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Clifton College vs Hilton College

Fresh off of winning the KZN Region’s Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two title on Friday, Hilton College took on Clifton College at the Riverside Sports Club on Saturday and continued their strong form, romping to an emphatic eight-wicket win over the home side.

The biggest difference between the teams was what had happened before Saturday’s match. Hilton had contested the Peninsula Cricket Festival and the Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two KZN Regional final, giving them nine testing games before Saturday’s clash. Clifton, by contrast, had played a couple of low-key warm-ups, and the difference in preparation showed.

The toss, at least, went Clifton’s way, and they opted to bat first. Much like Westville did in the Switch Schools SA20 final, they lived to regret that decision because one of Hilton’s strengths is their seam attack, and they quickly made inroads into the Clifton batting order.

Clifton kept the on-song Sechaba Gude at bay, but his new ball partner, Sange Qangule, captured 2/11 in five overs, and Luke Wilson kept it tight, conceding only six runs from his four overs while also removing opener, Matthias Samuel.

Obakeng Motsepa and Benoit Rey, then, accelerated Clifton’s batting downfall, with Motsepa knocking over 3/19 in six overs, while Rey kept the batsmen pinned in their crease, snaring 3/6 from 4.4 overs.

When the home side lost their first wicket on 16, it was the trigger for a further slide, with wickets tumbling with almost monotonous regularity. Some of the Clifton batsmen did themselves no favours with their shot selection, but Hilton bowled well, too, and Clifton was all out for a meagre 51 after only 24.4 overs.

Only the captain, Shiraz Perumal made it into double figures. He was not out on 13 at the end.

All Hilton needed to set up a victory was a reasonable partnership. The openers delivered it, with Barack Munawa and Ben Wilson combining for 44 for the first wicket.

Daniel Rea then got rid of Ben Wilson for 10 and Luke Wilson for a duck three balls later, but Hilton still had eight wickets in hand and needed only eight runs to win. Nine balls later, they sealed the victory.

Munawa finished with 21 not out, while Rea bagged 2/12 in 3.3 overs for Clifton.

St Charles College vs Kearsney College

Kearsney College travelled to Pietermaritzburg on Saturday to tackle St Charles College in a contest between two sides who displayed inconsistent form in pre-season festivals. They delivered a cracking game in a contest dominated by the bowlers, with Kearsney taking a tight and tense nine-run win.

They batted first after captain Keegan de Jager called the toss incorrectly and soon found themselves on the back foot on 19/2 after Ryan Clarke accounted for Gary Verbaan and Aaron Blackburn cheaply. De Jager followed for nine, caught and bowled Kaiyuran Naidoo, which left Kearsney on 41/3 in the fourteenth over.

Opener, Rivaan Moodley, though, stood firm. He was, eventually, the sixth man out with the total on 87, caught by Clarke off the bowling of Keegan Vermaak for a gritty 40 from 85 balls.

Luke Grobbelaar and Michael Groom added a vital 23 for the eighth wicket, which fell on 114. Further fighting batting from the lower order, which included 13 from Groom and 16 not out from James Bishop, helped Kearsney to 139 all out after 46.3 overs.

Clarke, with a miserly 3/17 from 10 overs, caused the visitors problems, while his fellow seamer, Jayden Saville, captured 3/21 from 7.3. Keegan Vermaak bowled well, too, snaring 2/24 from his seven overs.

Saints made a better start to their innings than Kearsney, with Christiaan Prinsloo and Keegan Vermaak putting on 29 for the first wicket. Prinsloo and Thando Zama, then, added 30 for the second wicket before Prinsloo exited for 27, caught by De Jager off Moodley. On 59/2 after 16.2 overs, the St Charles’ run chase was in a healthy state, nonetheless.

However, with Ryan Clarke and Thando Zama following Prinsloo within the space of two overs, both victims of the excellent Rivaan Moodley, the balance of the contest began to shift Kearsney’s way. Saints had 66/4 after 18.3 overs, and the match was delicately poised.

Connor Simpson and Caleb Sharp helped to snatch back some momentum for the home side, with a 21-run stand for the fifth wicket, but Simpson’s departure for 14 triggered another collapse. From 87/4, Saints crashed to 97/8, and the pressure on the lower order ramped up.

Connor Vogt and Relebogile Mokoena pushed back, partnering for 16, before Moodley added the wicket of Vogt, taking his haul to four.

Kaiyuran Naidoo and Mokoena took over with the total on 113/9. Defiantly, they tacked on another 22 runs, but vice-captain Michael Groom ended the Saints’ resistance when he had Naidoo caught behind by wicketkeeper, Asher Hollister, for six.

St Charles was all out for 130. Close, but no cigar.

Moodley’s leg spin brought him a superb 4/30 from 10 overs, giving him the best performance for a Kearsney player with both the bat and ball, while the skipper, Keegan de Jager, contributed 2/15 and Matthew Gorrie a tight 2/23 from eight overs.

Summarised scorecards

Clifton College 51/10 (Shiraz Perumal 13*; Benoit Rey 3/6, Obakeng Motsepa 3/10, Sange Qangule 2/11); Hilton College 52/2 (Barack Munawa 21*; Daniel Rea 2/12). Hilton College won by eight wickets.

Kearsney College 139/10 (Rivaan Moodley 40; Ryan Clarke 3/17, Jayden Saville 3/21, Keegan Vermaak 2/24); St Charles College 130/10 (Christiaan Prinsloo 27; Rivaan Moodley 4/30, Keegan de Jager 2/15, Matthew Gorrie 2/23). Kearsney won by nine runs.

Hilton College produced an outstanding performance in the field to set themselves up for a win over Westville Boys’ High in the boys’ final of the KZN region’s Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two competition on the Pietermaritzburg Oval on Friday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, Hilton rested their frontline strike bowlers, Sechaba Gude and Sange Qangule, for their clash against St Charles College in a rematch of the Tusker’s final; Hilton had already qualified for the final, while St Charles was out of the running.

Playing at home, though, Saints produced a strong all-round performance to cruise to a nine-wicket win with 3.4 overs to spare. It wasn’t that Hilton didn’t try hard. They did, but they played within themselves in preparation for the title game.

Northwood, the defending KZN champions, meanwhile, engaged in a tightly contested clash with Westville for a place in Friday’s final. There was little to separate them on this occasion on Goldstone’s, at Maritzburg College, but the Griffins just held off the Knights, winning by a nail-biter by a mere two runs to secure their place in the main match.

The toss in the title game went Westville skipper Kyle McGough‘s way, and he elected to bat first, something which Hilton captain Robert Burman had been hoping to do. “We weren’t too unhappy to lose the toss,” he admitted to SuperSport Schools Plus. “There had been a few low scores on this field, so we didn’t mind bowling first.”

That decision worked out very well for Hilton, who quickly put the skids under Westville’s batting effort, led by the fresh fast bowling duo of Gude and Qangule. Just six overs into their innings, Westville found themselves five wickets down, battling to keep their heads above water, on 24/5.

They couldn’t put a partnership together, and a pivot to the spin of Benoit Rey paid immediate dividends for Hilton College as he captured two wickets in his first over to leave the Griffins in a spin on 47/8 after 11.5 overs.

At last, though, Westville found a response of sorts, with Jamie Hasselbach and Ewan du Toit adding 20 for the ninth wicket before Hasselbach was bowled by Qangule for 17, the highest score of the innings.

Du Toit went on to finish on 16 not out, but a run out of Michael Hopkins, after a direct hit from close range from Gude, was a further tough blow for the Dolphins’ champs, who were all out for 73 in 18 overs.

Both Benoit Rey and Luke Wilson claimed 2/11 in three overs, while Gude returned 2/15 from four, and Qangule 2/17 from three.

Hilton’s bowlers had done a fine job. Now, though, their batsmen needed to come through. They did. They didn’t need to score many runs.

An opening partnership of 39 in seven overs got Hilton more than halfway to the victory target before Barack Munawa was caught by Jamie Hasselbach while driving on the up off Misbah Nair. He had hit four fours in his 22 from 25 balls, which turned out to be the highest individual score of the game.

The captain, Robert Burman, followed Munawa back to the pavilion in the ninth over for 16, with the total on 52.

Westville realised they were going to lose, but they embraced the situation, showing one another strong support while playing the game with a smile and staying loose, and that fun-filled approach brought them success, with paceman Michael Hopkins to the fore.

He dismissed three batsmen within the space of six runs, but Ben Wilson, batting third in the order, was still there, and, when the fifth wicket went down, Hilton was on 72/5, only two runs shy of victory. With the field up to prevent singles, Wilson went over the top, hitting a four, to seal the win for his side. He was unbeaten on 19 from 20 balls.

Michael Hopkins, who took the new ball, bowled a fantastic second spell for Westville and was rewarded with the game’s best bowling figures of 3/12 from four overs. Misbah Nair utilised changes of pace effectively to capture 2/22 from four. But the day belonged to Hilton College.

Reflecting on his team and how they have started the year, Hilton skipper, Robert Burman, said: “While our batters haven’t been at their best, our bowlers have been so good.” Hilton’s top-order batting, though, has started the season with far greater consistency than the side showed in 2025.

“The top three – Barack, Ben, and I – have been good and consistent. That has worked well for us,” he said with a smile.

Burman also credited Greg Miller, Hilton’s Director of Rugby, for doing an outstanding job of working on the players’ mental approach to the game. “We’ve learnt a lot from him,” he said, “and mentally, we are tougher than we were last year.”

The skipper played a big role in his team’s four wins over the two days of the Switch Schools SA20 regional final, with a half-century and a splendid century on Friday. “You’re always waiting for that next big score. Last year, I struggled with the bat, but Mr Miller has helped me to improve my game so much from the mental side of things,” Burman said.

“Valuing your wicket is so important,” he added. “In the first game of the SA20 (a 33-run win over Northwood), it was a tricky wicket, and I struggled, thinking I had to hit a boundary, but if you just keep on batting and value your wicket, you manage to score runs.”

Sweetwaters Hub vs Chatsworth Hub – KZN Girls’ final

In the girls’ final, Shreya Subbiah, played a starring role for the Chatsworth Hub with both bat and ball, leading them to an emphatic 10-wicket win over the Sweetwaters Hub.

The local side, Sweetwaters, batted first and received a good innings from Kirsten Kaltwasser at the top of the order. She scored 29 from 31 balls, striking four fours, before she became one of five Subbiah victims.

Unfortunately, for Kaltwasser, only Lego Motsepa, besides her, reached double figures, and she just made it, being dismissed for 10 exactly. Between them, the rest of the batters contributed only three runs, with six players losing their wickets without scoring. But 12 extras helped.

Subbiah, the fifth bowler used, tore through the Sweetwaters’ batting, knocking over 5/4 in 3.2 overs. Aadya Mohun excelled, too, snagging 3/16 from four and, after 15.4 overs, the Sweetwaters Hub was all out for only 55.

It took Chatsworth’s opening batting pair, Subbiah and Sinothando Matamela, nine overs to seal the win.

Subbiah finished with an unbeaten 27 from 21 balls, with four fours, while Matamela hit the only six of the match and also added two fours in her 23 not out from 19 deliveries.

Summarised scorecards

Boys’ final

Westville Boys’ High 73/10 (Jamie Hasselbach 17; Luke Wilson 2/11, Benoit Rey 2/11, Sechaba Gude 2/15, Sange Qangule 2/17); Hilton College 76/5 (Barack Munawa 22; Michael Hopkins 3/12, Misbah Nair 2/22).

Hilton College won by five wickets.

Round-robin games

Westville Boys’ High 142/9 (Kyle McGough 46, Misbah Nair 21; Luc Boyall 2/27, Thabiso Mtambo 2/31); Northwood 140/7 (Thomas Oosthuizen 33, Luc Boyall 27, David de Bruyn 27; Misbah Nair 3/22). Westville Boys’ High won by two runs.

Hilton College 113/6 (Ben Wilson 38*; Relebogile Mokoena 3/14); St Charles College 115/1 (Matthew Weightman 39*, Thandolwethu Zama 38, Keegan Vermaak 22; Daniel Christie 1/18). St Charles College won by nine wickets.

Girls’ final

Sweetwaters Hub 55/10 (Kirsten Kaltwesser 29; Shreya Subbiah 5/4, Aadya Mohun 3/16); Chatsworth Hub 56/0 (Shreya Subbiah 27*, Sinothando Matamela 23*). Chatsworth Hub won by 10 wickets.

Hilton College captain Robert Burman lit up the scoreboard and inspired his team to back-to-back victories on Thursday, the first day of the two-day Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two KwaZulu-Natal regional final in Pietermaritzburg. His heroics included a stunning unbeaten century in a key clash against Westville Boys’ High.

