St Stithians kicks off Schools SA20 campaign with a decimation of Trinity School
Thomas Rew and Ombesa Matsha scored brilliant half-centuries as St Stithians College romped to a dominant 152-run victory over Trinity School in their Schools SA20 match played on the Dlamini Oval at St Stithians on Tuesday.
Rew blitzed more sixes than fours (2X4s, 8X6s) as he thumped 69 runs off 33 deliveries and Matsha had a more even spread of boundaries (6X4s, 5X6s) on his way to a 32-ball 63 as they buoyed St Stithians to 232/6. In reply, Trinity School hobbled to 80/9 in 20 overs.
The last time the two sides met was earlier in the year, in January, and back then, Trinity School batted first and chalked a total which Lazarus Mokoena’s side chased down in 12.2 overs. This time around Theo Enslin, the Trinity School captain, won the toss and elected to bowl first and rued the decision immediately.
Matsha and Liam Mudenda raced to put together a 90-run opening partnership from a mere 47 deliveries. The visitors must have thought they were back in the game when they followed up Mudenda’s wicket with the dismissal of Matsha in the next over.
However, St Stithians had more firepower coming. Rew and his captain, Tahseen Hanslo scored 86 from 39 balls in their third-wicket stand as the destruction continued. All of the St Stithians batters who reached double figures were scoring at strike rates north of 150.
Zakir Hanslo and Tendai Kadyamadare saw to it that Trinity School did not get off on a flier by striking early. The bowlers had the visitors three wickets down for five runs after 1.6 overs. Things did not get better for Trinity School as the match progressed. Three batters, Justin du Preez, Matthew Webb, and Jack Joubert reached double figures but did so at a slow pace. Du Preez scored a run-a-ball 12, Webb faced 42 deliveries for his 25, and Joubert top-scored with a 28-ball 32.
Kadyamadare was the pick of the bowlers for St Stithians with three wickets for five runs in two overs. He delivered 10 dot balls in his 12-ball quota. Akhil Challa also bagged three wickets for 24 runs in four overs. Zakir Hanslo, who took a single wicket for 9 runs in his four-over allotment, sent down an incredible 17 dot balls.
Summarised Scorecard:
St Stithians College 232/6 (Thomas Rew 69, Ombesa Matsha 63; Kian Vermaak 1/35, Stef Steyn 1/29); Trinity School 80/9 (Jack Joubert 32, Matthew Webb 25; Tendai Kadyamadare 3/5, Akhil Challa 3/24). St Stithians College won by 152 runs.
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