Thrills and spills at junior cricket

The pool games are over, and the stage is set for the South Coast Junior Cricket Winter League semi-finals and finals.

The semis took place at Southcity Christian School, where top-ranked CMCA (Clinton Moodley Cricket Academy) face RC Chargers.

In the later game, second-placed South Coast Snipers play RC Challengers, who finished third.

Margate Spartans and Port Shepstone Hub finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

The coaches involved are Clinton Moodley, Robbie Coutts, Jayden Scholtz, André Ellapen and Ben Malamba.
Rounds four and five were played last week, with some exciting and entertaining cricket on show.

This was especially the case in the match between the Chargers and Snipers where the match was won on the very last ball.

Then there was leg-spinner Brody Beekman’s near hat-trick against Spartans, with the hat-trick wicket a dropped catch.

Unperturbed, he then bowled the batsman on the very next ball.

The final – and a possible bronze medal match to be confirmed – will be played at Port Shepstone Country Club this Saturday.

RESULTS
Match Day 4:
CMCA 154-9: Rorke Harris 53 retired, Justin Brown 24. Shaden Ellapen 3-28 (4), Eyami Ejara 2-25 (4).
Spartans 112-7: Riley Buys 38. Neil Bezuidenhout 2-5 (2).
CMCA won by 42 runs.

Challengers 127-6: Jaydon Koekemoer 34 not out, Zyev Mahadev 26. Juan Smit 2-19 (4), Jacques de Bruin 1-9 (4).
Snipers 82 all out: Karlo Jacobs 18, Ruan Smit 14. Jayden Derksen 4-9 (3), Ndumiso Mwelase 2-18 (3).
Challengers won by 45 runs.

Chargers 192-7: Luke Moschides 26, Elijah Langton 25. Zibu Malamba 2-24 (4), Ali 2-11 (2).
Hub 85-9: Khulekani 17 not out. Benjamin Kunz 3-6 (4), Saien Chetty 1-5 (2), Daniel Rush 1-5 (2).
Chargers won by 107 runs.

Match Day 5:
CMCA 242-2: Justin Brown 51 retired, Rorke Harris 50 retired, Blake Vincent 52 retired. Zibu Malamba 1-42 (4).
Hub: 97 all out. Zibu Malamba 38 not out.
CMCA won by 145 runs.

Chargers: 125-6. Benjamin Kunz 29, Tyler Smit 23. Karlo Jacobs 3-20 (3), Juan Smit 2-21 (4).
Snipers: 127-6. Ruben van Reenen 55 retired, Ndumiso Shusha 15. Damion Bezuidenhout 3-16 (4), Jesse Langton 1-6 (2).
Snipers won by four wickets.

Spartans: 94 all out. Thando Sovithi 11. Brody Beekman 4-9 (2), Aiden Pietersen 2-14 (2).
Challengers: 98-3. Zyev Mahadev 37 not out, Khulu Mlondo 16. Thando Sovithi 1-17 (3).
Challengers won by seven wickets.

HAVE YOUR SAY

Like the South Coast Fever’s Facebook page