{"id":56699,"date":"2024-09-09T11:41:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56699"},"modified":"2024-09-09T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T09:41:34","slug":"swanepoel-and-van-zyl-merenskys-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=56699","title":{"rendered":"Swanepoel and Van Zyl, Merensky’s nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A strong batting performance set up Ho\u00ebrskool Pieterseburg for a convincing win over Merensky Landbou Akademie. Photo: Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg<\/strong> was the first to bite in a battle between Limpopo’s big dogs on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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

A man of the match performance by Stephan Swanepoel<\/strong>, who was aided by a superb batting display from captain, Hanno van Zyl<\/strong>, saw the Pieties to a convincing 83-run victory over Merensky Landbou Akademie<\/strong> in Tzaneen.<\/p>\n

The pair did the bulk of the hard work with the willow for the visitors, combining well for a massive and much-needed partnership of 140 runs. Merensky was left wondering what might have been if they had held onto their chances early on in the partnership.<\/p>\n

Van Zyl was dropped just after his arrival, then went on to play some high-quality strokes, facing 75 balls for a crucial 73 runs. Swanepoel, meanwhile, played the anchor role wonderfully and also notched a half-century. He was eventually the victim of a peach of a delivery from seamer, Topher Elphinstone<\/strong>, for 68.<\/p>\n

Swanepoel then led the way with the ball, capturing 5\/50 from his 10 overs to cause a severe wobble in the Merensky response. Good support from SJ Stander<\/strong>, who took 2\/25, and AJ Galloway<\/strong>, who picked up 2\/35, meant the Pieties never looked like losing.<\/p>\n

Merensky’s newfound gem, bowling all-rounder Timothy Baker,<\/strong> fought valiantly. The left-arm off-spinner snared 4\/52 in 10 and smashed a quick-fire 35 from only 22 deliveries. Rinaldo Borman<\/strong> chipped in with 35 runs, too, while opening batsman Logan Janse van Rensburg<\/strong> knuckled down for a well-played 29.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Ben Vorster’s<\/strong> home field, the Premier Park Oval, hosted a low-scoring thriller. On a weekend in which there was a five-for in the second innings of every match played across the league, it was the Ben Vorster captain Njabulo Maseko<\/strong> who stepped up to the plate and guided guide his side to an important victory over Phalaborwa Boys Hub<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Defending only 102, the home side opted to open with spin from both ends. Maseko worked his magic, spinning a web around the visitors to snap up 5\/11 in 9 overs. Fellow spinner, Ndzalama Mushswana<\/strong>, also enjoyed success, claiming three scalps from his end while conceding 44 runs as the Phalaborwa side was rolled over for a meagre 68.<\/p>\n

Phalaborwa’s Hlalani Ngomane<\/strong> continued his good form with the ball, leading the visitor’s attack with a sparkling return of 4\/11 from four overs, while opening bowler Bradley Rikotso bowled well up front, capturing 4\/37.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Piet Potgieter<\/strong>, a dark horse contender for league honours, taught Nkowankowa Boys Hub<\/strong> a proper cricket lesson.<\/p>\n

After setting Nkowankowa a target of 228 for victory, thanks to a fine contribution of 85 runs from Muaaz Muhammed<\/strong> and 56 from captain Aeron Vaidyan<\/strong>, his second half-century in succession, it was up to the bowlers to get the job done. They did it in some style.<\/p>\n

Opening bowler Ruben Oosthuizen <\/strong>led the way with an innings-destroying spell that he will remember for a long time. He stormed in, sending down six overs during which he knocked over 7\/11 to return his best figures of the season thus far.<\/p>\n

Vaidyan, meanwhile, capped off a proper captain’s performance by picking up three wickets for only one run as the visitors stumbled to a disappointing 52 all out.<\/p>\n

Nkowankowa’s seamer, Allen Shiviri<\/strong>, was the star of the show for his side. While his team was well beaten, Shiviri would have been satisfied with his haul of 6\/55.<\/p>\n

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

Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg 256\/8<\/strong> (Hanno van Zyl 73, Stephan Swanepoel 68, Hanru Marais 35, Juan Rademeyer 20*; Timothy Baker 4\/52); Merensky 173\/10<\/strong> (Rinaldo Borman 35, Timothy Baker 35, Logan Janse van Rensburg 29, Extras 28, JP Botha 23; Stephan Swanepoel 5\/50, SJ Stander 2\/25, AJ Galloway 2\/35). Ho\u00ebrskool Pieterburg won by 83 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ben Vorster 102\/10<\/strong> (Amaris Nortj\u00e9 28; Hlulani Ngomane 4\/11, Bredley Rokotso 4\/37); Phalaborwa Boys Hub 68\/10<\/strong> (Rivoningo Chauke 21; Njabulo Maseko 5\/11, Ndzalama Mushwana 3\/44). Ben Vorster won by 34 runs.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Piet Potgieter 227\/10<\/strong> (Muaaz Muhammed 85, Aeron Vaidyan 56, Du Preez Coetzee 28, Extras 28, Jaque Fourie 21; Allen Shiviri 6\/55); Nkowankowa Boys Hub 52\/10<\/strong> (Extras 14, Nhlalala Malangana 13; Ruben Oosthuizen 7\/11, Aeron Vaidyan 3\/1). Ho\u00ebrskool Piet Potgieter won by 175 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg was the first to bite in a battle between Limpopo’s big dogs on Saturday. Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com) A man of the match performance by Stephan Swanepoel, who was aided by a superb batting display from captain, Hanno van Zyl, saw the Pieties to a convincing 83-run victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56699","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\/56699","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=56699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}