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Hilton the Dolphins representatives in the Coca-Cola Schools
T20 Challenge took on two of the top teams in today’s opening day at Tuks in
Pretoria.
In the morning match, Rondebosch were no match for Hilton
College.
Hilton bowled tight lines and fielded extremely well to
reduce Rondebosch to 60 all out. Never a good enough score especially against a
team like Hilton.
The Hilton bowlers all took wickets, John turner 3/13, James
Ritchie 2/7, Michael Scalanders 2/14 and Michael Booth 2/9.
Hilton knocked off the score in 7.4 overs with the loss of 2
wickets.
In the Afternoon Hilton played against St Andrews School
from Bloemfontein. Coming into the tournament St Andrews, along with Hilton
College, were the favourites to take the title.
Hilton started a little slowly and after 10 overs were on
58/1. Soon afterwards Michael Sclanders went out after securing a good base for
the team to play off and they then duly opened up as 92 runs came off the last
10.
Gareth Screuder scored 28 off 14 and Michael Booth 21 off 15
to push the total to 150/5 in their 20 overs.
Hilton then put pressure on St Andrews from the first ball
with frequent wickets and St Andrews never looked like they were going to chase
down the tricky target.
St Andrews were eventually bowled out for 103, 47 runs short
despite the efforts of SA U19 and World U19 player Gerald Coetzee who tried
hard to chase down the score, finally falling for 33.
Thomas Dixon 3/25, James Ritchie 3/18 and John Turner 2/12
were the chief destroyers.
The wins leave Hilton in a very promising position and they
look nearly certain to make the finals.
Grey High School were the only other school to finish the
day unbeaten.
In their first game they played against St Albans. Grey
batted first and managed 144/9 with LJ du Preez scoring 45, while Jordan
Landsberg claimed 4/18 and Harshil Jeeva 3/9 for St Albans.
St Albans tried hard to chase down the total but fell 24
runs short, scoring 120 all out. Nicholas Fowler 3/27 and Eliah Thorne 3/18
took most of the wickets.
Their second game ended up being the game of the day against
King Edward VII school from Johannesburg.
KES scored 198 runs in an earlier game against Graeme
College and once again scored a large total getting 174/7 in 20 overs. Callum
Broodryk top scored with 53 while Grey’s top bowler was Arend Visser who took
3/23.
Grey High then took the attack to KES and initially rattled
the Johannesburg side. KES however would not give up and carried on fighting
through a brilliant bowling spell from Obakeng Maila who took 3/25 in his 4
overs. Tristan Stubbs played a great captains innings scoring 51 runs off 42
balls, allowing other batsmen to play the big shots. The turning point in the
game was in the 16th over. Grey high needed 52 runs to win in 5
overs going into the over. Cody Postumus, known by his team as a big hitter,
hit three sixes in the last 3 balls and the team hit 22 runs in the over.
That put Grey on the path to win the match by 6 wickets.
Grey also have a foot in the final, but there is an outside
chance that both KES and St Andrews School can still qualify.
Summarised
Scorecards:
Morning Matches
King Edward VII
School 198/7 (Ambrin Snyders 62, Heinrich Pieterse 54, Bryce Parson 29;
Sihle Mginywa 2/47); Graeme College
86 (Jeremy Beyleveld 21, Romario Fritz 16; Reece Botha 3/6, Dylan Fiebiger 2/5,
Ian Crawshaw 2/14). King Edward VII won by 112 runs.
Grey High School
144/9 (LJ du Preez 45, Tristan Stubbs 29; Jordan Landsberg 4/18, Harshil Jeeva
3/9); St Alban’s College 120 (Jordan
Landsberg 27, Ross Whitelaw 22; Eliah Thorne 3/18, Nicholas Fowler 3/27). Grey
High School won by 24 runs.
Rondebosch Boys’
High 60 (Jordan Collier 17; John Turner 3/7, James Rithie 2/7, Michael
Booth 2/9); Hilton College 61/2
(James Rithie 29, Michael Schlanders 16*; Michael Moore 2/26). Hilton College
won by eight wickets.
Prestige College
67 (Sithembiso Mothise 14; Pheko Moletsane 3/13, JD Bruwer 2/1, Ruan Cronjé
2/7); St Andrews 70/2 (Gerald
Coetzee 30*, Henré Koekemoer 25; Kamogelo Mphahlele 1/5). St Andrews won by
eight wickets.
Afternoon Matches
Hilton College
150/5 (Robert McGaw 39, Michael Schlanders 33, Gareth Schreuder 28; Gerald
Coetzee 2/28); St Andrew's School
103/9 (Gerald Coetzee 33, Calvn Flanegan 22; James Ritchie 3/18, Thomas Dixon
3/25). Hilton College won by 47 runs.
King Edward VII
School 174/7 (Callum Broodryk 53, Bryce Parsons 29; Arend Visser 3/23,
Tristan van Breda 2/24); Grey High
School 177/4 (Tristan Stubbs 51*, Cody Posthumus 29, Luke Beaufort 29,
Tiaan van Vuuren 28, LJ du Preez 27; Obakeng Maila 3/25). Grey High School won
by six wickets.
Graeme College
118/5 (Mark Amm 59; Tristan Farrel 2/12); St
Alban's College 120/2 (Christopher Williamson 44*, Rein Hulme 39*). St
Alban's College won by eight wickets.
Prestige College
105/7 (Koos Motubatsi 28; Aneeq Gamieldien 2/23); Rondebosch Boys' High 106/0 (Lehan Botha 59*, Gabriel Gad 43*).
Rondebosch Boys' High won by ten wickets.
