Trio’s Williams impresses with century in Switch Schools SA20
In their third and final group stage match of the Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two, Hoërskool Trio won the toss at home in Kroonstad, and chose to bat first against Hoërskool Sasolburg.
It was a day for the batsmen, with 468 runs being scored in the match. However, there were only 10 runs between the teams when the match concluded in Trio’s favour.
Trio opener Zayne Williams laid into the Sasolburg bowling, striking 19 fours and three sixes in a superb 109 off of only 60 balls when the home team batted first.
His fellow opener Theuns van Rensburg joined in the party, blasting a rapid 53 off 22, which featured 11 fours and a six.
After their 86-run opening stand was brought to an end by Van Rensburg’s bails spinning through the air, Sasolburg’s bowlers found better success against Williams’ other partners.
The visitors’ captain, Liam Singleton, claimed 2/36 from four overs, recording the best figures for his side. However, despite his efforts and the dismissals of the destructive opening pair, Trio powered their way to a challenging 239/6.
Sasolburg faced a tall order, having to bat at 12 an over to reach the 240-run target. They very nearly made it.
The last Sasolburg wicket went down off the last ball of their 20 overs, with the visitors being bowled out for 229. Batting third in the order, Jan Hendrick Espach gave his side a chance at a stunning victory by blitzing his way to 80 runs off only 31 deliveries, which included cracking seven fours and six sixes.
Singleton came in at five and matched Espach’s ferocity, smashing seven fours and three sixes in a rapid 54 off 20, scoring at almost three runs a ball.
Unfortunately, for the visitors, they were unable to keep their momentum going at the back end of their innings. That had a lot to do with Dylan Young and Theuns van Rensburg.
Young claimed 3/27 in three overs and his economy rate of nine runs per over was pretty efficient when compared with most of the other bowling figures on the day. Van Rensburg was expensive, going at 14 runs per over, but he also removed three batsmen, finishing with 3/56.
Summarised Scorecard
Hoërskool Trio 239/6 (Zayne Williams 109, Theuns van Rensburg 53, Antoine Pelser 26, Extras 23; Liam Singleton 2/36); Hoërskool Sasolburg 229/10 (Jan Hendrick Espach 80, Liam Singleton 54, Nathan Bower 23; Dylan Young 3/27, Theuns van Rensburg 3/56). Trio won by 10 runs.
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