Grey High beats Queen’s, while Tidbury and Muir shine for Graeme
Connor Parry produced an exceptional all-round performance to help Grey High record a 60-run win over Queen’s College in their Cape Schools Cricket Festival declaration match on Wynberg Boys’ High’s Silverhurst A Field on Sunday.
In another fixture played at Wynberg, Corbin Tidbury and Andrew Muir scored masterful centuries when Graeme College locked horns with Wynberg Boys’ High on the Jacques Kallis Oval.
Morgan Hayes, the Queen’s College captain, won the toss and invited Grey High to bowl first. The boys from Gqeberha happily accepted the challenge and put on a bowling clinic to dismiss Queen’s for only 122.
Six of the eight bowlers employed by Teun Kloppenburg, the Grey High captain, went at less than four runs an over as they placed Queen’s under heavy pressure.
Nathan Howell was the most economical, conceding a miserly 15 runs in 10 overs while also picking up two wickets. Connor Parry was the most successful, knocking over 3/12 in five overs.
Parry, though, had more to contribute. He weighed in with a 46-ball 51, creaming eight fours, in Grey High’s 268/6 declared. His effort was aided by a 71-run partnership between Charl Posthumus and James Upton before he made his way to the middle.
Parry and Posthumus shared a brief 21-run stand before he was joined by Kloppenburg, who made 57 runs. Together, the pair put up 96 runs for the third wicket to place the Gqeberha boys firmly in control.
Batting again, Queen’s had a mountain to climb, trailing by 146 runs. By the end of the game, they were on 86/4 in their second innings. Aiden van Jaarsveld, who top-scored for Queen’s with 47 in the first innings, was unbeaten on 38.
A short distance away, Corbin Tidbury and Andrew Muir put on a show with the bat, with both recording centuries for Graeme College. Tidbury, who had to head out to the middle at the start of the third over, showed good temperament as he worked his way to 117 from 145 balls.
When his skipper, Muir, joined him, the pair shared a 131-run fifth-wicket partnership which helped to lift Graeme College to 289 all out. Muir’s contribution was a brisk 113 from 114 deliveries.
Tidbury’s stay was ended by Muhammad Ameen Schroeder, who claimed an outstanding four wickets for 35 runs in nine overs, while Damien Harris accounted for Muir. He finished with three wickets for 30 runs from 12 overs.
Wynberg had several batsmen who made starts, but they failed to kick on, with the home side’s innings progressing in fits and starts as they ambled their way to 182/9.
Eight players reached double figures, but only four made it to 20 runs, and just two of those went past the 30-run mark. Fawaaz Hendricks and Storme van Rooyen tied for the top score for the home side with 33 runs apiece.
Scorecards
Queen’s College 122/10 (Aiden van Jaarsveld 47, Rowan Miles 19; Nathan Howell 2/15, Connor Parry 3/12). Grey High 268/6 (Teun Kloppenburg 57, Connor Parry 51; Morgan Hayes 2/71, Chulumanco Geza 2/24). Queen’s College 86/4 (Aiden van Jaarsveld 38*, Ross Fitzhenry 19*; Logan Groch 2/24, Connor Parry 1/4). Grey High won by 60 runs.
Graeme College 289/10 (Corbin Tidbury 117, Andrew Muir 113; Muhammed Ameen Schroeder 4/35, Damien Harris 3/30). Wynberg 182/9 (Fawaaz Hendricks 33, Storme van Rooyen 33; Lisekho Zinyane 2/29, Luphelo Mdyesha 2/34, Corbin Tidbury 2/6). Match drawn.
