Shaw century rocks Northern Region Schools SA20 defending champs
Lunch at Hoërskool Hans Moore must have tasted just a little more flavourful than usual for Aidan Shaw and Kearan Weyers after they spearheaded their side to a scintillating victory over the defending Northern Region champions in the Switch Schools SA20 on Friday morning.
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The younger of the Shaw brothers produced a statement performance, striking an unbeaten century in a 24-run win over Hoërskool Garsfontein on home soil in Benoni.
The hosts, however, narrowly missed out on a valuable bonus point, falling short by four runs of restricting the Ysbere to 120, which would have earned them an extra point.
Shaw was the central figure in a dramatic recovery after Moories slumped to 8/2 early on, and then to 12/3 in the fourth over.
Facing 70 of the innings’ 120 balls, the all-rounder smashed a superb unbeaten 103, peppering the boundary with 12 boundaries, six of which cleared the rope. Remarkably, he was the only Hans Moore batsman to pass 20, with the next highest score a modest 15 from Stephan Vermaak, which was almost seven times less than Shaw’s outstanding knock.
The bulk of the damage inflicted by the Garsies‘ bowlers was wrought by Ruan Coetzee, who produced an impressive new-ball spell, grabbing two wickets in his four overs, which cost 27 runs.
Weyers, Han Moore’s left-arm off-spinner, continued his outstanding form. Fresh off scoring 95 and bagging a four-wicket haul against Potchefstroom Gimnasium, he was again decisive, returning match-winning figures of 4/17 from four overs, which played a pivotal role in restricting the defending champions to 126 all out.
Riaan Boshoff top-scored for the Pretoria side with a fluent 38 from 28 balls to sound a warning ahead of Garsfontein’s afternoon clash against Hoërskool Ben Vorster.
At Actonville Cricket Club, Hoërskool Marais Viljoen swept aside Merensky Landbou Akademie, winning by six wickets behind an inspired innings from opening batsman Trent Shrives. Chasing 117 to win, Shrives struck an unbeaten 62 from 51 balls to almost single-handedly steer his side to victory. No other batsmen made it beyond the teens.
Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) also made a powerful early statement, skittling the Black Caps of Hoërskool Ben Vorster for only 58 to set up an emphatic eight-wicket victory.
JP Botha starred with a superb all-round display, which was highlighted by his 4/8 from four overs, which tore apart Ben Vorster’s innings. Later, he chipped in with an unbeaten 24.
Vihan Pretorius, who is usually a seam bowling threat, bowled off spin and was rewarded with two wickets in three balls in the 15th over. He was also part of a run out and finished with figures of 2/14.
AJ Morkel helped JP Botha make light work of the run chase. He faced only eight balls, but made them count, blasting his way to 23 runs as Affies overhauled the Limpopo side’s total in only five overs.
Summarised scorecards
Hans Moore 150/5 (Aiden Shaw 103*; Ruan Coetzee 2/27); Garsfontein 126/10 (Riaan Boshoff 38, Arrie Verster 21; Kearan Wyers 4/17, Nathan King 2/7). Hans Moore won by 24 runs.
Merensky 116/9 (Logan Janse van Rensburg 26; Extras 23; Rieshaeel Hashim 2/16, Ethan van Rooyen 2/21, Zaim Hashim 2/22); Marais Viljoen 117/4 (Trent Shrives 62*; Yogi Brahmbatt 2/22). Marais Viljoen won by six wickets.
Ben Voster 58/10 (Ruben Pohl 13; JP Botha 4/8, Vihan Pretorius 2/14); Affies 59/2 (JP Botha 24*, AJ Morkel 23; Rivoningo Chauke 1/14). Affies won by eight wickets.
