Havemann heroics as DHS downs Affies, Glenwood bowlers run through PBHS
A sublime bowling performance by Jared Havemann carried Durban High School (DHS) to their second victory of the 64th Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week on Monday.
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This time, they beat Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool (Affies) at Eston on the penultimate day of the week, thanks to the leg-spin of Havemann, who brought about the downfall of the visitors from up north.
Defending a decent total of 232, the Horseflies had to work hard for their first two wickets. However, after the run out of Vihan Pretorius, a key player in the top order, things went pear-shaped for Affies as wickets fell at regular intervals, thanks to Havemann’s consistency, which is something rarely seen from a young leg-spin bowler.
His return of 4/25 from nine overs, and two wickets each from Bhavesh Naicker and Semal Pillay, crippled the Affies’ reply and they slumped to 137 all out.
Affies’ captain Divan de Villiers put up a valiant fight. He was fantastic with the ball, bagging a five-wicket haul. His excellent performance of 5/28 in 8.4 overs received little backing, though, with only Janco Purchase, who top-scored with 41 runs, making a meaningful contribution. No other Affies’ batsmen made it past 20.
At UKZN, in Pietermaritzburg, Glenwood High School walloped Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) as they, too, delivered a sublime bowling performance in the second innings of the match. Just like DHS, Glenwood posted a respectable total, tallying 231/8 in their 50 overs.
Kreeshan Pillay led a combined effort from the top and middle order, with his mature 48, the highest score of the innings, coming off of 70 balls. Karabo Ntsieng came close to matching him, contributing 44 runs. It was, however, Daniel Gunawardana who stole the show with his accurate off-spin.
Gunawardena capitalised on the platform laid by opening bowler, Sibonelo Phewa, who captured 4/33 in his 10 overs, before Gunawardene laid waste to the Boys High batting, snaring 4/10 in just 4.2 overs.
What made the Glenwood bowling performance even more impressive is that they did it without their SA Schools and SA Emerging u19 fast bowler, Ntando Soni, who normally spearheads the attack. He’s on tour with the SA u19 Emerging side in Zimbabwe.
Tim Gordon provided a glimmer of hope for PBHS and looked solid in scoring 24, which was the Gautengers’ highest score. However, they came up well short, bowled out for 107 to go down by a big 124-run margin
Summarised scorecards
Durban High School 232/10 (Lazlo Jooste 58, Joshua van Biljon 33, Ethan Cooper 31, Ismaeel Omar 26, Semal Pillay 26; Divan de Villiers 5/28, Vihan Pretorius 2/46); Affies 137/10 (Janco Purchase 41; Jared Havemann 4/25, Pravesh Naicker 2/17, Semal Pillay 2/27). Durban High School won by 95 runs.
Glenwood High School 231/8 (Kreeshan Pillai 48, Karabo Ntsieng 44, Krian Jugoo 33, Nathan Moodley 32, Bandile Mbatha 28; Johan Coetzer 2/42, Patrick Mouton 2/46); Pretoria Boys High School 107/10 (Tim Gordon 24, Johan Coetzer 21*, Adam Cannata 20; Daniel Gunawardana 4/10, Sibonelo Phewa 4/33). Glenwood High School won by 124 runs.
