White bats Northwood to win, Kearsney victorous at Glenwood
Clifton College vs Northwood School
Clifton College hosted Northwood at the Riverside Sports Club Oval on Saturday. In a low-scoring clash, in which no other batsmen reached twenty, Northwood captain Kyle White delivered an unbeaten 47 to guide his side to victory.
Clifton won the toss and chose to bat, but they were two down before they’d reached double figures as the Knights‘ bowlers enjoyed early success.
Opener, Ryan van Zyl, accounted for the dangerous duo of Byron Ward and Tim Saulez, while Ross McGlashan trapped Yusuf Ahmed LBW as the home side slipped to 20/3. Then, when White caught Muhammed Malek off of left-arm spinner Jordan Matthews for 18, Clifton was in serious trouble on 35/4.
Hayden Drieselmann and Lawson Dinsdale added 20 runs but, once Drieselmann fell for 15, another three wickets followed for the addition of only five runs as Clifton slumped to 60/8, with Matthews to the fore for Northwood.
Gabriel Vermeulen and Caleb Naicker repaired the innings somewhat by adding 31 for the ninth wicket before Naicker was bowled by Ben Cilliers for 18, which matched Muhammed Malek for the innings’ highest score.
Clifton was able to add 14 more runs for the last wicket, which took them to 105 all out.
Jordan Matthews was the pick of the Knights’ attack, snaring 4/27 from 10 overs, while Keegan Reeves nabbed 2/10 in 5.1, and Ryan van Zyl returned 2/17 from seven.
Like Clifton, Northwood found the going tough at the crease, and Caleb Naicker did a fine job of inhibiting their run chase, removing the top three men in the order – David de Bruyn, Ross McGlashan, and Thomas Oosthuizen – with only 19 runs on the board.
That brought Kyle White and Jamie Wimble together and they shared a crucial 41-run stand to take the visitors to 60 before Wimble was caught by Lawson Dinsdale off Shiraz Perumal for 20. Josh Mills followed 10 runs later, leaving Northwood on 70/5.
White, though, patiently picked up runs and found a solid partner in Luc Boyall. They teamed up for an unbroken stand of 36, which took the Knights to a hard-fought five-wicket win after 32.1 overs.
White finished with 47 not out from 87 balls, with seven fours, while Boyall was unbeaten on 16 from 21.
Caleb Naicker claimed 3/21 in five overs, while Blake Johnson gave little away in picking up 1/18 in 10, but Clifton’s batsmen hadn’t done enough.
Glenwood High vs Kearsney College
At Glenwood, the home team’s fragile batting cost them victory after they had done well to bowl out Kearsney for only 128. The problem was that Glenwood mustered only 104 in response.
Kearsney opted to bat first and, while six of their batsmen made it into double figures, only one made it beyond the teens, with Cole Young hitting two fours and a six in his 31 from 53 balls.
Kreesan Pillai also did a number on Kearsney, destroying their lower order, taking the last four wickets to go down as the visitors went from 119/6 to 128 all out. It took Pillai only 2.4 overs, too, to snare 4/7.
Vincenzo Loutz picked up 2/18 with the new ball, while off-spinner, Kyle Bryan, kept Kearsney under pressure with a neat 2/26 from 10.
Replying, Glenwood lost their openers, Karabo Ntsieng and Kenzo Mchunu, cheaply, but Kreesan Pillai and Jonah Chaita held up Kearsney’s charge for 6.3 overs while adding 21 runs before Pillai was caught by Aaron Blackburn off Rivaan Moodley‘s bowling for the innings’ top score of 21.
Chaita went on to make 17 while, lower down the order, Akhil Maharaj chipped in with 20 off 25, striking a six and two fours, but Matthew Gorrie enjoyed success with the ball. He tied the Glenwood batsmen in knots, on his way to snapping up 4/16 from 9.2 overs.
Michael Groom, also, got on top of the home side’s batsmen, returning 2/13 from seven, and Rivaan Moodley finished with a tidy 2/27 from 10 as Glenwood’s run chase lost steam.
From 47/3, they crashed to 71/8 and were eventually all out for 104, leaving Kearsney the victors by 24 runs.
Summarised scorecards
Clifton College 105/10 (Muhammed Malek 18, Caleb Naicker 18; Jordan Matthews 4/27, Keegan Reeves 2/10, Ryan van Zyl 2/17); Northwood 106/5 (Kyle White 47*, Jamie Wimble 20; Caleb Naicker 3/21). Northwood won by five wickets.
Kearsney 128/10 (Cole Young 31; Kreesan Pillai 4/7, Vincenzo Loutz 2/18, Kyle Bryan 2/26); Glenwood 104/10 (Kreesan Pillai 21, Akhil Maharaj 20; Matthew Gorrie 4/16, Michael Groom 2/13, Rivaan Moodley 2/27). Kearsney won by 24 runs.
