Glenwood end on a high

Fortunately the rain stayed away allowing for a full day of exciting school boy cricket.

St Charles won the toss and chose to bat first and the openers initially survived the opening spell, but eventually lost their first wicket when Z Kourtsouris edged one to the slips giving Glenwood’s C Pearce his first wicket.

A few errors in the field allowed for a 3rd wicket stand of 58 between M Mortman (43) and B Philpott (52) before A Phehlukwayo broke the partnership.

From then onwards the St Charles batsmen couldn’t maintain a decent partnership and lost wickets at regular intervals.

Glenwood’s spinner, S Nhlebela, proved to be a problem for the batsmen and was managing to use the pitch to his advantage in taking 3-31 in his 10 overs.

St Charles eventually ended their innings on 199/9 in their 50 overs.

Glenwood’s innings started slowly and the loss of 2 quick wickets didn’t help their cause as they reached 41/2.

The powerful G Wissing managed to hit a quick 28, but it was the 4th wicket stand of 90 runs between A Phehlukwayo (85*) and M Hay (27) that helped Glenwood chase down the target.

Phehlukwayo’s mature innings of 85 not out consisted of four 4s and four 6s, proving to be a major contributor to Glenwood’s 4-wicket win.

Glenwood High will now focus on the T20 series for the remainder of the year and hope to keep up their unbeaten streak in this year’s series.

Photo: Smangaliso Nhlebela spins his way to figures of 3/31.

Report and photograph by Brett Webber

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