Boland, Lions, and Easterns win CSA u16 boys’ derby clashes
Friday threw up a day of derbies at the CSA u16 Boys National Week in Paarl, in the Western Cape. Unfortunately, rain impacted the outcomes of six of the eight fixtures.
The hosts, Boland, and the Central Gauteng Lions emerged on the right side of their results, with Boland defeating their “big brother”, Western Province, by 26 runs, while The Lions toppled The Titans in the Jukskei Derby, winning by 26 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) method.
Aiden Titus led the way for Boland in in challenging batting conditions on the Pen Basson Cricket Field.
The hosts got off to a solid start, with their opening batsmen laying a solid foundation by putting on 72 for the first wicket, with Abriam Jacobs making 48 and Neil Louw 30. Titus capitalised. Coming in after the dismissal of Jacobs, he delivered his side’s top score of 56 from 63 deliveries.
Boland, though, lost the momentum that they had built up early on through the regular loss of wickets and were bowled out for 202 after 42.1 overs.
Louw, though, was not yet done with making an important contribution. He captured 3/19 with the ball, which proved pivotal to his side’s success. Despite determined knocks of 58 from Janko Webb and 41 from Raa’id Davids, Western Province came up short, bowled out for 176 in the 39th over.
At Boland Landbou, the Lions were cruising on 93/1 after 27 overs, needing only 179 for victory, when the rain intervened. Opening batter Sohail Seonath tallied a patient 41, while Zizi Mkhize scored freely for his 33 at nearly a run a ball, and their 58-run stand effectively sealed the win.
Ethan Ferguson was the Lions’ standout bowler, claiming 4/20 in just four overs, remarkably as the ninth bowler used.
Although not a traditional derby, the clash between the Eastern Storm and the North West Dragons at Dal Josaphat A Field was a significant second-division contest. Both sides had shown strong form through the first two days of the National Week, but the Storm triumphed on Friday. They won by 22 runs on the DLS Method.
Set 197 to win after Ulrich Botha‘s 94 had helped the Dragons to 196 all out, the Storm were well positioned to chase down North West’s total when the rain intervened. At that stage, they were on 120/2 after 33 overs, with Treasure Dube unbeaten on 41 and Sohil Jugnath on 31. Their partnership had produced 67 runs in 14.4 overs.
On the Paul Roos Oval, Corbin Tidbury, of Eastern Province, came even closer to scoring a century than Botha, hitting 11 fours in a 114-ball stay that brought him 96 runs before he was dismissed by Jamie Hasselbach, who picked up 2/42.
His superb innings in tough day-three conditions in Paarl secured his side a commanding 103-run DLS victory over The Dolphins, who stumbled to 81/9 before the heavens opened.
Limpopo claimed their first win of the week at Swartland High School with a resounding 170-run DLS triumph over Kei.
Their opening pair, Masilo Moremi and Peet Snyman, combined for an imposing 169-run stand. Moremi stroked a classy 81, while Snyman added 71 from 86 balls, which set the Impalas up to score 284/9 in their 50 overs. Then, they restricted Kei to 89/8.
The Eastern Cape Iinyathi, meanwhile, won their third game on the trot, cruising to a 73-run win on the DLS method over the SWD Garden Route Badgers at the Welbedacht Cricket Ground.
Josh Wilkie and Avethandwa Manyongo scored 45 each in the Iinyathi’s 263 all out. Jack Bosazza, then, knocked over 4/27 as the Badgers finished on 119/6 after 29.4 overs.
Juan Maree scored 64 and Peter le Roux 49 and the pair combined for a 99-run fourth-wicket partnership on the Parys Oval, but the Free State had only two other batsmen just make it into double figures, while the rest were dismissed for single digits, which led to them mustering only 170 all out against The Tuskers.
Sange Qangule led the Tuskers’ attack, claiming 4/33 from 10 overs, while his Hilton College teammate, Obakeng Motsepa needed only five balls to pick up 2/2.
