Bishops on fire on opening day of Peninsula Cricket Festival
Bishops Diocesan College vs St Stithians College
Bishops Diocesan College stole the show on Wednesday, the opening day of the Peninsula Cricket Festival, by inflicting a heavy 10-wicket defeat on St Stithians College.
Captain Alex Vintcent elected to bat after the toss went his way and proceeded to set a superb example, delivering a match-winning performance on the Frank Reid Oval.
Opening the bowling, he captured 5/17 in 10 overs, which decimated the Saints‘ innings. His fellow new ball bowler, Daniel Perold, also enjoyed success, bagging 2/15 from seven, while Harry Morgan picked up 2/15 in 5.2 as the Johannesburg school struggled mightily at the crease.
Thomas Collins demonstrated admirable grit, facing 100 balls for his 42 before he was trapped in front by Vintcent. Unfortunately for St Stithians, Collins received little support and they were bowled out for 100 after a gruelling 43.2 overs.
Faced with a modest victory target, Bishops cruised to victory in just 19.2 overs. Vintcent opening the batting with Ibraheem Taliep and they shared an unbroken 101-run partnership.
When victory was achieved, Taliep was on 49 not out from 60 balls, having hit six fours and a six. Vintcent, meanwhile, was on 43 not out from 59, having bashed three sixes and two fours.
Pretoria Boys High vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium
Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) made a winning start to their campaign, successfully defending a moderate 145 all out in a 32-run win over Potchefstroom Gimnasium on Wally Wilson Oval at the Western Province Cricket Club.
Potch Gim enjoyed the advantage of winning the toss and they put PBHS in to bat. That proved to be a good decision as Boys High lost three of their top four batsmen with only 14 runs on the board. Later, they were reduced to 62/7 after losing three wickets for only one run. Then, at 75/8, the writing appeared to be on the wall.
PBHS fought back valiantly, though, with Victor Louw and Jayden Knott-Craig adding 48 for the ninth wicket before Louw was dismissed for 32. He had faced 34 balls, four of which he dispatched for four and another two for six.
Knott-Craig and Ruan Coetzee tacked on another 22 runs for the 10th wicket, with Coetzee frustrating Potch Gim by taking 37 balls to score three not out. Knott-Craig, meanwhile, scored 39, the highest score of the innings, while facing 69 deliveries.
Hardie Swanepoel, batting third in the order, produced the innings’ other score of substance, making 32.
After 51.3 over, Pretoria Boys High was all out for 145.
Adriaan van Niekerk was the pick of the Potch bowlers, removing three of the top five batsmen, to finish with 3/17 from nine overs, which included three maidens.
Thloni Thabatha also claimed three wickets, snaring 3/28 from 8.3 overs, and Henré Cronje returned a tidy 2/27 from 11.
The North West school’s reply was uneven. Lukas Kotze, batting at three, and Bennet Keet, batting at five, made 45 and 35 respectively and shared a fine 72-run partnership for the fourth wicket, which looked as if it had set Potch Gim up for a successful run chase.
However, when Kotze lost his wicket on 94, Gim’s innings quickly went south, with another three wickets tumbling on the same total, with one of those, disastrously, being a run out.
Potchefstroom Gimnasium staged a minor recovery, adding 16 runs before Jahndré Coetzee fell for six, the last of Euan Gottfried‘s five victims. Just three more runs were added for the last two wickets as Gim was all out for 113.
Gottfried starred with a match-winning 5/27 from 11 overs, while Ruan Coetzee took 2/23 from six. Liam Brooker, who shared the pivotal four wickets that fell without the addition of a run scored with Gottfried, finished with an impactful 2/3 from four.
Wynberg Boys’ High vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
On the Jacques Kallis Oval, Wynberg Boys’ High won the toss and batted first against Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies). They spent 61.3 overs in the middle and posted 169 all out.
Opener Matthew Saunders spearheaded their batting effort, applying himself diligently to score a determined 41 from 104 balls.
Lower down the order, Noah du Plooy, with 26, and Damien Harris, with 24, added 39 for the seventh wicket, but it was slow going.
