EP’s turners topple Titans, Tuskers the ‘tyrants’ of KZN
Eastern Province‘s spinners toppled the Titans, thereby downing one of the tournament favourites on the second day of the CSA u16 Boys Week in Pretoria on Wednesday.
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Connor Parry launched the victorious proceedings, batting his side out of a hole after the Affies duo of Armin Snyman and Vihan Pretorius had inflicted considerable damage on the Eastern Cape team’s top order.
Snyman bowled a good, hard length with a testing line outside off, which yielded him another solid return of 4/22. Pretorius, from the opposite end, delivered a very skilful display of seam bowling for his figures of 3/18.
Parry, however, occupied the crease expertly, accelerating during the latter part of his innings, but it was his intent and running between the wickets that summed up his entertaining knock of 80 from 90 deliveries. Sulaymaan Gangat supported him well with an important 34 runs, which helped EP to a defendable 192.
The Titans’ batsmen started in fine fettle and picked up momentum when Pretorius and Ricko van der Walt came together in the middle. Their downfall, however, came when Gangat (3/30) got in on the action once more, to claim the wickets of Pretorius and, soon thereafter, Van der Walt.
Day one’s six-wicket hero, Rhys Wiblin (2/43) bowled well, in tandem with Gangat, to turn the screws on the opposition batsmen. This resulted in the run out of the Titans’ top scorer, Righardt Joubert (42), and with that a sweet victory was secured.
The Tuskers became the “tyrants” of KwaZulu-Natal with a hard-fought victory of four wickets over The Dolphins. Kaiyuran Naidoo was the first Tusker to land a telling blow with his solid outing of 4/16 with the ball.
The Dolphins’ Tristin Delvin led the way with the bat, accumulating a useful 31, while Keegan de Jager chipped in with 28 to get their side 127.
Tuskers’ opening batsman, Ben Wilson, enjoyed a marathon innings that lasted 142 balls and produced an unbeaten and match-winning 65. Wilson found support from Thandanani Zuma (22), who stuck it out lower down the order for a four-wicket win.
Six wickets between the Central Gauteng Lions‘ Zakir Hanslo (3/23) and Connor Kuijers (3/9) led to the downfall of Boland. Only Abriam Jacobs managed to pass the 20-run mark, contributing 26 as his team slumped to a disappointing 91 all out.
The Lions, on the other hand, made batting look easy. Ombesa Matsha was in good nick for his 35, while Abdullah Mohammed also performed admirably on the eve of their clash with the Titans on Day 3, finishing Boland off with an unbeaten 30.
Western Province saw off the Garden Route Badgers with relative ease, too, thumping the side from the South Western Districts by nine wickets. Michael Kruiskamp (2/10), Benjamin Blackburn (2/14) and Michail Tarentaal (2/27) restricted the Badgers to a meagre 93 all out.
Qaeed Shaik (45*) and Schalk Fourie (27*) swiftly sealed the win in the 20th over.
Summarised scorecards
Eastern Province 192/10 (Connor Parry 80, Sulayman Gangat 34; Armin Snyman 4/22, Vihan Pretorius 3/18, Obakeng Mokonyane 2/27); Titans 170/10 (Righardt Joubert 42, Rico van der Walt 32, Vihan Pretorius 23; Sulaymaan Gangat 3/30, James Badenhorst 2/16, Rhys Wiblin 2/43). Eastern Province won by 22 runs.
Dolphins 127/10 (Tristin Delvin 31, Keegan de Jager 28; Kaiyuran Naidoo 4/16, Sechaba Gube 2/12, Reece Wilson 2/15); Tuskers 128/6 (Ben Wilson 63*, Thandani Zuma 22; Tristan Delvin 3/22, Bonga Maphanga 2/23). Tuskers won by four wickets.
Boland 91/10 (Abriam Jacobs 26; Zaakir Hanslo 3/23, Connor Kuijers 3/9, Kyle Butler 2/19); Central Gauteng Lions 92/1 (Ombesa Matsha 35, Abdullah Mohammed 30*). Central Gauteng Lions won by nine wickets.
Garden Route Badgers 93/10 (Daylenn Williams 24, Hanno Swart 22; Michael Kruiskamp 2/10, Benjamin Blackburn 2/14, Michail Tarentaal 2/27); Western Province 94/1 (Qaeed Shaik 45*, Schalk Fourie 27*; Lastio Williams 1/24). Western Province won by nine wickets.
