Kearsney rakes in weekend wins

Cricket

KEARSNEY won the toss and chose to bowl first. Glenwood made steady progress despite losing wickets regularly. C Laycock (70) and M Halstead (41) were the pick of their batters. A 72-run partnership between L. Moran and R. Naidoo at the tail enabled Glenwood to finish on a formidable 250.

Excellent figures from Kearsney’s Matthew Murray (4/26) and Jared Brien (4/28) on the batter-friendly pitch ensured that Glenwood did not get 300.

Kearsney, a bowler light, set out to chase down the 250 and backed themselves to do so with the extra batter. Needing 160 off the last 25, with wickets in hand, it was a riveting finish as Kearsney made 251/8 in the 48th over with two wickets in hand.

Glenwood 1st X1 250/8 (Leycock 60, Halstead 41; Brien 4/28 Murray 4/26)

Kearsney 1st X1 254/8 (Carmichael 94, Kelly 52, Constable 31 n.o.)

Kearsney won by 2 wickets

Basketball

Kearsney 1st team’s game against Glenwood was a decidedly one-sided match as Kearsney won 116 – 11. Kearsney played well from the start and the hapless Glenwood team were unable to prevent their opponents from scoring. The defensive intensity of the Kearsney team also forced a number of turnovers from the Glenwood team, which they were able to convert to easy baskets.

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Waterpolo

Kearsney’s 1st team reached the final of the U19 KZN Top 10 water polo tournament at Clifton over the weekend but lost to the hosts during sudden death penalties.

Kearsney beat Reddam and DHS and lost their next pool match against Clifton 5 – 4 in an extremely hard-fought affair. They then dug deep to beat Michaelhouse and won Sunday’s quarter final against Maritzburg College 7 – 5. In the semi-finals they beat Hilton.

In the finals, Kearsney played a controlled first chukka. Clifton’s superior fitness started to tell in the 3rd chukka with two consecutive goals.

The 4th chukka was incredibly tense as Clifton’s relentless counter attacks paid off and scored two goals. Tyson Andrews then netted his first goal and evened the scores to 4 – 4 with two-and-a-half minutes left on the clock. With 14 seconds left, Tyson scored a magnificent back-shot.

Clifton called a timeout with 14 secs of the game left, using a new rule that allows the goalkeeper over the halfway line. The Clifton goalkeeper swam the ball up and, with Kearsney having to mark the other players, scored with a stunning shot to equalise at the buzzer.

The game then went to penalties and both teams scored 4 and missed one. During sudden death Kearsney missed the first penalty and handed the title to Clifton.

Ox Carmody received his 100th 1st team cap for the Michaelhouse match.

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Squash

Kearsney 1st squash team travelled to Cape Town to play in the annual Wynberg Stayers Festival over the weekend, and returned unbeaten, with Kamo Bikwane and Luke van Eeden undefeated through the festival.

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