KES Old Boy Vaughn van Jaarsveld scores ton in SuperSport Series!

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Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Class of 2003) struck a majestic century to lead the Sunfoil Dolphins to 269 for five at stumps on the first day of their SuperSport Series match against the Chevrolet Warriors at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday. Van Jaarsveld strode to 106 off 178 deliveries with 16 fours and a six while his captain Imraan Khan weighed in with 92 after the Dolphins had won the toss and elected to bat.

The left-handed Van Jaarsveld constructed a superb innings as he first set about blunting the Warriors’ attack before launching an assault. He brought up his fifty off 118 balls but he needed just 44 more deliveries to reach three figures as he took full advantage of a tiring attack on a perfect batting wicket with his 10th SuperSport Series century, including 15 fours and a six. Van Jaarsveld faced 27 balls before scoring his first run but he was soon into his stride as he also managed to bring up his 4 000th first-class run during his innings, but with just over three overs left in the day’s play, his knock was ended.

He received a superb delivery from offspinner Simon Harmer that bounced and turned before finding the outside edge of the bat on its way to keeper Arno Jacobs’s gloves.

Congratulation’s Vaughan!
(Report courtesy of Super Sport.com)

KES Old Boy Graeme Smith ‘biffs’ his critics!

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Congratulations Graeme Smith: Smith form a relief for AB:

AB de Villiers may have been named man-of-the-series after South Africa concluded their battle against Sri Lanka on Sunday, but the Proteas captain was a happy man for another reason. His predecessor and close friend Graeme Smith had returned to form and showed his hand with a fine 125 off 143 balls. It was not enough to win the fifth Sunfoil one-day international as they went down by two wickets at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, but De Villiers was just thrilled with himself for having never lost belief in Smith. “I told the press that he was going to come through, and I’m very happy for my man,” the skipper said afterward. “Biff did extremely well.

KES Community congratulates Graeme on his return to form-long may it last!

KES Old Boy Graeme Smith ‘biffs’ his critics!

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Congratulations Graeme Smith: Smith form a relief for AB:

AB de Villiers may have been named man-of-the-series after South Africa concluded their battle against Sri Lanka on Sunday, but the Proteas captain was a happy man for another reason. His predecessor and close friend Graeme Smith had returned to form and showed his hand with a fine 125 off 143 balls. It was not enough to win the fifth Sunfoil one-day international as they went down by two wickets at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, but De Villiers was just thrilled with himself for having never lost belief in Smith. “I told the press that he was going to come through, and I’m very happy for my man,” the skipper said afterward. “Biff did extremely well.

KES Community congratulates Graeme on his return to form-long may it last!

Quinton de Kock shines for Bizhub Highveld Lions at Cubs Week!

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De Kock, KES Old Boy takes the lead as Lions beat Warriors at Cubs Week:

Quinton de Kock, captain of the bizhub Highveld Lions, showed his class as his side eased past the Chevrolet Warriors on the second day of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Franchise Cubs Week in Stellenbosch. De Kock blasted an unbeaten 82 runs from a mere 53 deliveries. He and Paul de Chaud (20*) chased down the Warriors’ total of 105 in just 16 overs to secure a ten wicket victory. De Kock hit 14 boundaries which included five maximums. Earlier, none of the Warriors batsmen applied themselves. Soft dismissals and a good opening spell from Carmi le Roux (2/22) and Kagisho Rabada (2/14) saw the Warriors dismissed for 105. They were in trouble early on in their innings as they slumped to seven wickets for three with Le Roux removing Jaycin Syman (0) in his first over, while De Kock caught Michael Rushmere (3) behind the stumps of Rabada’s bowling. They slipped further to 34/6 the tail enders gave some flavour to the Warriors’ innings.
Quinton continued his impressive form when he scored an unbeaten 123 from 106 balls to lead South Africa to a nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first match of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Under-19 Triangular Series in Cape Town on Wednesday. The South African captain smashed 13 fours and two sixes to carry his side to a comfortable victory over their neighbouring country.
“The boys bowled really well at the front in the impossible heat, they made it easy to work things around and made my job easier as a captain,” De Kock said.
South Africa started off well with De Kock sharing a 53-run partnership with Chad Bowes before Kyle Bowie scattered his stumps for 12 in the eighth over. After that, South Africa gave Zimbabwe a lesson in focus as De Kock led the runs chase with Cloete backing him up nicely with a patient knock, scoring 59 runs from 77 balls.

KES Old Boy scores in world record for Cobra’s cricket team

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World Record for KES Old Boy Dane Vilas:

Cape Town – Dane Vilas achieved a world best wicketkeeping performance when he played an innings of more than 150 and completed 10 dismissals behind the stumps as the Cape Cobras overwhelmed the Knights by an innings and 54 runs at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley on Saturday, 7 January 2012. Congratulations Dane!