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

UMZINTO PLAYERS MAKE THEIR MARK AT KZN HIGH SCHOOL TRIALS

L-R: Vishay Singh, Ameen Ismail, Aubrey Sosibo, Prineshan Pillay

The KZN High Schools cricket trials were held in Durban from 30 Sept to 2 Oct.

The following Umzinto & Districts players were invited to partake in the main trials:
Sheldon Govender : U/15.
Wesley Poole, Prineshan Pillay, Ameen Ismail, Aubrey Sosibo & Vishay Singh : U/19 \ U17.

These players were put into different teams along with players from top cricketing schools such as DHS, Kearsney, Glenwood etc. Each player performed well & was given the platform to display their talents.

At the same time, Umzinto entered a team into the KZN Rural U/17 trials. They played Illembe in the first match & easily beat them. Paroshan Gramoney, Gavin Reddy & Naeem Patel batted well while young Jaden Nobin & Miteshan Govender excelled with the ball.

The second match was against Zululand & was an exciting affair which Umzinto won by 5 runs in the last over. Preain Shanmugam, Shiraaz Ismail & Ebrahim Essop contributed with the bat while it was Sashan Ramdeen & Jadin that cleaned up the tail.

At the end of the trials, the following boys were selected into KZN representative teams:
KZN Rural U/17 : Vishay Singh, Prineshan Pillay, Aubrey Sosibo & Ameen Ismail.

Congratulations are extended to all those who participated and to those few selected, well done & make KZN proud at the National Championships in Kimberley in December. Andre Pretorius

QUANTUM PARK RYNIE CRICKET CLUB (QPRCC) OUTGUN P G SCOTTBURGH C.C

On the 17/10/2010 Quantum Park Rynie CC played P.G Scottburgh C. C at the Sezela Cricket Oval. P. G Scottburgh had won their previous two league encounters this season and was going into this match beaming with confidence. Their hopes of a third victory were dashed as they fell to a strong Quantum Park Rynie Cricket Club (QPRCC) opposition .

For Park Rynie this was their first game of the season. It was a very damp and cloudy Sunday morning when the clubs arrived at the ground; both clubs were eager to get the game underway but were faced with a wet pitch due to overnight rain. The match had to be shortened to a 25 over game. P G had won the toss and put QPRCC into bat. Park Rynie were despondent after loosing the toss but decided to go and get the job done. Batting proved to be hard going as the ball stuck to the pitch. Park Rynie lost their first wicket in the 6th over with their score on 22 and they were 35/3 in the 9th over. Park Rynie were staring defeat in the face when Prineshen Pillay (Boya) and Ryan Alexander Naidoo arrived at the crease. These two youngsters went on to post a 50 run partnership & guide Park Rynie to a modest 102 runs for 8 wickets in their 25 overs. Park Rynie knew that with their bowling attack they stood a very good chance. P.G Scottburgh never felt comfortable against the Park Rynie bowlers, they were constantly loosing wickets. They were 18/2 in the 5th over, 36/5 in the 10 and were eventually bowled out for a paltry 76 runs. Prineshen Pillay (Boya) led QPRCC bowling attack form the front claiming his first 5 wicket hall for the season. He finished on figures of 5 overs for 12 runs whilst bagging 5 wickets. Clinton Moodley and Shaun Marimuthu also claimed two wickets a piece while Jadin Nobin claimed the last wicket of the innings. Ryan Alexander Naidoo scored the highest with the Bat, he made 23 runs.

Park Rynie proved to good for P G Scottburgh on the day. The MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD went to Prineshen Pillay for his splendid 5/12/5wickets and his 15 runs he scored with the bat.
Quantum Park Rynie CC are seeing results from their development cricket programme. Junior Cricketers are coming through the programme and filtering into their Senior Side.

The following players have achieved their Provincial Colours and have come through the clubs junior Development Cricket Programme, PRINESHEN PILLAY(Boya), MOHAMMED SAFEER HANNIF and KESHLIN GOVENDER , many other players have come through the junior development programme and are currently representing Umzinto and Districts Cricket Union in Durban and they are Kyle Sewebaran, Gavin Reddy and Jadin Nobin. The current Colts Cricket Club Captain Paroshen Gramoney as also come through the Development programme. Junior Cricket development should be the goal of every club. We need junior cricketers to come through the various structures and feed into our Senior setups to keep cricket alive at club level.

