The Coca-Cola T20 Schools
Challenge national finals got under way at Stellenbosch on Friday morning with
wins for the representatives of the Titans (Waterkloof) over the Warriors
representatives, Framesby, the Lions (St Stithians), over the Knights
representatives, St Andrew’s of Bloemfontien and the Cobras (Rondebosch) over
Dolphins champions, Westville Boys’ High.
The six schools in
Stellenbosch this weekend have come through to the national finals weekend by
virtue of winning their provincial Coca-Cola T20 knockout competitions, in the
first instance, and then beating the other provincial champions in each of
their franchises.
St Stithians scraped
home by one wicket in a low-scoring thriller against St Andrew’s. St Andrew’s
were put in and bowled out for 75, thanks to a great opening spell by man of
the match Luke Stanger, who took 4/26 in his four overs.
St Stithians then
made heavy weather of chasing the small total. They eventually got it with
three balls to spare, and only one wicket still standing.
The Joburg batsmen
had no answer for the guile of the St Andrew’s spin bowlers. Sine Ntshona was
outstanding. The resultant pressure on the batsmen led to three run outs and
only Angus Ellis-Cole (16) made any impact with the bat.
Stanger said
afterwards that he was happy to take the 4 quick wickets. “I opened the bowling
and we were able to get them out quickly,” he said.
“It appeared to be
an easy target to get, and that is where I think we went wrong, we were too
confident and went in to bat thinking we had it in the bag.
“I went into bat at
the end and ended on 7 not out. I am happy with this as I scored more than some
that are higher in the batting order. I did have to control myself though. They
were bowling nice and full and it was tempting to hit out.”
It was a lot easier
for Rondebosch, who beat Westville by 58 runs. The Cape Town side got 144/4 in
their 20 overs, with Matthew Christensen 73 not out and Muzammi Sheik 28 not
out.
They then bowled out
Westville for 86. Nicholas Pentz top-scored on 26. The bowlers shared the
wickets between them with four getting two each.
Waterkloof made the
biggest score of the day – 153/2 – against Framesby. Janneman Malan was 81 not
out at the end and Danie Rossouw 40 not out.
They then had
Framesby 108/7 at the end of their 20 overs. Theo Stapelberg made 44 for
Framesby and Waterkloof’s Henco Vorstman took 4/26 in his four overs.
Scores
Rondebosch 144/4
(Anderson 73 not out, Hamza 24, Sheik 28 not out; Rugbar 2/21). Westville 86
(Kerr 21, Pentz 26; Galiem 2/16, Petersen 2/23, Stevens 2/11, Klein 2/11).
Rondebosch won by 58 runs.
St Andrew’s 75
(Pienaar 17; Stanger 4/22, Landsberg 2/6). St Stithians 76/9 (Ellis-Cole 16;
Heilbron 2/12, Whitehead 2/13, Ntshona 2/16). St Stithians won by one wicket.
Waterkloof 153/2
(Malan 81 not out, Rossouw 40 not out; Stapelberg 1/14). Framesby 108/7
(Stapelberg 44; Vorstman 4/26). Waterkloof won by 45 runs.
Friday afternoon’s
games: Waterkloof v Westville, St Stithians v Framesby, Rondebosch v St
Andrew’s.
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| Alexander Whitelaw from Westville during day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 |
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| Theo Stapelberg during day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge finals |
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| Johannes Malan from Waterkloof during day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools |
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| Jason Oakes Westville during day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge finals |
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| Kagiso Rabada from St Stithians during day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge |
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| Tiaan Potgieter from Framesby batting and Ryan Rickleton keeping during day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge |
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