{"id":2807,"date":"2023-11-12T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.supersportschools.com\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2023-11-12T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T07:46:00","slug":"ruthless-ruthven-and-magical-marais-steer-waterkloof-to-third-consecutive-noordvaal-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=2807","title":{"rendered":"Ruthless Ruthven and Magical Marais steer Waterkloof to third consecutive Noordvaal title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Wian Ruthven<\/strong>‘s ruthless century and Hernus Marais<\/strong>‘ fantastic five-wicket hall steered Waterkloof<\/strong> to a third consecutive Fain Noordvaal<\/strong> title on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Having lost the toss, the Klofies were put in to bat first. Ruthven then took full advantage of what appeared to be batsmen-friendly conditions.<\/p>\n

Looking assertive from the first ball, he soon hit his straps. He punished anything loose from the Marais Viljoen<\/strong> bowlers and raced to a memorable century, scoring 117 from only 94 deliveries at a destructive run rate of 124.<\/p>\n

His innings included 12 fours and six sixes. Somewhat surprisingly, his opening partner, Divan Behrens<\/strong>, struggled for fluency.<\/p>\n

Behrens, though, obstinately looked after his wicket and knocked the ball around to feed the strike to the in-form Ruthven. When he was finally dismissed for 22, the opening pair had already shared a stand of 145 runs.<\/p>\n

The Alberton school’s bowlers stuck to their guns and were ultimately rewarded for their patience, with Juan Steyn<\/strong> bagging 3\/64 and Tristan van Schalkwyk<\/strong> 2\/44.<\/p>\n

The consistent Marcus Bakker<\/strong> contributed 37, while a sharp cameo of 36 from 24 balls from the talented Franco Cronje<\/strong>, and a well-played 31 from Alexander Volschenk,<\/strong> towards the end, proved pivotal to Waterkloof tallying a big 301\/9 in their 50 overs.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, for Marais Viljoen, their batsmen couldn’t replicate the Klofies’ success at the crease. Thanks to a wonderful display of fast bowling from the promising Hernus Marais, the underdogs were soon in deep trouble on 53\/6.<\/p>\n

Marais claimed a decisive 5\/13 in six overs, which included an outstanding 29 dot balls.<\/p>\n

Caiden Ramage<\/strong> fought valiantly for Marais Viljoen, making an impressive 35 from 42 balls, and he found good support from Juan Steyn, who counterattacked with a run-a-ball 28. Nathan Coleske<\/strong> did a solid job, too, making 27.<\/p>\n

However, another two wickets from Jaydon Blom<\/strong> put the final nail in the coffin as Marais Viljoen stumbled to a platry 130 all out, leaving Waterkloof the winners by a mammoth margin of 171 runs.<\/p>\n

The first-ever Noordvaal women’s final<\/strong> saw Noordheuwel<\/strong> come out on top against Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Magdaleen Ernst<\/strong> led the way for the Norries, top scoring with a wonderful 68 from 46 balls, which helped her side to an imposing 183\/9 from their 20 overs. The talented 15-year-old Deidre van Rensburg<\/strong> was the mainstay with the ball in hand for Gim, bagging three wickets for 33 runs.<\/p>\n

She followed that up with a scintillating knock of 105 from 73 deliveries but, apart from Thlotlo Bogatso<\/strong>‘s 20 at the top of the order, none of the other Gimmie-batters had any answers to the high quality of the Noordheuwel bowling, and they came up 22 runs short of their required target.<\/p>\n

Summarised scorecards\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waterkloof 301\/9<\/strong> (Wian Ruthven 117, Marcus Bakker 37, Franco Cronje 36, Alexander Volschenk 31, Divan Behrens 22, Beukes van den Berg 22; Juan Steyn 3\/64, Tristan van Schalkwyk 2\/44); Marais Viljoen 130\/10<\/strong> (Cayden Ramage 35, Juan Steyn 28, Nathan Coleske 27; Hernus Marais 5\/13, Jaydon Blom 2\/18). Waterkloof won by 171 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls’ First XI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Noordheuwel 183\/9<\/strong> (Magdaleen Ernst 68, Kaylan Potgieter 26; Deidre van Rensburg 3\/33); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 161\/4<\/strong> (Deidre van Rensburg 105, Thlotlo Bogatso 20; Magdaleen Ernst 2\/22). Noordheuwel won by 22 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wian Ruthven‘s ruthless century and Hernus Marais‘ fantastic five-wicket hall steered Waterkloof to a third consecutive Fain Noordvaal title on Saturday. Having lost the toss, the Klofies were put in to bat first. Ruthven then took full advantage of what appeared to be batsmen-friendly conditions. Looking assertive from the first ball, he soon hit his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}