PLAYING against some of the top cricketing schools in South Africa, Westville Boys’ High School’s 1st cricket team more than held their own at the prestigious Grey High School’s cricket festival in Port Elizabeth last week, returning home undefeated.
The team played four fixtures, with three convincingly victories.
The one draw was against Grey College (Bloemfontein) where rain stopped play.
WBHS then went on to beat Affies (Pretoria) in the next game.
Affies were ranked as the top cricket school in South Africa before the match.
This was certainly the highlight for the Westville team.
Victories against other top schools: Pearson High (Eastern Cape), Selborne College (Eastern Cape), and King Edward (Johannesburg) augers well for the 2017 season for the Westville team.
Noteworthy performances over the 4 days were Carl Jairaj with a 10 wicket haul in 22 overs, and Matthew Pollard’s 160 runs at an impressive average of 53.3.
Results:
Day 1 Match drawn against Grey – Rain stopped play. Westville 118 / 10 (Matthew Pollard 67); Grey 32 / 1.
Day 2 Westville beat Affies by 4 wickets. Affies 140/10, (Mazwe Meyiwa 3-19); WBHS 144/6, (Brandon McCabe 30, Keegan Gibbon 45* not out).
Day 3 Westville beat Pearson by 5 wickets. Pearson 154/10, Carl Jairaj 4/30; WBHS 1st XI 155/5, (Joshua Parker 32, Reece Nyland 45, Matthew Pollard 33).
Day 4 Westville beat Selborne by 72 runs. WBHS 175/5, (Sam Gervasoni 42, Matthew Pollard 56); Selborne 103/10, Carl Jairaj 5/10.
