Paul Roos downs SACS, two eight-wicket hauls in Strand win over Klein Nederburg
SACS vs Paul Roos Gimnasium
After a comfortable win at home against Pearson High on Friday, Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG) hit the road on Saturday morning to face SACS in a limited-overs match on the De Villiers Oval.
PRG started poorly, crashing to 18/4 in the early going, with four of their first five batsmen dismissed for single-digit scores. Janko Webb, batting at four, was the only survivor of that early SACS onslaught.
He not only survived, but he made it two centuries in two days, hammering two sixes and an astounding 18 fours while contributing a desperately needed 127 runs off 134 balls.
Webb and Aiden Titus, who made 28, partnered for 67 runs for the sixth-wicket, which was followed by a 91-run stand between Webb and Dion Slabber, who added 31 runs of his own.
Those important partnerships lifted Ou Polla’s Boys from 37/5 to 195/7.
Abhay Kalan, the best of the SACS bowlers, with 4/32 from eight overs, at last halted Webb’s superb innings by bowling him.
Aqeel Waggie, Ronan Meintjies, and Saeed Conrad chipped in with two wickets apiece as PRG totalled 229 all out from 47.1 overs.
In reply, Aqeel Waggie and Benji Tilbury gave SACS a solid start, putting on 74 for the first wicket. Tilbury rotated the strike while scoring 24 runs. Waggie was more attacking, smashing six fours and four sixes in his 59 off only 48 balls.
However, after Tilbury departed, SACS began to lose wickets quickly, sliding from 74/1 to 124/6.
Litha Kraai, batting at five, wielded his blade with intent, striking six fours and five maximums, in a fiery 77 off 61 deliveries, which included a seventh-wicket partnership of 89 with Abhay Kalan, who played patiently for 25 off 56.
When Kraai was dismissed, SACS was on 213/7. They needed only 17 runs to win with three wickets remaining. They managed only 12 of them as Dion Slabber and Morné Pauw stopped the hosts’ bid for victory on 225, leaving Paul Roos with a heart-stopping four-run win.
Slabber was expensive, going for 77 runs from his 10 overs, but his two wickets were crucial to PRG’s victory. Pauw ended the game and collected 2/26 from 7.3 overs.
Earlier, James Holm dismissed both openers, on his way to 2/40 from 10 overs. Marcus Conradie got stuck into the SACS middle order, claiming 3/43 from seven overs.
Hoërskool Strand vs Klein Nederburg Secondary
Hoërskool Strand was at home against Klein Nederburg Secondary for a limited-overs clash. It never went the distance as two bowlers dominated.
After they lost both openers within four balls of one another, Strand was on 24/2. Zaylin Rule provided their innings with some stability, making 46 from 80 deliveries, including two fours and two sixes, from his position at three in the batting order.
Matthew Barnard, at four, contributed 24 runs to their 60-run third-wicket partnership.
Nederburg’s Wasim Davids claimed both of their wickets and then every Strand wicket after that in a stunning performance. In only 9.2 overs, he knocked over an eye-opening 8/40, which kept Strand to 144 all out after 39.2 overs.
In reply, Klein Nederburg openers, Diego Lodewyk and Dineo Goedeman, gave their side a solid 62-run opening stand. Lodewyk hit out and struck five fours in his explosive 27 off 15, while Goedeman sent six deliveries to the boundary in his run-a-ball 30.
After Goedeman’s exit, however, the Nederburg innings unravelled. Astonishingly, Strand’s Benjamin de Reuk matched the visitors’ Wasim Davids by snapping up eight wickets. His, though, came at a cost of only 17 runs from nine overs.
Five of the Paarl outfit’s batsmen were dismissed for ducks as Klein Nederburg tumbled to 88 all out, leaving Strand with a handsome 56-run win.
Summarised Scorecards
Paul Roos Gimnasium 229/10 (Janko Webb 127, Dion Slabber 31, Aiden Titus 28; Abhay Kalan 4/32, Saeed Conrad 2/31, Ronan Meintjies 2/44, Aqeel Waggie 2/50); SACS 225/10 (Litha Kraai 77, Aqeel Waggie 59, Abhay Kalan 25, Benji Tilbury 24; Marcus Conradie 3/43, Morné Pauw 2/26, James Holm 2/40, Dion Slabber 2/77). Paul Roos won by four runs.
Hoërskool Strand 144/10 (Zaylin Rule 46, Matthew Barnard 24, Extras 23; Wasim Davids 8/40); Klein Nederburg Secondary 88/10 (Dineo Goedeman 30, Diego Lodewyk 27; Benjamin de Reuk 8/17, Keaton Gertze 2/17). Strand won by 56 runs.
