UMZINTO & DISTRICTS HIGH SCHOOLS CRICKET WRAP

UDCU High Schools has initiated cricket games for all its teams against Port Shepstone High School this term.

This was done in order to expose our players to external teams, to evaluate their strength within the region & to build relationships with other districts.

In the first match, Scottburgh High were comprehensive victors over “Sheppy” with valuable contributions from many players including an unbeaten 52 from Aubrey Sosibo.

In the second match, the Combined Schools team, the majority of whose players come from Umzinto Secondary, decided to bat first. Openers Prineshan Pillay & Gavin Reddy were aggressive from the start putting on a 101 run partnership before Gavin was dismissed. His 36 runs included 3 fours & 2 sixes.

Preain Shanmugam then joined Prineshan at the crease, playing a secondary role & cleverly rotating the strike.

Prineshan was soon rewarded with a brilliant century which included 9 fours & 5 sixes in an innings that was patient & almost flawless. Coach Andre Pretorius had been waiting many years for such an innings in the schools setup.

When Prineshan was retired on 100 runs, Preain took the senior role & became more confident in his stroke making. The left hander ended on 55 not out, hitting 2 fours & 3 sixes. Ably supported by Sashan Ramdeens’ 26 runs, the team amassed a total of 245 for 4 after their 30 overs.

The bowlers then proceeded to rip apart the defences of the Port Shepstone batsmen. Young left handed Jadin Nobin took 3 wickets for 1 run in his 2 overs, while Preains offspin netted him 2 wickets for 2 runs in his 2 overs. Port Shepstone only lasted 13 overs before they were trundled out for a mere 40 runs.

In the third match, Sheppy bounced back to beat Umzinto Islamic School. The last match will see them take on Umkomaas Secondary who have improved vastly under their inspirational captain Vishay Singh. Submitted by Andre Pretorius

Park Rynie Cricket Club Vs Old Boy Cricket Club

Park Rynie Cricket Club took on Old Boys Cricket Club on a scorching Sunday morning the 6th of February 2011 at the ICC ground in Umzinto.

Park Rynie was going into this match with a weakened side as four of their players were representing the Umzinto & Districts Cricket Union in Durban.

Captain Shane Pillay won the toss for Park Rynie and elected to field. Clinton Moodley and Prineshen Pillay opened the bowling for Park Rynie. The ball swung appreciably making batting difficult for Old Boys openers Deena and Andrew. Wickets fell quickly, Deena was caught of the bowling of Prineshen and Andrew was bowled by a superb away swinger by Clinton. Old boys were struggling at 44 runs for 6wickets in the 13th over.

Park Rynie knew that they were at least two bowlers short & had to rely on backup bowlers. This proved a disaster as they were punished to all parts of the ground by inform Old Boys batsmen Shivesh who played brilliantly for his 56 runs. A young a talented Old Boys Batsman Alister played well under pressure and scored 11 runs. Old Boys CC were eventually bowled out on a respectable 120 runs in their 30 overs.

The Park Rynie bowling figures ; Clinton Moodley 6overs – 22 runs – 3wickets, Prineshen Pillay 5 overs – 9 runs- 2 wickets, Shane Pillay 6overs- 22-0, and Luwayne Diaz a young and talented bowler 5 overs – 9 runs – 2 wickets. Well done Luwayne keep it up. Park Rynie cc fielded well, Thavashan Naidoo , Prineshen and Prineshen Reddy all took good catches.

Park Rynie`s opening pair Prineshen Pillay and Clinton Moodley knew that at 4 runs a over victory was certain and made light work of some ordinary bowling. Prineshen and Clinton reached 44 runs in the 11th over before Prineshen was caught and bowled by Andrew whilst trying to sweep at a ball from outside his off stump. Thavashan joined Clinton and they also put on a little partnership. Clinton was the next to go, he made 33 runs before being trapped LBW by the off spin of Andrew.

Captain Shane Pillay then joined Thavashan Naidoo (31 * runs), Shane and Thavashan played some delightful shots and took Park Rynie to victory.

Chris Fourie sponsored and presented the man of the match award to Thavashan Naidoo for his brilliant catch and a well played 31*. Well done Park Rynie Cricket Club keep it up. Submitted by Clinton Moodley