Paul Bester, the seventh bowler introduced into the Affies’ attack, inflicted the greatest damage, knocking over 3/12 in eight overs. JP Botha played his part, too, claiming 3/39 from 14, while opening bowler, Armin Snyman, bagged 2/29 from 10.3 overs.
On a challenging pitch, Affies faced a tricky run chase, but their openers, JP Botha and AJ Morkel, set them on the path to victory with a 94-run stand for the first wicket before Botha was stumped by Chad Campbell off the bowling of Noah du Plooy for 31 from 45 balls.
AJ Morkel helped to advance the total to 105 before he became the third man to lose his wicket, but he had delivered the highest score of the match, facing 83 balls for his 66, which featured eight fours.
Daniel Murray, batting fifth, then chipped in with 33 not out to see Affies to a five-wicket win after 42 overs.
Nicholas Stafford picked up 2/47 with the ball and was involved in one of the two run outs executed by Wynberg.
Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Hoërskool Waterkloof
Hoërskool Waterkloof visited Stellenbosch to take on Paul Roos Gimnasium on the PRG Oval, where the home team opted to bat first after winning the coin flip. They totalled 212 all out after 64.1 overs.
Opener Enré van Zyl and Janko Webb put on 47 for the third wicket before Van Zyl’s innings came to an end when he was caught by Liam Breedt off the bowling of Johan Liebenberg for 41.
Webb went on to provide the innings’ top score of 51, which came from 74 deliveries and included four fours and a six. Marcus Conradie chipped in with 27.
Waterkloof employed an astonishing nine bowlers and the last of them, Johan Feuth, was the most successful, knocking over 3/19 in 6.1 overs.
Johan Liebenberg bowled tidily, returning 2/33 from 11, and Rivan Booysen did a neat job, too, and was rewarded with 2/32 from 10.
In reply, AJ de Villiers and Jean Cloete gave Klofies a strong start, making 84 for the first wicket before Cloete exited for 28. De Villiers and Franco Schmidt partnered for 49 runs for the second wicket, lifting Waterkloof to 133/2 before Schmidt fell for 20.
De Villiers’ fine knock ended with the total on 166. He was the fourth man out, LBW to Roux Joubert for 83. He had struck 13 fours.
Juan Swart, with 26 not out, Rico van der Walt, with 20, Vorster de Villiers, with 17, and Johan Feuth, with 12, kept the momentum going, however, and Waterkloof clinched a hard-fought three-wicket win in the 53rd over of their innings.
Marcus Conradie enjoyed success in his 1.5 overs, snapping up 2/9, while Roux Joubert took 2/24 in seven.
Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Hilton College
Hilton College and Rondebosch Boys’ High drew on Bosch’ A Field after Hilton compiled a sound 261/8 in 70 overs, batting first.
The KZN crew made an excellent start, with Barack Munawa and Ben Wilson putting on 93 for the first wicket before Wilson was LBW to Eli Aufrichtig for 41. Munawa followed nine runs later, with the total on 102, for 55.
Hilton lost a third wicket one run later as Aufrichtig picked up the first three wicket to go down, but captain Robert Burman and Obekeng Motsepa soon quietened Rondebosch’s enthusiasm with a 76-run partnership for the fourth wicket. It ended when Burman was out for 41 from 51, having struck five fours.
Motsepa went on to the record the innings’ highest score of 71. He faced 99 deliveries and slammed four sixes and two fours. James Peattie chipped in with a useful 33.
Eli Aufrichtig led the Bosch bowling, capturing 4/70 from 16 overs, while Ethan De Heer Kloots snagged 2/53 from 19.
Rondebosch tallied 198/7 in response from 50 overs. Their reply centred around a second wicket stand of 76 between Tyler Heyns and Luca Ghignone. Heyns sent four deliveries to the boundary and two over it in an innings of 53 from 65 balls.
A run out removed Ghignone just one run shy of a fifty after he had faced 101 balls and helped the total to 157/4.
Schalk Fourie made 27 and Raa’id Davids was on 25 not out from only 22 balls when the match ended. He had struck three fours and a six.
Spin bowler, Benoit Rey, snared 3/37 from 13 overs, while Hilton also pulled off two run outs.