PGCC inspired by Feroz Khan

An excellent all round performance by Feroz Khan inspired PG Cricket Club to victory in their first match back in the Challenge League.

Playing newcomers Sporting, PGCC amassed a respectable 174 in their 30 overs, thanks mainly to Khan who struck a fluent 62. Other contributions came via Brendon (26), Rajiv (21) and Abdullah (14).

The Sporting bowlers tried their best with young Ebrahim Essop (2 for 24) and spinner Arthur Pillay (2 for 32) bowling well.

Sporting found the going tough when they returned after the short break, losing three quick wickets with only 3 runs on the board.

Some stability returned with Neil Tomlinson (13) and Myles Poole (16) but once they were dismissed only the veteran of Alitex fame, Mohamed Nassir (22) could withstand the PFCC attack.

Sporting eventually fell for 100 runs knowing fully well that hard work only will make them a combative and competitive unit.Mubeen Ismail (3 for 25), Abdullah (3 for 15) and Feroz (2 for 13) were the pick of the bowlers for PGCC who took home 4.64 points (Community Focus)

Ton-up Yasir destroys Saints

SYMS CC could not have asked for a better start to their title aspirations as they comfortably beat Saints in a UDCU Premier league match played at the ICC grounds.

Batting first Saints were given a royal start as Craig Govender and Suhail Khan put on 103 for the opening wicket.

With this solid start, Saints were looking good to post a score in excess of 220 but irresponsible batting coupled with poor shot selection saw them reach 187 for the loss of 9 men.

Yasir Amin claimed 3 wickets for 34 runs in his 6 over spell of medium fast bowling. He was well supported by Zahid Sharif who conceded 37 runs in his six overs but claimed 3 important wickets.

SYMS started their run chase well, losing Mohsin for 12 with the score on 32. Yasir joined Lakman and together they rattled the hapless Saints' bowlers. When Lakman departed for 39, SYMS lost two more wickets quickly, Fakhir (1) and Asif (0).

But the sturdy Yasir stood firm and while wickets fell at regular intervals, he bludgeoned his way to an undefeated 123, losing five cricket balls in the process.

SYMS eventually reached 219 for the loss of 9 wickets, thus earning a total of 5.09 points.(Community Focus)

QUANTUM PARK RYNIE CRICKET CLUB

Park Rynie Cricket Club launched its development league for the up and coming young talent in the area. After months of training and development these youngsters are being introduced into the clubs senior structures.

Two development sides were formed. The youngsters were given an option to name their sides. They named their respective sides Park Rynie Urban Warriors and Park Rynie Young Guns.

The Urban Warriors team is made up of The Captain Ryan Naidoo, Yusef Khan, Warren Gounden, Nishein Singh, Simphiwe Nthiyane & Romano Tomlinson. The Young Guns are Captained by Kalin Naidoo and is made up of Prineshen Reddy, Luwayne Diaz, Jaiden Morgan, Sizwe Ntshali, kyle Glover & Vishen Gramoney.

Urban Warriors Captain Ryan Naidoo won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 117 runs in their 20 overs. Captain Ryan Naidoo looked good with the bat but lost his cool and played one to many attacking shots, he scored 25 before he was superbly caught on the long on boundary by Luwayne Diaz. Nihein Sing (16*runs) and Warren Gounden (12* runs) also chipped in with the bat. Luwayne and Jadin also claimed two wickets a piece to put an alt to Urban Warriors innings.
The Young Guns Innings went out with a bang when they were bamboozled by the spin of the talented YUSEF KHAN. Khan claimed four(4) wickets for 22 runs in his 4 overs. Only Captain Kalin Naidoo managed to score 17 runs before he was clean bowled Khan. Prineshen Reddy and Vigen Gramoney scored 8 runs a piece. The Young Guns were bowled out for a paltry 55 runs.
The Young Guns will have to up their game if they wish to compete with the Urban Warriors.
(Submitted by Park Rynie Cricket Club)