Berry’s century fires SACS to 91-run victory over Palmerston North
On Saturday, in Cape Town, South African College High School (SACS) won the toss and chose to bat first in a 50-over match against New Zealand outfit, Palmerston North.
The visitors headed into the game off the back of a nine-wicket loss to Stellenberg in T20 on Thursday.
In at four for SACS, Jordaan Berry took charge of the host’s batting effort, scoring an outstanding 113 runs off 97 balls, striking 11 fours and three maximums in his superb innings.
Tail ender, Vaughn van den Berg chipped in with a telling knock, adding 50 off 69 to extend the hosts’ total to 235 all out.
Captain Jordin Last-Harris bowled beautifully for the Kiwis, snapping up 5/16 in 40 deliveries to put the skids under the home side’s’ batsmen, while Max Hart delivered good support, claiming 3/34 in nine overs.
Despite fine contributions from Berry and Van den Bergh, it was tough to tell whether or not the SACS total of 235 was a good one. It turned out that it was.
Harris, after setting the tone for the visitors in the field, led from the front with the bat, contributing a steady 30 off 38, but his teammates struggled to get going until Alex Gordon led a revival lower down the order, smashing eight fours and a six in a 53-ball 55.
His valiant effort was, unfortunately for the visitors, nowhere near enough as his fellow tail enders were dismissed cheaply by the ruthless SACS bowling attack.
Ronan Meintjies tied down the Palmerston North batsmen, claiming 4/20 in 7.5 overs, while Ben Blackburn was less economical but almost as impactful, returning 3/41 from 5.1 overs.
In the end, the tourists were bowled out for 144, leaving SACS the comfortable winners by 91 runs.
SCORES
SACS 235/10 (Jordaan Berry 113, Vaughn van der Berg 50; Jordin Last Harris 5/16, Max Hart 3/34); Palmerston North 144/10 (Alex Gordon 55, Jordin Last Harris 30; Ronan Meintjies 4/20, Ben Blackburn 3/41).
SACS won by 91 runs.
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