Kearsney, St David’s and Bishops all three-for-three at ISCF
Kearsney College vs St Stithians College
Kearsney College slayed their third opponent in three outings on Saturday at the Independent Schools Cricket Festival in Pretoria, recording a 56-run win over St Stithians College, who had pushed number one ranked Bishops all the way the previous day.
It was a victory to savour and a performance to remember from their captain and all-rounder Ross Coetzee, who was in sublime form.
Firstly, he cracked 87 from 94 balls, blasting three sixes and six fours, to guide his side to 218 all out. Wicketkeeper Matthew De Oliveira added a valuable 38, and Cameron Veenstra made 24, but Ethan Jacobs caused the Botha’s Hill boys all sorts of problems.
He snapped up 5/30 from his 10 overs, while the Player of the ICC u19 Cricket World Cup, Kwena Maphaka, captured 2/29 in nine. Neither removed Coetzee, however. It was Cayden Sunker who finally bowled the Kearsney skipper, on his way to a return of 3/39 from 8.3 overs.
St Stithians made a solid start to their run chase, with Emile Odendaal and Pranav Raichetti putting on 60 for the opening wicket. But they fell within two runs of one another, with Odendaal the first to depart after scoring an aggressive 44 from 41 balls, with eight fours and a six.
Saints, though, reached 100 with only three wickets down. That’s when Coetzee got rid of Chris Anderson. From 100/3, the Johannesburg school tumbled to 110/7 as Coetzee, aided by Sandiswa Yeni, ripped the heart out of their run chase.
He followed up on his superb 87 with a match-winning 5/17 – which included the wicket of SA u19 star, Richard Seletswane, for 21 – from nine overs.
Ryan Browning claimed 2/38 in eight, and Asavela Khambule returned 1/30 with his excellent leg spin.
Cayden Sunker scored 21 and Josh Meyer 24, as Saints showed some life lower down their batting order but, after 45 overs, they were all out for 162.
St David’s Marist Inanda vs St Andrew’s College
St David’s Marist Inanda, fresh off wins over Kingswood College and Hilton College, put up a strong 274/7 in their 50 overs against St Andrew’s College.
Jason Rowles, who had taken four wickets in each of St David’s previous matches, showed his talents extend to the bat, too. Opening the innings, he hammered 11 fours and a six in a 116-ball stay, which produced 101 runs.
Morteza Manack shone, too, making 77 from 99 deliveries, before he was bowled by William Beamish. He and Rowles put on 127 for the third wicket.
Reece Reddy added a useful 29 at a run a ball as St David’s batted at 5.48 runs per over.
The St Andrew’s opening bowlers, Roman van Zyl and Joe Wostenholm, shared five wickets between them, but they were on the expensive side of things, with Van Zyl returning 2/51 from his 10, and Wostenholm claiming 3/57, also in 10. William Beamish was the only other wicket-taker, picking up 2/60 in 10.
Beamish and Oliver Johns began the St Andrew’s reply with 39 for the first wicket, but Beamish was then run out for 22. Johns and Mitch Coventry moved the total along to 57 before Coventry fell for nine.
Johns was eventually out for 43 from 72 deliveries, with the total having moved on to 96. The problem for St Andrew’s was that they had lost a number of other batsmen along the way, and they were six-down when the 100 came up. They weren’t about to come back from there.
Shavir Maharaj had a lot to do with that. He sent down 10 overs and captured 4/24, while Jason Rowles continued his outstanding form with the ball, picking up 2/22. Ethan Greenstein also enjoyed success, knocking over 2/33 in nine.
Rhys Wiblin offered some lower order resistance, making 26, while Alistair de Kock finished with 19 not out, as St Andrew’s were bowled out for 167.
Bishops Diocesan College vs St John’s College
Bishops Diocesan College took on St John’s College, who had posted convincing wins in their first two ISCF outings. But they had few answers for the Cape Town school, which certainly lived up to its billing as the number one team in South Africa.
Bishops were narrow 10-run winners over St Stithians on Friday, but they were back to their brutal best on Saturday.
