Graeme sees off Dale, Kingswood deals with Westering
Enrique Strydom struck a steady half-century for Graeme College, while Kingswood’s players pulled together as Makhanda sides cruised to comfortable victories over Dale College and Westering, respectively on Saturday.
Graeme College vs Dale College
Strydom recorded an unbeaten half-century to lead Graeme College to an emphatic nine-wicket win over Dale College in Qonce.
The hosts won the toss, chose to bat first, and put a rather laboured 144 runs on the board in 41 overs. Graeme College, in reply, needed only 22.5 overs to get to 146/1 and claim victory.
Strydom, who opened the batting with Sibabalwe Deliwe, commandeered the chase with authority. He eased to 58 from 64 balls in an innings that featured nine fours.
Deliwe contributed a 49-ball 34 and shared a solid 78-run opening partnership with Strydom. When Deliwe exited, Corbin Tidbury took over and sped to 36 not out from 28 deliveries to see Graeme over the finishing line.
Earlier in the day, Lisekho Zinyane, Ajay Jeggels, Kitts McConnachie, and Andrew Muir each picked up two wickets and made life difficult for Dale College’s batsmen.
Zinyane was almost unplayable, conceding a miserly 11 runs from 10 overs, while Jeggels had the next best figures with an economy of 2.6 after conceding only 18 runs from seven overs.
Kingswood vs Westering
At City Lords, a wonderful team effort from Kingswood drove the home side to a seven-wicket win over Westering.
David Loudon starred with the ball for Kingswood after they were asked to bowl first by their opposition. He removed three batsmen to help limit Westering to 112 all out from 34.2 overs.
Joshua Smith did his best to lift Westering to a decent total with a hard-fought 46 from 83 balls, but he lacked support from his teammates.
It took Kingswood only 24.1 overs to overhaul Westering and they finished on 114/3. Matthew Spring saw them to victory with an unbeaten run-a-ball 33. Earlier useful contributions from Josh Loon (29) and David Loudon (21) laid the foundation for the win.
St Andrew’s College vs Westering
The defeat to Kingswood was Westering’s second in successive days. On Friday, they fell to an eight-wicket loss at the hands of St Andrew’s College.
As they did on Saturday, Westering opted to bat first and tallied 154 all out in 40.1 overs, with Joshua Smith their standard-setter, scoring more than half his side’s runs, with 78 off 11 balls. Kelvin van As chipped in with 30 off 58 balls, but there was not much else about which to get excited.
The wickets were shared between only three bowlers, with William Beamish capturing 4/34, while Samuel Scheckter and James Badenhorst sent three batsmen packing each.
St Andrew’s, then, had no trouble chasing down a middling total, and they did in in double-quick time, requiring only 21.2 overs to race to 155/2.
Rhys Wiblin led the charge with 55 from only 46 balls, while Ben Scharges saw College home with an unbeaten 53 from 58 deliveries.
Summarised Scorecards
Graeme College 146/1 (Enrique Strydom 58*, Corbin Tidbury 36*, Sibabalwe Deliwe 34; Endinako Mnguni 1/26). Dale College 144/10 (Endinako Mnguni 22, Zingce Poni 20; Lisekho Zinyane 2/11, Kitts McConnachie 2/17, Ajay Jeggels 2/18, Andrew Muir 2/32). Graeme College won by nine wickets.
Westering 112/10 (Joshua Smith 46, David Kivedo 19; David Loudon 3/19, Josh Loon 2/4, Daniel Jakins 2/17). Kingswood 114/3 (Matthew Spring 33*, Josh Loon 29, David Loudon 21; Kelvin van As 2/19, Dhaveshen Pillay 1/35). Kingswood won by seven wickets.
Westering 154/10 (Joshua Smith 78, Kelvin van As 30; William Beamish 4/34, Samuel Scheckter 3/14, James Badenhorst 3/25). St Andrew’s College 155/2 (Rhys Wilbin 55, Ben Scharges 53*; Dhaveshen Pillay 1/10, Lufefe Ntenge 1/28) St Andrew’s College won by eight wickets.
