{"id":34037,"date":"2024-02-03T19:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=34037"},"modified":"2024-02-03T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:10:51","slug":"noordheuwel-shocks-st-johns-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=34037","title":{"rendered":"Noordheuwel shocks St John’s College"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel<\/strong> shocked St John’s College, <\/strong>winning by four wickets on Saturday, to bring down the curtain on a difficult week for the Johannesburg school, who have been without the services of their injured influential all-rounder, Luke Francis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After winning the toss, Norries opted to bowl first and that decision paid quick dividends. The Krugersdorp school’s opening bowlers, Damien Hopkins<\/strong> (2\/29) and JJ Basson<\/strong> (2\/42), struck early to have St John’s struggling on 3\/2 after just two overs.<\/p>\n

Darshik Lutchman k<\/strong>ept his composure, however, to lead a fightback for the visitors. Batting at three, he accumulated a well-played 61 from 103 deliveries.<\/p>\n

He found good support from Oliver Tait<\/strong> (50, 49b), who also notched a half-century and captain Joe MacRobert<\/strong> (32).<\/p>\n

Ruan Strauss<\/strong> swung the momentum back in Norries’ favour, capturing 3\/38, while Marius<\/strong> Penning <\/strong>made a telling contribution with his return of 2\/33 as St John’s were limited to 226 all out.<\/p>\n

Duan van Aswegen<\/strong> (68, 74b) and Pieter Bezuidenhout<\/strong> (53, 86b) gave the Noordheuwel innings an impressive start, combining well for a 94-run opening stand, before a brilliant run out by Lutchman provided a much-needed breakthrough.<\/p>\n

Alec Loveland snapped up 2\/38, but Dylan Potgieter<\/strong> (31) and Ethan Smit<\/strong> (28), saw Norries across the line in the 46th over to claim a big scalp for the team from Krugersdorp.<\/p>\n

St John’s had begun their weekend with a five-wicket loss to the touring SACS 1st XI in a T20 clash on Friday.<\/p>\n

The hosts batted first but were unable to get on top of a good bowling performance by the Cape Town school. Reece Theunis<\/strong> did the most damage for the Capetonians, claiming three wickets for just 13 runs. Nicholas Nejthardt<\/strong> (2\/14) and Ulrich Roth<\/strong> (2\/18) provided good support, sharing four wickets between them.<\/p>\n

Oliver Tait<\/strong> (31) and Darshick Lutchman<\/strong> (24) led a St John’s recovery, which helped their side to 109\/9 from their 20 overs.<\/p>\n

Knowing SACS was chasing a very average total, Reza Salie<\/strong> (54, 49b) played aggressively, scoring at more than a run a ball, to record a well-played and decisive half-century. His contribution set SACS up for the win, which was duly delivered by Rowan Taplin<\/strong> (22) and Litha Kraai<\/strong> (20).<\/p>\n

David Ireland<\/strong> (2\/18) and Malan du Plessis<\/strong> (2\/28) performed well with the balls for St John’s, but they didn’t have enough runs on the board.<\/p>\n

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

St John’s College 226<\/strong> (Darshik Lutchman 61, Oliver Tait 50, Joe MacRobert 32, Alec Loveland 29; Ruan Strauss 3\/38, Damien Hopkins 2\/29, Marius Penning 2\/33, JJ Basson 2\/42); Noordheuwel 229\/6<\/strong> (Duan van Aswegen 68, Pieter Bezuidenhout 53, Dylan Potgieter 31, Ethan Smit 28; Alec Loveland 2\/38). Noordheuwel won by four wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St John’s College 109\/9<\/strong> (Oliver Tait 31, Darshik Lutchman 24; Reece Theunis 3\/13, Nicholas Nejthardt 2\/14, Ulrich Roth 2\/18); SACS 111\/5<\/strong> (Reza Salie 54, Rowan Taplin 22, Litha Kraai 20; David Ireland 2\/18, Malan du Plessis 2\/28). SACS won by five wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel shocked St John’s College, winning by four wickets on Saturday, to bring down the curtain on a difficult week for the Johannesburg school, who have been without the services of their injured influential all-rounder, Luke Francis. After winning the toss, Norries opted to bowl first and that decision paid quick dividends. The Krugersdorp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34037","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\/34037","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=34037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}