Westville’s skipper, Kyle McGough, like Burman, was the leading light for his team, helping them to a win over St Charles College in the morning before they were stopped by Hilton in the afternoon.

Northwood, the defending champion, fell to Westville, but won against Saints.

St Charles College vs Westville Boys’ High

In a clash between the Dolphins‘ and Tuskers‘ Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two champions, Westville Boys’ High and St Charles College, on the Pietermaritzburg Oval on Thursday morning, the Griffins powered their way to an emphatic eight-wicket win with four overs to spare.

A decision to bowl first worked out well for Westville, who quickly got stuck into the Saints‘ batting order, reducing the locals to 35/5 after 8.5 overs, only seven balls shy of midway through their innings.

Captain Kyle McGough, who took the new ball, led from the front, capturing the first three wickets to go down with only 10 runs on the board, and that included his opposite number, the dangerous Thandolwethu Zama.

A 21-run stand between Keegan Vermaak and Connor Simpson stopped the rot for four overs before left-arm spinner Ewan du Toit bowled Vermaak for 24 from 36 balls.

Simpson went on to make 22 from 31 – neither of the highest scorers hit a boundary – and was the ninth man out with two balls remaining in the innings, with St Charles going on to finish on 97/9.

Kyle McGough paced the Westville attack, knocking over 3/17 in four overs, while Ewan du Toit snared 2/15 in three.

McGough and Aidan Baudach, then, set their team on track for victory with a sound opening partnership of 38 before McGough was run out by a combination of Kaiyuran Naidoo and Keegan Vermaak for 23 from 25 deliveries.

Baudach and Tristin Delvin took that setback in their stride and kept the run rate ticking along, adding 41 from 43 balls before Kaiyuran Naidoo bowled Delvin for 16. By then, Westville was on 79/2 after 14 overs and almost home.

Two overs later, they were there, with Baudach unbeaten after a composed 44 not out from 43 balls, which included two fours and a six.

Kaiyuran Naidoo, with a tidy 1/11 from three overs, was the only Saints’ bowler to pick up a wicket, while Ryan Clarke bowled tidily to concede only 17 runs from his four overs.

Hilton College vs Northwood

In the 2025 Schools SA20 regional final, Hilton College twice suffered narrow defeats to Northwood, one in pool play and the other in the final. On Thursday morning, though, Hilton scored an impressive win over the Knights.

Sent in to bat by Northwood, Hilton got off to a decent start, with Barack Munawa and captain Robert Burman combining for 34 runs at just under a run a ball before Munawa fell for 20.

Northwood removed two more batsmen cheaply, but Burman and Obakeng Motsepa added 37 for the fourth wicket to take the total to 86.

The Hilton captain eventually fell, caught by Thabiso Mlambo off the bowling of Josh Mills for 54 from 52 deliveries. His knock didn’t contain any fours, but he blasted four sixes along the way.

After Burman exited on 110 in the 18^th over, Hilton added another 15 runs in nine balls to finish on 125/6.

Ryan van Zyl and Max Nicholson set the standard for the Knights’ attack, returning similar figures of 2/20 from four overs each.

In reply, the Durban side made a stuttering start, losing Ross McGlashan and Thomas Oosthuizen cheaply to Sange Qangule. Then, their run chase was further impacted by the run out of David de Bruyn. Ten runs later, Sean Burman bowled Luc Boyall, and Northwood was staring down the barrel on 25/4 in the seventh over.

Captain Jamie Wimble and Josh Mills added 20 runs for the fifth wicket, but, unfortunately for the Knights, that was as good as it got for them. Qangule added a third wicket, and Sechaba Gude’s superb start to the season continued as he added two to his growing tally.

When Wimble fell to Okakeng Motsepa, Northwood fell into a deeper crisis on 45/5 from 12.1 overs. Josh Mills, though, stuck around to record the innings’ highest score of 24, but any hopes the Knights had of victory disintegrated within the space of six balls, with three wickets going down, including that of Mills, which left them on 76/9 with 2.5 overs to go.

They finished on 92/9, leaving Hilton College the convincing winners by 33 runs.

Qangule snapped up 3/15 in his four overs, while Gude finished with 2/22 from his four. Sean Burman, the first change bowler, kept Northwood under heavy pressure, claiming 1/15 from four.

Hilton College vs Westville Boys’ High

After producing a fine innings to lead Hilton College to an emphatic win over Northwood in the morning, Hilton captain Robert Burman laid into Westville Boys’ High in the afternoon, in a showdown between the morning’s winning teams, blasting an unbeaten 101 to propel his team to a challenging 176/2 from their 20 overs.

Burman dominated the innings, sharing a 117-run first-wicket partnership with Barack Munawa before Munawa was run out by Ashton Kidgell for 34. He had faced 32 balls and struck three fours.

Hilton suffered a double blow when Obakeng Motsepa followed the next ball, but that was the last wicket Westville claimed. Burman and Ben Wilson contributed an unbroken 59 runs for the fourth wicket to set the Griffins a tough run chase.

At the end of Hilton’s 20 overs, Burman had taken only 63 balls for his 101 runs, cracking five fours and five sixes in an outstanding knock. Wilson chipped in with 23 from 24 balls.

Westville’s bowling figures didn’t make for happy reading, but Liam de Villiers, the only bowler to take a wicket, nabbed 1/10 in two overs.

The Dolphins’ title holders faced a massive challenge, needing to bat at almost nine runs per over, and they didn’t hold back, going hard at the Hilton bowling. Aidan Baudach and Kyle McGough gave them the kind of start they needed to challenge Hilton’s big total, rocketing to 69 from 41 balls before Sean Burman accounted for Baudach for 20.

Four runs later, Luke Wilson picked up the big stick of the hard-hitting McGough, caught for a fiery 47 from 26 balls, which featured two fours and four sixes.

Tristin Delvin and Luca Roddan partnered for 33 runs from 32 balls, but McGough’s departure had swung the pendulum Hilton’s way. When Delvin exited with the total on 106 in the thirteenth over, matters went south for the Griffins. Including Delvin’s wicket, they lost six for 25 runs in five overs.

Roddan went on to tally 31 from 27 before Aarin Rasmussen and Ewan du Toit provided a late spark, adding an unbroken 21 from 13 balls, but the damage had already been done, and Westville finished on 152/9, 24 runs short of Hilton’s healthy total.

Cameron Hargroves grabbed 2/6 in one over, while Benoit Rey snared 2/25 from four for Hilton, who fought back well after their frontline bowlers came in for some early stick.

St Charles College vs Northwood

After having the toss go their way for a second time on the day, Northwood opted to bat first in their afternoon match against St Charles. A solid effort brought them 136/3 from their 20 overs, with opener, David de Bruyn, playing the key innings.

He top-scored with 55 from 59 deliveries, hitting three fours and one six, while Jamie Wimble (25), Luc Boyall (18), and Ross McGlashan (14) helped to keep the scoreboard moving.

Ryan Clarke, with 1/20 from four, and Jayden Saville, with 1/15 from three, were the pick of the St Charles bowlers.

The Saints’ reply was undone mostly by three run outs, which accounted for three of the top five batsmen – Christiaan Prinsloo, Ryan Clarke, and Keegan Vermaak. Three wickets, too, from Trevor van Volenstee, at a cost of only six runs, ruined the St Charles’ run chase.

Saints started their reply well enough, losing their first wicket to the last ball of the 10th over, when Prinsloo fell for 18. The problem was that two more wickets followed on the same total of 48, including Thandolwethu Zama, who was out for the innings’ highest score of 24.

Ryan Clarke weighed in with 19, but Saints suffered a big collapse, sliding from 48 without loss to 66/7 after 14.2 overs. They were unable to mount a strong challenge from there, with their innings finishing on 97/8 after a late cameo from Lebo Mokoena, who was 17 not out at the end.

Northwood, though, won comfortably by 39 runs.

With two defeats on the opening day, St Charles is out of the running for a place in Friday’s final.

Summarised scorecards

St Charles College 97/9 (Keegan Vermaak 24, Connor Simpson 22; Kyle McGough 3/17, Ewan du Toit 2/15); Westville Boys’ High 98/2 (Aidan Baudach 44*, Kyle McGough 23; Kaiyuran Naidoo 1/11). Westville won by eight wickets.

Hilton College 125/6 (Robert Burman 54, Barack Munawa 20; Ryan van Zyl 2/20, Max Nicholson 2/20; Northwood 92/9 (Josh Mills 24; Sange Qangule 3/15, Sechaba Gude 2/22). Hilton College won by 33 runs.

Hilton College 176/2 (Robert Burman 101*, Barack Munawa 34, Ben Wilson 23*; Liam de Villiers 1/10); Westville Boys’ High 152/9 (Kyle McGough 47, Luca Roddan 31, Aidan Baudach 20; Benoit Rey 2/25). Hilton College won by 24 runs.

Northwood 136/3 (David de Bruyn 55, Jamie Wimble 25; Kaiyuran Naidoo 1/12); St Charles College 97/8 (Thandolwethu Zama 24; Trevor van Volenstee 3/6). Northwood won by 39 runs.

Northwood has an opportunity to repeat as the KZN Switch Schools SA20 champion when they take on Westville Boys’ High, St Charles College, and Hilton College for the right to represent KwaZulu-Natal at the National Final.

The Knights, who have a very experienced line-up, won the Dolphins‘ title in the 2024/25 season, but it’s Westville who won the title in the 2025/26 season, beating Northwood by 50 runs in the final behind a captain’s knock from Kyle McGough on their home field, Bowden’s, in November to claim the silverware.

The format of the competition, however, includes both the winner and runner-up in the regional final.

Both sides will head to Pietermaritzburg to face St Charles College, the Tuskers‘ winner and Hilton College, the runner-up, on Goldstone’s, at Maritzburg College, and at the Pietermaritzburg Oval in the four-team playoff on Thursday and Friday.

Saints succeeded Hilton, beaten in the KZN regional final last year by Northwood, as the Tuskers’ champion by romping to an eight-wicket victory following a strong showing in the field.

Northwood

Northwood boasts an experienced opening batting pair, David de Bruyn and Ross McGlashan, who have proven their ability to lay winning foundations, taking it to the opposition and rapidly accumulating runs.

They’re led by Northwood Head Boy, Jamie Wimble, whose hard-hitting can quickly change the course of an innings. Others, including Thomas Oosthuizen, Josh Mills, and Luc Boyall, have all produced innings of substance previously and help to provide the Knights’ with a line-up that bats deep down the order.

Ryan van Zyl, who turned out for the CSA Invitational XI at the Khaya Majola Week, Keagan Reeves, and Josh Mills provide a sharp 1-2-3 punch with their seam, while Hamza Amla is a challenging prospect with his leg spin.

Westville Boys’ High

Like Northwood, Westville, too, is loaded with players who have built up plenty of 1st XI experience.

They’re well balanced, with a good number of players offering all-round skills, including the skipper, Kyle McGough and Aarin Rasmussen, who starred in the win over Northwood in the Dolphins’ final.

Tristin Delvin and Ewan du Toit offer a tantalising combination of left-arm spin and strong batting, while Misbah Nair has developed a very useful habit of nabbing important wickets, and he, too, brings a dangerous bat to the crease.

Beyond the traditional all-rounders, Aidan Baudach is a multi-skilled wicketkeeper/batsman.

It’s their multi-skilled players and depth that make the Griffins a title threat.

St Charles College

St Charles, the Tuskers’ title-holder, is led by hard-hitting SA Colts‘ opening batsman, Thandolwethu Zama. Especially in the shorter format of the game, his powerful ball striking is a big strength for Saints.

It’s a familiar refrain, but the Pietermaritzburg school also possesses enviable experience, with players who have performed well for the 1^st XI. The challenge for St Charles will be to have those players performing in concert. If they find that consistency, they’ll be hard to stop in familiar conditions.

Their bowling attack boasts variety, including strong pace from Connor Vogt, leg spin from Keegan Vermaak, off spin from Kaiyuran Naidoo, and accurate medium pace from Ryan Clarke, also an accomplished batsman, who bagged 6/24, including a hat-trick, against Michaelhouse at the beginning of 2025, thanks to his ability to hit the stumps.

Jayden Saville, too, has had his moments, while Caleb Sharp offers not only a good bowling option but is one of the side’s most consistent batsmen. He was special at the Fasken Time Cricket Festival at St David’s Marist Inanda at the end of last year, and he’ll be aiming for similar batting form in 2026.

