Glenwood and St Charles win away, Northwood downs DHS again
Westville Boys’ High vs Glenwood
It was very hot and humid when Glenwood visited Westville on Saturday for a limited overs clash on Bowden’s. There was something in the wicket for the bowlers, but it was a hard slog in the heat.
Batting first, Karabo Ntsieng, one of the heroes of Glenwood’s recent win over Michaelhouse, fell early, but Nathan Moodley and Krian Jugoo stabilised the Green Machine’s innings.
Jugoo was one of two mainstays for the visitors. He entered the fray when only seven runs were on the scoreboard and helped his side to 102 before he was sent packing after scoring 38 runs, which came off of 97 deliveries and included two fours.
The other batsman to perform well in the taxing conditions was Sibonelo Phewa, who mixed a watchful defence and aggressive offence nicely. Good balls, he treated with respect. Bad balls, he went after.
Phewa made 32, with a couple of sixes and a four. He, then, became a victim of Sean McGough, one of four wickets the seamer picked up. He bowled a challenging line and length throughout and knocked over 4/23 in 10 overs.
Glenwood received a late boost from Prince Shezi, who made 19 not out, which saw the visiting team to 169/7 after their 50 overs. In the tough conditions, on a big outfield, and with a pitch that rewarded good bowling, it was a decent total.
Sean McGough, the pick of Westville’s bowlers, was also the pick of their batsmen when they took to the crease. In 84 balls, he cracked three fours and a six, and totalled 64 runs. But he needed more support.
Westville is loaded with batsmen who have, at one time or another, proved to be match-winners, but a season-long theme of only one of them coming off at a time continued.
Sekou Shangase was the second-highest scorer for the Griffin, but he was dismissed at a crucial juncture, run out for 19, with Westville slipping to 156/8.
The contest could have gone either way: Westville needed 15 runs and Glenwood required two wickets. It broke Glenwood’s way, with the Green Machine dismissing Westville for 162, to snatch a hard-fought seven-run win.
The visitors owed plenty to their off-spinner, Kyle Bryan, who removed the top four batsmen in the Westville batting order. His 10 overs came at a cost of only 21 runs and included four maidens.
Glenwood captain Ntando Soni picked up 2/42, and his side added another scalp to their list of successes in 2024.
Maritzburg College vs St Charles College
After a slow start to the season, the St Charles College 1st XI appears to have rounded into form. On Saturday, facing Maritzburg College on Goldstone’s, Saints recorded an emphatic 54-run victory.
A decision to bat first by Saints’ skipper Marcell Wellmann was turned into an excellent choice as the visitors’ top three all made runs.
Cian Fortmann and Kwanele Nqayi gave their team a solid start, sharing an opening stand of 81 before Fortmann was caught by College captain, Chad Mason, off the bowling of Ryan McKean for 48 from 41 deliveries, which included six fours. Only three runs later, Nqayi followed, but he, too, had done a fine job, weighing in with 30.
Wellmann, batting at three, showed some aggression, striking three sixes and three fours, as he tallied 55 from 76 balls. He also played the anchor role for Saints, sticking around until late in their innings, when he became the eighth wicket to go down, with the score on 176.
In the end, St Charles totalled 195 all out in 46.2 overs.
Mason was the pick of the home team’s attack, with his tidy off-spinners delivering him figures of 3/29 from 10 overs. McKean was effective, too, snagging 2/15 in five, while Oliver Da Costa tied down the Saints’ batsmen, conceding only 20 runs in his nine overs, five of which were maidens, and removing Rico Honiball.
Opener Daniel Nadasan batted well for the home side, but behind him, three top order batsmen – Llewelyn Sutherland, Chad Mason and Michael Gibson – were kept to single figures.
Nadasan and Oliver Da Costa advanced the College total to 97, but Nadasan was then run out by Fortmann and Nqayi after a patient innings, which was worth 39 runs. Da Costa joined Nadasan on the side of the field three runs later as College slipped to 100/5.
They needed another batsman to settle in, but that never happened. St Charles kept taking wickets and soon College found themselves on the brink of defeat, on 122/9.
A defiant last wicket partnership produced 19 runs, but the Red, Black and White were all out for 141.
Saints’ captain Marcell Wellmann led from the front, snaring 3/35 with his left-arm spin, while Tristan Montile did his damage up front, removing Sutherland and Mason, which had left College on 30/2 and minus two of their best batsmen.
The visitors were also boosted by a strong effort in the field, which resulted in two run outs.
Northwood School vs Durban High School
Northwood, after a midweek W100 win over DHS, welcomed the Horseflies back to the Robin Smith Oval on Saturday for a limited overs showdown.
The toss went the hosts’ way and they opted to bat. DHS captain Semal Pillay struck early to remove Thayin Kuppan, but Northwood’s Alistair Duncan and Kyle White then settled in.
Playing patiently, they put on 76 for the second wicket before Duncan was bowled by Zaid Motala. He’d made his mark by then, scoring 57 from 97 balls, five of which he sent to the boundary.
White and Nqobani Mokoena made sure there was no let-up, adding 54 together, before Mokoena was out for 28 from 21 balls, having struck four fours and a six.
Four runs later, with the total on 144, White was LBW to Bhavesh Naicker, but he had done his job, contributing 43 from 101 deliveries. There were 9.3 overs remaining in the Knights’ innings.
Northwood improved their total by 49 runs to finish on 193/7, a more than useful score on the Robin Smith Oval, where run scoring can be very challenging.
Bayanda Majola led the visitors’ attack, capturing 2/32 in 10, while Semal Pillay, with 1/20 in 10 and Dhilan Naraidu, with 1/21 in nine, bowled well, too.
The DHS reply was stuttering as they lost both openers cheaply, but Semal Pillay and Josh van Biljon put the brakes on the Northwood attack, combining for 72 runs before the skipper was removed for 34.
Ethan Cooper, batting sixth, made a start, but he was then bowled by Connor Leclezio for 16.
Van Biljon held the innings together, playing maturely for 54, before Leclezio got rid of him, too, caught by Mason Storm.
With four wickets going down for only 11 runs, School slipped from a manageable 130/4 to 141/8, and with that the visitors’ chances of winning waned. They finished on 157/8.
Leclezio bagged 2/34 from his 10 overs, while Mason Storm snagged 2/27 from eight as Northwood won their third game in succession.
Summarised scores
Glenwood High School 169/7 (Krian Jugoo 38, Sibonelo Phewa 32; Sean McGough 4/23); Westville Boys’ High 162/10 (Sean McGough 64; Kyle Bryan 4/21, Ntando Soni 2/42) Glenwood won by 7 runs.
St Charles College 195/10 (Marcell Wellman 55, Cian Fortmann 48, Kwanele Nqayi 30; Chad Mason 3/29, Ryan McKean 2/15); Maritzburg College 141/10 (Daniel Nadasan 39, Oliver Da Costa 28; Marcel Wellman 3/35, Tristan Montile 2/17) St Charles College won by 54 runs.
Northwood School 193/7 (Alistair Duncan 57, Kyle White 43, Nqobani Mokoena 28; Bayanda Majola 2/32); Durban High School 157/8 (Josh van Biljon 54, Semal Pillay 34; Mason Storm 2/27, Connor Leclezio 2/34) Northwood School won by 36 runs.
