{"id":56220,"date":"2024-09-02T13:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56220"},"modified":"2024-09-02T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:21:16","slug":"van-schalkwyks-batting-record-sees-affies-home-in-run-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56220","title":{"rendered":"Van Schalkwyk’s batting record sees Affies home in run-fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Yet another batting record has tumbled in the north of Gauteng. This time it was the turn of Affies’<\/strong> and South African Schools’ top-order batsman, Jorich van Schalkwyk <\/strong>to rewrite the record books.<\/p>\n

Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> – (www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The nifty right-hander showed why he’s well on his way to 1 000 runs for the season by contributing a wonderful 240 from only 152 deliveries when Affies batted first against Cornwall Hill College in their Titans League fixture at Affies on Saturday.<\/p>\n

That was the highest individual score yet achieved by one of the school’s batsmen in a 50-over match. It was also his second double-century of the season.<\/p>\n

Van Schalkwyk’s superb innings included a whopping 34 fours and seven sixes as he raced along at a brisk strike rate of 157.89.<\/p>\n

He then rubbed further salt into the Cornwall wounds by spinning a web around the visitors to claim figures of three for 39 from 10 overs.<\/p>\n

Vihan Pretorius<\/strong> contributed 65 runs and claimed two wickets, one of which was the prized scalp of his older brother and SA u19 opener, Lhuan-dr\u00e9 Pretorius<\/strong>. The younger Pretorius, in a match that produced an astonishing 772 runs, conceded only 33 from his seven overs.<\/p>\n

He and captain Divan de Villiers<\/strong>, who smashed 66 from just 20 deliveries, played an integral part in Affies reaching a mammoth total of 454\/5 from their 50 overs.<\/p>\n

Cornwall Hill, however, wasn’t going down easily. Lhuan-dr\u00e9 Pretorius did some damage up front, taking only 60 balls to make 91 runs. He and his opening partner Ab Rasool<\/strong> combined nicely for a strong 154-run opening stand. Kian Blignaut<\/strong> (55) and Michael Blignaut<\/strong> (53) showed serious grit, too. Both made their way to well-deserved half-centuries after a middle-order collapse.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the visitors, not even 318\/6 was enough to get Cornwall Hill close to victory as Affies bagged an important 136-run win.<\/p>\n

In another big Pretoria clash, Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein’s<\/strong> Ysbere secured a nail-biting three-wicket victory over Pretoria Boys High<\/strong>. Boys High’s Tim Gordon<\/strong> continued his impressive batting form, top scoring with an attractive 71 runs. Johan Coetzer <\/strong>weighed in with \u00a052 and Connor Hall<\/strong> made 37, but there were no more scores of substance.<\/p>\n

Garsies’ Reuben van Zyl<\/strong> broke the backbone of their run chase with a well-played 68 while Wikus du Preez<\/strong> did his bit with 28 as Garsfontein overhauled Boys High’s 205 all out in the 35th over of their innings.<\/p>\n

Prestige College<\/strong> produced a much improved performance but it wasn’t enough to get them past Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark<\/strong>. Matt van der Merwe<\/strong>, one of the Parkies’ top performers this season, led the way with the willow. His 85, combined with contributions of 37 from Dian van Zyl<\/strong>, 32 from Ewald Meyer<\/strong>, and 31 from Steve Stolk,<\/strong> helped Menlo to a healthy total of 262 all out.<\/p>\n

Gift Motlhasedi<\/strong> impressed with the ball, claiming four Menlo scalps while conceding only 28 runs. Then, Lesedi Mabena<\/strong> made the Menlopark bowlers work hard as he top-scored with 63. Omphile Maredi<\/strong> rounded off a good all-round performance by adding 33 runs to the two wickets he had taken earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

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

Affies 454\/5<\/strong> (Jorich van Schalkwyk 240, Divan de Villiers 66, Vihan Pretorius 65, Henr\u00e9 Smith 33, Extras 26; Trent Hardie 2\/62); Cornwall Hill College 318\/6<\/strong> (Lhuan-dr\u00e9 Pretorius 91, Ab Rasool 65, Kian Blignaut 55*, Michael Blignaut 53, Oliver Richards 21; Jorich van Schalkwyk 3\/39, Vihan Pretorius 2\/33). Affies won by 136 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pretoria Boys High 205\/10<\/strong> (Tim Gordon 71, Johan Coetzer 52, Connor Hall 37; Sebastian Bouwer 3\/50, Eckard Struwig 2\/11, Zandr\u00e9 Nel 2\/16); Garsfontein 210\/7<\/strong> (Reuben van Zyl 68, Wikus du Preez 38, Extras 26, Richardt Joubert 21, Jared Carr 21*; Patrick Mouton 3\/28, Johan Coetzer 2\/50). Garsfontein won by three wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Menlopark 262\/10<\/strong> (Matt van der Merwe 85, Dian van Zyl 37, Ewald Meyer 32, Steve Stolk 31, Extras 28, Morn\u00e9 Koekemoer 24; Gift Motlhasedi 4\/28, Omphile Maredi 2\/28, Lesedi Mabena 2\/36); Prestige College 163\/10<\/strong> (Lesedi Mabena 63, Omphile Maredi 33, Extras 29; Pierre de Villiers 4\/20, Ewald Meyer 2\/23, Murray Hofmeyer 2\/51). Menlopark won by 99 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yet another batting record has tumbled in the north of Gauteng. This time it was the turn of Affies’ and South African Schools’ top-order batsman, Jorich van Schalkwyk to rewrite the record books. Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com) The nifty right-hander showed why he’s well on his way to 1 000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56220","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\/56220","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=56220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}