Connor Simpson is another player on whom to keep an eye. He showed, in a hard-charging counterattack against a very good Waterkloof team at the Peninsula Festival, his ability with the bat, cracking five sixes and seven fours in a rapid 88 from only 80 balls.

Hilton College

The last of the four finalists, Hilton College, is an interesting team because, early in the season, they have shown greater stability in their batting than they showed in 2025.

Last year, that was Hilton’s Achilles heel. Early in 2026, the opening pair of Barack Munawa and Ben Wilson is one of their strengths. Against strong opposition at the Peninsula Festival, they played well.

Munawa was the more aggressive of the duo, but he still played with good discipline. Wilson clearly cherishes his wicket. He carried his bat against Bishops in a limited overs match and the very next day batted all the way through Hilton’s overs to top score in a thrilling one-run win over SACS in a T20.

Captain Robert Burman can get the scoreboard ticking, along with Luke Wilson and Cameron Hargroves, but Hilton doesn’t possess the match-winning potential of SA Schools‘ star, Ben Hockly, any longer.

With Sechaba Gude leading their attack, though, they might not need to score that many runs. He twice captured five-fors at the Peninsula Festival – 5/37 against Wynberg Boys’ High and 5/41 against Potchefstroom Gimnasium.

Another top bowling performer for the KZN Midlands’ school was Benoit Rey, who claimed a good number of wickets at a tidy economy rate.

Sange Qangule, Obakeng Motsepa, and Sean Burman all had their moments, too, in Cape Town, so Hilton goes into the two-day finals with options.

The biggest question mark, though, lies with the weather, with rain predicted throughout Thursday and into Friday. How might that affect matters?

St Charles College vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) 

After pulling off a stunning back-from-the-dead win over Paul Roos Gimnasium on Saturday, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) wrapped up their Peninsula Cricket Festival campaign with a fifth win on the trot – the only team to achieve that outstanding feat.

Playing at Rondebosch Cricket Club, they won the toss and elected to bat against St Charles College in a T20, which was the format for the last day of matches.

With consistent contributions from their top order, Affies galloped to 183/5 from their 20 overs, led by opening batman, AJ Morkel, who smashed eight fours and three sixes in a 49-ball stay that generated 64 runs.

His opening partner, JP Botha, chipped in with a quickfire 20 from 14, while Christiaan Linde, batting at three, hammered five fours in his 32 from 20.

Vihan Pretorius struck three sixes and batted at two runs a ball for his 24, while Daniel Murray ended on 17 not out.

The Saints‘ bowlers came in for some stick, but Keegan Vermaak did well under pressure, claiming 2/27 from his four overs.

St Charles started their run chase well enough, with captain Thandolwethu Zama and Matthew Weightman making 28 for the first wicket in only 19 balls. Zama and Ryan Clarke, then, added 26 in 18 before Zama was bowled by Nico Loggenberg with the total on 54 in the seventh over. He’d hit four fours and a six in his 24 from 26 balls.

Clarke went on to contribute 16 from 16, but St Charles lost their way after Zama departed. No other batsmen came close to reaching double figures; seven from Lebo Mokoena was the best of the rest.

Loggenberg, who got rid of the dangerous Zama, was a big reason for that. He snared 4/7 in four overs, while JP Botha was almost as effective. His four overs cost 18 runs and brought him three wickets.

In the end, Saints lasted only 16.5 overs and were all out for 97, giving Affies a convincing 86-run victory.

Hoërskool Waterkloof vs Bishops Diocesan College

Hoërskool Waterkloof put a bow on an excellent Peninsula Festival for Pretoria schools by chasing down Bishops Diocesan College‘s big 170/7 to win by seven wickets with eight balls in hand.

AJ de Villiers stole the show, clubbing five sixes and nine fours in an unbeaten 101 from only 60 balls. He was well supported by his opening partner, Rico van der Walt, who contributed 32 off 25 as they put up 66 runs for the first wicket. While Johan Feuth scored only 15, he and De Villiers added 50 for the third wicket.

Earlier, Bishops, who won the toss, totalled 170/7, which was built upon an opening stand of 75 from Litha Mbiko and Ibraheem Taliep.

Mbiko was caught off Johan Liebenberg for 22 from 21 balls. Then, crucially, Liebenberg trapped Thaafier Japtha in front off the very next ball. One run later, Waco Bassick also traipsed back to the pavilion, caught off of Christiaan Smit for a duck.

Bishops fell to 114/4 with the dismissal of Taliep, who cranked out nine fours and two sixes in a 40-ball knock that yielded 63 runs.

Harry Morgan smashed two fours and a six before he was run out for 20 from only 18 deliveries. Alex Vintcent, though, kept up the good work, with his 31 from 21 including three maximums.

Liebenberg claimed 2/27 from his four overs. The difference in the game was, however, AJ de Villiers’ hard-hitting century.

Pretoria Boys High vs Paul Roos Gimnasium

Pretoria Boys High completed a very successful festival with a fourth win from five matches, beating Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG) by five wickets with seven balls to spare in Stellenbosch.

PRG headed to the crease first after winning the toss and made a fair start with Aiden Titus and Tian van Niekerk tallying 25 for the first wicket. The home side was, however, never quite able to get on top of the Boys High bowling.

Titus went on to the highest score of the innings, 28, from 29 balls, while Marcus Conradie finished with 21 not out as Paul Roos put up 115/6.

Ruan Coetzee nabbed 2/18 from four overs, and Jayden Knott-Craig kept the batsmen quiet with his 1/14 from four.

PBHS openers, Ethan Nel and Tim Gordon, then set their side up for victory with a 43-run partnership for the first wicket, which ended when Marcus Conradie caught Gordon for 29 from 20 off Dion Slabber. Gordon’s knock included two sixes and three fours. Nel was eventually the fourth wicket to fall for 26 from 33 balls.

Paul Roos kept it close, but they hadn’t put enough runs on the board, and Pretoria Boys High claimed the win with a ball left in the 19th over.

James Holm led the PRG attack, claiming 2/23 from four overs.

SACS vs Hilton College

In the match of the day, Hilton College bounced back from a disappointing defeat against Wynberg to hold off SACS and claim a nail-biting one-run win after a rollercoaster ride of a contest on De Villiers Field.

SACS chose to bowl first, and that decision brought them early success, with Hilton losing two wickets within the first two overs. In the seventh over, they slipped to 31/3.

That, however, brought Ben and Luke Wilson together, and they went about repairing the damage, adding 40 runs in 36 balls before Luke was caught by Mickey Watson off Aqeel Waggie for 25 from 23 balls. That left Hilton on 71/4 in the thirteenth over.

Although he batted third in the order on this occasion, as he had done on Saturday, when he carried his bat while opening, Ben Wilson finished the innings unbeaten. He top-scored with 41 from 44 balls, which included three fours.

Cameron Hargroves and James Peattie, with 16 each, helped him lift Hilton to 128/7 after their 20 overs.

Aqeel Waggie was the pick of the SACS bowlers, claiming 2/15 in four neat overs, while Benji Tilbury went for 13 in one over, but also removed two batsmen. Ronan Meintjies, who took the new ball, returned 1/15 from four.

Litha Kraai, then, got the home side off to a flyer, blasting four sixes and three fours in a 20-ball knock that brought him 40 runs. He was out early in the fifth over, but by then SACS had already reached 49 runs.

Obakeng Motsepa made it a double strike by dismissing the dangerous Aqeel Waggie a run later, but Benji Tilbury and Ulrich Roth then joined forces to add 46 from 44 deliveries, taking the total to 96 before Tilbury was caught by Benoit Rey off Luke Wilson for 10.

SACS was in a strong position, needing only 33 runs to win with 7.5 overs in hand, but Tilbury’s dismissal sparked a collapse, with three more wickets going down for the addition of just two more runs.

Suddenly, from 96/2 at the start of the thirteenth over, SACS was on 99/6 in the fourteenth, with Benoit Rey snagging two sticks and Luke Wilson executing a run out.

Crucially, the second of those four wickets to fall in quick succession was that of Ulrich Roth, who was out for 33 from 30 balls, having hit four fours and a six.

Raadhi Dollie and Abhay Kalan advanced the score by 12 runs from 14 balls, but the hosts had lost too many wickets and with that they lost momentum.

Opening bowler, Sechaba Gude, who had suffered under Litha Kraai’s early onslaught, came back to finish the game for Hilton, snatching the last two wickets, including one off the last ball, to save the contest for the KZN crew.

He took 3/44 from four, while Luke Wilson, with 2/7 in two, and Benoit Rey, with 2/8 in two, helped to turn the contest in their side’s favour. Obakeng Motsepa bagged 2/35 from four.

Rondebosch Boys’ High vs St Stithians College

Rondebosch Boys’ High was subjected to a stiff examination by St Stithians on ‘Bosch‘s Cricket A Field, but they held on for a hard-fought seven-run win, fielding superbly and picking up late wickets cheaply to slow the Saints‘ run pursuit.

A decision by St Stithians to bowl first paid off when Zaakir Hanslo dismissed the home team’s openers, Ethan De Heer Kloots and Eli Aufrichtig cheaply, but Tyler Heyns and Schalk Fourie handled the setback well, combining for 52 runs before Fourie was stumped off the bowling of Akhil Challa for 22 from 21 balls.

Tim Short took over from Fourie and he and Heyns kept the scoreboard ticking. They added 45 before Short become Challa’s second victim for 26 from 23 deliveries. Four runs later, Heyns fell to Hanslo for 56. It had taken him only 40 deliveries, two of which he deposited over the boundary, and four into it.

After their 20 overs, ‘Bosch totalled 145/7.

Zaakir Hanslo bowled superbly, capturing 3/20 from four overs, while Akhil Challa picked up 2/25 from his four.

Saints made a good start to their run chase, with Hamzah Shaikh and Matthew Katzenstein opening with a 56-run stand. It ended when Zion van Rensburg caught Katzentein off Arin Spiller for 26 from 20 balls, which included five fours.

Shaikh and Nicholas Bayly took the total to 88 before Bayly, in a crucial setback for Saints, was run out by Eli Aurfichtig for 25. He had launched three sixes in his 24-ball stay.

‘Bosch, then, made it a double whammy when Tim Short ran out Shaikh for the innings’ top score of 35 a ball later. He faced 34 deliveries and hit three fours and a six. Unbelievably, Matthew Anderson was out four runs later, also a victim of a run out, which left the Johannesburg side on 93/5.

Their innings had lost impetus, a result of good fielding and some poor running decisions. In the end, they finished with 138/8, done in not by the bowlers as much as the Rondebosch fielders.

Arin Spiller bagged 2/27 from four overs and Ethan De Heer Kloots 1/21 from four, while Eli Aufrichtig exerted considerable pressure with his 0/15 from four.

Wynberg Boys’ High vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium

Wynberg Boys’ High completed their Peninsula Festival assignments with a comfortable 54-run win over Potchefstroom Gimnasium on the Jacques Kallis Oval.

They put up 166/4 before restricting Gim to just 112/7 in reply.

Put in to bat first, Wynberg made a solid start, with Matthew Saunders and Qaeed Shaikh posting 57 for the first wicket.

Shaik exited for a quickfire 32 from 15 balls, which featured four sixes, and shortly after Saunders followed for 26 from 20. Potch Gim, though, soon made it three wickets in the space of eight runs when they got rid of Fawaaz Hendricks.

At 65/3, the contest was evenly poised. That’s when Hugo Norambuena and Michail Tarentaal seized control of it for Wynberg. They advanced the total by 69 runs before Norambuena’s counterattack was ended by Bernard Judels. He had scored 37 off 36 balls, with two sixes and one four.

Tarentaal went on to match Shaik by smashing three sixes and not one four in his unbeaten 40 from 36 deliveries. Joshua Prince, meanwhile, blasted a couple of maximums himself, in a rapid 21 not out from 10 balls to lift Wynberg to 166/4.

Jahndré Coetzee was the pick of the Gim bowlers, dismissing Saunders and Hendricks at a cost of only 16 runs from his four overs.

Potch Gimnasium made a bright start to their run chase, with Christivan Coetzer and Ulrich Botha making 41 for the first wicket, but once Coetzer fell for 14 the innings petered out, with Gim falling way behind the required run rate.

From 41 without loss, Gim stumbled to 59/4, and from there the die was cast. Botha, though, kept pressing and he was rewarded with 52 from 58 balls, with three fours and a six. He was the fifth player out with the total on 89.

Bennet Keet made 15 from 22, but it was Noah du Plooy, again, who made a major difference. He snapped up 3/21 from four and removed three Potch Gim dangermen – Lukas Kotze, Bernard Judels and Jahndré Coetzee, batsmen three to five – for a combined one run.

