A win and a loss for St Andrew’s on day 1 of the National T20

St Andrew’s College won one and lost one game during day one of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge, that kicked off at the University of Stellenbosch on Friday 20 February.

St Andrew’s College won one and lost one game during day one of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge, that kicked off at the University of Stellenbosch on Friday 20 February.

Volkskool Potchefstroom, the surprise Lions representative, took on St Andrews College from Grahamstown on the main field with a lot of spectators watching the game. Volkies were outplayed from the first ball and lost wickets at regular intervals. They did not even manage to bat for their full 20 overs eventually being bowled out for 84 in 18.5 overs, Thomas Lane was St Andrews best bowler taking 3/11. St Andrews were never tested when they chased down the total and easily knocked off the runs in 15.4 overs.

Coming into the afternoon games it looked like Paarl Boys High, St Andrews and Grey College were the teams to beat. 

St Andrews wanted to join Grey College as the only unbeaten teams on day one and got off to a good start against Menlopark. Menlopark batted first and were skittled for 109 runs in 15.3 overs with all of the St Andrews bowlers taking wickets. St Andrews must have thought that they had the game in the bag but Menlopark were not going to give up and they came all out at St Andrews. St Andrews had no response to Menlopark’s bowlers and before long they were 54 all out. Dalen Mmako took 3 wickets for 7 runs, Thinus Viljoen took 3 wickets for 16 and up front Willem Britz took 2 wickets for 5 runs in 4 overs. 

Morning results

Grey College 195/3 (Victor 114) Hilton College 79 all out (Visser 4/13)

Grey won by 116 runs

Volkskool Potchefstroom 84 all out (Lane 3/11) St Andrews Grahamstown 85/1 (Lane 33)

St Andrews won by 9 wickets

Paarl Boys High School 144/4 (Wubbeling 95*) Menlopark 89/8 (Cilliers 2/15)

Paarl won by 55 runs

Afternoon Results

Hilton College 175/3 (Morris 52*, Curtis 47, Jewels 46) Volkskool Potchefstroom 119 all out (5 run outs)
Hilton won by 56 runs

Grey College 150/5 (van Tonder 55) Paarl Boys High 138/7 (du Plessis 56, Swanepoel 3/24)

Grey won by 12 runs

Menlopark 104/9 St Andrews 54 all out (Mmako 3/7, Viljoen 3/16, Britz 2/5)

Menlopark won by 50 runs

Day 2 fixtures

For more on the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge read: http://www.grocotts.co.za/content/st-andrews-coca-cola-schools-t20-challenge-national-finals-21-02-2015

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