Bowlers set up DHS for Switch Schools SA 20 win over Kearsney
Durban High School (DHS) had their way with Kearsney College in a Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two clash played at Kearsney’s AH Smith Oval on Wednesday.
They skittled the home side for only 89 runs and then bounded to an eight-wicket win, although it took them over 17 overs to get there.
DHS skipper Josh van Biljon won the toss and opted to field first. That was a good call, but it needed his bowlers to make it so.
Bonga Mapanga and Josh Morley set Kearsney on the back foot early by removing two of the hosts’ more dangerous ball strikers, Aaron Blackburn and Keegan de Jager, cheaply.
Asher Hollister and Rivaan Moodley advanced the score from 20/2 to 49 before Moodley fell, and Hollister followed on the same total, with Tristan Quail involved in both dismissals. Moodley was caught for 18 by Bonga Mapanga, while Hollister also exited for 18, run out by a combination of Sulaimaan Jadwat and Quail.
The dismissal of the duo led to a collapse and the architect of that collapse was Sibusiso Dube, who grabbed the next four wickets to fall, with his excellent effort with the ball reducing Kearsney from 49/4 to 80/8.
The Botha’s Hill boys weren’t able to advance their total much beyond that, with Bonga Maphanga bowling both James Bishop and Litha Gonya to end Kearsney’s innings on 89.
Dube was the star of the show with the ball, capturing 4/20 in his four overs, while Mapanga sparkled, too, knocking over 2/7 in 3.1. His fellow new ball bowler, Josh Morley, also did a good job and put Kearsney under pressure with a return of 1/15 from four overs.
Faced with a modest 90-run victory target, DHS stumbled out of the gate, losing both openers, Sulaimaan Jadwat and Syad Basha with only 31 runs on the board in the ninth over.
The departure of the openers, though, brought together the experienced Josh van Biljon and Taine Havermann, and they calmly steered DHS to victory, sharing an unbroken stand of 59 runs for the third wicket from 55 balls.
Van Biljon top-scored, striking seven fours in his undefeated 46 from 43 deliveries. Havermann, meanwhile, smashed the only six of Kearsney’s innings – Michael Groom hit Kearsney’s sole six in making 12 from 11 – and finished with 23 not out from 26 balls.
Michael Groom bowled well, picking up 1/7 from three overs, while James Bishop was the only other wicket-taker, snaring 1/7 from two.
Summarised scorecard
Kearsney College 89/10 (Asher Hollister 18, Rivaan Moodley 18; Sibusiso Dube 4/20, Bonga Maphanga 2/7); Durban High School 90/2 (Josh van Biljon 46*, Taine Havermann 23*). Durban High School won by eight wickets.
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