Grey College chases down Jim Fouché total in double-quick time
In a Switch Schools SA20 – Volume 2 showdown on Tuesday, Jim Fouché (JF) and Grey College met at Grey’s Casa Parentum Oval.
JF posted a decent total, but Grey made it look average by chasing down the victory target in only 12.4 overs.
Having won the toss, JF chose to bat first and opener Niel Wilken enjoyed his stay at the crease, contributing 39 runs off 30 balls, letting rip with five fours and a six.
Cobus Wilken, meanwhile, smashed a furious 36 off 25, finding the boundary along the ground on five occasions, and Franco de Necker struck two sixes in his 25 off 15.
Six bowlers picked up a wicket each for Grey, who also effected a run out as Jim Fouché posted 162/7.
Christoph Bronn, with 1/21 in four overs, provided Grey’s most economical bowling figures, conceding an average of 5.3 runs per over, while the rest of the attack went for at least seven per over.
When Grey took to the crease, they hit out, chasing boundaries. Opener Christian Kind led the way, blasting seven sixes and six fours in a hasty 81 off 35 balls.
When he was dismissed after 11 overs, caught by Ruan Kleyn off the bowling of Zeke Cloete, Grey had already rocketed to 131 runs. That, however, was the only success a JF bowler enjoyed.
His fellow opener, Juan Maree, scored an unbeaten 54 off 35, hitting three fours and three sixes, while Daniel Hattingh, cracked three sixes and a four from the seven balls he faced, which produced 25 runs.
Only one bowler, Jean van Schalkwyk, conceded less than 10 runs an over as Grey bounded to victory with 44 balls to spare.
SCORES
Jim Fouché 162/7 (Niel Wilken 39, Cobus Wilken 36, Franco de Necker 25); Grey College 166/1 (Christian Kind 81, Juan Maree 54*, Daniel Hattingh 25*).
Grey College won by nine wickets.
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