Stellenberg and Durbies book their places in Sammy Bloch final
Stellenberg and Hoërskool Durbanville have advanced to the final of this year’s Sammy Bloch 25-overs series after midweek wins over Fairmont and Curro Durbanville.
Before they battle for the trophy next Wednesday, though, they’ll face off for northern suburbs’ bragging rights in a 50-over game on Saturday.
Stellenberg earned their place in the Sammy Block championship game after edging out Fairmont by two wickets on Wednesday.
JJ Rothman and Lohann Pretorius helped limit the visitors to 117 runs by taking three wickets apiece.
Kyle Maclean (26) and Razeen Parker (30) made some headway for Fairmont early in their innings but, after Parker was run out and Maclean was caught in front by Kyle van Santen, their batting lineup struggled.
Gerrad Kamalie tied the match up neatly for the home side by taking the final Fairmont wicket in the 24th over of their innings before scoring the winning runs alongside Jan-Jak Alberts.
Van Santen laid the foundation for Stellenberg’s chase, smashing two sixes in his innings of 27 runs.
On Thursday, the Durbies delivered a statement, thumping Curro by an impressive 111 runs, thanks to half-centuries by Jan Kriel and Tobias Roelofse at opposite ends of the order.
Kriel opened with a measured 56 runs off of 42 deliveries before Roelofse raced to an undefeated 54 off 27.
Divan Bosman‘s 38 runs alongside Roelofse helped boost the hosts to 216/6 from their 25 overs.
Roelofse then helped snuff out Curro’s chase, capturing wickets with consecutive deliveries, as Curro was limited to 105 all out.
Xander van Aarde and Hugo Bredell both claimed a pair of wickets, as well, but De Wet Viljoen was the pick of the bowlers for Hoërskool Durbanville, taking 3/20.
Summarised scorecards
Fairmont 117/10 (Razeen Parker 30, Kyle Maclean 26, Extras 21; JJ Rothman 3/12, Lohann Pretorius 3/20); Stellenberg 119/8 (Kyle van Santen 27, Gerrad Kamalie 26*, Extras 24; Joshua Martin 3/21, Byron Garton 2/14, Samuel Hoctor 2/41). Stellenberg won by two wickets.
Hoërskool Durbanville 216/6 (Jan Kriel 56, Tobias Roelofse 54*, Divan Bosman 38*, Pierre du Toit 32; Abner Paul 3/47, Caleb Jonkers 2/26); Curro Durbanville 105/10 (Matthew Scoble 27, Alex van der Westhuizen 22; De Wet Viljoen 3/20, Hugo Bredell 2/13, Tobias Roelofse 2/20, Xander van Aarde 2/27). Hoërskool Durbanville won by 111 runs.
