Glenwood cruises to comfortable win over Tuskers Hub XI
The Beaumont Eston Farmers Club hosted Glenwood High against the Tuskers Hub u19 XI on Tuesday evening, with the Durban school coming away with a 36-run win in their Eston One Insurance T20 Night League clash.
If there’s an area of Glenwood’s game that has been inconsistent in 2025, it has been their batting. Therefore, the Green Machine would surely have been satisfied with posting 171/5 in their 20 overs.
Their effort was led by Akhiel Sinath. Opening the batting, he cracked 73 from 62 balls, sending 10 of them to the boundary.
He and Kamogelo Moloto shared a stand of 55 runs for the third wicket in 7.4 overs, with Moloto striking four fours in his 29 from 25.
Sinath and Kreesan Pillai, then, advanced the total to 137 before Srinath fell in the 18th over, caught by Salmaan Essa off the bowling of Thubelihle Ndlovu.
In an effort to accelerate the late innings’ scoring, Pillai was out for a quickfire 20 from 11, with three fours, while Mishael Gunawardena provided the boost that Glenwood was after, smashing a six and two fours in his 10-ball 23, while helped the Green Machine to add 27 runs in the last two overs.
Thubelihle Ndlovu was the pick of the Tuskers’ bowlers, capturing 3/35 in four, while Aphiwe Nzama did a tidy job up front, conceding only 18 runs from his four overs.
In reply, the Tuskers lost two early wickets, with Thubelihle Ndlovu out for two, caught by Kreesan Pillai off of Vincenzo Loutz, and Siphosethu Ngcobo also out for two, caught by Sebastien Oertel, once again off of Loutz. That left the Hub XI on 19/2 in the fifth over.
Opener Joshua Kaltwasser and Aidan Subbadu combined for a 41-run partnership before Subbadu was bowled by Esihle Gasa for 18 from 22 balls.
Owami Madlala and Joshua Kaltwasser, then, took the score to 99, but Madlala fell to the last ball of the fifteenth over, caught by Vincenzo Loutz off of Akhiel Sinath’s bowling for 12.
Kaltwasser and Simelolkuhle Gumede kept Glenwood’s attack at bay the rest of the way, but they were unable to threaten the Green Machine’s total and the Tuskers Hub u19 XI finished on 135/4.
Kaltwasser did a fine job, ending on 54 not out from 53 balls, three of which he sent to the boundary. Gumede was unbeaten on 17, and the pair added an unbroken 36.
Vincenzo Loutz picked up 2/15 as Glenwood gave eight players a bowl. Esihle Gasa, who was the only one of them to bowl the maximum four overs, returned 1/21, and Akhiel Sinath picked up 1/7.
Scores
Glenwood High 171/5 (Akhiel Sinath 73, Kamogelo Moloto 29, Mishael Gunawardena 23, Kreesan Pillai 20; Thubelihle Ndlovu 3/35); Tuskers Hub u19 XI 135/4 (Joshua Kaltwasser 55*, Aidan Subbadu 18; Vincenzo Loutz 2/15).
Glenwood High won by 36 runs.
