Affies smash 269 in 20 overs against Wynberg
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Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool (Affies) and their captain Divan de Villiers welcomed Wynberg Boys’ High to the highveld by smashing 269/4 in their 20 overs on Thursday, the opening day of the tournament.
De Villiers lit up the CBC Old Boys Oval. Opening the batting, as he usually does in the shorter form of the game, the crafty right-hander did not hang around.
He needed only 35 balls to blast an entertaining 94, bashing nine sixes and seven fours at a strike rate of 268.
Vihan Pretorius celebrated his recent inclusion in the Titans u16 side by demonstrating why he deserved his selection by cracking an equally impressive 82, also from only 35 deliveries.
Jorich van Schalkwyk contributed 51 as he and De Villiers launched the Affies’ innings with a rollicking 121-run partnership from just 9.3 overs.
Although he was expensive, Wynberg’s Joshua Prince picked up two wickets from his four overs, which made him the most successful of the Cape Town school’s bowlers.
Facing a huge run chase, Wynberg had their backs to the wall, but they possessed some serious firepower of their own. Paul James, the younger brother of SA u19 captain, Juan James, started like a house on fire. He needed only eight balls to get to 30 before he was sent back to the pavilion. Divan Linde followed suit, contributing his side’s only half-century, scoring a quickfire 52 from just 18 balls.
However, Ruben Groenewald, backed up his innings of 31 with a decisive return of 3/7, while Xavier de Wet and De Villiers each contributed two scalps as the visitors were restricted to 153, 116 runs short of the mammoth victory target.
Grey College‘s Daniel Hattingh and Ruben Maree both scored half-centuries as the side from Bloemfontein put Potchefstroom Volkskool under the pump. Volkies’ stalwart Dian Liebenberg bowled an exceptional spell, returning figures of 3/31, to get his team back into the game, but Hattingh’s 76 and Maree’s 51 lifted Grey College to 223/7.
In reply, Volkies suffered a terrible batting collapse, which was brought about by Henru de Wet, who snapped up an impressive 4/33. Diaan van der Merwe tried valiantly, making 30, and Berno de Klerk weighed in with 27, but it was not enough as they were bowled out for only 145.
St Stithians College‘s Hanslo brothers helped the Johannesburg school to a significant six-wicket victory over Northwood. Tasheen led the way, claiming three Northwood sticks, while Zakier sent two others back to the pavilion.
With only 144 required for victory, SA u19 representative, Richard Seletswane got Saints off to a good start with a breezy 31. It was, however, 56 runs from Thomas Rew that led Saints to the win in only 13 overs
Westville Boys’ High‘s Seth Simpson and Max Robertson powered their side to a 63-run victory over Jeppe High School for Boys. Simpson played well for his 65 and Robertson raced to 48, which helped the Griffin to 186/8.
Jeppe’s batsmen faltered in the early going, stumbling to 30/4, thanks to a wonderful display of fast bowling by Dayalan Boyce, who claimed four of the first five wickets to fall and conceded only 25 runs from his four overs.
Sekou Shangase struck twice to hasten Jeppe’s demise and the Johannesburg boys were bundled out for a disappointing 123.
Summarised scorecards
Affies 269/4 (Divan de Villiers 94, Vihan Pretorius 82, Jorich van Schalkwyk 51, Ruben Groenewald 31; Joshua Prince 2/41); Wynberg Boys’ High 153/10 (Divan Linde 52, Paul James 30, Xavier Garvs 29, Storme van Rooyen 22; Ruben Groenewald 3/7, Xavier de Wet 2/18, Divan de Villiers 2/28). Affies won by 116 runs.
Grey College 223/7 (Daniel Hattingh 76, Ruben Maree 51, Pieter Smit 30; Dian Liebenberg 3/31, Berno de Klerk 2/42); Potchefstroom Volkskool 145 (Diaan van der Merwe 30, Berno de Klerk 27, Jim Visser 20; Henru de Wet 4/33, Kamo Mokomela 2/5, Daniel Hattingh 2/30, Darion Rabie 2/33). Grey College won by 78 runs.
Northwood 143/6 (De Bruyn David 46, Nqobani Mokoena 25; Tasheen Hanslo 3/25, Zakier Hanslo 2/28); St Stithians College 145/4 (Thomas Rew 56, Emile Odendaal 33, Richard Seletswane 31; Nqobani Mokoena 2/39). St Stithians College won by six wickets.
Westville Boys’ High 186/8 (Seth Simpson 65, Max Robertson 48, Roxton Payne 23; Christepho Elston 2/12, Matthew Costa 2/28, Shreshth Kumar 2/47); Jeppe High School for Boys 123 (Jeremiah Marshall 29; Dayalan Boyce 4/25, Sekou Shangase 2/4). Westville Boys High won by 63 runs.
