{"id":36537,"date":"2024-03-03T08:28:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T06:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36537"},"modified":"2024-03-03T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T06:28:04","slug":"durbies-and-stellenberg-book-a-title-deciding-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=36537","title":{"rendered":"Durbies and Stellenberg book a title-deciding trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35839\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35839\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Stellenberg-Derby-Winners-2024-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stellenberg 1ste XI (Foto verskaf)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After <strong>Stellenberg<\/strong> came out on top in their interschools match a couple of weeks ago, and <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville<\/strong> hit back during the week to claim the Sammy Bloch Trophy, the rival schools will face each other for a third time when they compete in the Western Province North Zone League final next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xander van Aarde<\/strong> drove the Durbies to victory with a brilliant, undefeated innings of 43 runs at the tail end of their match against <strong>Fairmont<\/strong> to secure a heart-stopping one-wicket win.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Wilhelm Smet<\/strong>&#8216;s 102 not out secured victory for Stellenberg against <strong>Edgemead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With both of their season&#8217;s head-to-head encounters being decided by less than 15 runs, the table has been set for a thrilling tie-breaker next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Edgemead scored 200 runs, batting first, against Stellenberg, with <strong>Daniel Haschick<\/strong> doing a lot of the grunt work for his side, compiling 89 runs off of 111 deliveries, before JJ Rothman dismissed him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdullah Muhammad<\/strong> also offered stiff resistance, scoring 31 at a run a ball, which included five boundaries, before <strong>Gerrad Kamalie<\/strong> put a stop to his innings.<\/p>\n<p>Kamalie gave the Edgemead lineup fits, capturing 4\/29, and he also effected the run-out that closed the book on their innings.<\/p>\n<p>After some early success for Edgemead by Muhammad and <strong>Luke Stinton<\/strong> restricted Stellenberg to 47\/3, Wilhelm Smet stole the show with a dominant display.<\/p>\n<p>His century, which featured 15 boundaries, two of them maximums, came from only 87 deliveries, and helped Stellies to victory in the 34th over.<\/p>\n<p>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville&#8217;s <strong>Tobias Roelofse<\/strong> led their attack against Fairmont, claiming four wickets, while adding a catch, too, to help Durbies dismiss Fairmont for 175.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Maclean<\/strong> was the shining light in the Fairmont lineup, racing to 65 runs off only 47 deliveries before <strong>Hugo Bredell<\/strong> sent his stumps flying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andr\u00e9 Neethling<\/strong> (38) led the reply for the Durbanville boys initially, as the top-order mustered 88\/3, but <strong>Caleb le Roux<\/strong> (4\/27) and <strong>Byron Garton<\/strong> (2\/25) tore big holes in the rest of their batting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>With only one wicket standing, <strong>Xander van Aarde<\/strong> produced a stunning 43*, with six boundaries, to see propel his side to victory, thus setting up a highly anticipated third showdown of the season against Stellenberg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarized Scorecards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fairmont 175\/10 <\/strong>(Kyle Maclean 65, Extras 22, Byron Garton 20; Tobias Roelofse 4\/22, Hugo Bredell 2\/17);\u00a0<strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville 179\/9\u00a0<\/strong>(Xander van Aarde 43*, Andr\u00e9 Neethling 38, Jan Kriel 26, Extras 24; Caleb le Roux 4\/27, Byron Garton 2\/25). <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville won by one wicket.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edgemead 200\/10 <\/strong>(Daniel Haschick 89, Abdullah Muhammad 31, Wasseem Fredricks 29; Gerrad Kamalie 4\/29, Michael Amoedo 2\/16);\u00a0<strong>Stellenberg 201\/5\u00a0<\/strong>(Wilhelm Smet 102*, Extras 26, Arno Koen 25; Luke Stinton 2\/27, Abdullah Muhammad 2\/38).\u00a0<strong>Stellenberg won by five wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Bellville 64\/10 <\/strong>(Owen Kretschmer 21; D&#8217;Neill du Toit 4\/16, Keanu Swanepoel 3\/5, Benjamin Grobler 2\/4);\u00a0<strong>DF Malan 17\/10 <\/strong>(Chris Roets 3\/7, AD van der Westhuizen 3\/8).\u00a0<strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Bellville won by 47 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg 315\/10 <\/strong>(Mondr\u00e9 Julies 124, Isaiah Swartz 59, Extras 45, Lee-Charn Koopman 29; Jonah Alexander 3\/50, Sesona Numpanga 2\/67, Kylo le Roux 3\/68);\u00a0<strong>De Kuilen 77\/10 <\/strong>(Mondr\u00e9 Julies 6\/21, Vaughn Arendse 2\/6). <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Tygerberg won by 238 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Stellenberg came out on top in their interschools match a couple of weeks ago, and Ho\u00ebrskool Durbanville hit back during the week to claim the Sammy Bloch Trophy, the rival schools will face each other for a third time when they compete in the Western Province North Zone League final next Saturday. 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