Gillespie and Heath reach milestones on Day 1 of Peninsula Cricket Week

Centuries by Rondebosch Boys’ High’s Declan Gillespie and Noah Heath was the highlight of the opening day of the annual Peninsula Cricket Week in the southern suburbs of Cape Town.

Gillespie scored 105 and Heath 104 in their team’s declaration match against Pretoria Boys’ High.

Summarised Scorecards: 

Rondebosch Boys’ High first innings 278/7 (Declan Gillespie 105, Noah Heath 104, Raeeq Daniels* 24; Justin Tattersall 3/49)  Pretoria Boys’ High first innings 163/8 (Callum Croome 47, Justin Tattersall 36*, C Cromarty 27*; Giyan Sulcas 3/43, Raeeq Daniels 2/22). Match Drawn.

Wynberg Boys’ High first innings 123/10 (Benni Hansen 40; Divan Ras 3/2, Heinrich Muller 3/31, Xavier de Wet 2/7); Affies first innings 126/2 (Divan de Villiers 45*, Ruben Groenewald 55*; Ebrahim Fakir 2/28). Affies won on the first innings.

SACS first innings 303/9 (Oliver Whitehead 95, Ben Levitt 61, Reeza Salie 57, Josh Wyngaard 31, R Taplin 23; Matipa Denenga 4/39); Hilton College first innings 197/9 (Charles Swart 48, Luke Watt 47, Ethan van Heerden 22*, Matthew Steward 21, Ivan Lockem 20; Litha Kraai 3/10, Jonathan Thorn 2/28, Fayyaad Davids 2/39). Match Drawn.

St David’s Marist first innings 175/10 (Jordan Gamsy 71, Sam Wearne 23, Boago Gaoraelwe 21; Peyton Leigh 4/23, Tiaan Louw 2/17; Diocesan College first innings 178/4 (Storm Matthews 41, James Robb-Quinlen 40*, Thomas Jacobs 28, Cole Crawford 23, Calum Daniels 22, Storm Matthews 41, Cole Crawford 23). Bishops won on the first innings.

St Charles College first innings 145/10 (Matthew Urquhart 80, Jaques van Niekerk 2/11, GJ de Swardt 2/13, Franco Cronje 2/19, Marcus Bakker 2/38; Waterkloof first innings 146/6 (Wian Ruthven 40, Beukes Van Der Berg 26, Paul Oosthuizen 25, N Beaumont 3/22, B Sunguru 3/34). Waterkloof won on the first innings.

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