Joshua Prince knocked over 2/2 in two overs, while Nicholas Stafford returned 1/22 from four as Potch Gimnasium’s challenge slipped away and they finished on 112/7.

Summarised scorecards

Affies 183/5 (AJ Morkel 64, Christiaan Linde 32, Vihan Pretorius 24, JP Botha 20; Keegan Vermaak 2/27); St Charles College 97/10 (Thandolwethu Zama 34; Nico Loggenberg 4/7, JP Botha 3/18). Affies won by 86 runs.

Paul Roos Gimnasium 115/6 (Aiden Titus 28, Marcus Conradie 21; Ruan Coetzee 2/18); Pretoria Boys High 116/5 (Tim Gordon 29, Ethan Nel 26; James Holm 2/23). Pretoria Boys High won by five wickets.

Bishops Diocesan College 170/7 (Ibraheem Taliep 63, Alex Vintcent 31, Litha Mbiko 22, Harry Morgan 20; Johan Liebenberg 2/27); Hoërskool Waterkloof 175/3 (AJ de Villiers 101*, Rico van der Walt 32; Thaafier Japhta 2/28). Hoërskool Waterkloof won by seven wickets.

Hilton College 128/7 (Ben Wilson 41*, Luke Wilson 25; Benji Tilbury 2/13, Aqeel Waggie 2/15); SACS 127/10 (Litha Kraai 40, Ulrich Roth 33; Sechaba Gude 3/44, Luke Wilson 2/7, Benoit Rey 28, Obakeng Motsepa 2/35). Hilton College won by one run.

Rondebosch Boys’ High 145/7 (Tyler Heyns 56, Tim Short 26, Schalk Fourie 22; Zaakir Hanslo 3/20, Akhil Challa 2/25); St Stithians College 138/8 (Hamzah Shaikh 35, Matthew Katzenstein 26, Nicholas Bayly 25; Arin Spiller 2/27). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by seven runs.

Wynberg Boys’ High 166/4 (Michail Tarentaal 40* Hugo Norambuena 37, Qaeed Shaik 32, Matthew Saunders 26; Jahndré Coetzee 2/16); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 112/7 (Ulrich Botha 52; Noah du Plooy 3/21, Joshua Prince 2/2). Wynberg Boys’ High won by 54 runs.

While many of KZN’s leading cricket schools were engaged in pre-season festival action, Maritzburg College and Clifton College locked horns in a traditional two-day fixture on Goldstones on Thursday and Friday. Although College largely dictated proceedings, they were unable to force a result in a contest that ultimately petered out into a draw.

The standout performance of the match came in College’s first innings courtesy of Dax Jursa, who arrived at the crease early after George Gooch struck twice to remove openers Akhil Bharath and Kyle de Bruyn with just five runs on the board.

Unfazed by the early wobble, Jursa produced a composed, innings-defining knock. He anchored the innings superbly, rotating the strike and punishing loose deliveries, while receiving valuable support along the way.

A patient third-wicket stand of 78 with Luka Puddu (29) steadied the innings, before Jursa combined with James Pembridge (22) to add 57 for the seventh wicket. Matt Bisset also chipped in with 13 during a 43-run eighth-wicket partnership.

College eventually declared on 254/8 after 65 overs, with Jursa unbeaten on a magnificent 123. His innings came from 174 balls and included 11 fours and three sixes, which underlined his authority at the crease.

For Clifton, Gooch impressed with the new ball, finishing with 2/28 from nine overs, while left-arm spinner Blake Johnson bowled a tireless and controlling spell, sending down 24 overs, including four maidens, and claimed 3/63 to keep the hosts in check.

Clifton’s reply never really gained momentum. Although six batsmen reached double figures, no one went on to make an impactful contribution. Jack Snaith‘s 27 was the top score, with opener Yusuf Ahmed (21) and Hayden Drieselmann (21) the only others to pass 20.

Tuskers‘ Khaya Majola Week quick, Reece Willson, led the College attack superbly with the new ball, returning 3/41 from 11 overs. Dom du Toit (2/14 from six) and Akhil Bharath (2/13 from 11) applied the squeeze through the middle overs as Clifton was bowled out for 147 after 47.4 overs, handing College a 107-run first-innings lead.

College spent 45 overs at the crease in their second innings before declaring on 218/9. Bharath (69) and Jursa (41) once took charge, combining for 93 runs off 109 balls for the second wicket. Puddu added 24, while Willson contributed 22 lower down the order.

Blake Johnson was again the pick of the Clifton bowlers, removing three College batsmen for just 21 runs in 10 overs.

With leg-spinner Shiraz Perumal set to return – having represented the Dolphins at the Khaya Majola Week and the Coastal Conquerors at the CSA Cubs Week – Clifton will boast, arguably, the most potent spin pairing in the province. Perumal claimed a Clifton-record 95 wickets last season.

Adam Dickin, unused in College’s first innings despite Clifton employing seven bowlers, made an impact when finally introduced. He sent down 15 overs in the second innings and finished with figures of 4/77.

Clifton’s second innings followed a similar pattern to the first, with resistance but little fluency. Daniyaal Klinck top scored with 28, while Ethan Grieselmann (24*) was the only other batsman to reach the twenties.

There was, however, plenty of grit on display as Johnson (16 off 38 balls) and Connor Jackson (15* off 65) frustrated College’s push for victory late on.

When stumps were finally drawn after 54 overs of Clifton’s second innings, the visitors were on 138/8 – well short of their target but safely out of danger.

Willson rounded off an excellent match by adding 3/16 from 12 overs to his first innings’ haul, while du Toit backed up his earlier efforts with 2/10 from six overs as College threw 10 bowlers at Clifton in a final attempt to force a result.

Summarised scorecard

First innings

Maritzburg College 254/8 dec. (Dax Jursa 123*, Luke Puddu 29, James Pembridge 22; Blake Johnson 3/63, George Gooch 2/28); Clifton College 147/10 (Jack Snaith 27, Hayden Drieselmann 21, Yusuf Ahmed 21; Reece Willson 3/41, Akhil Bharath 2/13, Dom du Toit 2/14).

Second innings

Maritzburg College 218/9 dec. (Akhil Bharath 69, Dax Jursa 41, Reece Willson 22; Adam Dickin 4/77, Blake Johnson 3/21); Clifton College 138/8 (Daniyaal Klinck 28, Ethan Grieselmann 24*; Reece Willson 3/16, Dom du Toit 2/10).

Match drawn.

Day four of the Peninsula Cricket Festival delivered a century from SA Colts‘ opener and St Charles College captain Thandolwethu Zama and a cracking contest between Wynberg Boys’ High and Hoërskool Waterkloof, which brought an end to Klofies‘ unbeaten run.

Nothing, however, came close to matching the astonishing clash between Paul Roos Gimnasium and Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies).

Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies)

With 50-over matches the order of the day, a decision to bat first against Paul Roos Gimnasium on the PRG Oval, in Stellenbosch, backfired spectacularly on Affies after the coin toss went their way.

Four of their top six batsmen were out for ducks, another made one, and they found themselves on a barely believable 3/5 early in their innings. That miserable total soon became 13/6.

Astonishingly, they fought back from that seemingly hopeless position with commendable grit to grab a 29-run victory, with the end of the game rivalling the beginning of the contest for drama and a mind-boggling batting collapse.

PRG opening bowler Dion Slabber was responsible for four of the first five Affies’ wickets to fall and went on to finish with 4/42 from his 10 overs.

Vihan Pretorius stood strong, though, making 34 from 67 balls, which included five fours, before he was LBW to Noah Appolis.

During Pretorius’s innings, Dawie Barnard lost his wicket to Seth Muirhead, which left Affies – the only team with a perfect Peninsula Festival record of three wins from three games before Saturday – on 31/7. They were in dire straits.

Pretorius, in partnership with Zian Labuschagne, advanced the total to 66 before the former’s resistance ended. Labuschagne, batting at nine, was just getting started, however, and he found reliable support from Schalk Coetzee. They added a desperately needed 66 for the ninth wicket before Muirhead bowled Coetzee for 31.

Nico Loggenberg, then, helped Labuschagne to see out the 50 overs, chipping in with eight not out. Labuschagne, meanwhile, cracked five fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 79 from 119 deliveries, which lifted Affies to an improbable 182/9 after their terrible start.

Dion Slabber’s opening partner, Morné Pauw, kept Affies on the back foot with a tight 2/19 from his 10 overs, while Seth Muirhead returned 2/40 from nine. James Holm conceded only 24 runs from his 10.

Paul Roos lost their both of their openers cheaply in their reply, but Xander van Niekerk and Janko Webb righted the ship, advancing the total to 69 before Van Niekerk was run out for 27 after a 51-run stand.

Webb next found an able partner in Marcus Conradie and they tacked on a further 42 runs before Nico Loggenberg trapped Conradie in front for 22. That left PRG on 111/4, with the Affies’ total of 182 still appearing to be well within their reach.

The departure of Webb, however, who was caught off the bowling of Vihan Pretorius for 62 from 78 deliveries, which had included seven fours and a six, triggered a massive collapse. It mimicked Affies’ top order travails earlier in the day.

From 146/4, Paul Roos lost their last six wickets for only seven runs, crashing to 153 all out, to bring a sudden end to an extraordinary contest.

Pretorius, the man who got rid of Webb, captured 4/18 in 7.3 overs, while his new ball partner, Armin Snyman, knocked over 2/26 in seven. Carlo Venter chipped in with 2/19 in six, and Nico Loggenberg dialled up the pressure with his 1/20 in 10.

Wynberg Boys’ High vs Hoërskool Waterkloof

Hoërskool Waterkloof put their clean Peninsula Cricket Festival record to the test at Wynberg Boys’ High.

After winning the toss, Klofies chose to bat first and posted 253/9 – an above average score on the Jacques Kallis Oval.

Their effort was boosted by some good partnerships, including 49 for the first wicket between AJ de Villiers and Wian du Plessis, which ended when the latter was run out for 24. De Villiers and Juan Swart, who made 21, then added another 41 runs.

De Villiers occupied the crease until he became the fourth man out with the total on 140 after making 66 from 93 balls, the highest score of the innings, with six fours and a six.

Captain Franco Schmidt weighed in with 50 from 71 balls before falling LBW to Noah du Plooy, the seven-wicket hero of Wynberg’s win over Hilton College on Friday.

Useful knocks from Johan Feuth (15), Jean Cloete (15), and Liam Breedt (20) helped the Pretoria side to extend their run scoring average to beyond five per over. They could have fared even better had it not been for some sharp fielding from Wynberg, who, crucially, pulled off three run outs.

Du Plooy was among the wickets again, removing two batsmen, although he was a touch expensive, going for a run a ball from his 10 overs. Nicholas Stafford also claimed two sticks and finished with 2/43 from his six.

Faced with a stiff target, Wynberg’s batsmen rose to the challenge, with the top six all reaching double figures.

Opener Matthew Saunders set the tone with 58 from 89 balls, while three players contributed thirties; his fellow opener, Fawaaz Hendricks, stroked four fours and a six in his 34 from 43, while the duo put on 77 for the first wicket.

Chad Campbell added 38 from 59 and Michail Tarentaal provided the innings with a big boost by blasting three sixes and four fours in a 19-ball stay that brought him 37 runs.

Matthew Mills played his part, making 24, while Joshua Prince, with 16, and Hugo Norambuena, with 12 not out, helped to see Wynberg to a morale-boosting three-wicket win with an over to spare.

It was a tough outing for the Waterkloof bowlers. Jean Cloete and Wian du Plessis, with 1/24 in six overs each, were the best of them, but the Pretoria school was unable to slow Wynberg’s momentum as they charged towards victory.

Rondebosch Boys’ High vs St Charles College

Rondebosch Boys’ High‘s middle to lower order batsmen came through on Bosch‘s Cricket A Field after three of their top four exited for single figure scores against St Charles College.

Eli Aufrichtig, who usually opens the innings, smashed an unbeaten 53 off only 27 balls, batting at eight, with five of those going for four and two for six. Luca Ghignone, who opened the innings, held down his end as the top order failed to fire and contributed 33.

Other batsmen who made their mark included Tim Short (41), Matthew Brooks (35), and Raa’id Davids (27), while Zion van Rensburg, whose powerful hitting helped ‘Bosch end Pretoria Boys High‘s unbeaten run on Friday, was not out on 17 at the end as Rondebosch totalled 265/8.

Eli Aufrichtig and Matthew Brooks shared the biggest partnership of the innings, combining for 80 runs for the sixth wicket.

