52*); Reddam House Constantia 89/10 (Caden Spiller 27; Ruben Botha 3/9, Tiaan Hartman 2/5, Darius De Goede 2/12, Lehano van der Westhuyzen 2/19).
Bellville won by seven wickets.
HTS Drostdy 130/7 (Adriaan Krynauw 32, Jannes Krynauw 25*, Extras 30; Leo Del Connor 2/21); Reddam House Constantia 126/4 (Thomas Meintjies 57, Caden Spiller 27).
HTS Drostdy won by three wickets.
