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Affies’ Labuschagne the thorn in Grey College’s side

By Hannes Nienaber , in Cricket | Featured Cricket | News , at 2024-10-20 Tags: , , , ,

The Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool of Pretoria secured their third victory over Grey College in only nine days as the team from the Jacaranda City concludes the first part of the 2024/25 season with a tour of Bloemfontein.

The young left-handed seam bowler Zian Labuschagne spearheaded Affies’ attack on the Johan Volsteedt Oval by picking up five wickets at the cost of only 30 runs. Affies won the limited-overs match by 134 runs.

Affies batted first and was restricted to 253 runs in the 48th over with Daniel Murray (64) recording a half-century. Vihan Pretorius (48), Christiaan Linden (34), JP Botha (26), Ruben Groenewald (26) and Xavier de Wet (21) all also chipped in with the bat.

Grey College was bowled out for only 119 runs with Daniel Hattingh (62) the only batsman that managed to keep the Affie bowling attack at bay. Affies’ two other victories over Grey College came during the annual Westvaal North/South T20.

St Alban’s College of Pretoria is also visiting the City of Roses. They lost their first encounter on Vossies Field against St Andrew’s School by seven runs.

Saints batted first on their home turf and reached 252 runs with Reuben van Aarde (38), Leon Athanasiuo (36), Naudé Botha (34), Jonathan Hickley (21), Hendré Serfontein (20) and a certain batsman named Extras (42) making valuable contributions.

Mduduzi Mahlangu (2/32), Christian Visagie (2/43) and Liam Basch (2/46) all grabbed two wickets each.

Visagie rounded off an all-round performance by also scoring 60 runs in the chase. He received some good support from Wayne Kruger (35), Kyle Block (33) and Basch (31). FG Botha (3/50) was the pick of the Saints bowling attack.

Summarised Scorecards:

Affies 253 (Daniel Murray 64, Vihan Pretorius 48, Christiaan Linden 34, JP Botha 26, Ruben Groenewald 26, Xavier de Wet 21; Otto Krause 3/40, Daniel Hattingh 2/32); Grey-kollege 119 (Daniel Hattingh 62; Zian Labuschagne 5/30, SF Vermeulen 2/15). Affies won by 134 runs.

St Andrew’s School 252 (Extras 42, Reuben van Aarde 38, Leon Athanasiuo 36, Naudé Botha 34, Jonathan Hickley 21, Hendré Serfontein 20; Mduduzi Mahlangu 2/32, Christian Visagie 2/43, Liam Basch 2/46); St Alban’s College 245 (Christian Visagie 60, Wayne Kruger 35, Kyle Block 33, Liam Basch 31, James Godwin 29, Josh Melville 22, Liam Detert 21*; FG Botha 3/50, Nikhil Sukraj 2/48). St Andrew’s School won by seven runs.

Hannes Nienaber
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