Bishops wins Schools SA20 national title

Diocesan College, or Bishops, as they are affectionately known, are the inaugural champions of the Schools SA20 competition.

The Cape Town school comfortably beat St David’s Marist Inanda for a second time in two days on the Tuks Oval in Pretoria to lift the crown.

On Friday, they defeated the Gauteng champions by eight wickets and, if anything, they won even more convincingly on Saturday, by 99 runs.

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Bishops’ captain, James Robb-Quinlan (22), led his side from the front, top-scoring in his team’s 168/7 from their 20 overs.

His key contributions to Bishops’ title-winning run – 160 runs in five matches at an average of 53.3 – resulted in Robb-Quinlan being named the Cricketer of the Tournament.

Their opening batsman Adnaan Lagadien (22) again chipped in with valuable runs. The South African Schools’ opener was also the tournament’s leading run-scorer, tallying 170 runs at an average of 42.5. He was named the Batter of the Tournament.

Lagadien’s and Robb-Quinlan’s efforts were supported well by solid contributions from Litha Mbiko (22), Thaafier Japtha (21), Michael Kruiskamp (18*), and Waco Bassick (17)

Hayden Campbell (3/34) was the pick of the St David’s bowlers, with Kyle Butler (2/21) also producing a good spell.

Unfortunately, for St David’s, their reply fell apart quickly and they were skittled for only 69 runs in the 13th over of their innings. Armaan Manack (22) was the only batsman who kept the Bishops’ bowlers at bay.

Bishops’ spinner Julian Pilkington (3/12) continued his excellent form and finished the tournament with an outstanding 11 wickets at a miserly 8.8 runs per victim. That excellent return earned him the Bowler of the Tournament accolade.

St David’s lanky spin bowler Morteza Manack snagged eight wickets at an average of 13.7 runs per wicket.

St Andrew’s School, of Bloemfontein, received the award for Spirit of the Week.

Summarised Scorecard

Diocesan College 168/7 (James Robb-Quinlan 26, Adnaan Lagadien 22, Litha Mbiko 22, Thaafier Japtha 21; Hayden Campbell 3/43, Kyle Butler 2/21); St David’s Marist Inanda 69/10 (Armaan Manack 22; Julian Pilkington 3/13, Raaid Arendse 2/8). Diocesan College won by 99 runs.

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Hannes Nienaber covered schools' rugby in South Africa for Volksblad, Beeld, and Rapport for 11 years. He also created the biggest school rugby website in South Africa - School of Rugby - back in 2007. It eventually morphed into Supersport Schools Plus. He still occasionally milks cows.

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