In reply, opener Cody Sander came good for KZN side, striking 73 not out from 69 balls, with four sixes and six fours, which helped The Tuskers to score at a healthy 6.6 runs per over. When the rain intervened, The Tuskers were on 152/3 after 23 overs, which left them the winners by 81 runs on the DLS method.
A strong bowling performance took Mpumalanga to a seven-wicket win over Northern Cape on the Dal Josaphat B Field. Frederick Boshoff took 3/24, Kesha Moore 3/34, and Nijan Swart 2/27 as Northern Cape stumbled to 111 all out after 34.5 overs. Vaylen Lombaard batted well, making 44, but he received little support.
Swart, then, followed up his good bowling performance with the top score in Mpumalanga’s successful run chase. He made 44 and Luan Sibrits 32 as they joined forces for an unbroken 76-run stand, which took their side to an emphatic win after using up only 26.1 of the 50 overs at their disposal.
Summarised scorecards
Boland 202/10 (Aiden Titus 56, Abriam Jacobs 48, Neil Louw 30; Esihle Mazinyane 3/30, Abhay Kalan 2/19, Ethan De Heer Kloots 2/49, Harbin Smith 2/49); Western Province 176/10 (Janko Webb 58, Raa’id Davids 41; Neil Louw 3/19, Noah Appollis 2/35, James Holm 2/49). Boland won by 26 runs.
Titans 178/10 (Christian Linde 43, Rourke de Lange 38, Ethan Williams 23; Ethan Ferguson 4/20, Zizi Mkhize 3/30); Lions 93/1 (Sohail Seonath 41*, Zizi Mkhize 33; Katlego Lebelo 1/22). Lions won by 29 runs (DLS method).
North West 196/10 (Ulrich Botha 94, Riekert Kruger 22; William van den Berg 2/43, Gideon Lange 2/52); Eastern Storm 120/2 (Treasure Dube 41*, Sohil Jugnath 31*, Nailen Carter 24; AW van der Merwe 2/22). Eastern Storm won by 22 runs (DLS method).
Northern Cape 111/10 (Vaylen Lombaard 44; Frederik Boshoff 3/24, Kesha Moore 3/34, Nijan Swart 2/27); Mpumalanga 112/3 (Nijan Swart 44*, Luan Siebrits 32*, Extras 21; Ntebogang Mathabane 2/20). Mpumalanga won by 7 wickets.
Free State 170/10 (Juan Maree 64, Peter Le Roux 49; Sange Qangule 4/33, Obakeng Motsepa 2/2); Tuskers 152/3 (Cody Sander 73*, Akhil Bharath 33; Christoph Bronn 3/35). Tuskers won by 81 runs (DLS method).
Limpopo Impalas 284/10 (Masilo Moremi 81, Peet Snyman 71; Kuhle Dlathu 2/15, Somila Sgagayi 2/38); Kei 89/8 (Thabiso Siwonxo 40; Mashalane Seboko Mpontsheng 2/17, Dumisani Manyama 2/18, Alex Thomson 2/31). Limpopo Impalas won by 170 runs (DLS method).
Eastern Province 201/10 (Corbin Tidbury 96, Connor Parry 30; Jamie Hasselbach 2/42, Esihle Gasa 2/13); Dolphins 81/9 (Jamie Hasselbach 22, Luke Boyall 20; Corbin Tidbury 2/11, Matthew Marshbank 2/22). Eastern Province won by 103 runs (DLS method).
Eastern Cape Iinyathi 263/10 (Josh Wilkie 45, Avethandwa Manyongo 45, Imange Ncubevana 33, Jack Bosazza 39; Johalin Oosthuizen 2/45, Mario Tarentaal 2/26, Jordan Ross 3/19); SWD Garden Route Badgers 119/6 (Idan Balzun 26, Hanno Swart 26, Kuhle Ncamile 20; Jack Bosazza 4/27). Eastern Cape Iinyathi won by 73 runs (DLS method).
