Hilton Clifton Kearsney & Michaelhouse first XI matches in Cape Town today
It’s full-throttle action from today for four KZN10 school first XIs at the Independent Schools Cricket Festival hosted by Bishops in Cape Town.
KZN10.com will endeavour to give you report-backs on today’s Bishops vs Michaelhouse, Hilton vs Rondebosch and Kearsney vs Scotch College (Perth, Oz) 50-over matches, the 1,5 day Clifton vs Falcon College (southern Matabeleland, Zim) match, as well as this evening’s Michaelhouse vs Scotch College T20 day/night game.
Feature image: Hilton College first XI in the field this morning vs hosts Rondebosch.
This week’s Independent Schools Cricket Festival fixtures in Cape Town.
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Meanwhile, going into today’s second day of the 1,5 day match, the overnight score on the relative small Oaks Field at Bishops(in contrast to the Frank Reid [first] XI Oval) it was Clifton College first XI head coach Yashin Ebrahim and captain Daniel Elgar’s lads who were in the prime seats.
Day 1 (Tuesday)scores in brief
Falcon 1st inn 37 all out (Byron McDonough 3-8)
Clifton College 1st inn 226-8 (Josh Platford 54, Nabeel Jeewa 34, Daniel Elgar 31).
Clifton College first XI in Cape Town: Byron McDonough, Matthew Adams, Ariq Chetty, Kemuel Moodley, Daniel Elgar (capt), Nabeel Jeewa, Josh Platford, Ryan Koekemoer, Teague Ridgway, John Munford, Zedan Mohamed, Marco Mottura, Souvahn Naicker
Team management – Head coach Matt Savage – Cricket pro Yash Ebrahim – Director of cricket Wayne Scott
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* And in a pre-festival limited-over match on Wynberg Old Boy Jacques Kallis’s pristine Oval yesterday, the hosts beat Michaelhouse by 33 runs.
After winning the toss Wynberg posted 212 in 43 overs; to which Michaelhouse replied with 179/4 in their allotted 45 overs.
* The 96- and 55-run partnerships for the first and third wickets respectively set up the Wynberg win.
The House wicket-takers were:
Opener Roeland van den Berg 8 overs 3 maidens for 22 runs & 2 wkts
Oliver Morgan 7-1-28-2
Jack Trotter 9-1-59-2
James Fleming 9-1-38-3
Jared Meiring 1-0-1-1
The Ben Rebeck 50 in a losing cause on Goldstones 1st term last year epitomised the unruffled fighting spirit of the 2019 Michaelhouse first XI captain, whose 63* off 88 balls vs Wynberg yesterday included 4 fours and 2 sixes. Photo Jono Cook
* The run outs of opener Jared Meiring and number 4 Ryan Stringer did not serve the House run chase well.
Adrian Fisher (47 off 72 balls with 4 fours) and captain Ben Rebeck (63* 86b 4×4 2×6) put on 72 for the 4th wicket.
The pair were the notable batting performers for House.
Michaelhouse team batting order: Jared Meiring, Callum Porrill, Adrian Fisher, Ryan Stringer, Ben Rebeck (capt), Luke Gammie, Roeland van der Berg, Oliver Morgan, Gavin Veenstra, James Fleming, Harry Nel, Jack Trotter, Campbell Davis-Webb
Coach: Dean Forword
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ALSO YESTERDAY, on the picturesque Frank Reid Oval at Bishops, Kearsney first XI pulled off a thrilling 2-run win over the hosts.
After winning the toss Kearsney scored 241/8 in their 50 overs to which Bishops replied with 239/8 in their 50.
Kearsney opener Jarred Uys (35 58b 5×4) got the ball rolling, captain Jordan Bamber (45 48b 4×4 2×6) upped the pace and Cade Carmichael (64 51b 3×4 5×6 strike rate 125) together with number 9 Jared Brien (41* 33b 1×4 3×6 strike rate 124) put the innings on ice with a hurricane 112 for the 8th wicket.
All-rounder Cade Carmichael was in punishing form with the bat (64 51b 3×4 5×6) during the Kearsney College first XI’s memorable2-run win over Bishops.
Kearsney’s wicket-takers instrumental in Bishops falling 2 runs short of parity were:
Opener Jared Brien 11-2-51-1
First-change Josh Stocks 10-0-29-2
Chase Kelly 9-1-46-1
Kyle Potter 3-0-19-1
* THREE RUN OUTS effected by Kearsney at the death also played a key role in the Botha’s Hill lads’ nerve-shredding win.
Kearsney team in batting order: Louis Nel, Jarred Uys, Dale Young, Jordan Bamber (capt), Dylan Hulett, Cade Carmichael, Matthew Horn, Chase Kelly, Jared Brien, Kyle Potter, Josh Stocks, Ezra Tsela
Coach Jordan Gregory & manager Andre van Zyl
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* Kearsney lost to St Johns (Harare, Zimbabwe) in the T20 day-night match Tuesday evening. – See the next post for info.
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