The off-spinner, Kaiyuran Naidoo, was the pick of the Saints‘ bowlers, snaring 2/26 in eight overs. Connor Simpson bowled well, too, and returned the most economical figures of 1/26 from nine. Opening bowler, Connor Vogt, picked up two wickets, but his eight overs cost 59 runs.

The St Charles’ reply began poorly when Christiaan Prinsloo was run out for a duck, and they fell to 9/2 when his fellow opener, Matthew Weightman, followed soon after.

Captain Thandolwethu Zama and Caleb Sharp stopped the ‘Bosch bowlers in their tracks, however, with a 79-run partnership for the third wicket before Sharp was bowled by Arin Spiller for 29. Once he departed, the rest of the Saints’ batsmen offered slim support to their skipper.

Zama, though, was large and in charge. He clipped eight fours and three sixes while scoring 108 from 134 balls.

Connor Vogt, with 17, while batting tenth in the order, recorded the next highest score, and the St Charles’ innings came to an end on 218 after 47 overs.

Alex du Plessis, fresh off a four-wicket haul against Pretoria Boys High, went one better, capturing 5/43 from eight overs to lead the ‘Bosch attack. Arin Spiller assisted, with 2/57 from 10 overs.

SACS vs Pretoria Boys High (PBHS)

On De Villiers Field, against SACS, Pretoria Boys High‘s Tim Gordon and Louis Kruyshaar struck fifties for a second day in succession, with Kruyshaar’s 73 from 96 balls, which included nine fours, their highest score in a total of 247/8.

Gordon blasted three sixes and five fours in his 53 from 63, while Tshepang Baloyi added a useful 36 from 46, and Jayden Knott-Craig provided late innings’ fireworks, with 23 not out from only eight balls.

Kruyshaar and Baloyi were also responsible for an 82-run stand for the sixth wicket.

Three bowlers claimed two wickets each – Ronan Meintjies returned 2/40 from 10, Ben Blackburn 2/49 from 10, and Aqeel Waggie 2/35 from eight.

SACS gave it their all to chase down Boys High’s healthy total, but they didn’t have quite enough in the tank, coming up tantalisingly short when they ran out of overs with their total on 236/9.

Aqeel Waggie, who has been a star performer for the Cape Town school with both the bat and ball, powered their run pursuit, striking 12 fours and a six in his run-a-ball 73 at the top of the order.

He and Ulrich Roth put their team on the front foot with a third-wicket stand of 117, which ended when Waggie was caught off the bowling of Ruan Coetzee. Roth lost his wicket on 176, having faced 107 balls for a patient 56.

Matthew Hill (25), Mickey Watson (17), and Tim Hodgkinson (15) helped to pull SACS to within striking distance of Pretoria Boys High’s 247-run total, but they needed a hard-hitting cameo to get them across the line, and they didn’t get it, leaving PBHS the winners by only 11 runs.

Euan Gottfried was the primary reason for the inability of SACS to accelerate late in their innings, which was when he took three of his four wickets, going on to finish with 4/46 from eight overs.

Ruan Coetzee bowled tidily and was rewarded with 2/26 from nine overs.

Bishops Diocesan College vs Hilton College

Bishops produced a run rate of over 5.5 per over in an entertaining innings of 267 all out in 48.3 overs against Hilton College after choosing to bat on the Frank Reid Oval.

Their innings was built upon a big second wicket partnership of 126 between Cameron Macbeth and Thaafier Japtha. It ended when Sechaba Gude got rid of Japhta, who had bounded along to 76 from just 73 deliveries while striking 10 fours and a six.

Macbeth was the third man out with the total on 193. He had made 69 from 109 balls, with two fours and two sixes.

Captain Alex Vintcent kept the momentum going with the same mix of boundaries in his quickfire 31 from 24 balls, and Waco Bassick accelerated the scoring rate even more, slamming four fours and a six in his 35 from only 21 deliveries.

Obekeng Motsepa led the Hilton attack, capturing 4/56 from nine overs. Sean Burman accounted for three Bishops’ middle order batsmen, taking 3/45 from eight, and Sechaba Gude, who has been in rich wicket-taking form, claimed 2/43 in 8.3.

Unfortunately, for Hilton, they couldn’t find a foothold when they batted. Opener Ben Wilson, in typically obdurate fashion, applied himself well, but he fought a lone battle to keep Bishops at bay.

Wilson carried his bat, finishing on 66 not out from 108 balls, having struck eight fours but, after 42.2 overs, Hilton College was all out for 157, leaving Bishops the winners by a large 110-run margin.

Opening bowler Daniel Perold led the Bishops’ onslaught, knocking over 4/30 in nine overs, while Matthew Edwards snagged 2/29 in seven.

St Stithians College vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium

At the Rondebosch Cricket Club, St Stithians College evened their festival record at two wins and two losses after a dominant 116-run victory over Potchefstroom Gimnasium.

The Johannesburg school’s batting hadn’t yet fired at the festival, but they did a better job on Saturday, leaning on Matthew Anderson‘s 84 to lift them to 229 all out.

Anderson, batting at four, faced 94 balls and sent 11 of them to the boundary. He and opener, Akhil Challa, who made 35, put together an 89-run third wicket partnership, which left Saints on 100/3 after Challa’s departure.

Lower down the order, Didier le Roux (22), Matthew Katzenstein (25), and Tendai Kadyamadare (24), helped to push St Stithians beyond 200. Potch Gim, however, claimed the last three wickets without the addition of a run.

Damian Kruger bowled well, picking up 3/25 in eight overs, while Bernard Judels brought the Saints’ innings to an end and finished with 2/11 from 2.2. Henré Cronje took 2/62 in 10.

Potch Gim opted to move opening batsman, Christivan Coetzer, down the order to four after he missed out earlier in the festival, and that paid off. Unfortunately for the North West side, though, their top three were removed for single figure scores.

Coetzer, meanwhile, launched four sixes and hit three fours in his 44 from only 33 deliveries. The problem for Potch Gim was that only two other batsmen made it into the teens, and 13 from Henré Cronje was the next best score.

It was a strong collective bowling effort from St Stithians. Zaakir Hanslo nabbed 3/21 in 7.4 overs with his spin, while Akhil Challa snapped up 2/4 in two, Nqaba Matunda returned 2/19 in three, and Tajandra Naidu claimed 2/23 in five.

In only 25.4 overs, Potchefstroom Gimnasium was bowled out for 113.

Summarised scorecards

Affies 182/9 (Zian Labuschagne 79*, Vihan Pretorius 34, Schalk Coetzee 31; Dion Slabber 4/42, Morné Pauw 2/19, Seth Muirhead 2/40); Paul Roos Gimnasium 153/10 (Janko Webb 62, Xander van Niekerk 27, Marcus Conradie 22; Vihan Pretorius 4/18, Carlo Venter 2/19, Armin Snyman 2/23). Affies won by 29 runs.

Hoërskool Waterkloof 253/9 (AJ de Villiers 66, Franco Schmidt 50, Wian du Plessis 24, Juan Swart 21, Liam Breedt 20; Nicholas Stafford 2/43, Noah du Plooy 2/60); Wynberg Boys’ High 254/7 (Matthew Saunders 58, Chad Campbell 38, Michail Tarentaal 37, Fawaaz Hendricks 34, Matthew Mills 24; Jean Cloete 1/24, Wian du Plessis 1/24). Wynberg Boys’ High won by three wickets.

Rondebosch Boys’ High 265/8 (Eli Aufrichtig 53*, Tim Short 41, Matthew Brooks 35, Luca Ghignone 33, Raa’id Davids 27; Kaiyuran Naidoo 2/26, Connor Vogt 2/59); St Charles College 218/10 (Thandolwethu Zama 108, Caleb Sharp 29; Alex du Plessis 5/43, Arin Spiller 2/57). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 47 runs.

Pretoria Boys High 247/8 (Louis Kruyshaar 73, Tim Gordon 53, Tshepang Baloyi 36, Jayden Knott-Craig 23*; Aqeel Waggie 2/35, Ronan Meintjies 2/40, Ben Blackburn 2/49); SACS 236/9 (Aqeel Waggie 73, Ulrich Roth 56, Matthew Hill 25; Euan Gottfried 4/46, Ruan Coetzee 2/26). Pretoria Boys High won by 11 runs.

Bishops Diocesan College 267/10 (Thaafier Japhta 76, Cameron Macbeth 69, Waco Bassick 35, Alex Vintcent 31; Obakeng Motsepa 4/56, Sean Burman 3/45, Sechaba Gude 2/43); Hilton College 157/10 (Ben Wilson 66*; Daniel Perold 4/30, Matthew Edwards 2/29). Bishops won by 110 runs.

St Stithians College 229/10 (Matthew Anderson 84, Akhil Challa 35, Matthew Katzenstein 25, Tendai Kadyamadare 24, Didier le Roux 22; Damian Kruger 3/25, Bernard Judels 2/11, Henré Cronje 2/62); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 113/10 (Christivan Coetzer 44; Zaakir Hanslo 3/21, Akhil Challa 2/4, Nqaba Matunda 2/19, Tajandra Naidu 2/23). St Stithians College won by 116 runs.

After going winless on the second day of the Peninsula Cricket Festival, the Cape schools bounced back on Friday, day three, picking up four wins.

In the match of the day, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) gutted out a hard-fought one-wicket win over Bishops, with a 10th-wicket stand of 25 between Schalk Coetzee and Armin Snyman dragging them to victory and preventing the Cape sides from scoring a clean sweep.

With the win, Affies ended the day as the only team with three wins from three outings. Their Pretoria rivals, Waterkloof remain undefeated, too, but they drew one of their three matches.

Bishops Diocesan College vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies)

After suffering a batting collapse in a loss to Pretoria Boys High on Thursday, Bishops welcomed Affies to the Frank Reid Oval on Friday with the format changing from declaration cricket to 50-overs-a-side matches.

When Affies called the coin flip incorrectly, Bishops’ skipper Alex Vintcent chose to bat first. His batsmen responded with a much better outing than they produced the previous day, totalling 234/8.

Opening batsman, Ibraheem Taliep, and Harry Morgan, set the standard, putting on 82 for the third wicket, which took Bishops to 131 before Taliep was caught off JP Botha for 68. His diligent innings had taken 108 balls and produced seven fours and a six.

Morgan followed four runs later for 42, which proved to be the third highest score of the innings. Litha Mbiko, batting seventh in the order, bettered Morgan by three runs, smashing 45 from only 24 balls, four of which he launched for six, and three of which were dispatched for four.

Zian Labuschagne claimed 2/48 in 10 overs and Vihan Pretorius 2/59, also from 10, but JP Botha and Nico Loggenberg kept Bishops tied down with tight 10-over spells, picking up 1/25 and 1/29 respectively.

A 46-run first wicket partnership set Affies on course for what seemed to be a routine run chase and 75 for the second wicket between Christiaan Linde and AJ Morkel further strengthened their position. Linde’s contribution was 27 from 39 balls.

Vihan Pretorius then joined De Villiers in the middle where he played aggressively, striking two fours and a six to score a lively 24 from 15 deliveries. However, his dismissal, on 151, triggered a collapse, with Affies tumbling from 151/2 to 159/7 as Matthew Edwards led a Bishops’ fightback.

Morkel was still there, though, and he stuck around to advance the total to 172 before he became the eighth wicket to fall, one of four Edwards’ victims. His contribution was a telling 91 from 93 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes.

There was still work to do, and Zian Labuschagne and Schalk Coetzee were up for the challenge, partnering for 41 runs for the ninth wicket. However, when Labuschagne was caught by Litha Mbiko off the bowling of Waco Bassick for 29, the odds tilted in favour of Bishops.

Then came the gritty unbroken last wicket stand between Coetzee and Snyman, which took Affies to victory.

Edwards finished with 4/45 from eight overs, while Waco Bassick and Raa’id Arendse picked up two wickets each.

Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Pretoria Boys’ High

Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) put their undefeated record on the line against Rondebosch Boys’ High on the Cricket A Field at ‘Bosch. When the toss went their way, PBHS chose to take first strike, and it worked out well.

After the early departure of Ethan Nel, Joshua Hall and Tim Gordon added 78 runs for the second wicket before Hall exited for a circumspect 27 from 64 deliveries.

Gordon’s innings came to an end when he was LBW to Eli Aufrichtig for 57, with the total on 110. He’d hit six fours and three sixes.

That left Dylan Kruger and Louis Kruyshaar in the middle, and they proceeded to tear into the ‘Bosch bowling, with Kruger, especially, proving extremely destructive.

