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Tukkies creep up on Maties to secure clean sweep 0

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Ken

Assupol Tukkies crept ahead of the Steinhoff Maties in the last 10 overs of the match as they beat the University of Stellenbosch by 19 runs in the third and final game to secure a clean sweep of the Red Bull Campus Cricket finals at the University of Pretoria on Wednesday.

Maties, chasing for the first time in the tournament, were set a target of 145 by Tukkies and seemed ahead of the game as they reached 70 for two at the halfway mark of their innings thanks to captain Emile Kriek’s 33 and Keegan Petersen’s 27 off 21 balls.

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But this Tukkies team is remarkably focused and determined and their depth is not to be underestimated, and they dominated the final stages of the game to restrict Maties to 125 for six in their 20 overs.

Seamer Tian Koekemoer had only bowled two overs in each of the first two games, taking one wicket, but on Wednesday afternoon he was the key bowler for Tukkies, taking three for 26.

Left-arm quick Vincent Moore once again showed what a talent he is as he bowled his four overs for just 22 runs.

Spin is also an important part of the Tukkies attack and off-spinner Ruben Claasen bowled his four overs for just 20 runs, leggie GC Pretorius bowled Kriek for the crucial breakthrough and finished with one for 23, while David Mogotlane’s single over brought the other vital wicket of Petersen, also bowled.

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From that position of strength on 70 for two after 10 overs, Maties crashed to 94 for six after 15 overs, and Leon le Roux (11*) and Niel Botha (15*) were unable to score at more than 10 runs an over against a Tukkies attack that stuck to their disciplines admirably.

Tukkies had earlier won the toss and elected to set a target for the first time in the three-match series, captain Theunis de Bruyn getting to 17 off 12 balls before he was caught behind off paceman James Groom.

Sean Dickson contributed 20 off 16 balls to the tally, Tukkies getting to 50 in the eighth over, but it was wicketkeeper Gerry Pike who provided the bulk of the scoring with his impressive 40 off 41 balls.

Johan Wessels also contributed 18, but it was important for Tukkies that Koekemoer (19 off 11) and Corbin Bosch (13 off 9) were able to get the maximum out of the closing overs and see the Pretoria students to a competitive total.

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Groom was particularly impressive with the ball for Maties, taking three for 28 in four overs, while spinners Johan Koegelenberg (2-21) and Niel Botha (2-19) also produced fine bowling performances.

– http://www.redbullcampuscricket.com/southafrica/latest/final-match/

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Maties have history & consistency in tertiary institutes cricket 0

Posted on April 09, 2014 by Ken

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Founded in 1866, the University of Stellenbosch, known as the Steinhoff Maties, are one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa and have been one of the most consistent performers in tertiary institutes cricket for several years.

They lost to Tukkies in the hard-fought 2013/14 final of the University Sports South Africa A Weekin Potchefstroom in December, their second appearance in the final in the last three years.

Maties have come off an unbeaten season in the Boland Premier League, winning the title for the third year in a row, and they have also made five appearances in the National Club Championships, finishing in second place to Tukkies in 2012 and to Constantia of Western Province in 1997.

Several of their players have donned Boland senior colours, most notably batting star Keegan Petersen, captain Emile Kriek, Dewald Botha, Jean Bredenkamp, Leon le Roux and Riyaad Henry.

And despite having lost their last three games against the University of Pretoria, coach Andrew Wylie says there is no way they are just going to bend their knees and gift the current national club and student champions a place in the prestigious World Finals of the Red Bull Campus Cricket Tournament.

“We’ve lost the last three games against Tukkies, but the past doesn’t mean anything this week, playing T20 cricket rather than the longer forms. We’re certainly confident we can beat them, we just need to get all the basics right,” Wylie says.

Petersen is probably their key player and the 20-year-old is already bending the ear of the Cape Cobras selectors with four centuries, including a 225 not out, for Boland this season, having announced himself with a brilliant knock of 187 against South-Western Districts in November 2012.

Riyaad Henry is the son of the legendary Omar, who made his debut for South Africa in the heady days of the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. That was a big year for the former convenor of the national selectors because Riyaad was also born in July of that year.

While Omar was a left-handed batsman who scored over 4500 first-class runs and an orthodox slow left-armer who took 443 wickets, Riyaad is a right-hand batsman and right-arm paceman who has taken 22 wickets in 10 first-class matches and is talented enough to have played for the SA U19s in 2010.

The strength of the Maties team is players like Henry – bowlers who can bat and batsmen who can do a job with the ball.

“We’re quite flexible and adaptable, we have good batsmen in the top and middle-order and quite a few all-rounders. Our players can perform a variety of roles, depending on conditions,” Wylie says. “We’re not full of superstars, but all the guys chip in.”

Although the Highveld pitches slow down in autumn and become more similar to the tracks in the Winelands, Maties know that the task ahead of them is a tough one.

Wylie says that is only adding to the excitement because the depth of the Boland Premier League is not the same as in the club competitions in the franchise headquarters around the country.

“It’s going to be a nice challenge, that’s what we enjoy. We don’t always get pushed far enough in the Boland,” Wylie says.

University of Stellenbosch squad: Gideon Conradie, Dewald Botha, Jean Bredenkamp, Byron Boshoff, James Groom, Emile Kriek, Johan Koegelenberg, Riyaad Henry, Keegan Petersen, Leon le Roux, Edward Schutte, Niel Botha, Keegan Biassoni.

 http://www.redbullcampuscricket.com/southafrica/latest/red-bull-campus-clash-south-africa-maties/

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