The Fasken St David’s Marist Time Cricket Festival ended on Sunday with two wins and four draws in the final round of two-day fixtures.
Clifton College ended their weekend on a high note with a 106-run win over St Alban’s. They removed St Alban’s for 157 and 149, respectively in the two innings, with Marco Mottura taking five wickets in the game.
St Stithians were the other winners. They beat Paul Roos Gimnasium by an innings and 53 runs. The victory was set up by their batsmen. Cameron Rowe made 174, Jody de Sousa 51 and Liam Mostert 53, to take their 1st inning total to 360/7, which proved to be too much for the Stellenbosch side. Saints captain Matthew Lieberman took five second half wickets to ensure the victory.
Maritzburg College tailenders Chad Fortmann and Andile Simelane shared an unbeaten 10th wicket stand of 25 and held out for four and a half overs deny St John’s victory. St John’s put up a mammoth 1st innings score of 424/6 with Connor Esterhuizen getting 188 and JP King 131. They asked College to bat again, and the visitors actually went into a three run lead before time was called.
Odirile Modimokoane of the CSA TAP team took 19 wickets over the four days and was named the best bowler at the festival; the best batsman prize went Connor Esterhuizen of St John’s. He scored 260 runs in three innings, including a 188 against Maritzburg College on Saturday. Pheko Moletsane of St Andrew’s was named the player of the tournament. He made 268 runs including 111 and 91 against KES on Sunday, and he took four wickets.
Summarised Scores
Paul Roos Gim 1st inns 187 (Josh Cox 30, Stephan Maree 64; Thomas Winter 3/30).
St Stithians 1st inns 360/7 (Cameron Rowe 174, Jody de Sousa 51, Liam Mostert 53, Mohammed Manack 36, Billy Van Zyk 33; Stephan Maree 4/47).
Paul Roos Gimnasium 2nd inns 140 (Danico Maree 45; Matthew Lieberman 5/20).
St Stithians won by an innings and 53 runs.
Players of the day – Danico Maree (Paul Roos); Matthew Lieberman (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).
St David’s 2nd inns 102/6 (Kushdeep Nanra 32, Josh Pilling 69, Alistair Roberts 43; Gerrard Coetzee 3/59).
Noordheuwel 2nd inns 102/6 (Roche Rautenbach 43; Imad Moosa 3/24).
Match drawn.
Players of the day – Gerard Coetzee (Noordheuwel); Josh Pilling (St David’s).
St Andrew’s School 1st inns 191 (Pheko Moletsane 91; Keanan Chamier 3/37).
KES 1st inns 293/7 (Jason Bracher 71, Bryce Parsons 53, Byron Giradeaux 41, Deeran Baba 48).
St Andrew’s 2nd inns 272/5 (Pheko Moletsane 111, Nicolaas Liebenberg 53, JD Bruwer 32 not out; Bryce Parsons 3/75).
Match drawn
Players of the day – Crispin McKenzie (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 15 (Jason Schaefer 31; Marco Mottura 3/22)
Clifton 2nd inns 142/6 (Darryl Lotter 57 not out; Jonathan Barwick 3/70).
St Alban’s 2nd inns149 (Lethabo Masombuka 38).
Clifton won by 106 runs.
Players of the day – Darryl Lotter (Clifton); Lethabo Masombuka (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 272 (Andrew Todd 56, Jacques Van der Walt 53, Ross Klusener 50; Dean Dyer 49; Gegory Ford 3/44, Jack Lees 4/68).
Maritzburg College 2nd inns 152/9 (Dean Dyer 29; Sammy Ruwisi 3/20, Sahil Desai 3/46).
Match drawn
Players of the day – Sammy Ruwisi (St John’s); Chad Fortmann (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 180 (Tebogo Mathe 31, Emmanuel Motswiri 35; Cian Robertson 6/56).
Jeppe 2nd inns 202/7 (Dylan Nicholas 49, Duncan Brown 96; Odirile Modimokoane 4/54).
CSA TAP 2nd inns 104/6 (Ethan Keiffer 33; Cael Murray 5/24).
Match drawn
Players of the day – Duncan Brown (Jeppe); Odirile Modimokoane (CSA TAP XI).
