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Potch Volkies pulls off low scoring win, while St Andrew’s takes down Menlo


Kody Klaas. Photo: Grey High School on Facebook.

Potchefstroom Volkskool‘s Olefa Padi played a leading role in his side’s successful defence of a low T20 score on Sunday, the last day of the Grey Festival.

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The spinner snared four important wickets to help his team defend only 114 runs and score a 16-run victory over Glenwood at Grey College’s Tommix Oval.

With Padi leading the way, the Durban school mustered only 97/7 in their 20 overs.

He, however, received outstanding assistance from Handré de Beer, who showed that a nagging line and length are still highly effective in the shorter form of the game.

De Beer, like Padi, sent down four overs and provided a miserly return of 1/9, delivering his quota in two two-over spells. He also bowled the last over of the match, with 18 runs to defend, and conceded only a single.

Captain and opening batsman, Louis van Wyk, continued his searing form, racking up a third successive half-century, which was the key knock in Volkskool’s innings.

Andrew Sobiech delivered with both bat and ball as St Andrew’s School secured a five-wicket win over Menlopark, their first of the festival. Sobiech captured 2/26 and then played a match-winning innings of 63 runs as Saints chased down 165 for victory. Naudé Botha also played a vital role with 38 runs coming from his blade.

Dian van Zyl, the Menlopark captain and his side’s leading run scorer for the week, fell just short of a third half-century on the trot, putting together an entertaining innings of 42 runs.

Northwood closed out a strong four days as they, too, claimed a five-wicket victory over a struggling Selborne College team. This time around, it was the bats of Ross McGlashan (53) and Jamie Wimble (44*) who helped them pull off a successful run chase. Wimble also delivered with the ball, snapping up 2/13 in two overs.

Not even a half-century from Jeppe High School for Boys‘ T20 specialist batsman, Aiden Reyneke was enough to stop Grey High School from recording another convincing victory. Reyneke led the way for the Johannesburg school, playing with authority to score 58 in his side’s 149/7.

Luke Tait (49*), who thoroughly deserved a half-century, played exquisitely to stay unbeaten for the winning team. Connor Parry (40*) joined in on the fun as the pair contributed a combined 89 runs to get the side from Gqeberha home with eight wickets to spare.

Summarised scorecards

Potchefstroom Volkskool 113/10 (Louis van Wyk 52; Krian Jugoo 3/16, Akhil Maharaj 2/15; Glenwood 97/7 (Kreesan Pillai 43; Olefa Padi 4/22). Potchefstroom Volkskool won by 16 runs.

Menlopark 164/8 (Dian van Zyl 42, Jan-Willem Pienaar 34*, Morné Koekemoer 28, Tiaan Serfontein 24; Jonathan Hickley 2/10, JD Basson 2/24, Andrew Sobiech 2/26); St Andrew’s School 165/5 (Andrew Sobiech 63, Naudé Botha 38, Leon Athanasiou 21; James Bronkhorst 2/3, Jan-Willem Pienaar 2/28). St Andrew’s School won by five wickets.

Selborne College 158/7 (Aaron Senekal 37, Cian O’Neill 31, Joshua Wilkie 23; Aidan Bauristhene 3/38, Jamie Wimble 2/13); Northwood 162/5 (Ross McGlashan 53, Jamie Wimble 44*; Bungqina Nuku 1/19). Northwood won by five wickets.

Jeppe High School for Boys 149/7 (Aiden Reyneke 58, Zizi Mkhize 26, Keegan Caxeiro 23; Nathan Howell 3/28); Grey High School 154/2 (Luke Tait 49*, Connor Parry 40*, Charl Posthumus 34, Teun Kloppenberg 23; Shreshth Kumar 1/31). Grey High School won by eight wickets.

Franco Oberholzer
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