Highest-capped Cricket player - Kearsney College

Highest-capped Cricket player. Another big milestone was reached this past weekend at Kearsney College. Ross Coetzee (captain) received his 100th cap for the 1st team cricket. He became the highest-capped player in the history of the college.

To top it off Ross also scored an impressive 111 runs to help his team take the win against Hilton College.

Kearsney College lost the toss against Hilton College on a belter of a track in hot windless conditions. Hilton College had no hesitation in electing to bat. They believed the scoreboard pressure would have a significant say in the game on a deck on which bowlers were destined to toil.

The game promised to be an epic encounter. At 26/3 Hilton were in a little strife. But enter the classy Charles Swart (103) and Jayden Roux (90) to add to a cavalier 28 from Simon Steyn. They ensured that Hilton finished on a formidable 272/6 at the conclusion of 50 overs.

Sweltering conditions

Playing in sweltering conditions in which the fielders were showing a dash of fatigue, the pick of Kearsney’s bowlers was Ryan Browning with respectable figures of 3/32 in 7 overs, and Ross Coetzee with 0 for 35 in 10.

Chasing the mammoth total was obviously never going to be easy. Jack O’ Donovan (5) and Keegan de Jager (21) were also tasked with weathering the aggressive pace of Ethan van Heerden and Natenzi Denenga. And then the gloves were off. Spectators were privy to an incredible partnership of 210 between two talented young men. In a majestic display of batting, Ross Coetzee (111) and Cameron Veenstra (104*) set about the Hilton bowling. They virtually got Kearsney over the line. Murray Weyer with a quickfire 10* ensured victory with Cameron Veenstra still at the crease, and Kearsney won by 6 wickets with 5 overs to spare.

This was a memorable encounter between two foes who have been playing for over a century and it was certainly schoolboy cricket at its best.

Hilton 1^st X1: 272/6 – Swart 103, Roux 90; Browning 3-32, Weyer 1-37, De Jager 1-44
Kearsney 1^st X1: 273/4 – Coetzee 111, Veenstra 104*, De Jager 21 (34
Kearsney won by 6 wickets