St Stithians and St Charles College continued their winning ways at the Schools T20 Challenge national finals to finish day two with four wins out of four each, writes THEO GARRUN.
Saints beat Hudson Park in their final pool game at Tuks’ LC De Villiers complex on Saturday morning to top their group and then got past Waterkloof in the first of their cross-pool games.
St Charles had no problems against Queens in their final pool game and then snuck home against Paarl Gimnasium in their cross pool matchup in a dramatic finish. For the second day in a row, Paarl Gim had to contest a super over after the sides were tied on 135 runs apiece after 20 overs.
They then both scored 17 in the extra over, which meant it went to a countback of boundaries hit. St Charles scored 17 and Gim 14, so the Maritzburg school retained its unbeaten record by a whisker, and with one more cross pool game to go, it looks like it’s going to be a St Stithians vs St Charles final on Sunday.
Summarised Scoreboards
Morning games
St Stithians 170-3 (Jodi de Sousa 29, Cameron Rowe 64 not out, Liam Mostert 35; Akhona Ratyana 3-24)
Hudson Park 99-8 (James Troon 32; Tristan Brooks 3-23)
St Stithians won by 71 runs
St Andrew’s School 129 (Ruan Cronje 56, Reeza Alaexander 29; Juan Wilson 4-22)
Paarl Gim 131-7 (Johan Smal 40, Floors Brand 26; Ruan Cronje 3-24)
Paarl Gim won by 3 wickets
St Charles 205-3 (Clive Madande 48, James Twycross 34, Wesley Madhevere 65 not out)
Queens 115-9 (Lethaba Gulwa 34 not out, Andile Ngobeni 32; Keegan Crawford 3-13, Cameron Spannenberg 3-30)
St Charles won by 90 runs
St Andrew’s College 128-7 (James Mullins 54; Hardus Coetzer 3-18)
Waterkloof 132-6 (Jordan Hermann 48, Simeon De Bruyn 30 not out; Liyama Dotwana 2-19)
Waterkloof won by four wickets
Afternoon games
Waterkloof 136 (SW Kemp 33, Jordan Hermann 28; Tristan Brooks 3-30, Liam McCarthy 2-27)
St Stithians 137-7 (Liam Mostert 82 not out, Travis Lander 34)
St Stithians won by 7 wickets
St Andrew’s School 184-8 (Hanre Koekemoer 63, Pheko Moletsane 51; Guy Rushmere 3-32)
St Andrew’s College 185-3 (Callum Francis 58, Matthew Schaefer 72 not out, Guy Rushmere 32 not out)
St Andrew’s College won by 7 wickets
St Charles 135 (Nathan Lunderstedt 29, Wesley Madhevere 27, Humphrey Van der Merwe 27; Bradley Davids 4-12)
Paarl Gim 135-5 (Floors Brand 34, Johan Smal 30)
Match tied. St Charles won on number of boundaries
Queens 141-8 (Lindilihle Yeki 46; Akhona Ratyana 4-23)
Hudson Park 94 (Nqaba Peter 29; Siyabonga Mlambo 4-15. Lindilihle Yeki 3-9)
Queens won by 47 runs
The fixtures for Sunday morning are
Paarl Gim vs St Andrew’s College
St Stithians vs Queens
Waterkloof vs Hudson Park
St Charles vs St Andrew’s School
The final kicks off at 2pm and will be preceded by a game between a CSA Hubs U19 selection and the All Stars team chosen from the losing franchise finalists.
The All Stars team
Austin Brooker (Hoërskool Noord-Kaap)
Naziel Adams (Hoërskool Noord-Kaap)
Anda Dilama (SACS)
Jedhli van Briesies (Langenhoven Gim)
Timothy Malan (Potchefstroom Volkskool)
Jannie Claasens (Potchefstroom Volkskool)
Zuan Swart (Cambridge Academy)
Walimahomed Vuyani (Cambridge Academy)
Francois Fourie(Westville)
Wynand Steyberg (Westville)
Afikile Mahlungu (Old Bunting Secondary)
Lukho Nomphandana (Old Bunting Secondary)
Photo: Theo Garrun
