The second round of two-day games at the Fasken St David’s Marist Time Cricket Festival got under way on Saturday and there was some impressive run-making in the six matches so far.
Pride of place goes to St John’s College who declared on 424/6 against Maritzburg College, with two batsmen getting centuries JP King made 131 off 131 balls, and Connor Esterhuizen smashed 188 off just 147 balls, with 15 fours and nine sixes.
There were two other hundreds: Ronan Herrman of Noordheuwel made 104 against St David’s and Cameron Rowe was 129 not out for St Stithians against Paul Roos Gimnasium.
A further 13 half centuries were notched up in a day that clearly favoured the batsmen.
Odirile Modimokoane of the CSA TAP team took 3/57 against Jeppe. His tally for the three innings so far now stands on 16.
The St David’s vs Noordheuwel game looks set for a result on Sunday, with 20 wickets already down. The St John’s vs Maritzburg College game already appears to be heading for a draw and, depending on some positive declarations by the captains tomorrow, there could be a couple of exciting finishes on the cards in the other matches.
Summarised Scores
Paul Roos Gim 1st inns 187 (Josh Cox 30, Stephan Maree 64; Thomas Winter 3/30).
St Stithians 1st inns 238/2 (Cameron Rowe 129 not out, Jody de Sousa 51, Liam Mostert 53).
Players of the day – Stephan Maree (Paul Roos); Cameron Rowe (St Stithians).
St David’s 1st inns 118 (Kushdeep Nanra 52 not out; Franco Bekker 3/32, Marco Botha 3/20).
Noordheuwel 1st inns 190 (Ronan Herrman 104; Thamasanqa Fuyane 3/35, Kushdeep Nanra 4/11).
Players of the day – Ronan Herrman (Noordheuwel); Kushdeep Nanra (St David’s).
St Andrew’s School 1st inns 191 (Pheko Moletsane 91; Keanan Chamier 3/37).
KES 1st inns 176/3 (Jason Bracher 71, Bryce Parsons 53).
Players of the day – Bryce Parsons (KES); Pheko Moletsane (St Andrew’s).
Clifton 1st inns 270/7 (Josh Platford 33, Matthew Adams 80, Teague Ridgeway 57 not out; Jonathan Barwick 3/70).
St Alban’s 1st inns 147/6 (Jason Schaefer 31)
Players of the day – Matt Adams (Clifton); Jonathan Barwick (St Alban’s).
St John’s 1st inns 424/6 (Nick Halstead-Cleak 37, JP King 131, Connor Esterhuizen 188, Jack Lees 40; Dean Dyer 3/82).
Maritzburg College 1st inns 113/2 (Andrew Todd 56, Jacques Van der Walt 31).
Players of the day – Connor Esterhuizen (St John’s); Andrew Todd (Maritzburg College).
Jeppe 1st inns 231/6 (Luke Hall 57, Dylan Nicholas 50, Brayden Hicks 70; Odirile Modimokoane 3/57).
CSA TAP XI 1st inns 141/7 (Tebogo Mathe 31, Emmanuel Motswiri 32; Cian Robertson 4/50).
Players of the day – Brayden Hicks (Jeppe); OdirileModimokoane (CSA TAP XI).
