Affies beat St Davids in high-scoring Old Mutual Peninsula Fest thriller
Divan de Villiers played a spectacular innings for Affies on Friday, the fourth day of the 2024 Old Mutual Peninsula Cricket Festival, scoring an unbeaten 118 against St David’s Marist Inanda.
With the help of Vihan Pretorius (82), who already has one highlight-reel innings at the tournament, the team from Pretoria set up a massive 304/5 to defend.
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Despite the mammoth challenge they faced, St David’s put up a strong fight in a brave attempt to chase down the required total.
Jason Rowles, who was out just shy of a half-century, led from the front as his side mustered a respectable 244, but Ruben Groenewald‘s 4/42 helped Affies to a solid 61-run win.
Diocesan College maintained their perfect dominant run at their home tournament with a fourth win on the trot against a strong Waterkloof side.
The hosts showed their class, controlling the match throughout. They were outstanding in the field, with Waco Bassick and Tiaan Louw taking three wickets apiece to restrict Waterkloof to a modest total of 136.
Bishops’ openers, Kashief Joseph and Adnaan Lagadien, understood their assignment and raced to 60 runs each before Luan Ferreira saved some pride for Klofies by dismissing Lagadien just before the end of the game, but by then the visitors’ fate had already been sealed.
The locals needed less than 18 of their 50 overs to overtake Waterkloof’s score and keep their perfect Peninsula Festival record intact.
Rondebosch Boys’ High continued to live up to their proud cricketing heritage as they, too, added another decisive victory to their record.
After putting on a show for the local supporters, with Noah Heath, Daniel Cooke and Joshua Neill posting half-centuries in an imposing total of 281/8, the ‘Bosch bowlers tore through the Hilton College batting lineup.
James Kirstin led the charge with 3/7, while Daniel Bosman and Declan Gillespie each grabbed a brace.
Special mention should also be made of the two schools’ u15 teams for providing one of the most exciting matches of the day.
After Schalk Fourie‘s memorable knock of 189 not out drove Rondebosch to a daunting 382/9, the highest score of the day, Hilton launched a spectacular run chase and fought valiantly to the end.
Ben Wilson struck an undefeated 122 for the visitors, who finished on a solid 302/5, which was an impressive feat but still 80 runs shy of the required total.
Pretoria Boys High managed another spectacular victory, this time against SACS. After their batting lineup crumbled in the face of a relentless attack by Benji Blackburn, Reza Salie and Litha Kraai, the PBHS trio of Adam Cannata, Johan Coetzer and Connor Hall returned the favour.
Cannata bagged five wickets and a catch as SACS were bowled out for only 89.
Wynberg Boys’ High outplayed St Charles College with Xavier Garvs stealing the spotlight and smashing 73 runs at better than a run a ball to power his team to victory.
That came after the Wynberg bowlers had already laid the groundwork for a comfortable win, with Ebrahim Fakir and Divan Linde each snaring the wickets of three Saints’ batsmen.
Summarised Scorecards, Day Four
Affies 305/5 (Divan de Villiers 118*, Vihan Pretorius 82, Jorich van Schalkwyk 38, Henre Smith 31; Avela Sibisi 1/25); St David’s Marist Inanda 244 (Jason Rowles 48, Samrat Basu 39, Joshua Jacobs 38, Morteza Manack 37, Ethan Greenstein 27, Extras 20; Ruben Groenewald 4/42). Affies won by 61 runs.
Waterkloof 136 (Riley Miller 45, Wian Ruthvan 31, Extras 21; Waco Bassick 3/38, Tiaan Louw 3/39, Benjamin Koenig 2/15); Diocesan College 137/3 (Kashief Joseph 60*, Adnaan Lagadien 60, Franco Cronje 1/12). Diocesan College won by seven wickets.
Rondebosch Boys’ High 281/8 (Noah Heath 70, Daniel Cooke 55, Joshua Neill 52, Nathan Ball 36, Extras 30, Declan Gillespie 21; David Hill 4/28, Kyle Christie 2/79); Hilton College 129 (Ben Hockly 30, Ethan van Heerden 29; James Kirstin 3/7, Daniel Bosman 2/8, Declan Gillespie 2/18). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 152 runs.
Pretoria Boys High 109 (Patrick Mouton 28; Benji Blackburn 4/12, Reza Salie 3/24, Litha Kraai 2/31); SACS 89 (Extras 20, Reza Salie 18; Adam Cannata 5/33, Connor Hall 2/11). Pretoria Boys High won by 20 runs.
St Charles College 112 (Extras 35, Tristan Montile 28; Ebrahim Fakir 3/20, Divan Linde 3/21, Michail Tarentaal 2/9, Shadley Allie 2/27); Wynberg Boys’ High 116/2 (Xavier Gars 73*, Storme van Rooyen 22; Cian Fortmann 1/6). Wynberg won by eight wickets.
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Rondebosch 382/9 (Schalk Fourie 189*, Josh Kirby 73, Johnny Neill; Ryan Jellis 5/45); Hilton College 302/5 (Ben Wilson 122*, Sean Burman 86, Obakeng Motsepa 50*; Jack Bradshaw 3/61). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 80 runs.
Diocesan College 116 (R Vincent 22); Waterkloof 109 (Deen Rinquest 4/40). Diocesan College won by seven runs.
SACS 283 (Jordan Berry 96, Aqeel Waggie 59, Rayaan Salie 56); Pretoria Boys High 151. SACS won by 132 runs.
St Charles 225/7 (Prinsloo 65); Wynberg 209 (Bowles 69). St Charles won by 16 runs.
St David’s Marist Inanda 162/9 (Schalk Coetzee 3/36); Affies 164/4 (Zeann Marais 40). Affies won by six wickets.