He hammered 121 from 99 balls, with 11 fours and four sixes, before he was caught by Tim Short off of Alex du Plessis. Kruger and Kruyshaar had shared a huge 163-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Rondebosch claimed two more wickets without the addition of a run, reducing PBHS to 273/6, with the Pretoria side going on to finish their 50 overs on 276/6. That hiccup, losing three wickets without scoring a run, would come back to haunt them. Kruyshaar was 50 not out from 54 balls, which included four fours.

Alex du Plessis was the pick of the home team’s attack, nabbing 4/29 from six overs, but it was a tough outing for ‘Bosch’s bowlers.

Set a daunting victory target, Rondebosch met the challenge head-on, but they found themselves on the back foot on 58/3, with their top three in the batting order out.

Schalk Fourie and Ethan De Heer Kloots changed the complexion of the contest, however, with a decisive 148-run partnership for the fourth wicket, with the latter leading the charge. He smashed six sixes and five fours in his 84 from 79 balls, while Fourie weighed in with 68 from 109 deliveries.

Fourie was out on 206. Two runs later, De Heer Kloots followed. Another two runs were added, then Raa’id Davids exited, and Tim Short followed soon after, with just two further runs scored. From 206/3, Rondebosch slid to 212/7. Advantage Pretoria Boys High.

‘Bosch had got something special out of De Heer Kloots and Fourie, but they needed another special innings, and Zion van Rensburg delivered it. He went after the Boys High bowlers, cracking six fours and two sixes in a 26-ball stay that produced an unbeaten 49 runs.

Rondebosch, though, lost Ethan Strydom for 14 after a 54-run stand with Van Rensburg, but Van Rensburg was there are the end, when ‘Bosch reached 280/8 after 48.5 overs. It was a first loss at the Peninsula Week for PBHS.

Euan Gottfried picked up 2/51 in seven overs for Boys High, while Victor Louw and Ruan Coetzee returned identical figures of 2/54 from 10.

Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium

After back-to-back defeats on the first two days of the festival, Paul Roos Gimnasium snatched their first win of the five-day event with an edge-of-the-seat one-wicket victory over Potchefstroom Gimnasium on the PRG Oval, in Stellenbosch.

Ulrich Botha and the in-form Lukas Kotze partnered for a strong second-wicket stand of 44 for Potch Gim, but, after Botha’s departure for 19, they were reduced to 53/3 when Bernard Judels followed for a duck.

Kotze and Bennet Keet stabilised the innings with a partnership of 42 for the fifth wicket. It ended when Kotze was caught by Dion Slabber off the bowling of James Holm for 41. He had faced 75 balls and hit four fours. When he exited, Potch Gimnasium was on 95/4, but Holm was only getting started.

In only 4.3 overs, he ruined the North West school’s innings, capturing 5/4, which included dismissing three middle order batsmen in succession for ducks, all trapped leg before wicket.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium’s innings fell apart under Holm’s attack. From 95/3, they crashed to 109 all out in 33.3 overs, losing their last seven wickets for only 14 runs.

Noah Appolis delivered a neat spell, returning 2/11 from five overs, to complement Holm nicely, while Aiden Titus picked up 2/9 in a single over.

Paul Roos, needing only 110 to win, faced what appeared to be a simple run chase, but it was anything but that.

The top three batsmen in their order were sent packing for single figure scores, which left PRG on 35/3, but Janko Webb and Marcus Conradie stuck around for a while. Webb was the fourth man out, with the total on 59, but he had done a decent job, cracking five fours in his knock of 30 from 54 balls.

While Conradie doggedly kept the Potch Gim attack at bay, Henré Cronje decimated the middle order. With Cronje leading the way, Paul Roos fell from 59/3 to 66/8.

Eventually, though, Conradie found a resilient partner in Roux Joubert and they tacked on 42 runs, taking the total to 108, before Joubert became the ninth man out, caught off Cronje for a vital seven from 35 balls.

Seth Muirhead, then, faced only two balls as Marcus Conradie shepherded PRG to a last-gasp victory. They finished on 113/9 after 28 overs, with Conradie undefeated on 49 from 59 balls, seven of which he sent to the boundary.

Henré Cronje ended with a fantastic 5/31 from 10 overs and opening bowler Adriaan van Niekerk claimed 3/28 from four, but the home team did just enough to bag a morale-boosting win.

SACS vs St Stithians College

St Stithians College‘s batting, which faltered in an opening day loss against Bishops, continued to look somewhat fragile when they took on SACS on De Villiers Field.

At first, they performed solidly after SACS chose to bowl first. Hamzah Shaikh and Akhil Challa put on 55 for the first wicket, but both were out on that total, with Shaikh contributing 35 and Challa 18.

Thomas Collins chipped in with 22, while Didier le Roux hit four fours in his 23, and Matthew Anderson made 18, but none of the Saints‘ batsmen truly pushed on. Aqeel Waggie was one of the primary reasons for that. He snared 5/13 in 5.1 overs to put the brakes on the St Stithians’ run scoring efforts.

Vaughn van den Berg was a good foil for Waggie’s excellent performance, capturing 3/18 in six overs as Saints mustered 134 all out in 34.1 overs.

Despite that modest total, St Stithians made SACS work hard for victory, but the Cape Town school came away with the win, scoring 136/4 after 35.2 overs.

Up front, Litha Kraai gave the home side a fast start, striking two sixes and three fours in a quickfire 28 from 31 deliveries before he was bowled by Zaakir Hanslo.

Kraai was the third man out in the 12th over, which reduced SACS to 55/3. Still, they had plenty of overs in hand and had accumulated those runs hastily.

When Aqeel Waggie followed for 12, SACS was four-down for 74. Saints might have fancied their chances of pulling off a reversal of fortune, but captain Ulrich Roth and Mickey Watson put a damper on such thoughts. They added an unbroken 62 for the fifth wicket to guide SACS to victory with 58 balls to spare.

Roth was 39 not out, with two fours, while Watson’s 32 not out included three fours and a six.

Zaakir Hanslo led the St Stithians’ bowling attack, with 2/30 from nine overs, while Tajandra Naidu clamped down on the SACS’ run chase, taking 1/25 from 10 tight overs.

Wynberg Boys’ High vs Hilton College

Hilton College decided to field first on the Jacques Kallis Oval and delivered a solid performance, led by new ball bowler, Sechaba Gude, who claimed 5/37 from 10 overs as Wynberg Boys’ High tallied 177/9 from their 50 overs.

They made a sound start to their innings, with Fawaaz Hendricks and Matthew Saunders producing an opening stand of 81 runs. Hendricks was the first to go, bowled by Benoit Rey for 47 from 52 balls, which included four fours and a six.

Saunders was the third man out and the first of Gude’s victims after scoring a focused 49 from 103 deliveries. His departure left Wynberg on 110/3 and, from there, they lost momentum.

Chad Campbell blasted a six in his 21 from 25 balls, but, besides him, only Noah du Plooy, with 15, and Matthew Mills, with 14, made it to double figures.

While Gude starred with a five-for for Hilton, Benoit Rey’s contribution should not be underestimated. He tied down the Wynberg batsmen, returning 1/27 from 10 tidy overs.

Hilton’s run chase began well. Barack Munawa and Ben Wilson batted steadily, putting on 96 for the first wicket in 29 overs before Noah du Plooy trapped Munawa in front for 61 from 102 balls, eight of which were hit to the boundary.

Wilson and Sange Qangule advanced the total to 136, which was when Qangule was bowled by Nicholas Stafford for 25. Five runs later, with the total on 141, Wilson followed for a conservative 39. Suddenly, Hilton College had two new batsmen at the crease and less than nine overs to score 37 runs on a tricky pitch.

With the Hilton batsmen under pressure, their innings went south, and that had everything to do with Noah du Plooy, who produced the best bowling figures of the festival thus far, capturing a spectacular 7/39 from 9.4 overs to bring about Hilton’s downfall.

He received good support from opening bowler Damien Harris, who picked up two middle order wickets and finished with 2/19 from eight overs.

With three balls remaining in their innings, Hilton’s challenge ended on 162. They had done many things right, but Du Plooy’s exceptional spell proved pivotal.

Hoërskool Waterkloof vs St Charles College

St Charles College, who edged out Wynberg by one wicket on Thursday, were well beaten by Hoërskool Waterkloof, who romped to an eight-wicket win on the Wally Wilson Oval at the Western Province Cricket Club.

Saints were put in to bat and that decision paid early dividends for Klofies, who had the Pietermaritzburg school on the ropes when they reduced them to 44/6 after 15 overs, with Christiaan Smit to the fore. He went on to deliver a decisive 4/29 from his 10 overs.

Caleb Sharp, batting at three, held up the Waterkloof attack, striking five fours in a 67-ball stay that brought him 35 runs, but he became the seventh player to fall, with the total on 80.

Connor Simpson replaced him in the middle and turned the tide in belligerent fashion, lashing five sixes and seven fours in a blistering 88 from only 80 balls. He and Lebo Mokoena, who made 28, advanced the total by 94 runs for the eighth wicket.

Simpson was, eventually, the last man out, with St Charles having posted 209 all out after 48.1 overs.

Rian Klopper got stuck into the Saints’ lower order and joined Christiaan Smit by bagging four wickets. His haul was 4/41 from 9.1 overs. Jean Cloete bowled well, too, picking up 1/26 in nine overs.

A fine opening stand set up Waterkloof’s victory. AJ de Villiers and Liam Breedt took 27.5 overs and scored at a healthy run rate as they put on 146 for the first wicket. From there, it was a relatively simple chase.

Breedt was the first to go, caught by Mokoena off the bowling of Sharp for 51. He faced 78 balls and hit six of them for four. De Villiers played a more attacking knock and was out for 86 from 100 deliveries, which included 16 fours. His departure left Waterkloof on 157/2 after 30.2 overs.

Exactly eight overs later, the Pretoria side had won. Wian du Plessis was on 16 not out and Rico van der Walt had 35 from just 32 balls.

Ryan Clarke, with 1/36 from nine overs, was, arguably, the best of the Saints’ bowlers.

Summarised scorecards

Bishops 234/8 (Ibraheem Taliep 68, Litha Mbiko 45, Harry Morgan 42; Zian Labuschagne 2/48, Vihan Pretorius 2/59); Affies 238/9 (AJ Morkel 91, Schalk Coetzee 29, Zian Labuschagne 29, Christiaan Linde 27, Vihan Pretorius 24; Matthew Edwards 4/45, Raa’id Arendse 2/27, Waco Bassick 2/40). Affies won by one wicket.

Pretoria Boys High 276/6 (Dylan Kruger 121, Tim Gordon 57, Louis Kruyshaar 50*, Joshua Hall 27; Alex du Plessis 4/29); Rondebosch Boys’ High 280/8 (Ethan De Heer Kloots 84, Schalk Fourie 68, Zion van Rensburg 49*, Eli Aufrichtig 21; Euan Gottfried 2/51, Victor Louw 2/54, Ruan Coetzee 2/54). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by two wickets.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium 109/10 (Lukas Kotze 41; James Holm 5/4, Aiden Titus 2/9, Noah Appolis 2/11); Paul Roos Gimnasium 113/9 (Marcus Conradie 49*, Janko Webb 30; Henré Cronje 5/31, Adriaan van Niekerk 3/28). Paul Roos Gimnasium won by one wicket.

St Stithians College 134/10 (Hamzah Shaikh 35, Didier le Roux 23, Thomas Collins 22; Aqeel Waggie 5/13, Vaughn van den Berg 3/18); SACS 136/4 (Ulrich Roth 39*, Mickey Watson 32*, Litha Kraai 28; Zaakir Hanslo 2/30). SACS won by six wickets.

Wynberg Boys’ High 177/9 (Matthew Saunders 49, Fawaaz Hendricks 47, Chad Campbell 21; Sechaba Gude 5/37); Hilton College 162/10 (Barack Munawa 61, Ben Wilson 39, Sange Qangule 25; Noah du Plooy 7/39, Damien Harris 2/19). Wynberg Boys High won by 15 runs.

St Charles College 209/10 (Connor Simpson 88, Caleb Sharp 35, Lebo Mokoena 28; Christiaan Smit 4/29, Rian Klopper 4/41); Hoërskool Waterkloof 211/2 (AJ de Villiers 86, Liam Breedt 51, Rico van der Walt 35*). Hoërskool Waterkloof won by eight wickets.

In recent years, Cape schools have dominated the Peninsula Cricket Festival. On Thursday, though, four of them suffered defeats, with the fifth, Rondebosch Boys’ High, settling for the only draw of the day.

