Paarl Gimnasium beat South Africa College High
School (SACS) and Langenhoven Gimnasium at the Cobras franchise final of the Coca-Cola® Schools
T20 Challenge. The Cobras franchise consists of three unions Western Province,
Boland and South Western Districts. The franchise final took place in a round
robin tournament format.
Paarl Gimnasium played against SWD representative, Langenhoven Gimnasium, in the first
match of the day. The Paarl bowlers put a lot of pressure on the Langenhoven
Gimnasium batsmen and managed to bowl them out for
65. The pick of the bowlers were Juan Wilson 3/9, Pieter Rossouw 2/6 and
Bradley Davids 2/8. Paarl took no time to knock off the runs to win by 9
wickets. Jandre Burger scored 37 runs before being bowled by Jaden Dyssel.
The second match of the day was between Langenhoven Gimnasium and
South Africa College High School (SACS). SACS won the toss and sent Langenhoven
in to bat. Langenhoven Gimnasium batted better than in their previous match but
were still not able to convincingly put SACS under pressure.
Langenhoven Gimnasium scored 93 for 7 in their 20 overs with
Matthew Klusener being the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets for 15 runs. SACS
chased the total down for the loss of 2 wickets in the 14th over
Daniel Smith was not out for 46 runs and Michael Levitt scored 41 runs.
The final match of the day was between Paarl
Gimnasium and SACS where the winner of the match would be the Cobras champions
and subsequent franchise representative. Paarl Gimnasium won the toss and sent
SACS in to bat.
Paarl Gimnasium captain, Johan Smal, knew how
important it was to win the toss, “We knew that SACS is a team that is good at
chasing down totals so we sent them in to bat to put them out of their comfort
zone and see if we can control them to a reasonable total.”
SACS got off to a great start and after 10 overs
they were on 82/2 and they looked like they could go on to hit a massive total.
However, Paarl Gimnasium improved their game and took wickets on a frequent
basis reducing SACS to 149/8 in their allotted 20 overs. SACS only managed to
score 69 runs and they lost 6 wickets in the final 10 overs.
Paarl Gimnasium batted sensibly in their run chase
and were ahead of the run rate from the first over of the day. Even though they
lost a couple of wickets they were never in trouble eventually winning by 8
wickets with 4 balls to spare. Once again Jandre
Burger, 73 not out, was the pick of the batsmen. He batted throughout the
innings and marshalled his team to victory.
SACS opening bowler Anda Dilima and Langenhoven
Gimnasium wicketkeeper Jedhli Van Briesies were selected and will form part
of the Coca-Cola® All-Star team that
will play at the National Finals in Pretoria. These players will get an
opportunity to meet the other qualifying teams, have coaching sessions with
Paul Harris and play against a Cricket South Africa selection side as a curtain
raiser to the final of the Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge.
Paarl Gimnasium will represent the Cobras and will
join the other five franchises winners and the two schools that qualified
through the CSA Focus School programme at the competition’s National Finals at the University
of Pretoria from the 15th to 17th March.
Results
Langenhoven Gim 65 all out (Juan
Wilson 3/9, Pieter Rossouw 2/6, Bradley Davids 2/8) vs Paarl Gimnasium 67/1
(Jandre Burger 37)
Paarl Gim won by 9 wickets
Langenhoven Gim 93/7 (Matthew Klusener
2/15) vs SACS 94/2 (Daniel Smith 46*)
SACS won by 8 wickets
SACS 149/8 (Michael Levitt 45, Daniel
Smith 30, Jandre Burger 2/14) vs Paarl Gimnasium 154/2 (Jandre Burger 73*)
Paarl won by 8 wickets
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