St Andrews outplays Kingswood in Switch Schools SA20 tie
Rhys Wiblin and Ben Scharges constructed an unbeaten 89-run partnership to steer St Andrew’s College to a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Kingswood College in their Switch Schools SA20 – Volume Two contest at St Andrew’s on Friday.
The victory earned St Andrew’s a berth in the next round of the competition, scheduled for 15 November.
Kingswood called correctly at the toss and chose to bat first. but they struggled to establish a foothold and were dismissed for only 92 in 19.2 overs.
The hosts managed the conditions better and made light work of the chase, progressing smoothly to 96/1 in 17.4 overs.
Kingswood’s batting scorecard told the story of a side that failed to transfer pressure back onto the bowling side and establish themselves. Only four of their batsmen reached double figures.
Daniel Jakins led the scoring with a patient 21 from 22 balls. He helped to provide Kingswood with some stability and traction by partnering with Chad Roote, who made 16 from 29 deliveries, for a 33-run third-wicket partnership.
Thomas Bussiahn ended their contributions in decisive manner, however, dismissing the duo within the space of three deliveries.
Chris Zimmerman, with 14, and debutant, Simon Sheard, with 11, were the only other batters to reach double figures for Kingswood.
William Stevens played a big role in undermining Kingswood’s batting effort, capturing an outstanding 3/9 in three overs. He was well supported by Callum Taggart, James Badenhorst, and Thomas Bussiahn, who bagged a brace of wickets each.
Kingswood might have thought they were in with a shout when Sinawo Bukula grabbed Taggart’s wicket in the first over of the St Andrew’s innings. However, that turned out to be the visitors’ only scalp of the encounter.
Faced with a modest victory target, St Andrew’s could afford to be circumspect, and they calmly went about their business.
In 102 balls, Wiblin and Scharges shared an 89-run second-wicket stand, with Wiblin finishing on an unbeaten 34 off 47 balls, while Scharges top-scored with 46 not out from 56 deliveries.
Kingswood’s did themselves no favours by conceding twice as many extras as the hosts, with St Andrew’s giving up six while Kingswood conceded 12.
Summarised Scorecard
Kingswood 92/10 (Daniel Jakins 21, Chad Roote 16, Chris Zimmerman; William Stevens 3/9, Callum Taggart 2/3, James Badenhorst 2/11, Thomas Bussiahn 2/21). St Andrew’s College 96/1 (Ben Scharges 46*, Rhys Wiblin 34*; Sinawo Bukula 1/21, Edwin Geldenhuys 0/4). St Andrew’s College won by nine wickets.
