Thompson and Horlick lift Bennies into Easterns’ Schools SA20 final
A big partnership of 125 between St Benedict’s College‘s Cayden Thompson and Clayton Horlick was enough to see them through to the final of the Easterns’ leg of the Schools SA 20.
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Bennies made light work of a 166-run target set by Hoërskool Marais Viljoen thanks to some exquisite batting from the pair.
Playing a curtain raiser to the CSA T20 knockout match between the Eastern Storm and AET Tuskers at Willowmoore Park on Saturday morning, St Benedict’s won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Taking early wickets was viewed as a key to beating Marais Viljoen, but the side from Bedfordview didn’t quite get off to the start they had hoped for.
They battled through the first six overs with the Alberton school’s openers, Abdullah Tadwalla and Tiaan Hall doing a good job. Tadwalla was the first to be sent packing, dismissed off the last ball of the sixth over for a well-played 41 from only 26 balls.
Hall departed soon after that for 17 runs and the Bennies’ bowlers went to work, claiming four wickets for 57 runs in a good effort through the middle overs, led by their opening bowler, Clayton Horlick. After 14 overs, the match was finely poised with Marais Viljoen on 115/5.
Jordann Lategan boosted his side’s batting effort as their overs run down, playing a little gem of an innings to contribute 33 from just 23 deliveries. His knock helped the Alberton boys to 165/6, which was a challenging target on a slow wicket.
Bennies, though, weren’t at all fazed by the pace of the pitch. Both Thompson and Horlick batted at strike rates exceeding 120 and delivered half-centuries to steer St Benedict’s successful pursuit of 166.
Thompson top scored with an unbeaten 63 from 50 deliveries, while Horlick blitzed 62 from 42 balls, launching three deliveries for six and another three for fours before he lost his wicket to Marco Hoffman (1/16) at the start of the 16th over. The damage had, however, already been done and Bennies rolled to an eight-wicket victory with seven balls to spare.
Summarised scorecard
Marais Viljoen 165/6 (Abdullah Tadwalla 41, Jordann Lategan 33*; Clayton Horlick 1/23); St Benedict’s College 166/2 (Cayden Thompson 63*, Clayton Horlick 62; Marco Hoffman 1/16).
St Benedict’s College won by eight wickets.
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