Maritzburg College, Westville, DHS share the spoils in 100-ball clashes
Maritzburg College, Westville Boys’ High, and Durban High School (DHS) met in three-way 100-ball matches over the weekend, with each team scoring one win.
Durban High School vs Westville
With solid scores from their top three, which has been the foundation of much of their success this term, DHS scored a comfortable victory over College at Westville.
Batting first, they put up 139/4, led by Josh van Biljon, who went at two runs a ball to score an unbeaten 56, striking six fours and three sixes.
Up front, Ismaeel Omar and Ethan Cooper put up 59 off 52 deliveries for the first wicket before Omar was caught by Luke Venter off the bowling of Karl Dedekind for 25 from 26 deliveries.
Cooper fell with the total on 92, after adding 33 runs with Van Biljon from 24 balls. He had contributed 38 from 37 deliveries.
A couple more wickets fell cheaply, but Van Biljon steered School to a competitive total.
Dom du Toit was the pick of the Maritzburg College bowlers, returning 2/25 from 20 balls, while Karl Dedekind did a tidy job, claiming 1/7 from 10.
College, in reply, mustered 117 all out from 95 balls. Their batting effort was undone by Ethan Cooper and J Matthews, who shared seven wickets between them. Cooper led the way, knocking over an exceptional 4/12 from his 20 deliveries, while Matthews picked up 3/24 from his full quota.
Du Toit, again, sparkled for College, smashing two sixes and a four in his quickfire 28 from 15 balls, while captain Daniel Nadasan contributed 24 from 20 at the top of the order.
Wickets, though, fell at regular intervals and College’s challenge spluttered before coming to an end with five balls remaining in their innings.
Westville Boys’ High vs Maritzburg College
Westville has won the KZN Coastal region’s W100 competition for five years in succession, but they were well beaten by Maritzburg College on Sunday.
A decision by College to bowl first paid off as Westville was limited to 115/4. Tristan Delvin played a good innings, hitting five fours and a six in his unbeaten 47 off 30 balls, and Heath Stott produced a useful 31 off 28 as they shared an unbroken stand of 75 from 52 balls.
The problem for Westville was that their partnership came only after the home side had slipped to 40/4 after 48 balls.
Nathan Pembridge captured 2/18 off 20, including the key wicket of Westville captain Seth Simpson, whom he bowled for two.
College’s run chase started off poorly when they lost both openers, Daniel Nadasan and Kyle de Bruyn for single figure scores to Lwandile Bulose, who captured 2/11 from 10 balls.
Deolyn Naidoo and Karl Dedekind, though, assumed control, with Dedekind, especially, getting after the Westville bowlers. He slammed four sixes and six fours in a match-winning knock of 62 not out from 33 balls.
Naidoo, meanwhile, played an outstanding support role, striking two fours and a six in his unbeaten 34 off 25, which helped take College to an emphatic eight-wicket win with 27 balls to spare.
Together, the pair put on 99 from just 55 balls.
Westville Boys’ High vs Durban High School
Westville Boys’ High ensured every team bagged at least one win when they scored a 25-run victory over DHS, which had plenty to do with their captain Seth Simpson, who delivered an outstanding unbeaten 96 not out.
His big knock helped the hosts to a strong 180/3, and they successfully defended that total, restricting School to 155/6 in reply.
Misbah Nair kept DHS in check with a fine return of 4/13.
SCORES
Durban High School 139/4 (Josh van Biljon 56*, Ethan Cooper 38, Ismaeel Omar 25; Dom du Toit 2/25); Maritzburg College 117/10 (Dom du Toit 28, Daniel Nadasan 24; Ethan Cooper 4/12, J Matthews 3/24).
DHS won by 22 runs.
Westville Boys’ High 115/4 (Tristan Delvin 47*, Heath Stott 31*; Nathan Pembridge 2/18); Maritzburg College 117/2 (Karl Dedekind 62*, Deolyn Naidoo 34*; Lwandile Bulose 2/11).
Maritzburg College won by eight wickets.
Westville 180/3 (Seth Simpson 96*); Durban High School 155/6 (Misbah Nair 4/13).
Westville won by 25 runs.
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