Heyns goes big for ‘Bosch, SACS overwhelms Ottoman Hub
Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Hoërskool Tygerberg (20-over)
In Tuesday’s third round of the Switch Schools SA20 – Volume Two, Rondebosch Boys’ High, playing at home, won the toss and decided to bat first against Hoërskool Tygerberg.
The southern suburbs’ boys produced some brilliant individual performances to power their side to a resounding 218-run.
Opener Tyler Heyns stole the spotlight. Batting at just better than two runs a ball, he blasted 10 fours and nine sixes in a brutal 140 runs from only 69 deliveries.
His fellow opener, Eli Aufrichtig, played conservatively, scoring 32 off 25, but he fed Heyns the strike, which led to the duo sharing a 139-run opening stand.
In at three, Janko Webb turned up the heat even higher, hammering eight sixes in his 76 off only 26 balls. Together, he and Heyns shared a blistering 117-run second wicket partnership.
Tygerberg could do little to stop the onslaught, Aufrichtig was run out by Lee-Charn Koopman, but that brought Webb to the wicket, which accelerated Rondebosch’s scoring. Later on, only after Webb had inflicted massive damage on the Parow school’s attack, Koopman bowled him.
The visitors were set a very high mountain to climb as ‘Bosch rocketed to 283/2.
Koopman, though, showed his class. Opening the batting, he thumped three fours and a six in his 32 off 49 balls. Unfortunately for the visitors, that was, very nearly, half of their total as they tumbled to 65 all out.
Aufrichtig snapped up 3/8 in 1.4 overs, while Ethan Strydom sent two batsmen packing for only three runs from three overs.
Arin Spiller and Matthew Brooks both recorded figures of 2/7, with Spiller doing it in four overs and Brooks in three.
SACS vs Ottoman Hub XI (20-over)
In another Switch Schools SA20 – Volume Two clash, SACS opted to bat first when hosting the Ottoman Hub on the De Villiers Oval after the toss went their way.
The hosts smashed their way to a large total, which proved to be more than enough, as the home side won by exactly 100 runs.
Litha Kraai and Ulrich Roth set the tone for their peers by producing a 77-run opening stand, with Kraai cracking four fours and three sixes in scoring 42 off 31 balls, while Roth hit four fours and two maximums in his 43 off 30.
Max Fourie, with 38, and Jordan Berry, with 35, kept the momentum going, helping SACS to 212/6 by the end of their 20 overs.
It was a tough outing for most of the Hub’s bowlers, but Matthew Bezuidenhout did a good job, picking up 2/31 in four overs.
They needed to score at more than 10-and-a-half runs per over, and the Ottoman Hub’s run chase never really got going, although number three batsman, Ezekiel Mostert, weighed in with a solid 26 off 26. Further down the order, Anele Phama‘s knock delivered 20 runs from only 16 balls.
The SACS’ bowlers enjoyed their outing, however. Matthew Hill captured 3/21, while Saeed Conrad returned 2/20.
Abhay Kalan finished the match with 2/32 from 3.4 overs as the visitors were bowled out for 112.
Summarised Scorecards
Rondebosch Boys’ High 283/2 (Tyler Heyns 140*, Janko Webb 76, Eli Aufrichtig 32, Extras 23); Tygerberg High 65/10 (Lee-Charn Koopman 32; Eli Aufrichtig 3/8, Ethan Strydom 2/3, Arin Spiller 2/7, Matthew Brooks 2/7) Rondebosch won by 218 runs.
SACS 212/6 (Ulrich Roth 43, Litha Kraai 42, Max Fourie 38, Jordan Berry 35, Extras 23, Michael Watson 20*; Matthew Bezuidenhout 2/31); Ottoman Hub XI 112/10 (Ezekiel Mostert 26, Anele Phama 20; Matthew Hill 3/21, Saeed Conrad 2/20, Abhay Kalan 2/32). SACS won by 100 runs.
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