Boland Landbou earns big three-day win over Parel Vallei
In a three-day, double-innings match, which started slowly on Wednesday but picked up pace towards the end, Boland Landbou came away with a 10-wicket win over Parel Vallei High on Friday in Paarl.
Having won the toss at The Stiaan van Zyl Oval, Parel Vallei opted to bat first.
Their first innings covered the entire opening day, lasting 130.5 overs (785 deliveries), but they were limited to only 198 all out at 1.5 runs per over.
Chris Hughes and Divan Sander tested the hosts’ stamina in their 53-run third-wicket partnership.
Hughes contributed a watchful 30 runs off 133 balls, while Sander, who continued to play patiently after his partner was dismissed, weighed in with 60 off 194. He struck nine fours, which was more than half of the 17 that Parel Vallei scored in their first innings.
Francois Prins, the Paarl outfit’s sole representative in Boland’s 2025 Khaya Majola squad, sent down 10 maidens in his miserly 2/20 from 19 overs. Kobus Conradie and Troy Davis both bowled 31 overs, with Conradie’s featuring 13 maidens and a return of 2/49, while Davis’s effort was even tighter, with 18 maidens and figures of 2/35.
In reply, Boland Landbou’s openers, Kobus Conradie and Gideon Kotze, provided their side with a solid 128-run opening stand. Kotze smashed four fours and four sixes in his 77 off 130, while Conradie blasted nine fours and a single maximum in his more contained 71 off 220.
Louis du Plessis, who entered at the fall of the third wicket, struck four fours and two sixes in his 63 off 125. In at seven, Gunther Schmidt was the last of the heavy hitters in the hosts’ first innings, cracking four sixes and two fours in his 42 off 61 deliveries.
Hughes sent down a marathon 35 overs, of which 12 were maidens, and picked up 2/86. Dirk van Zyl matched Boland Landbou’s Davis and Conradie with 31 overs of his own, which earned him 3/81. The most successful of the visitors’ bowlers was, however, Rayyan Wally, who took care of the home side’s tail and snapped up 3/40 from 19.3 overs.
Boland Landbou finished day two on 288/7. On day three, they advanced their total to 319 before they were bowled out after 114.3 overs at the crease.
On Friday morning, the Bulldogs headed into their second innings, trailing by 121 runs.
The second time around, their innings took up only 71.4 overs, but it produced more runs than their long first innings, with the visitors tallying 213 all out.
Gunther Schmidt was on song, knocking over 4/21 in 12 overs, while Matthew Geldenhuys needed only nine overs to procure 3/38.
Opener Ben Traut offered stern resistance, walloping 14 fours and a six in his 72 from only 106 balls, while Daniel Adonis and Ruben du Plessis chipped in with 34 and 32 respectively.
Set only 93 runs for victory, The Farmers went after it with vigour.
In stark contrast to Parel Vallei’s run rate of 1.5 per over in the match’s first innings, Boland Landbou rocketed along at 7.4 runs per over in their second innings, reaching 94 without loss after just 12.4 overs to claim victory.
Francois Prins blasted seven fours and five sixes in an entertaining and undefeated 73 off 50 balls, while Kobus Conradie made sure to feed his fellow opener the strike. His contribution was an unbeaten 20.
Summarised Scorecard
1st Innings
Parel Vallei 198/10 (Divan Sander 60, Chris Hughes 30, Paul Kruger 29, Luke Engelbrecht 20; Francois Prins 2/20, Troy Davis 2/35, Kobus Conradie 2/49); Boland Landbou 319/10 (Gideon Kotze 77, Kobus Conradie 71, Louis du Plessis 63, Gunther Schmidt 42, Johannes Goosen 27, Extras 20; Rayyan Wally 3/40, Dirk van Zyl 3/81, Chris Hughes 2/86).
2nd Innings
Parel Vallei 213/10 (Ben Traut 72, Daniel Adonis 34, Ruben du Plessis 32; Gunther Schmidt 4/21, Matthew Geldenhuys 3/38); Boland Landbou 94/0 (Francois Prins 73*, Kobus Conradie 20*). Boland Landbou won by 10 wickets.
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