Massive schools cricket in Pietermaritzburg
There were some superb all-round performances on day two of the Oppenheimer Week in Pietermaritzburg yesterday. Hosts as always, Maritzburg College, will have their hands full on day three Monday when they take on the powerful Affies first XI on Goldstones.
College were involved in a heart-stopping tie with St Johns on day two at Goldstones on Sunday while the hugely experienced Affies first XI pulled off their second consecutive victory by eight wickets.
SUNDAY RESULTS
St Johns 219 (Tyrone Dial 72, Martyn Strydom 60; Jean de Wet 4-41). Maritzburg College 219/9 (Tyron Walsh 37, Piero Zanone 57, Conor McKerr 4-51, Tyrone Dial 2-21). Match tied.
Michaelhouse 254/9 (Brandon Tattam 94, Kyle Pyne-James 59, Luke Stevens 40; Diego Jasson 6-45). Hudson Park 242/8 (Diego Jasson 88, Bathandwa Isaac 45, Craig Sansom 42; Lutho Madyibi 38, Luke Stevens 3-26). Michaelhouse won by 12 runs.
DHS 189 (Tafara Mupariwa 36, Bongumusa Makhanya 65, Werner Kotze 35; Nico Loubser 2-36, Barend de Klerk 2-19, Hanco Olivier 2-43, Petrus Coetzee 3-20). Grey College 160 (Niel Durow 28, Christiaan Geel 54*, Bongumusa Makhanya 2-22, Darryn Matthysen 2-13, JJ de Wet 2-45, Wade Canham 3-33). DHS won by 29 runs.
St Albans 146 (Kyle Sweetlove 62*, Cameron Gordon 4-30). Westville 147/4 (Bruce Kerr 36, Jason Oakes 53*, Luke Schlemmer 28*).Westville won by 6 wickets.
St Charles 168 (Kylan Naidoo 45, Dino Vorster 3-26, Brandon Glover 3-57). St Stithians 170/4 (Ryan Rickelton 78*). St Stithians won by 6 wickets.
Northwood 210 (Simon du Plessis 69, Rawdon Capell 53, Tyler Easton 4-51) Pretoria Boys High 211/7 (Tyler Eston 90, Kevin Short 41, Daelon Campbell 39, Nazeer Jaffar 3-36). Pretoria Boys High won by 3 wickets.
KES 206 (Liam Smith 105*, Jayden Broodryk 35, Ryan Wallace 2-16). Kearsney 130 (Tristan Tedder 44, Jayden Broodryk 3-23, Dean Horn 3-33). KES won by 76 runs.
Hilton 168/9 (Alistair Rayner 62*, Gerrit de Graaff 3-33). Affies 170/2 (Diaan Vorster 71*, Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren 66). Affies won by 8 wickets.
Glenwood 170/9 (Mickey Hay 5,; Chad Classen 3-25, James Steere 3-46). St Davids 173/5 (Ben Rayner 46). St Davids won by 5 wickets.
MONDAY MATCHES
DHS vs St Johns (Varsity Oval)
Glenwood vs St Albans (Richmond)
Hilton vs KES (Eston)
Kearsney vs Pretoria Boys High (Varsity 2)
Maritzburg College vs Affies (Goldstones)
Michaelhouse vs St Stithians (Barns)
Northwood vs Grey College (Collegians)
St Charles vs Hudson Park (St Charles)
Westville vs St Davids (PMB Oval)
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