Feltham gets Grey Cricket Festival underway with a timely century
Miles Feltham started the year in style as he carved an outstanding century that put Framesby in a strong position in their Grey Cricket Festival declaration match against a St Charles XI at Old Grey Sports Club, in Gqeberha, on Thursday.
Feltham’s 102 from 136 balls helped Framesby, who won the toss and chose to bat first, to a first innings total of 259 all out.
At stumps, Saints were on 139/6, trailing Framesby by 120 runs.
Feltham transformed Framesby’s innings by sharing in four partnerships, which were worth a combined 197 runs. When he arrived at the crease, Framesby was in a spot of bother, on 11/2 after 2.4 overs. Feltham and Keagan Wium then added 19 runs for the third wicket.
Feltham needed better support, however, if Framesby was to mount a decent total, and he got it from Dandré Henwick (32), with whom he shared a 75-run fourth-wicket stand. Next, Feltham joined forces with Nicholas Joubert (28) to add 50 runs for the fifth wicket. His final act was a 53-run sixth-wicket partnership with Egan Julyan.
Josh Nicholson led the St Charles’ reply with a solid 56 from 51 balls. However, the KwaZulu-Natal side’s innings progressed in fits and starts, with Framesby grabbing wickets at regular intervals, which left Saints with only one partnership worth more than 50 runs in the 40 overs they batted.
That came from a second wicket stand of 79 between Nicholson and Tlotlang Kobe (21). None of the other six partnerships was worth more than 20 runs.
St Charles had Will Rhodes (31*) and Chris Uys (5*) at the crease at stumps.
Northwood vs Jeppe
Northwood’s Josh Mills and Ryan van Zyl scripted drama and intrigue on the Siya Kolisi Field at Grey High in the final minutes of play on Thursday. They captured three wickets for five runs in the last two overs of the day to tilt their contest against Jeppe in favour of the Durban school.
The flurry of wickets meant that Jeppe ended the day with a slender 11-run lead over Northwood with seven second innings wickets in hand.
The Gauteng side won the toss, elected to bat first and scored 196 all out in their first innings. Northwood battled hard and were dismissed for 190 in their reply before Mills and Van Zyl worked their magic against the Jeppe top order late in the day.
Aiden Reyneke showed great temperament in his 36.5-over stay at the crease in Jeppe’s first innings. The number three batsman scored an evenly paced 60 from 108 balls and shared a 102-run fourth wicket partnership with Lincoln Casais (46) as he powered Jeppe forward.
Their stand was Jeppe’s highest partnership and the only one that was worth more than 30 runs. Part of the reason for that was Trevor von Vollenstee‘s brilliant bowling, which brought him a respectable 4/28 from 11 overs.
Jeppe enjoyed the upper hand well into Northwood’s reply before Keegan Reeves mounted an outstanding rearguard fightback to keep his side in the contest. When Reeves strode to the crease, the KwaZulu-Natal side was on 75/5, which soon became 77/6 when Ross McGlashan was dismissed for a patient 34.
Reeves, though, stabilised matters, striking 12 fours and a six in his 80 from only 95 deliveries, which pushed Northwood to within touching distance of Jeppe’s total.
In other matches, Grey College took charge of their clash against Glenwood by dismissing the Green Machine for only 87. By stumps, the Bloemfontein school enjoyed a massive 172-run lead, on 259/8.
The clash between Selborne College and Potchefstroom Volkskool was evenly poised after Selborne posted 131 all out in their first innings, to which Volkies replied with 132 all out. At stumps, Selborne was on 53/2 in their second innings.
Summarised Scorecards
Framesby 259/10 (Miles Feltham 102, Dandré Henwick 32; Matthew Buckley 3/61, Nuraz Amod 2/27). St Charles 139/6 (Josh Nicholson 56, Will Rhodes 31*; Corne Pieterse 3/26, Durandt Rootman 1/8). St Charles trails by 120 runs.
Jeppe 196/10 (Aiden Reyneke 60, Lincoln Casias 46; Trevor van Vollenstee 4/28, Ryan van Zyl 2/25). Northwood 190/10 (Keegan Reeves 80, Ross McGlashan 34; Keagan Cockburn 2/12, Shreshth Kumar 2/27). Jeppe 5/3 (Aiden Reyneke 1, Lincoln Casias 0*; Joshua Mills 2/0, Ryan van Zyl 1/1). Jeppe leads by 11 runs.
Glenwood 87/10 (Nuzayh Mahomed 25, Jayden Pillay 17; Danny Hayidakis 2/7, Bergh Vorster 2/11). Grey College 259/8 (Daniel Hattingh 67, Aiden Dodd 49*; Keegan Pillai 2/60, Jonah Chaita 2/29). Grey College leads by 172 runs.
Selborne College 131/10 (Cian O’Niell 53, Matthew Hendry 20; Zander Nel 4/19, Johandre Jacobs 3/31). Hoër Volkskool Potchefstroom 132/10 (AW van der Merwe 38, Schalk Pienaar 15*; Avethandwa Manyongwa 3/27, Rosh Els 2/13). Selborne College 53/2 (Josh Wilkie 17*, Merrick Collins 14*; Handré de Beer 2/14). Selborne leads by 52 runs.
