Kingswood and Framesby trade wins, St Andrew’s draw vs Graeme College
Kingswood College and Framesby spent the weekend in battle on the City Lords field in Makhanda. On Friday, Framesby cruised to a five-wicket T20 victory, but Kingswood turned the tables to take the spoils in Saturday’s 50-overs match.
The visitors restricted Kingswood to 115/7 on Friday, with Juan Grigor snaring two batsmen with consecutive deliveries to damage Kingswood’s run tempo in the 16th over.
Opener Dewan Wessels‘ knock of 41 runs then steered Framesby into a comfortable position from which Taine Douw (26*) and Ethan Terblanche (7*) could secure the win.
Kingswood responded well on the following day.
Ross Thompson struck 11 boundaries and contributed 71 runs as they posted 262/7 in their 50 overs. He was supported well by Christopher Zimmerman, who missed out on a fifty by only five runs, while Tapiwa Zhanda (31) and Alistair Knott (34) added valuable runs at both ends of the innings.
In reply, Ethan Terblanche made 45 runs for Framesby before Jack Collet sent his wickets flying.
Facing a big run chase, the boys from Gqeberha came up well short, bowled out for 190, as Collet and Daniel Jakins scalped three apiece.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, St Andrew’s College took on local rivals, Graeme College, in Makhanda.
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College batted first and Laurie Apps’ unbeaten 69 runs was the key innings in their 205 all out, which took 63 overs to compile.
Marcus Williams and Murray Tyson picked up three wickets each for Graeme, and made life difficult for the hosts’ tailenders, but Apps stood firm, weathering 108 deliveries to help his side beyond 200.
Williams was in on the action again when Graeme College took to the crease, Patiently, he faced 92 deliveries and scored 34 runs for the visitors, who, although not scoring at an impressive rate, batted tenaciously.
The game had slowed to a crawl by the end of the day, with St Andrew’s recording seven consecutive maiden overs, before play was brought to a close.
Summarised Scorecards
Kingswood College 262/7 (Ross Thompson 71, Christopher Zimmerman 45, Alistair Knott 34, Tapiwa Zhanda 31, Extras 24; Miles Feltham 3/40, Taine Douw 2/25, Juandré de Vos 2/58); Framesby 190 (Ethan Terblanche 45, Hanru van Jaarsveld 30, Extras 29, Dewan Wessels 23; Daniel Jakins 3/27, Jack Collett 3/49). Kingswood College won by 72 runs.
St Andrew’s College 205 (Laurie Apps 69*, Samuel Scheckter 42, Murray Wilson 39, William Beamish 22; Marcus Williams 3/24, Murray Tyson 3/65); Graeme College 122/7 (Ryan Stobbs 36, Marcus Williams 34; Laurie Apps 3/36, William Beamish 2/19). Match drawn.
Stirling High School 196 (Chad Clark-Evans 58, AJ Durrheim 32, Extras 32, Darren Masfen 25, David Terblanche 22; Inga Mofanga 4/27, Lihkumile Naku 4/33); Dale College 174 (Inga Mofanga 56, Sonwabiso Dyan 35, Sibongi Nzima 21, Afrika Ganda 20; Kristian Warburton 5/58, Josh Pickering 2/39, Chad Clark-Evans 2/40). Stirling High School won by 22 runs.
Queen’s College 207 (Ryan Denston 76, Damian Miles 37*); Cambridge 81 (Mbasa Thomas 3/16, Ryan Denston 3/21). Queen’s College won by 126 runs.
2 February
Kingswood College 115/7 (Josh Loon 36, Jaryd Botha 27; Juan Grigor 2/20); Framesby 119/5 (Dewan Wessels 41, Taine Douw 26*; Jack Collett 3/37, Matt Loon 2/26). Framesby won by five wickets (T20).
