{"id":30276,"date":"2023-09-26T12:08:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.supersportschools.com\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:08:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:08:55","slug":"cricket-season-slowly-gets-into-gear-in-the-western-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=30276","title":{"rendered":"Cricket season slowly gets into gear in the Western Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1216\" src=\"https:\/\/cricket.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Somerset College<\/strong> outplayed <strong>Fairmont High<\/strong> for a 105-run victory over the boys from Durbanville on the Taberer Oval on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thando Prusent<\/strong> and <strong>Chad Ayford<\/strong> continued their good form from last weekend&#8217;s T20 action. Prusent scored 79 and Ayford got to 62 to build a solid platform for the home team.<\/p>\n<p>Exceptional bowling by <strong>Callum Hughes<\/strong> and <strong>Christopher Varie<\/strong> left Fairmont 105 runs short of their mark.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes conceded only 10 runs and took three wickets, and Varie got a hat-trick to dismiss the final three Fairmont batsmen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> proved too strong for<strong> HTS Drostdy<\/strong> in Paarl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tazreeq Moerat<\/strong>, who played an integral role in the success of their first-team rugby at fullback this season, led the charge with the bat, scoring 33 before he was finally run out.<\/p>\n<p>It was the host&#8217;s bowling attack that set them apart though, with<strong> Douglas Smith<\/strong> taking four Drostdy wickets, <strong>Charles King<\/strong> getting another three and Moerat getting in on the action again with two wickets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Josh Neill<\/strong> had a massive knock for Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High&#8217;s Colts team against Ho\u00ebrskool Bellville, scoring 122 off 80 balls as they beat the team from the northern suburbs by 119 runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarized scorecards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Somerset College vs Fairmont High (40 overs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Somerset College\u00a0<\/strong><strong>212\/7\u00a0<\/strong>(Thando Prusent 79, Chad Ayford 62, Tyrone Rieth 29; Dylan Kok 2\/24, Josh Martin 2\/26, Caleb le Roux 2\/52);\u00a0<strong>Fairmont High 107\u00a0<\/strong>(Josh Martin 31, Daniel Beelders 27; Callum Hughes 3\/10, Christopher Varie 3\/25, Thomas Parsons 2\/11).\u00a0<strong>Somerset College won by 105 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Gimnasium vs HTS Drostdy (50 overs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Gimnasium 200\u00a0<\/strong>(Tazreeq Moerat 33, Franco Boonzaaier 30, Jandr\u00e9 Botha 30, Extras 27, Willem Matthee 23*; Darius Venter 2\/21, Karel Hugo 2\/23);\u00a0<strong>HTS Drostdy 65\u00a0<\/strong>(Stephan Steyn 25; Douglas Smith 4\/26, Charles King 3\/9, Tazreeq Moerat 2\/17).\u00a0<strong>Paarl Gimnasium won by 135 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High II vs Ho\u00ebrskool Bellville (50 overs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High II 292\/9 <\/strong>(Josh Neill 122, Caleb Belelie 45, James Kirsten 44, Extras 35, Ethan MacGregor 27; S von Wielligh 2\/25, R Bekker 2\/37, Z Viviers 2\/40); <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool <\/strong><strong>Bellville 173 <\/strong>(Onke Mazitshana 58, A Bernard 41; Amaan Abrahams 4\/55, James Kirsten 3\/23, Dan Powell 2\/23). <strong>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High II won by 119 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somerset College outplayed Fairmont High for a 105-run victory over the boys from Durbanville on the Taberer Oval on Saturday. Thando Prusent and Chad Ayford continued their good form from last weekend&#8217;s T20 action. Prusent scored 79 and Ayford got to 62 to build a solid platform for the home team. 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