The first local first team cricket derby took place on Saturday when St Andrew's College hosted Kingswood College on Lower Field.
The first local first team cricket derby took place on Saturday when St Andrew's College hosted Kingswood College on Lower Field.
St Andrew’s won the toss and elected to bowl first in search of early wickets in the cool favorable bowling conditions. James Price and Panashe Muyeye bowled well in tandem restricting the run rate upfront with Price making full use of the conditions bowling some unplayable deliveries.
Muyeye picked up two early wickets and laid a solid platform for Ryan Dugmore to launch an aggressive spell. Dugmore obliged picking up four wickets as Kingswood tried to pick up the momentum of their innings.
Kingswood’s total of 119 needed regular wickets to defend however the superb partnership between Price (70 not out) and Sasha Gunn (38 not out) kept Kingswood out of the game as St Andrew's won by nine wickets.
In other matches: 2nd X1 – St Andrew’s 166 all out (Andrew Lever 75), Kingswood 170/4 (Garrick Bowker 2/21). St Andrew’s lost by six wickets. 3rd X1 – Kingswood 74 all out (Colin Fernandes 3/16, William Duncan 3/18), St Andrew’s 78/4 (Chris McWilliams 40 not out, James De Beer 28 not out). St Andrew’s won by six wickets 4th X1 – St Andrew’s won Colts A X1 – rained out Colts B X1 – St Andrew’s won Junior Colts A X1 – rained out Junior Colts B X1 – St Andrew’s won Junior Colts C X1 vs Tiger Titans: St Andrew’s 140 all out (Alex Kayser 38), Tiger Titans 56 all out (Ruben Scholtz 5 wickets, Andrew Meiklejohn 3 wickets). St Andrew's won by 88 runs
