Nick Pentz in action

Nick Pentz in action

Westville hosted Clifton on Saturday. With evident dampness in the pitch, Westville’s captain , Luke Schlemmer won the toss and elected to bowl.

At first his decision did not seem to have paid off with Clifton getting off to a quick start. Opening bowlers Nick Pentz and Jesse Smit conceded 21 runs in the first 4 overs. Clifton’s opening batsmen seem to be scoring freely on both sides of the wicket.

The game changed dramatically when Cameron Gordon was introduced into the attack. He sliced through the visiting batsmen, taking 5 wickets for 23 runs in 7 overs. His bowling knocked the stuffing out of Clifton and they meekly succumbed to be all out for 87 runs in 25 overs.

Low scoring totals can be somewhat tricky to chase down as batsman can be overly cautious. Westville chose to follow a different and more aggressive route . The home side chased down the Clifton score in under 10 overs, for the loss of just one wicket. Batsman of the day Nick Pentz scored a total of 45 runs in 25 balls, with a strike rate of 180.0.

Westville scored 88 runs in 9.5 overs and won the game by 9 wickets.

Further results below:
Cricket vs Clifton at Westville:
1st Clifton 87/10, Gordon 5 for 23
1st Westville 88/1, Pentz 45*
Westville won by 9 wickets

16a Clifton 51/10 Koen 5 for 8
16a Westville 52/0
Westville won by 10 wickets
Cricket vs Clifton at Clifton:
2nd Clifton 138/10, Patel 3 for 22, Hughes 3 for 19
2nd Westville 139/5, Hughes 41, Finn 45
Westville won by 5 wickets

15a Westville 252/4, Maistry 51, Beavan 61, Poland 55*
15a Clifton 125/10, Nel 4 for 30
Westville won by 125 runs

14a Westville 196/10, K. Govender 81, Lavery 3 for 9
14a Clifton 175/10, Manson 61, Herd 4 for 23
Westville won by 21 runs

Cricket vs Effingham at Effingham:
14a Effingham 75/10, Sean 27, Dutton 3 for 16, Nikalin 3 for 2
14e Westville 76/1 Gosai 25, Roos 29*
Westville won by 9 wickets

u15a Effingham 169/10 Devnad 123, Simjee 4 for 32, Ally 3 for 37
u15d Westville 173/4, Bahrim 52, Thomo 36*
Westville won by 6 wickets

Cricket vs Hillcrest at Hillcrest
2nd Hillcrest 75/10, Meherjina 5 for 15
3rd Westville 79/1, Wardle 50*
Westville won by 9 wickets

15a Hillcrest 97/10 Nic 34, Bott 4 for 18
15b Westville 99/2, Rahman 36*
Westville won by 8 wkts

14a Hillcrest 25/10, Way 4 for 6
14c Westville 26/0
Westville won by 10 wickets