Young’s unbeaten century powers Jeppe to Johnny Waite victory
Ryan Young smashed an unbeaten century to lead his side to an emphatic 111-run win over Parktown Boys’ High in their Johnny Waite Trophy fixture on the Beckwith Oval at Jeppe High School for Boys on Wednesday afternoon.
Young, the Jeppe captain, made all the right calls on Wednesday afternoon. He won the toss, elected to bat first, and then expertly led his side to 196/2 in their 20 overs.
When he unleashed his bowlers on the visitors, they were unable to mount a serious challenge to Jeppe’s challenging total and were restricted to 85/8.
It wasn’t all sunshine and roses, however. The Black Caps were in an unenviable position when Young walked out to bat. They were on 4/2 after 1.3 overs, having lost both of their openers.
The skipper responded magnificently by mounting an outstanding and unbroken 192-run third-wicket partnership with Aiden Reyneke.
Young struck nine sixes and two fours in his unbeaten 57-ball 102, while Reyneke was 81 not out from the same number of balls.
Reza Ayob, who recorded an outstanding economy rate of 1.8 runs per over in four overs, was Jeppe’s best bowler. He tightened the screws and denied Parktown runs in the middle overs and finished the match with 3/7.
Five other Jeppe bowlers – Keegan Cockburn, Lincoln Casais, Zizi Mkhize, Shreshth Kumar, and Daniel Keating – finished with a wicket each.
Abdullah Wadee was Parktown’s best batsman with an unbeaten 34 from 43 balls. Only Neo Lemmer, with 17, and Josh van Rensburg, with 15, joined him in double figures.
St David’s vs Northcliff
St David’s Marist Inanda recorded their second Johnny Waite victory in two days when they powered to a nine-wicket win over Northcliff on the Gier Oval at St David’s. They had beaten St John’s College by five wickets the previous day.
Jack Woolard, the Northcliff captain, called correctly at the toss and chose to bat first, but the visitors found the going tough, huffing and puffing their way to 90/7 in their 20 overs. St David’s, in reply, needed only 11.5 overs to race to 91/1 to claim an emphatic victory.
Northcliff’s batting effort was undermined by Kyle Butler, who snapped up 3/9 in four overs. He ripped through the visitors’ middle order and accounted for their top scorers, Rouxwan Coetzer (32) and Woolard (21). Ntokozo Tshabalala was the only other Northcliff batsman to make it beyond single figures, contributing 14 from 15 balls.
The hosts responded with a steady first-wicket partnership of 40 in 7.2 overs from Sohail Seonath and Roberto Mariano.
Unfortunately for Northcliff, Mariano’s dismissal brought Jason Rowles to the crease, and the South Africa u19 star blitzed an unbeaten 41 in just 15 balls to hasten St David’s charge to victory. His aggressive attack included only one four but five sixes.
Summarised Scorecards
Jeppe 196/2 (Ryan Young 102*, Aiden Reyneke 81*; Hlasi Mqingwana 1/13, Abhay Patel 0/15). Parktown 85/8 (Abdullah Wadee 34*, Neo Lemmer 17; Reza Ayob 3/7, Lincoln Casais 1/2). Jeppe won by 111 runs.
Northcliff 90/7 (Rouxwan Coetzer 32, Jack Woolard 21; Kyle Butler 3/9, Christopher Emslie 2/18). St David’s 91/1 (Jason Rowles 41*, Sohail Seonath 39*; Regan van der Walt 1/19, Jamie McHugh 0/10). St David’s won by nine wickets.
