Van Zyl bags five-for in thumping victory over Muir College
Roman van Zyl led the way for St Andrew’s College as they cruised to a thumping victory over Muir College on Friday at the Makhanda Cricket Festival. The opening bowler’s figures of 5 for 10 had the Muir batsmen in disarray as they stumbled to a disappointing 30 all out.
This came after William Beamish was among the runs for a second day in a row, striking a classy 82 runs from 102 deliveries. Mitch Coventry also continued his good form, adding 70 runs to his tally for the week.
Solid contributions from Mark Were (30*, 26b) and Murray Wilson (27, 40b) gave College a further boost as they put up 244/6 before the declaration came.
In the Muir second innings, with only five wickets required for victory according to the laws of Time Cricket, Scott Miles led the way for College, bagging three of the five wickets at a cost of five runs, to steer St Andrew’s to a mammoth 209-run victory.
Jaryd Botha’s 71 led Kingswood College to a first innings’ win of 48 runs over Peterhouse Boys’. His innings, together with a solid contribution of 38 from 78 deliveries by Christopher Zimmerman and an unbeaten 21 from the blade of Ross Thompson, stretched Kingswood’s total to 193.
Ryan Moyo did the bulk of the damage for the Peterhouse side, claiming four wickets for 43 runs, while Sean Bennett followed up his success with the ball on day one with another three wickets, while conceding 47 runs.
Tyler Chapman then shone with the bat for the Zimbabwean school, from Marondera, scoring a mature 50 runs from 86 balls and Rukudzo Midzi weighed with a solid 47. Despite those two good knocks, it was not enough as Matt Loon destroyed the Peterhouse innings with a return of four wickets for 24 runs, while Jack Collet also impressed, picking up 4 for 33.
Murray Tyson‘s and Ashton Williams’s all-round performances secured a 67-run first innings’ victory for Graeme College over Hellenic Academy.
Tyson led the way with both bat and ball, top scoring with a fine 64 from 71 balls, which he followed up with three wickets for 29 runs. Williams bagged three wickets for just two runs and contributed a fiery 37 from 29 deliveries.
Only Daniel Makings appeared comfortable against the Kingswood attack for Hellenic Academy, contributing 32 and 36 not out, while Luke van Zyl was the pick of the Zimbabwean side’s bowlers, taking 2/40 in Graeme College’s first innings.
Summarised scorecards
Hellenic Academy 1st Innings 126 (Jayden Matsikenyeri 34, Daniel Makings 32; Ethan Bokbaard 5/1, Marcus Williams 3/23); Graeme College 1st Innings 193/7 dec. (Murray Tyson 64, Ashton Williams 37, Luphelo Mdyesha 26; Luke van Zyl 2/40); Hellenic Academy 2nd Innings 52/2 (Makings 36*; Luphelo Mdyesha 1/1). Graeme College won by 67 runs on the first innings.
St Andrew’s College 1st Innings 244/6 (William Beamish 82, Mitch Coventry 70, Mark Were 30*, Murray Wilson 27, Extras 21; Michael Lipkey 3/52, Ruan Solomon 2/27); Muir College 1st Innings 30 (Jude Meyer 14; Roman van Zyl 5/10, Oliver Johns 2/0, Alistair de Kock 2/6); St Andrew’s College 2nd Innings 34/1 dec. (Lourie Apps 12*; Simnikiwe Soyaya 1/7); Muir College 2nd Innings 39/5 (Meyer 13; Scott Miles 3/5). St Andrew’s College won by 209 runs.
Kingswood College 193 (Jaryd Botha 71, Christopher Zimmerman 38, Ross Thompson 21*; Ryan Moyo 4/43); Peterhouse Boys’ 145 (Tyler Chapman 50, Rukudzo Midzi 47; Matt Loon 4/24, Jack Collet 4/33). Kingswood College won by 48 runs on the first innings.
