St David’s, St Stithians wins at home in Fasken Time Cricket Festival
St David’s Marist Inanda vs St Andrew’s School
Captain Matthew West, with the bat, and Jason Rowles, with the bat and ball, spearheaded the hosts, St David’s Marist Inanda, to a 63-run win over St Andrew’s School on La Valla Oval in their Fasken Time Cricket Festival clash on Friday.
St David’s had taken a 49-run lead on the first innings, despite a superb bowling performance from Saints’ off-spinner Dakalo Leketa, who snared 7/79.
West, with 45, Morteza Manack, with 44, and Kamogelo Phiri, with 41, helped the home team to 205. It wasn’t the biggest of totals, but Rowles, who has been named in the SA Emerging u19 squad, with 6/37 in just 14 overs, laid waste to the Bloemfontein school’s batting order.
Opener Jonathan Hickley was solid for St Andrew’s, top scoring with 47 from 63 deliveries, which included seven fours, but he received little support of substance.
When Hickley fell, LBW to Rowles, St Andrew’s had slipped to 80/5. Johan Liebenberg, batting eighth in the order, arrested the slide, making 34, and he was the last man out as Saints posted 164 all out.
Batting again, St David’s cruised to 126/1. Rowles was again at it, this time getting on top of the St Andrew’s bowling in an innings of 79 from only 67 balls, striking two sixes and 10 fours. His fellow opener, Armaan Manack, weighed in with 29, but it was West who held the innings together. He made an unbeaten 65 from 77 deliveries while all around him the St David’s innings disintegrated as Leketa, once again, destroyed it.
This time the St Andrew’s captain, also an SA Emerging u19 squad member, was both economical and penetrative, knocking over 6/40 in 16 overs for a splendid match return of 13/119. FG Botha, meanwhile, claimed 2/34.
St David’s lost their last nine wickets for only 66 runs to finish on 192 all out. That left them with a 233-run lead and it proved to be more than enough.
The St Andrew’s top four all made it into double figures, but none of them pressed on much, with Reuben van Aarde‘s 20 leading the way. They made a decent start to their run chase, reaching 65/2, but their innings then fell apart as they stumbled to 88/8.
Leketa stood firm, making 27 not out and Eduan van den Heever contributed 19 from 17. Number 11, Nikhil Sukraj, mustered the innings’ top score of 28, but he was the last man out, run out for a second time in the match, as St Andrew’s were dismissed for 170.
Rowles was the destroyer in chief, bagging 4/44 from 17 overs to complete the contest with 10/81. Five others contributed a wicket each as the hosts claimed victory.
St Stithians College vs St Charles College
St Stithians began the second day of their match against St Charles on Dlamini Oval with a healthy first innings lead of 117 runs after posting 327/6 in reply to the Pietermaritzburg school’s 210 all out.
It was a solid enough batting effort from the KZN side, with four batsmen getting themselves in. The problem was that none of them managed to turn those starts into fifties. Captain Marcel Wellmann just missed out, falling for 49, while Rico Honiball made 46 and the dangerous left-hander Cian Fortmann 43. Connor Riley added a useful 30.
Tahseen Hanslo led the home side’s attack, capturing 4/33 and Cayden Sunker picked up 2/32 as St Charles were left to reflect on what might have been.
The St Stithians’ reply was rock-solid. Pranav Raichetti and Liam Mudenda posted 45 for the first wicket before Fortmann and Riley combined to run out Mudenda for 26. Ombesa Matsha and Raichetti, then, advanced the total to 132 before Kaiyuran Naidoo made Matsha the first of his two victims, removing the number three batsman for 21.
Raichetti was in full flow and he closed in on a century but was stopped just five runs shy of three figures, with Naidoo again making the breakthrough. When the opener fell for 95 from 134 balls, with 14 fours and two sixes, St Stithians were on 156/3.
Hanslo then took over, with good support from Aidan van der Westhuizen. With both players scoring at more than a run a ball, the local side charged on. The pair added 76 in 10.4 overs before Van der Westhuizen was caught by Brendon Sunguro off the bowling of Fortmann for 41. It had taken him only 37 deliveries, and he had struck six fours and two sixes.
Hanslo went on to almost match Raichetti. He was the last man to fall in the innings, out for 94 from just 86 balls, four of which were maximums, and eight of which were fours. Despite Saints making an imposing 327/6, Naidoo did an excellent job with the ball, snapping up 2/26 in 9.1 overs.
Batting again, St Charles, once more, had four players get themselves in, but the innings looked similar to their first. Fortmann top scored, with 44, which came from only 32 balls and included eight fours, while Wellmann, with 39, Sungoro, with 36, and Riley, with 35, were all well set before losing their wickets. St Charles was dismissed for 198.
Akhil Challa undid their reply, capturing 3/14 in nine overs, and Hanslo, again, was among the wickets. He kept the batsmen in check, too, claiming 3/27 in 16 tight overs. Rushil Bhulla added 2/17 from five.
That left St Stithians with the simple task of scoring 82 for victory. It took them 16.1 overs, but they cruised across the line to win comfortably, having lost only two wickets in their second knock. Raichetti and Hanslo were again to the fore, scoring 39 not out and 26 not out respectively.
Connor Simpson resisted, picking up 2/12 in five, but St Charles had far too few runs to defend.
Summarised Scorecards
St David’s Marist first innings 205 all out (Matthew West 45, Morteza Manack 44, Kamogelo Phiri 41; Dakalo Leketa 7/79); St Andrew’s School first innings 164 all out (Jonathan Hickley 47, Johan Liebenberg 34, Extras 24; Jason Rowles 6/37, Kyle Butler 1/12); St David’s Marist Inanda 192/10 (Jason Rowles 79, Matthew West 65*, Armaan Manack 29, Dakalo Leketa 6/40, FG Botha 2/32); St Andrew’s School 170/10 (Nikhil Sukraj 28, Dakalo Leketa 27*, Reuben van Aarde 20, Jason Rowles 4/44).
St David’s Marist Inanda won by 63 runs
St Charles College first innings 210/10 (Marcell Wellman 49, Rico Honiball 46, Cian Fortmann 43, Connor Riley 30; Tahseen Hanslo 4/33, Cayden Sunker 2/32); St Stithians College first innings 327/6 (Pranav Raichetti 95, Tahseen Hanslo 94, Aiden van der Westhuizen 41, Liam Mudenda 26, Ombesa Matsha 21; Kaiyuran Naidoo 2/26); St Charles College second innings 198/10 (Cian Fortmann 44, Marcel Wellmann 39, Brendon Sunguro 36, Connor Riley 35, Akhil Challa 3/14, Tahseen Hanslo 3/27, Rushil Bhulla 2/17); St Stithians College second innings 84/2 (Pranav Raichetti 39*, Tahseen Hanslo 26*, Connor Simpson 2/12)
St Stithians College won by 12 wickets
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