Rowles and Manack imperious as St David’s blast Bishops
Jason Rowles and Armaan Manack decimated the Bishops Diocesan College bowling attack as they led the St David’s 1st XI to an imperious nine-wicket victory in their Fasken Time Cricket Festival match on the La Valla Oval at St David’s Marist Inanda on Sunday.
Bishops batted first on day one and put up a total of 258. Their bowlers did well enough to restrict St Davids to 210/6 in their reply. The Capetonians, then, added 232/7 in their second innings to establish a 280-run lead.
Rowles and Manack made the required score for victory, 281 runs, look like child’s play as they put together a sensational 274-run second innings’ opening stand. St David’s finished the match with a flourish, a four, which took them to 283/1.
Rowles and Manack’s partnership was the highest opening stand of the tournament. Rowles’ knock was also a perfect celebration of his selection for the SA Emerging U19 side that will tour Zimbabwe from 15 to 30 September. He smashed 18 fours and a single six on his way to an imperious 154 from 158 deliveries. His partner, Manack, scored an unbeaten 120 off 132, which featured 10 fours and a single six.
Alex Vintcent took a consolation wicket for Bishops when he dismissed Rowles in the 48th over. However, it was too little too late. By then, the hosts needed only seven runs to win.
On day one, Rowles showcased his all-round abilities, bagging the wickets of top order batsmen Harry Morgan (47) and Litha Mbiko (8), to help restrict Bishops to 258/9. The Capetonians’ innings was built around Waco Bassick’s 62 off 122 deliveries. Besides Bassick and Morgan, Thaafier Japhta (40) was the only other Bishops’ batsman to reach 40.
Rowles was the second-most successful bowler of the innings behind Samrat Basu, who took three wickets for 69 runs in 19 overs. Ethan Greenstein, Morteza Manack, and Christopher Emslie chipped in with a wicket each.
Rowles and Manack provided a glimpse of their abilities as a duo with a 113-run opening partnership in the host’s reply. Both registered half-centuries. Rowles cantered along for a run-a-ball 68, while Manack tallied 60 from 86 deliveries.
After they were dismissed, the St David’s innings collapsed in a giant heap. Only Basu (39) lent solid support but everyone else failed to get going.
Japhta carried on from where he had left off in the Bishops’ first innings by recording a half-century in their second dig, while Bassick showed off his consistency with the bat as he chalked an unbeaten 39.
Rowles led the home side’s bowling attack, claiming three wickets for 54 runs in 21 overs, and the consistent Morteza Manack bagged a brace for 53 runs, while Hayden Campbell and Jared Stern took a wicket each.
The St David’s performance in their first innings seemed to drive home the point that Rowles and Manack had to do more than score half-tons if they wanted their side to win. They dominated from the start, with both going on to record centuries, to ensure that victory was achieved in style.
Summarised Scorecards
Bishops first innings 258/9 (Harry Morgan 47, Waco Bassick 62, Thaafier Japhta 40; Samrat Basu 3/69, Jason Rowles 2/12, Ethan Greenstein 1/10); St David’s first innings 210/6 (Jason Rowles 68, Armaan Manack 60, Samrat Basu 39; Michael Kruiskamp 2/47, Luke De Klerk 1/26, Benjamin Koenig 1/11); Bishops second innings 21/0 (Thaafier Japhta 50, Waco Bassick 39; Jason Rowles 3/54, Mortaza Manack 2/53); St David’s second innings: 283/1 (Jason Rowles 154, Armaan Manack 120; Alex Vintcent 1/13)
St David’s won by nine wickets
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