SACS vs St Charles College
SACS tallied the highest total of the day, 332/7 in just over 67 overs, against St Charles College, behind big centuries from Ulrich Roth and Aqeel Waggie. Saints then needed a stubborn last wicket stand to rescue a draw.
The Cape Town school lost two early wickets on De Villiers Field, but Waggie, who opened the innings, partnered with Roth for a mammoth 193 runs for the third wicket. After hitting 16 fours and two sixes, the opener was caught off the bowling of Connor Vogt for 119.
Roth went on to finish with an unbeaten 150, which included 15 fours and six sixes. He and Mickey Watson, who made 33, added 62 for the fourth wicket.
While many of his teammates suffered at the hands of Waggie and Roth, Connor Vogt excelled, capturing 2/30 from 10 overs. His opening partner, Ryan Clarke, claimed 2/48 from 12, and Kaiyuran Naidoo snared 2/32 from four.
The St Charles’ innings didn’t go well, and, after 37 overs, they were deep in the mire on 78/8. They appeared headed for a massive defeat. But Jayden Saville and Caleb Sharp took up eight overs while adding 36 runs for the ninth wicket before Saville became Ben Blackburn‘s third victim.
Sharp and Dylan Leppan withstood severe pressure for another seven overs to secure a draw, with St Charles ending on 148/9. Sharp fought a resilient battle and was 64 not out from 100 balls at the end, having sent 10 deliveries to the boundary.
Ben Blackburn led the SACS’ attack with a tight 3/25 from 14 overs, while Ronan Meintjies removed three batmen for 30 runs from 11 overs. His opening partner, Abhay Kalan, heaped pressure on Saints, conceding just nine runs from 10 overs while picking up one wicket.
Summarised scorecards
St Stithians College 100/10 (Thomas Collins 42; Alex Vintcent 5/17, Daniel Perold 2/15, Harry Morgan 2/15); Bishops Diocesan College 101/0 (Ibraheem Taliep 49*, Alex Vintcent 43*). Bishops won by 10 wickets.
Pretoria Boys High 145/10 (Jayden Knott-Craig 39, Hardie Swanepoel 32, Victor Louw 32; Adriaan van Niekerk 3/17, Thloni Thabatha 3/28, Henré Cronje 2/27); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 113/10 (Lukas Kotze 45, Bennet Keet 35; Euan Gottfried 5/27, Liam Brooker 2/3, Ruan Coetzee 2/23). Pretoria Boys High won by 32 runs.
Wynberg Boys’ High 169/10 (Matthew Saunders 41, Noah du Plooy 26, Damien Harris 24; Paul Bester 3/12, JP Botha 3/39, Armin Snyman 2/29); Affies 170/5 (AJ Morkel 66, Daniel Murray 33*, JP Botha 31; Nicholas Stafford 2/47). Affies won by five wickets.
Paul Roos Gimnasium 212/10 (Janko Webb 51, Enré van Zyl 44, Marcus Conradie 27; Johan Feuth 3/19, Rivan Booysen 2/32, Johan Liebenberg 2/33); Hoërskool Waterkloof 213/7 (AJ de Villiers 83, Jean Cloete 28, Juan Swart 26*, Franco Schmidt 20, Rico van der Walt 20; Marcus Conradie 2/9, Roux Joubert 2/24). Waterkloof won by three wickets.
Hilton College 261/8 (Obakeng Motsepa 71, Barack Munawa 55, Ben Wilson 41, Robert Burman 41; Eli Aufrichtig 4/70, Ethan De Heer Kloot 2/53); Rondebosch Boys’ High 198/7 (Tyler Heyn 53, Luca Ghignone 49, Schalk Fourie 27, Raa’id Davids 25; Benoit Rey 3/37). Match drawn.
SACS 332/7 (Ulrich Roth 150*, Aqeel Waggie 119, Mickey Watson 33; Connor Vogt 2/30, Kaiyuran Naidoo 2/32, Ryan Clarke 2/48); St Charles College 148/9 (Caleb Sharp 64*Christiaan Prinsloo 26; Ben Blackburn 3/25, Ronan Meintjies 3/30). Match drawn.