Wynberg Boys High vs St Charles College

The most thrilling declaration match on Thursday unfolded on the Jacques Kallis Oval, at Wynberg Boys’ High, where St Charles College scraped a heart-in-mouth one-wicket win over the home team.

Batting first, Wynberg tallied 142 all out. Saints‘ opening bowler Jayden Saville put the skids under their effort, however, knocking over 4/17 in 10 overs. Ryan Clarke, coming on as the first change bowler, claimed 2/26 in 11.

Qaeed Shaik was the leading run scorer for Wynberg, striking two fours and a six in his 35 from 50 balls, while Chad Campbell chipped in with 24, which included a couple of sixes.

The St Charles’ run chase was anything but smooth. They lost their opening batsmen, Christiaan Prinsloo and Matthew Weightmann, with only two runs on the board, and when Keegan Vermaak followed soon after, they were wobbling on 17/3.

Rebogile Mokoena and SA Colts‘ opener, Thandolwethu Zama, batting at five on this occasion, turned the tide. Mokoena made 21 while Zama doubled him up, hitting four fours and six in his 42 from 74 balls. Saints, though, needed a fighting innings from Ryan Clarke to see them over the line.

When victory was achieved in the 55th over of their innings, Clarke was unbeaten on 41, having denied Wynberg’s bowlers for 71 balls while striking three fours and a six.

Noah du Plooy, the seventh bowler used by Wynberg, came close to snatching victory for his side, decimating the Saints’ lower order as he snared 4/24 in eight overs. Fawaaz Hendricks, who took the new ball, kept matter tight and returned a tidy 2/36 from 17.3 overs.

Paul Roos Gimnasium vs St Stithians College

After suffering a galling 10-wicket loss to Bishops on Wednesday, St Stithians bounced back on Thursday with a convincing four-wicket win over Paul Roos Gimnasium at the PRG Oval, in Stellenbosch.

The toss went the way of Paul Roos and they opted to bat first, but that didn’t work out well for them. After 36.2 overs, they were all out for a modest 115, with only Jason Raal, with 22, and Dion Slabber, with 20 not out, making it out of the teens.

Together, they shared the highest partnership of the innings, 42 runs, for the ninth wicket, after PRG had been reduced to 70/8.

Tendai Kadyamadare and Zaakir Hanslo were the architects of PRG’s batting downfall, capturing 4/39 and 4/44 respectively.

Defending a low total, Paul Roos made early inroads into the Saints‘ batting, getting rid of three of the top four batsmen cheaply, which left the Johannesburg side in some trouble on 27/3.

Opener Hamza Shaikh stood firm, however, and he became one of three batsmen to tally exactly 30 – the others were Matthew Katzenstein and Matthew Anderson – and that proved to be sufficient with only 116 required for victory.

After 32 overs, St Stithians made it to 117/6 to claim a morale-boosting win.

Morné Pauw did his best to deny Saints, knocking over 4/24 in nine overs, but Paul Roos needed a similar performance from another bowler, given the light total they were defending, to have any chance of claiming an unlikely win.

SACS vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies)

Affies, the winners by five wickets over Wynberg Boys’ High on Wednesday, followed up with an even more emphatic eight-wicket defeat of SACS on De Villiers Field on Thursday.

SACS had comfortably topped 300 runs against St Charles on Wednesday, but they found the Affies’ bowling attack to be a far tougher challenge. Despite spending 53 overs at the crease, they posted only 107 all out after choosing to bat first.

Zian Labuschagne and Armin Snyman played a pivotal role in determining the outcome of the game early in the contest when they ran through the SACS top order, leaving the Capetonians floundering on 8/4 in the fourth over. From there, the home side struggled to build a substantial innings.

Benji Tilbury, batting sixth in the order, was the sole batsman to properly halt the Affies’ onslaught, top scoring with a battling 37 from 67 balls, with five fours and a six, but the next highest score was only 15, scored by Tim Hodgkinson.

Labuschagne tore through the SACS batting, capturing 4/14 in nine tight overs, while Snyman finished with 1/7 from seven. The other five wickets were shared by Nico Loggenberg, who snapped up 3/32 in 13, and JP Botha, whose contribution was 2/18 from seven.

All that Affies needed was a good start and they would be well on the path to victory. They, however, lost opening batsman AJ Morkel in the second over. Forced to perform as openers, JP Botha and Christian Linde did the job well, sharing a 71-run stand for the second wicket before Linde was run out for 34 from 42 balls.

Dawie Barnard, then, joined JP Botha to see Affies to victory in just 20.5 overs. When the contest ended, Botha was unbeaten on 62 from 69 balls, having struck 10 fours and a six.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium vs Hilton College

On the Wally Wilson Oval at the Western Province Cricket Club, Potchefstroom Gimnasium, who were sent in to bat by Hilton College, accumulated 210 all out in 64.2 overs. Their batting effort, as was the case on Wednesday against Pretoria Boys High, was powered by Lukas Kotze.

The number three batsman top scored with a patient 84 from 152 deliveries, which featured nine fours and a six. He also partnered with Ulrich Botha for a 66-run stand for the second wicket and added 53 with Bernard Judels for the third wicket. Botha’s contribution was 23, while Judels made 28.

Potch Gim suffered a big blow, however, when their prolific opening batsman, Christivan Coetzer, was run out by Ben Wilson for only two.

Sechaba Gude starred for Hilton, picking up five wickets while disrupting Potch Gim’s middle order batting effort. He finished with 5/41 from 11 overs. No other bowler took more than one wicket.

Hilton’s Achilles’ heel in 2025 had been their batting, but the Hilton batsmen showed up well in their opening match against Rondebosch Boys’ High on Wednesday, and they showed admirable composure on Thursday to chase down Potch Gim’s 210 runs.

Hilton enjoyed consistent contributions from their top order, something that was sorely lacking last year, to record an impressive four-wicket win.

Openers, Barack Munawa and Ben Wilson gave them 58 runs for the first wicket, with Munawa making 38, 32 of which came from fours. Then, captain Robert Burman, and Luke Wilson added 81 for the third wicket, with Burman exiting for 52 from 65 balls with the total on 146. He had sent nine balls to the boundary.

Wilson continued to graft hard and shared a 50-run stand with Cameron Hargroves, before he eventually lost his wicket for 41 from 94 deliveries. Hargroves was out four runs later, on 200, after a crucial knock of 40 from only 27 balls, which featured eight fours.

James Peattie lost his wicket a run later, but the hard work had been done and Hilton reached 212/6 after 50.2 overs to pick up the win.

Henré Cronje tried valiantly to stop Hilton’s run pursuit and removed four batsmen at a cost of 52 runs from 13.2 overs.

Bishops Diocesan College vs Pretoria Boys High

Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) tallied 188 all out against Bishops Diocesan College on the Frank Reid Oval after the toss went their way. At first, that decision backfired as Boys High stumbled out of the gate, slipping to 17/3.

Tim Gordon led their fightback, however, cracking seven fours in his 36 from only 31 deliveries. He fell with the total on 55 and Tshepang Baloyi followed without the addition of a run, which left PBHS in trouble on 55/6.

But Louis Kruyshaar and Justin Basdeo staged a rescue act, combining for 62 runs for the seventh wicket before Basdeo was caught off the bowling of Raa’id Arendse for 30. Kruyshaar followed five runs later for 31, and, when Jayden Knott-Craig was dismissed cheaply, Pretoria Boys High was on the verge of a low total, on 127/9.

Victor Louw and Liam Brooker, though, weren’t about to throw in the towel and they frustrated Bishops by adding 61 for the tenth wicket.

Louw was the last man to lose his wicket, but he had done an outstanding job batting at 10, slamming two sixes and four fours in a run-a-ball 45. Brooker finished with a resilient 25 not out from 50 deliveries.

Bishops pulled off two run outs, and four bowlers bagged two wickets apiece. Raa’id Arendse nabbed 2/5 in only four overs, Daniel Perold returned 2/19 in seven, Matthew Edwards 2/28 in seven, and captain Alex Vintcent 2/42 from eight.

Bishops made stuttering progress at the crease in their reply. They lost both openers, Cameron Macbeth and Ibraheem Taliep, for only nine each with the total on 20. When Thaafier Japhta and Litha Mbiko followed cheaply, they slid to 46/4.

Alex Vintcent and Harry Morgan steadied the innings with a 57-run partnership for the fifth wicket, which ended when Vintcent was caught off the bowling of Euan Gottfried for a run-a-ball 40, which had featured seven fours and a six. When he departed, Bishops was on 103/5.

Raa’id Arendse and Harry Morgan advanced the total to 120 before Arendse was sent packing by Liam Brooker. Brooker, then, joined forces with Victor Louw to engineer a collapse, which saw the home side lose their last five wickets for only 10 runs, which left them on 130 all out.

Morgan was the seventh man out for the innings’ top score of 41, which had taken him 81 deliveries and included seven fours.

Brooker returned a stellar 3/13 from 6.3 overs, while Louw snagged 3/27 from seven, and Gottfried 3/31 from 11 as Pretoria Boys High claimed a big scalp and a comfortable 58-run win.

Their big tenth wicket stand had proved to be the difference in the match. It also left them tied with their Pretoria rivals, Affies, as the only team with a perfect record of two from two after the opening two day of the festival.

Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Hoërskool Waterkloof

A decision to bat first on Rondebosch Boys’ High‘s A Field worked out well for Hoërskool Waterkloof, who enjoyed consistent contributions from their top six, which helped them to a healthy 271/8.

That strong effort was built around 85 from number three batsman, Juan Swart, who hit eight fours and three sixes in a 92-ball stay.

The openers, AJ de Villiers and Wian du Plessis, chipped in with 36 each and partnered for 64 runs for the first wicket. Rico van der Walt made 41, Franco Schmidt 30, and Johan Feuth 24 as Klofies took the attack to the ‘Bosch bowlers.

Schalk Fourie picked up 2/39 in 9.4 overs for the home side, while Alex du Plessis took 2/39 from 10, and Arin Spiller bowled tidily to claim 2/45 from 15.

Rondebosch replied with 245/7, with opener Eli Aufrichtig anchoring their innings. He faced 153 balls and scored 84, with five fours and a six. He and Tyler Heyns added 87 for the second wicket before Heyns was caught by Rico van der Walt off the bowling of Johan Liebenberg for 50.

Ethan De Heer Kloots gave the ‘Bosch batting effort a boost, smashing three fours and two sixes in his 42 from 45 balls, and Matthew Brooks also sparkled, taking only 41 deliveries for his 43, which included five fours and a six.

Liebenberg, though, messed with Rondebosch’s run chase, snaring 4/71 from 22 overs as captain Franco Schmidt used nine bowlers.

In the end, though, Bosch ran out of overs and finished only 26 runs short of Waterkloof’s effort. That meant their clash was the only one of the day that didn’t produce a winner.

Summarised scorecards

Wynberg Boys’ High 142/10 (Qaeed Shaik 35, Chad Campbell 24; Jayden Saville 4/17, Ryan Clarke 2/26); St Charles College 145/9 (Thandolwethu Zama 42, Ryan Clarke 41*, Rebogile Mokoena 21; Noah du Plooy 4/42, Farwaaz Hendricks 2/36). St Charles College won by one wicket.

Paul Roos Gimnasium 115/10 (Jason Raal 22, Dion Slabber 20; Tendai Kadyamadare 4/39, Zaakir Hanlo 4/44); St Stithians College 117/6 (Hamzah Shaikh 30, Matthew Katzenstein 30, Matthew Anderson 30; Morné Pauw 4/24). St Stithians College won by four wickets.

SACS 107/10 (Benji Tilbury 37; Zian Labuschagne 4/14, Nico Loggenberg 3/32, JP Botha 2/18); Affies 108/2 (JP Botha 62*, Christian Linde 34). Affies won by eight wickets.

Pretoria Boys High 188/10 (Victor Louw 45, Tim Gordon 36, Louis Kruyshaar 31, Liam Brooker 25*, Justin Basdeo 30; Raa’id Arendse 2/5, Daniel Perold 2/19, Matthew Edwards 2/28, Alex Vintcent 2/42). Bishops Diocesan College 130/10 (Harry Morgan 41, Alex Vintcent 40; Liam Brooker 3/13, Victor Louw 3/27, Euan Gottfried 3/31). Pretoria Boys High won by 58 runs.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium 210/10 (Lukas Kotze 84, Bernard Judels 28, Ulrich Botha 23; Sechaba Gude 5/41); Hilton College 212/6 (Robert Burman 52, Luke Wilson 41, Cameron Hargroves 40, Barack Munawa 38; Henré Cronje 4/52). Hilton College won by four wickets.

