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Cricket: St Andrews College Get Season off to Solid Start
The St Andrew’s College 1st XI Cricket team started their year off with declaration fixtures versus HoërskoolMenlopark, St Andrew’s School (Bloemfontein) and St Alban’s College in the Grahamstown Schools’ Cricket Festival hosted by Kingswood College.
Cricket: Graeme College Sign off the Season with T20 Trophy
The Graeme College First Team rewrote the history books this weekend when they clinched the Shaw/Brown T20 Trophy for the first time.
Cricket: Graeme College Produce Historically Devastating Bowling Display
Perfect days on the cricket field are rare especially in school cricket where records tend to stand for decades without being challenged.
The history books of Graeme College however were re-written this past weekend when their two opening bowlers put in a performance that saw the opposition bundled out for a mere 25 runs.
Cricket: St Andrews College in Dominant Form
St Andrew’s College pulled off a polished win vs. Kingswood College in the CSA T20 competition and followed this up with a dominant display of power hitting vs. Union High School.
Cricket: Match Report- Queen's vs SAC
The St Andrew’s College 1st XI lost the toss vs. Queen’s College on Saturday th 8th February, and was put into bat on fresh Lower Field pitch at St Andrew’s College.
Cricket: Match Report: Kingswood v St Andrews College
The Kingswood and St Andrew’s College 1st XI sides, opted to tweak the format of their declaration match this year, and started a two-day fixture with an extra session, on the Friday afternoon. They would then include a 5-wicket second innings, as played in the current national weeks, with no forced declaration on the first innings.
Cricket: Match Report- St Andrews College v Muir
The St.Andrew College 1st XI took the early advantage on Saturday, 18 January, 2014 when they lost the toss in their annual match against Muir College.
Cricket: Breetzke's Brilliance - A Rare Talent
At the annual Cape Schools week held in mid-September 2013, I stumbled upon a young talent batting out in the middle. Although it was a practice game, the ease at which Grey High School Grade 9 pupil, Matthew Breetzke, played the Rondebosch Boys’ High bowling attack, arguably the best in the country was quite astonishing.
Cricket: Profile on Manager of Border Coke Week Side Dave Alers
The Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week has always depended on passionate school teachers who have been prepared to give up the week before Christmas, year after year, to create the opportunity for the cream of our under-19 cricketing talent to show what they can do.
Cricket: Lloyd Brown Captains EP for Second Time at Coke Week
Eastern Province captain Lloyd Brown will be playing in his second Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week in Durban this week.
Match Report: Kingwood v Grey High School
The Grey/ Kingswood fixture this weekend, the 9th November, 2013, ended up being an unbelievable contest going down to the final delivery of the day. In a match that swung both ways constantly throughout the day, Grey fought back from what looked like certain defeat to claim a nail-biting tie off the last ball. Both teams deserve massive credit for a sublime cricket contest.
Cricket: Match Report St.Andrews College v Grey High
Match report St.Andrews College vs. Grey High School (9th March 2013)
On Saturday College lost what proved to be an important toss on Lower field. Grey had no hesitation in electing to bowl first and progressively used the healthy grass covering honing in on off stump. St Andrew’s lost their Captain, Andrew Rushmere caught behind early on through a good delivery from Jonathan Draai. The in form Murray Leith joined Charl Pellissier at the crease and looked threatening striking 3 boundaries but Dylan Blignaut also found his outside edge with an accurate delivery on off stump.
At morning Tea College were 67/3 and looked like composing a competitive total, but it was going to be a tough challenge against the accurate Grey bowlers in useful bowling conditions.
The St Andrew’s middle order succumbed to pressure after tea through some lose strokes and tight bowling. Jonathan Draai (4/17) and Sam Mkumbuzi (4/13) tore through the remaining batsman dismissing College for a disappointing 83 all out.
College, a little shell shocked at the break knew they had to have a full attempt with the new ball to have any chance of unsettling the Grey batting line up. Sintu Manjezi and Brian Ferguson ran in hard moving the ball around, but were a little impatient. Grey’s Captain, Lloyd Brown had the correct approach looking to jump on any lose deliveries. He held Grey’s innings together with a superb 50 off 76 balls. The College bowlers picked up 5 wickets and rued not having something in the region of 140 to defend as conditions still remained bowling friendly. Grey’s discipline and determination in exploiting the conditions saw them home with a well-deserved win by 5 wickets.
It was St Andrew’s College’s first loss of successful season in the declaration and 50 over formats and they would have enjoyed a stronger finish, but they can feel hungry for the year ahead which includes a UK tour in July/July.
Thrilling Victory for Grey High v Noord Kaap
The Grey High 1st XI clashed with the fast improving Noord Kaap side from Kimberley in a declaration match this past Sunday in a match that would test Grey all the way.
CRICKET: St. Andrews Finish Zim Tour on a High
St Andrew's College finished off their Zimbabwean Cricket Tour on a high note.
Cricket: Grey High T20 Champs
Grey High School has emerged as the Eastern Cape T20 Champions after successfully dismantling all comers in a week of frenetic action.
St. Andrew's College Cricket still the team to beat in the East
Eastern Cape Cricket: Cricket at St.Andrew’s College seems to be at an all time high as they continue to produce some high class cricket and are proving to be a difficult team to put away.
James Price! He's Not Cheap!
The small town of Grahamstown in the poverty stricken Eastern Cape will most certainly have something to write home about in the next couple of years. If everything goes according to plan they will be able to lay testament to nurturing and producing one of South
Africa's up and coming young cricket sensations. To be more direct, the real credit will be given to St Andrew's College, one of South Africa's oldest educational institutions for they have developed James Price from the tender age of 5.
St. Andrew's College- Cricket Coach Bradfield
One of the most humbling sites awaits any school cricketer who receives the privilege of playing on Lower field towards the end of an exhaustive day of cricket. With the sun setting amidst the famous clock-tower in the background dedicated to those lost in wars gone by you feel a sense of pride and duty to uphold the gentlemen's game.
