W100: Glenwood tops Westville off last ball, DHS downs Northwood
The Clifton T20 Tournament appears to have done Glenwood High‘s confidence the world of good. They won two of three matches in that event, and, on Wednesday, they followed up with a thrilling five-wicket win over Westville Boys’ High, which was achieved off the last ball of the contest on Bowden’s Field.
Westville captain Kyle McGough chose to bat first after Kreesan Pillai called the toss incorrectly, but, apart from Tristin Delvin, the home side’s top-order batsmen failed to answer the call.
Delvin played his part, cracking three sixes and two fours in his 47 off 40 balls, but the rest of the top five contributed only single-figure scores. It was left to Luca Roddan to provide Westville with a much-needed late innings boost. He obliged with 16 not out from only four deliveries, two of which went for six and a third for four.
In the end, Westville finished on 110/5.
Glenwood skipper Kreesan Pillai led from the front with an outstanding return of 1/9 from 20 balls – an economy rate of only 2.3 runs per over while sending down a fifth of the innings’ balls. Qhamani Sikhutshwa was tidy, too, picking up 1/15 from his 20.
Charles Nkwanyana was the only bowler to take more than two wickets. He got rid of Liam de Villiers and Aarin Rasmussen and claimed 2/19 from 15 deliveries.
Kamo Moloto, with an unbeaten 97, had propelled Glenwood to victory over the W100 frontrunners, Clifton College, on the final day of the Clifton T20, and he was once again the Green Machine‘s star performer with the bat.
Opening the innings, he weighed in with a run-a-ball 43, hitting six fours along the way. It was a tight battle throughout, though.
When JP Pillay became the second batsman to fall, out for 14, Glenwood was on 53/2 with 45 balls remaining. They needed to up their scoring rate.
Moloto departed with 18 balls remaining. Glenwood was on 80/4 after 82 balls, needing 31 runs for victory from 18 deliveries. Mishael Gunawardana and Charles Nkwanyana helped to usher them across the line, scoring 21 and 19 not out respectively, but it took a big last five balls to get them to the win.
With only five left, Glenwood had 100/5, still 11 runs shy of the target. After scrambling a leg bye off the first ball from Misbah Nair, Nkwanyana struck the next two deliveries for four. A single off the second-last ball brought the scores level, leaving it up to Jonah Chaita to find a winning stroke.
He did, hitting a four, and Glenwood took victory.
Aarin Rasmussen, with 1/14 from 20 balls, and Ewan du Toit, with 1/9 from 20, heaped pressure on Glenwood’s batsmen, while Josh Engelbrecht did well, too, capturing 2/21 from 15. The visitors, though, had the final laugh.
Northwood vs Durban High School
Durban High School (DHS) made a short trip to Northwood on Wednesday for a W100 showdown on the Robin Smith Oval.
Both sets of batsmen got stuck into the bowling, but the Horseflies came away with a hard-fought 14-run win, thanks to a captain’s knock from Josh van Biljon. He was the mainstay of their innings, which he opened with Ismaeel Omar after losing the toss. They gave DHS a good start, putting up 55 runs from 37 balls before Omar was caught and bowled by Keegan Reeves for 16.
The best partnership of the DHS innings, though, was the third-wicket stand of 67 off only 35 deliveries between Van Biljon and Taine Havermann, which ended with Van Biljon’s departure. DHS had 133, and only 12 balls remained in the visitors’ innings. By then, though, Van Biljon had inflicted major damage, striking eight fours and four sixes in his 75, which came off only 45 balls.
Havermann ensured School finished strongly, sending a couple of deliveries flying over the boundary in his 31 from 24 balls, while Bonga Maphanga delivered late innings fireworks, blasting two sixes and a four in only six balls, which brought him 17 not out. Together, he and Havermann added a hasty 32 in 14 deliveries, and DHS totalled 165/4.
Most of the Northwood bowlers came in for some stick, but Keegan Reeves did a tidy job, returning 1/16 from 15 balls.
Faced with a challenging victory target, the Knights went hard at the DHS bowling, and they made a tremendous start to their run chase, thanks to David de Bruyn and Ross McGlashan.
They charged to 94 off 50 balls for the first wicket before McGlashan became the first to fall, trapped LBW by Tristan Quail for 21 off 20. The very next ball, De Bruyn departed, caught by Bonga Maphanga off Matt Potgieter for a fiery 61 from only 32 balls. He had hit six fours and three sixes. Ten runs and 13 balls later, Northwood was reduced to 104/3 when Luc Boyall was run out for eight.
The contest tilted DHS’s way when Northwood made only 30 runs off the next 20 deliveries, with Thomas Oosthuizen the next to go, out for 13.
With only 16 balls remaining and Northwood on 134/4, Keegan Reeves tried to drag the home side across the line. He slammed four fours in an unbeaten 30 off 21, but it wasn’t enough.
Bonga Maphanga conceded only four runs from his last five balls, while Taine Havermann claimed 1/5 from the last five deliveries of the Northwood innings, and the hosts finished on 151/5.
Tristan Quail and Matt Potgieter led the DHS attack with 1/21 and 1/22 from 20 balls, respectively.
Summarised scorecards
Westville Boys’ High 110/5 (Tristin Delvin 47; Charles Nkwanyana 2/19, Kreesan Pillai 1/9); Glenwood High 114/5 (Kamo Moloto 43, Mishael Gunawardana 21, Charles Nkwanyana 19*; Josh Engelbrecht 2/21, Ewan du Toit 1/9, Aarin Rasmussen 1/14). Glenwood won by five wickets.
Durban High School 165/4 (Josh van Biljon 75, Taine Havermann 31, Bonga Maphanga 17*; Max Nicholson 1/15, Keegan Reeves 1/16); Northwood 151/5 (David de Bruyn 61, Keegan Reeves 30*, Ross McGlashan 21; Tristan Quail 1/21, Matt Potgieter 1/22). Durban High School won by 14 runs.
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