Opener Adnaan Lagadien found his form, while the Bishops’ middle order delivered solid contributions as the Capetonians powered their way to 323/7 from their 50 overs.
Lagadien led the way, plundering six sixes and nine fours in a 100-ball knock that produced 106 runs. His opening partner, Kashief Joseph, added 28.
A slight hiccup saw Bishops slip for 45 without loss to 49/3, but Lagadien and Alex Vintcent then put on 138 for the fourth wicket in 22.5 overs before Lagadien’s fine innings was ended when he was caught behind by Joe MacRobert off the bowling of Oliver Tait.
Vintcent was out just shy of 200, having scored 43 from 62 balls. The punishment wasn’t over for the St John’s bowlers and fielders, however. Waco Bassick upped the scoring rate, hitting six fours in an innings of 41 from 43 balls, while David Handley added 24.
Then, Sam Staveley-Alexander and Litha Mbiko shared an unbroken stand of 57 in 5.3 overs to lift Bishops to 323/7. Staveley-Alexander bashed four fours and a six in his 33, which required only 16 balls, while Mbiko was 23 not out from 17 deliveries.
Cole Francis came in for some stick, but he removed three batsmen at a cost of 56 runs, while Malan du Plessis‘s 1/34 from eight was a good return, given the circumstances.
Unfortunately for St John’s, only opener Nkosana Sibiya and Jacob Smith managed anything meaningful against the outstanding Bishops’ bowlers.
Sibiya struck 56 from 63 balls, with seven fours and a six, while Smith made 53 from 61, which included five fours and one maximum. They also enjoyed a 74-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
The remaining nine batsmen failed to make it into double figures as Waco Bassick led the charge, getting rid of four of the first five batsmen, three of them LBW. He added another wicket just before St John’s were bowled out to finish with his second five-four of the event, capturing 5/25 from seven overs.
Peyton Leigh was also among the wickets, picking up 3/32 in 8.5 overs, and Michael Kotze took 2/35 in nine, as St John’s were all out for 146, leaving Bishops the winners by a massive 177-run margin.
Kingswood College vs Clifton College
Kingswood College batted first against Clifton College after calling the coin flip correctly, but they didn’t start particularly well, losing opener David Loudon for one, bowled by Callum Watson, with the total on 11.
The team from Makhanda then steadied itself and advanced to 41, but they then lost three wickets in the space of three runs. Chris Zimmerman rose to the challenge, however, and defied the Clifton bowlers. He was Kingswood’s leading run scorer, making 43 from 55 deliveries, with eight fours.
He also found some support from Alistair Knott, who contributed 21, but it was Matthew Loon who helped turn a very average total of 113/8 into 170 all out. He was the last man to go, bowled by Clifton captain Shahzaad Perumal for a hard-hitting 39 from 24 balls, which featured three sixes and four fours.
Shiraz Perumal led the Clifton attack, snaring 3/32 in nine overs, while Simon Hill picked up 2/17 in four, and Shahzaad Perumal 2/27 in 5.4. Callum Watson was tight, knocking over 1/12 from his six overs.
In reply, Clifton lost Cohen Naidoo early, but Bryon Ward and Shahzaad Perumal added 27 runs before Ward was dismissed for 23. Perumal followed for 13, which reduced the Durban side to 63/3.
Tim Saulez played a good knock, making 36, before he was bowled by Daniel Jakins, and Callum Watson, in at eight, did a good job, scoring 27 before he was caught and bowled by Josh Loon, the last man to go out, with the total on 153.
Kingswood had won by 17 runs.
Loon hastened Clifton’s demise, grabbing 2/5 in 3.2 overs, but it was Daniel Jakins who did most of the damage, claiming 4/43 in 10, including three of Clifton’s top six. David Loudon delivered a challenging spell and picked up 2/30 from his 10.
Hilton College vs St Andrew’s School
Hilton College put a mark in the win column after overcoming an awful start to beat St Andrew’s School by 37 runs, coincidently their margin of defeat against St David’s Marist Inanda the previous day.