Hoërskool Waterkloof 271/8 (Juan Swart 85, Rico van der Walt 41, AJ de Villiers 36, Wian du Plessis 36, Franco Schmidt 30, Johan Feuth 24; Schalk Fourie 2/34, Alex du Plessis 2/39, Arin Spiller 2/45); Rondebosch Boys’ High 245/7 (Eli Aufrichtig 84, Tyler Heyn 50, Matthew Brooks 43, Ethan De Heer Kloot 42; Johan Liebenberg 4/71). Match drawn.

Bishops Diocesan College vs St Stithians College

Bishops Diocesan College stole the show on Wednesday, the opening day of the Peninsula Cricket Festival, by inflicting a heavy 10-wicket defeat on St Stithians College.

Captain Alex Vintcent elected to bat after the toss went his way and proceeded to set a superb example, delivering a match-winning performance on the Frank Reid Oval.

Opening the bowling, he captured 5/17 in 10 overs, which decimated the Saints‘ innings. His fellow new ball bowler, Daniel Perold, also enjoyed success, bagging 2/15 from seven, while Harry Morgan picked up 2/15 in 5.2 as the Johannesburg school struggled mightily at the crease.

Thomas Collins demonstrated admirable grit, facing 100 balls for his 42 before he was trapped in front by Vintcent. Unfortunately for St Stithians, Collins received little support and they were bowled out for 100 after a gruelling 43.2 overs.

Faced with a modest victory target, Bishops cruised to victory in just 19.2 overs. Vintcent opening the batting with Ibraheem Taliep and they shared an unbroken 101-run partnership.

When victory was achieved, Taliep was on 49 not out from 60 balls, having hit six fours and a six. Vintcent, meanwhile, was on 43 not out from 59, having bashed three sixes and two fours.

Pretoria Boys High vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium

Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) made a winning start to their campaign, successfully defending a moderate 145 all out in a 32-run win over Potchefstroom Gimnasium on Wally Wilson Oval at the Western Province Cricket Club.

Potch Gim enjoyed the advantage of winning the toss and they put PBHS in to bat. That proved to be a good decision as Boys High lost three of their top four batsmen with only 14 runs on the board. Later, they were reduced to 62/7 after losing three wickets for only one run. Then, at 75/8, the writing appeared to be on the wall.

PBHS fought back valiantly, though, with Victor Louw and Jayden Knott-Craig adding 48 for the ninth wicket before Louw was dismissed for 32. He had faced 34 balls, four of which he dispatched for four and another two for six.

Knott-Craig and Ruan Coetzee tacked on another 22 runs for the 10th wicket, with Coetzee frustrating Potch Gim by taking 37 balls to score three not out. Knott-Craig, meanwhile, scored 39, the highest score of the innings, while facing 69 deliveries.

Hardie Swanepoel, batting third in the order, produced the innings’ other score of substance, making 32.

After 51.3 over, Pretoria Boys High was all out for 145.

Adriaan van Niekerk was the pick of the Potch bowlers, removing three of the top five batsmen, to finish with 3/17 from nine overs, which included three maidens.

Thloni Thabatha also claimed three wickets, snaring 3/28 from 8.3 overs, and Henré Cronje returned a tidy 2/27 from 11.

The North West school’s reply was uneven. Lukas Kotze, batting at three, and Bennet Keet, batting at five, made 45 and 35 respectively and shared a fine 72-run partnership for the fourth wicket, which looked as if it had set Potch Gim up for a successful run chase.

However, when Kotze lost his wicket on 94, Gim’s innings quickly went south, with another three wickets tumbling on the same total, with one of those, disastrously, being a run out.

Potchefstroom Gimnasium staged a minor recovery, adding 16 runs before Jahndré Coetzee fell for six, the last of Euan Gottfried‘s five victims. Just three more runs were added for the last two wickets as Gim was all out for 113.

Gottfried starred with a match-winning 5/27 from 11 overs, while Ruan Coetzee took 2/23 from six. Liam Brooker, who shared the pivotal four wickets that fell without the addition of a run scored with Gottfried, finished with an impactful 2/3 from four.

Wynberg Boys’ High vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool 

On the Jacques Kallis Oval, Wynberg Boys’ High won the toss and batted first against Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies). They spent 61.3 overs in the middle and posted 169 all out.

Opener Matthew Saunders spearheaded their batting effort, applying himself diligently to score a determined 41 from 104 balls.

Lower down the order, Noah du Plooy, with 26, and Damien Harris, with 24, added 39 for the seventh wicket, but it was slow going.

Paul Bester, the seventh bowler introduced into the Affies’ attack, inflicted the greatest damage, knocking over 3/12 in eight overs. JP Botha played his part, too, claiming 3/39 from 14, while opening bowler, Armin Snyman, bagged 2/29 from 10.3 overs.

On a challenging pitch, Affies faced a tricky run chase, but their openers, JP Botha and AJ Morkel, set them on the path to victory with a 94-run stand for the first wicket before Botha was stumped by Chad Campbell off the bowling of Noah du Plooy for 31 from 45 balls.

AJ Morkel helped to advance the total to 105 before he became the third man to lose his wicket, but he had delivered the highest score of the match, facing 83 balls for his 66, which featured eight fours.

Daniel Murray, batting fifth, then chipped in with 33 not out to see Affies to a five-wicket win after 42 overs.

Nicholas Stafford picked up 2/47 with the ball and was involved in one of the two run outs executed by Wynberg.

Paul Roos Gimnasium vs Hoërskool Waterkloof 

Hoërskool Waterkloof visited Stellenbosch to take on Paul Roos Gimnasium on the PRG Oval, where the home team opted to bat first after winning the coin flip. They totalled 212 all out after 64.1 overs.

Opener Enré van Zyl and Janko Webb put on 47 for the third wicket before Van Zyl’s innings came to an end when he was caught by Liam Breedt off the bowling of Johan Liebenberg for 41.

Webb went on to provide the innings’ top score of 51, which came from 74 deliveries and included four fours and a six. Marcus Conradie chipped in with 27.

Waterkloof employed an astonishing nine bowlers and the last of them, Johan Feuth, was the most successful, knocking over 3/19 in 6.1 overs.

Johan Liebenberg bowled tidily, returning 2/33 from 11, and Rivan Booysen did a neat job, too, and was rewarded with 2/32 from 10.

In reply, AJ de Villiers and Jean Cloete gave Klofies a strong start, making 84 for the first wicket before Cloete exited for 28. De Villiers and Franco Schmidt partnered for 49 runs for the second wicket, lifting Waterkloof to 133/2 before Schmidt fell for 20.

De Villiers’ fine knock ended with the total on 166. He was the fourth man out, LBW to Roux Joubert for 83. He had struck 13 fours.

Juan Swart, with 26 not out, Rico van der Walt, with 20, Vorster de Villiers, with 17, and Johan Feuth, with 12, kept the momentum going, however, and Waterkloof clinched a hard-fought three-wicket win in the 53rd over of their innings.

Marcus Conradie enjoyed success in his 1.5 overs, snapping up 2/9, while Roux Joubert took 2/24 in seven.

Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Hilton College

Hilton College and Rondebosch Boys’ High drew on Bosch’ A Field after Hilton compiled a sound 261/8 in 70 overs, batting first.

The KZN crew made an excellent start, with Barack Munawa and Ben Wilson putting on 93 for the first wicket before Wilson was LBW to Eli Aufrichtig for 41. Munawa followed nine runs later, with the total on 102, for 55.

Hilton lost a third wicket one run later as Aufrichtig picked up the first three wicket to go down, but captain Robert Burman and Obekeng Motsepa soon quietened Rondebosch’s enthusiasm with a 76-run partnership for the fourth wicket. It ended when Burman was out for 41 from 51, having struck five fours.

Motsepa went on to the record the innings’ highest score of 71. He faced 99 deliveries and slammed four sixes and two fours. James Peattie chipped in with a useful 33.

Eli Aufrichtig led the Bosch bowling, capturing 4/70 from 16 overs, while Ethan De Heer Kloots snagged 2/53 from 19.

Rondebosch tallied 198/7 in response from 50 overs. Their reply centred around a second wicket stand of 76 between Tyler Heyns and Luca Ghignone. Heyns sent four deliveries to the boundary and two over it in an innings of 53 from 65 balls.

A run out removed Ghignone just one run shy of a fifty after he had faced 101 balls and helped the total to 157/4.

Schalk Fourie made 27 and Raa’id Davids was on 25 not out from only 22 balls when the match ended. He had struck three fours and a six.

Spin bowler, Benoit Rey, snared 3/37 from 13 overs, while Hilton also pulled off two run outs.

SACS vs St Charles College

SACS tallied the highest total of the day, 332/7 in just over 67 overs, against St Charles College, behind big centuries from Ulrich Roth and Aqeel Waggie. Saints then needed a stubborn last wicket stand to rescue a draw.

The Cape Town school lost two early wickets on De Villiers Field, but Waggie, who opened the innings, partnered with Roth for a mammoth 193 runs for the third wicket. After hitting 16 fours and two sixes, the opener was caught off the bowling of Connor Vogt for 119.

Roth went on to finish with an unbeaten 150, which included 15 fours and six sixes. He and Mickey Watson, who made 33, added 62 for the fourth wicket.

While many of his teammates suffered at the hands of Waggie and Roth, Connor Vogt excelled, capturing 2/30 from 10 overs. His opening partner, Ryan Clarke, claimed 2/48 from 12, and Kaiyuran Naidoo snared 2/32 from four.

The St Charles’ innings didn’t go well, and, after 37 overs, they were deep in the mire on 78/8. They appeared headed for a massive defeat. But Jayden Saville and Caleb Sharp took up eight overs while adding 36 runs for the ninth wicket before Saville became Ben Blackburn‘s third victim.

Sharp and Dylan Leppan withstood severe pressure for another seven overs to secure a draw, with St Charles ending on 148/9. Sharp fought a resilient battle and was 64 not out from 100 balls at the end, having sent 10 deliveries to the boundary.

Ben Blackburn led the SACS’ attack with a tight 3/25 from 14 overs, while Ronan Meintjies removed three batmen for 30 runs from 11 overs. His opening partner, Abhay Kalan, heaped pressure on Saints, conceding just nine runs from 10 overs while picking up one wicket.

Summarised scorecards

St Stithians College 100/10 (Thomas Collins 42; Alex Vintcent 5/17, Daniel Perold 2/15, Harry Morgan 2/15); Bishops Diocesan College 101/0 (Ibraheem Taliep 49*, Alex Vintcent 43*). Bishops won by 10 wickets.

Pretoria Boys High 145/10 (Jayden Knott-Craig 39, Hardie Swanepoel 32, Victor Louw 32; Adriaan van Niekerk 3/17, Thloni Thabatha 3/28, Henré Cronje 2/27); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 113/10 (Lukas Kotze 45, Bennet Keet 35; Euan Gottfried 5/27, Liam Brooker 2/3, Ruan Coetzee 2/23). Pretoria Boys High won by 32 runs.

Wynberg Boys’ High 169/10 (Matthew Saunders 41, Noah du Plooy 26, Damien Harris 24; Paul Bester 3/12, JP Botha 3/39, Armin Snyman 2/29); Affies 170/5 (AJ Morkel 66, Daniel Murray 33*, JP Botha 31; Nicholas Stafford 2/47). Affies won by five wickets.

Paul Roos Gimnasium 212/10 (Janko Webb 51, Enré van Zyl 44, Marcus Conradie 27; Johan Feuth 3/19, Rivan Booysen 2/32, Johan Liebenberg 2/33); Hoërskool Waterkloof 213/7 (AJ de Villiers 83, Jean Cloete 28, Juan Swart 26*, Franco Schmidt 20, Rico van der Walt 20; Marcus Conradie 2/9, Roux Joubert 2/24). Waterkloof won by three wickets.

Hilton College 261/8 (Obakeng Motsepa 71, Barack Munawa 55, Ben Wilson 41, Robert Burman 41; Eli Aufrichtig 4/70, Ethan De Heer Kloot 2/53); Rondebosch Boys’ High 198/7 (Tyler Heyn 53, Luca Ghignone 49, Schalk Fourie 27, Raa’id Davids 25; Benoit Rey 3/37). Match drawn.

SACS 332/7 (Ulrich Roth 150*, Aqeel Waggie 119, Mickey Watson 33; Connor Vogt 2/30, Kaiyuran Naidoo 2/32, Ryan Clarke 2/48); St Charles College 148/9 (Caleb Sharp 64*Christiaan Prinsloo 26; Ben Blackburn 3/25, Ronan Meintjies 3/30). Match drawn.