Snipers strike to take Autumn Cricket League honours

Five teams battled it out for Southern KZN Cricket U13 Autumn League honours during the Easter holidays.

In the end the Snipers overcame the Chargers in a one-sided final, gaining a measure of redemption after losing in the pool stage.

They did this without regular captain, opening bat and leg-spin bowler Bertu van Reenen, in bed fighting the flu. He did manage to crawl out of bed to come and watch the final.

The bronze medal was a gripping contest with Port Shepstone Hub seemingly cruising to victory only to somehow become becalmed in the run chase, with the Sluipskutters winning by one run.

Coaches and organisers Andre Ellapen (Challengers and Chargers), Jayden Scholtz (Snipers and Sluipskutters) and Ben Malamba (Port Shepstone Hub) are to be complimented on their efforts in getting it all done so well.

RESULTS

Gold final:
Snipers beat RC Challengers by 8 wickets
Challengers: 60 all out. Asenathi Mfingwana 14, Shaden Ellapen 10, Orlando Lombard 10.
Dian Schoeman 4-11, Jade Jordaan 3-18, Imraan Khan 2-15.
Snipers: 61 for 2. JJ Grobler 29*, Taiyn Naicker 19. Matt Graham-Jolly 2-21.

Bronze final:
Sluipskutters beat Port Shepstone Hub by 1 run.
Sluipskutters 124 for 8. Ali Ashgar 37*. Langa Lumanshi 3-27, Zibu Malamba 2-6.
Hub 123 for 4. Hussein Ali 51*, Langa Lumanshi 32*. Eben Schoeman 2-19.

All matches scores:

Match 1:
Snipers beat RC Chargers by 10 wickets.
Chargers 76 all out. Ezra Langton 29*. Jade Jordaan 4-18.
Snipers 77 for 0. JJ Grobler 30*.

Match 2:
Port Shepstone Hub beat Sluipskutters by 77 runs.
Hub 189 for 3. Hussein Ali 43*, Khule Ngcobo 41*. Abdur Rahman Momla 1-16.
Sluipskutters 112 for 9. Ali Ashgar 20. Zibu Malamba 4-11, Khule Ngcobo 2-14.

Match 3:
RC Challengers beat Snipers by 17 runs.
Challengers 89 for 7. Jesse Langton 15, Orlando Lombard 13. Declyn Cilliers 2-14, Eben Schoeman 2-20.
Snipers 72 for 7. Eben Schoeman 14*. Ross Downham 2-15.

Match 4:
Port Shepstone Hub beat Chargers by 9 wickets.
Chargers 53 all out. Ezra Langton 12. Hussein Ali 2-4, Ahmed Ali 2-8.
Hub 54 for 1. Langa Lumanshi 21*, Zibu Malamba 14*.

Match 5:
RC Challengers beat Sluipskutters by 10 wicket.
Sluipskutters 138 for 7. Eben Schoeman 52*, Ali Ashgar 25. Shaden Ellapen 2-6, Haffiyah Ebrahim 1-0.
Challengers 139 for 0. Saien Chetty 51*, Shaden Ellapen 48*, Haffiyah Ebrahim 12*.

Match 6:
Sluipskutters beat Chargers by 9 wickets.
Chargers 128-5. Ezra Langton 61*, Travis Eva 11. Ibrahim Vabia 2-27, Rocco Verster 1-10.
Sluipskutters 132 for 1. Eben Schoeman 67*, Mohammad Vardilia 14. Ezra Langton 1-6.

Match 7:
Snipers beat Hub by 4 wickets.
Hub 111 for 5. Hussein Ali 35, Khule Ngcobo 26, Zibu Malamba 19*. Declyn Cilliers 2-18, Enzo Ntombela 2-21.
Snipers 113 for 6. Taiyn Naicker 26, Dian Schoeman 25*, Declyn Cilliers 12. Zibu Malamba 2-19, Khule Ngcobo 2-23.

Match 8:
Challengers beat Hub by 61 runs.
Challengers 157 for 6. Grayson Greco 35*, Orlando Lombard 32*, Riley Buys 28. Zibu Malamba 3-35.
Hub 96 for 8. Zuko Ntshozani 35*, Khule Ngcobo 16. Ross Downham 4-5.

Match 9:
Snipers beat Sluipskutters by 7 wickets.
Sluipskutters 100 all out. Mohammad Vardilia 21, Eben Schoeman 18. Declyn Cilliers 3-12, Dian Schoeman 2-2, Enzo Ntombela 2-25.
Snipers 101 for 3. Dian Schoeman 39*, Jade Jordaan 19*. Lulo Qwalela 1-6, Ibrahim Vabia 1-7.

Match 10:
Challengers beat Chargers by 10 wickets.
Chargers 82 all out. Manqoba Mlambo 23, Josiah Guest 12. Matt Graham-Jolly 4-3, Ross Downham 3-10.
Challengers 83 for 0. Jesse Langton 16*, Eli Stuwig 16*, Saien Chetty 15*.

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