Captain Ethan van Heerden elected to bat first, but that decision quickly backfired when Robert Burman and Jayden Roux were both caught by wicketkeeper Naudé Botha, off the bowling of Cullen Kakora, before a run was on the board.
Ben Hockly and Charles Swart then executed an excellent rescue effort, adding 83 for the third wicket before Swart was trapped in front by off-spinner Dakalo Leketa for 28. Hockly followed, when the total had reached 99, for a well-played 57 from 94 balls, which included nine fours.
Ben Erasmus also made a telling contribution, weighing in with an unbeaten 38 to help Hilton to 182/8 at the completion of their 50 overs.
Leketa bowled beautifully to return 2/22 from his 10 overs, while FG Botha returned 2/31 with his leg spin, and Kakora finished with 2/30 from six. Opening bowler JC Young didn’t take a wicket, but he ended with an impressive 0/7 from his six overs.
Not surprisingly, St Andrew’s made a better start to their innings than Hilton had, but at 11/2 it wasn’t that much of an improvement. Then, two wickets fell with the total on 42, and Kyle Christie began to tear the Bloemfontein boys’ innings apart.
He was at the forefront of Hilton’s bowling efforts as Saints slumped to 75/7, with FG Botha having made 25.
Johan Liebenberg lent the innings some stability, with a patient and unbeaten 30 from 92, and CM Geel and Nikhil Sukraj stubbornly resisted, but both were then caught by Murray Loughlor-Clarke off the bowling of Luke Campbell, for 15 and 16 respectively.
One run later, it was all over, with St Andrew’s all out for 145.
Christie, with 4/26 from 10 overs, was the pick of the Hilton bowlers, while Luke Campbell continued his fine form in the festival with 2/26 in 10.
Summarised Scores
Kearsney College 218/10 (Ross Coetzee 87, Matthew De Oliveira 38, Cameron Veenstra 24; Ethan Jacobs 5/30, Cayden Sunker 3/39, Kwena Maphaka 2/29); St Stithians College 162/10 (Emile Odendaal 44, Joshua Meyer 24, Richard Seletswane 21, Cayden Sunker 21; Ross Coetzee 5/17, Ryan Browning 2/38) Kearsney College won by 56 runs.
St David’s Marist Inanda 274/7 (Jason Rowles 101, Morteza Manack 77, Reece Reddy 29; Joe Wostenholm 3/57, Roman van Zyl 2/51, William Beamish 2/60); St Andrew’s College 167/10 (Oliver John’s 43, Rhys Wiblin 26, William Beamish 22; Shavir Maharaj 4/24, Jason Rowles 2/22, Ethan Greenstein 2/33) St David’s Marist Inanda won by 107 runs.
Bishops Diocesan College 323/7 (Adnaan Lagadien 106, Alex Vintcent 43, Waco Bassick 41, Sam Staveley-Alexander 33*, Kashief Joseph 28, David Handley 24, Litha Mbiko 23*; Cole Francis 3/56); St John’s College 146/10 (Nkosana Sibiya 56, Jacob Smith 53; Waco Bassick 5/25, Peyton Leigh 3/32, Michael Kotze 2/35) Bishops Diocesan College won by 177 runs.
Kingswood College 170/10 (Chris Zimmerman 43, Matthew Loon 39, Ross Thompson 21, Tapiwa Zhanda 20; Shiraz Perumal 3/32, Simon Hill 2/17, Shahzaad Perumal 2/27); Clifton College 153/10 (Tim Saulez 36, Callum Watson 27, Bryon Ward 23; Daniel Jakins 4/43, Josh Loon 2/5, David Loudon 2/30) Kingswood College won by 17 runs.
Hilton College 182/8 (Ben Hockly 57, Ben Erasmus 38*, Charles Swart 28; Dakalo Leketa 2/22, Cullen Kakora 2/30, FG Botha 2/31); St Andrew’s School 145/10 (Johan Liebenberg 30*, FG Botha 25; Kyle Christie 4/26, Luke Campbell 2/26) Hilton College won by 37 runs.
