Selborne College cruised to victory over Queen’s College in their Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge clash at Buffalo Park yesterday.
Played as a curtain-raiser to the T20 clash between Warriors and Cobras, Selborne were ruthless as they dismissed Queen’s for 64 in 17 overs, before then cruising past that mark in the 12th over of their chase with eight wickets in hand.
It was a clinical effort from Selborne who were in charge for most of the game with only a brief period at the start of their chase not going to script.
Selborne’s Nathan George was awarded the hero of the day (man-of-the-match) award after his superb bowling effort saw him claim 3/9 off four overs.
“I thought it was a clinical performance all round, we bowled really well and managed to limit the runs and ended up winning,” said Selborne captain James Bruce.
Chasing 64 Selborne opened with James Monoghan and Dylan Deetlefs.
They shared 11 for the first wicket with Deetlefs (five) caught by Nathan Roux off the bowling of Masindi Mashau.
In Mashau’s next over he had Josneil Lond (two) caught by Justin Kuyler and at 19/2 Queen’s will have thought they had a chance.
However, Thando Ntini joined Monoghan at the crease and they guided Selborne home without much trouble.
They passed the 50 in the 11th over and scored the winnings runs at the end of the 12th.
Monoghan was unbeaten on 33 off 40 balls with four fours while Ntini’s 20 came off 19 deliveries with three boundaries.
In the first session Selborne won the toss and sent Queen’s in to bat.
They negotiated the opening two overs without trouble however in the third over George got Queen’s captain and opener Roux (five) to edge behind to keeper Deetlefs for the first wicket.
In the next over both openers were back in the hut as Ty Maclean (eight) was trapped in front by Sebastian Denison-Brown as they slipped to 18/2.
That soon became 27/3 after six overs as Keith Kroutz, who did not look comfortable during his nine-ball stay fell for a duck, caught by Denison-Brown off George.
Queen’s then enjoyed their best spell with the bat as Ilano Smith and Kuyler attempted to revive the innings with a 15-run stand.
However a double strike in the 11th over changed all that as Jason Raubenheimer removed Kuyler (seven), caught by Bruce and Ethan O’Connor (0), caught behind by Deetlefs off successive deliveries as Queen’s fell to 42/5.
Raubenheimer then picked up his third scalp at the start of his next over as he had Aaron Brody (four) caught by Thando Ntini.
Smith’s defiance was ended in the 14th over as he came down the wicket to Keoghan Penhall and missed the ball to be stumped for 15, the only batsman to reach double figures.
In the next over Matthew Dewar got in on the wickets as he bowled Sakhe Zamane (six) with Queen’s on 52/8.
Penhall was causing the Queen’s batsmen problems and he claimed another stumping thanks to good work by Deetlefs to remove Lwanele Poswayo (one).
Masindi Mahau (six) was then the final wicket to fall as George returned to finish up the innings with Denison-Brown claiming the catch.
“We had a poor batting performance, gave our wickets away and didn’t assess the conditions quite right,” said Queen’s captain Roux.
Selborne in mean mood
Played as a curtain-raiser to the T20 clash between Warriors and Cobras, Selborne were ruthless as they dismissed Queen’s for 64 in 17 overs, before then cruising past that mark in the 12th over of their chase with eight wickets in hand.
It was a clinical effort from Selborne who were in charge for most of the game with only a brief period at the start of their chase not going to script.
Selborne’s Nathan George was awarded the hero of the day (man-of-the-match) award after his superb bowling effort saw him claim 3/9 off four overs.
“I thought it was a clinical performance all round, we bowled really well and managed to limit the runs and ended up winning,” said Selborne captain James Bruce.
Chasing 64 Selborne opened with James Monoghan and Dylan Deetlefs.
They shared 11 for the first wicket with Deetlefs (five) caught by Nathan Roux off the bowling of Masindi Mashau.
In Mashau’s next over he had Josneil Lond (two) caught by Justin Kuyler and at 19/2 Queen’s will have thought they had a chance.
However, Thando Ntini joined Monoghan at the crease and they guided Selborne home without much trouble.
They passed the 50 in the 11th over and scored the winnings runs at the end of the 12th.
Monoghan was unbeaten on 33 off 40 balls with four fours while Ntini’s 20 came off 19 deliveries with three boundaries.
In the first session Selborne won the toss and sent Queen’s in to bat.
They negotiated the opening two overs without trouble however in the third over George got Queen’s captain and opener Roux (five) to edge behind to keeper Deetlefs for the first wicket.
In the next over both openers were back in the hut as Ty Maclean (eight) was trapped in front by Sebastian Denison-Brown as they slipped to 18/2.
That soon became 27/3 after six overs as Keith Kroutz, who did not look comfortable during his nine-ball stay fell for a duck, caught by Denison-Brown off George.
Queen’s then enjoyed their best spell with the bat as Ilano Smith and Kuyler attempted to revive the innings with a 15-run stand.
However a double strike in the 11th over changed all that as Jason Raubenheimer removed Kuyler (seven), caught by Bruce and Ethan O’Connor (0), caught behind by Deetlefs off successive deliveries as Queen’s fell to 42/5.
Raubenheimer then picked up his third scalp at the start of his next over as he had Aaron Brody (four) caught by Thando Ntini.
Smith’s defiance was ended in the 14th over as he came down the wicket to Keoghan Penhall and missed the ball to be stumped for 15, the only batsman to reach double figures.
In the next over Matthew Dewar got in on the wickets as he bowled Sakhe Zamane (six) with Queen’s on 52/8.
Penhall was causing the Queen’s batsmen problems and he claimed another stumping thanks to good work by Deetlefs to remove Lwanele Poswayo (one).
Masindi Mahau (six) was then the final wicket to fall as George returned to finish up the innings with Denison-Brown claiming the catch.
“We had a poor batting performance, gave our wickets away and didn’t assess the conditions quite right,” said Queen’s captain Roux.
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