{"id":60032,"date":"2024-10-25T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60032"},"modified":"2024-10-25T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:32:07","slug":"garsfontein-claims-last-semi-final-spot-in-titans-schools-sa20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60032","title":{"rendered":"Garsfontein claims last semi-final spot in Titans&#8217; Schools SA20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-950\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alessandro-bogliari-oDs_AxeR5g4-unsplash-scaled-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Old Cricket Ball on Grass\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alessandro-bogliari-oDs_AxeR5g4-unsplash-scaled-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alessandro-bogliari-oDs_AxeR5g4-unsplash-scaled-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alessandro-bogliari-oDs_AxeR5g4-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein<\/strong> performed well at home and beat <strong>Midstream College<\/strong> on Wednesday to become the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Titans&#8217; leg of the <strong>Schools SA20<\/strong> competition.<\/p>\n<p>Relive all the action on <strong>SuperSport Schools<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/supersportschools\"><strong>(www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Garsie batsmen, led by the talented <strong>Charl van Staden<\/strong>, laid a solid foundation. They batted briskly but lost four early wickets. Then, Van Staden came to the crease and he upped the ante.<\/p>\n<p>In just 26 deliveries, the middle-order batsman smashed seven boundaries, including four sixes and three fours, to see the <strong>Ysbere<\/strong> through to the end of their\u00a0 20 overs with an unbeaten 50 runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ziswe Khumalo<\/strong> provided strong support, joining in on the onslaught and contributing 29 runs from only 15 balls. Opening batsman, <strong>Heinrich Badenhorst<\/strong> was the initial thorn in Midstream&#8217;s side with a classy 36, which set things up nicely for Van Staden and Khumalo to get the Ysbere to 201\/7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christiaan Olwagen<\/strong> (2\/24) and <strong>Jonathan Wiseman<\/strong> (2\/39) were the standouts with the ball for the visitors, removing two batsmen each.<\/p>\n<p>It came as no surprise when <strong>Echard Struwig<\/strong> led the way for Garsfontein&#8217;s bowling attack. Sending down two overs with the new ball, he struck early, snapping up two wickets while conceding only three runs. His new ball partner,<strong> Xander Venter,<\/strong> was impressive, too, assisting Struwig in the destruction of the Midstream top-order with his return of 2\/15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Strauss<\/strong> (23) and <strong>Gerhard van der Westhuizen<\/strong> (22) steadied the ship, but Ziswe Khumalo followed up his useful batting contribution with a good bowling spell. He dismissed Strauss and went on to claim 2\/24.<\/p>\n<p>Midstream&#8217;s <strong>Zack Lentoor<\/strong> didn&#8217;t go down without a fight and fought fire with fire, unleashing a flurry of boundaries, five of which flew over the boundary rope, as he contributed a quickfire 41 from just 17 balls. His innings was, however, Midstream College&#8217;s last dance, and the visitors were kept to 156\/9 from their 20 overs, which left them 45 runs short of victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Garsfontein 201\/7<\/strong> (Charl van Staden 50*, Heinrich Badenhorst 36, Ziswe Khumalo 29; Christiaan Olwagen 2\/24, Jonathan Wiseman 2\/39); <strong>Midstream College 156\/9<\/strong> (Zack Lentoor 41, Rikus Cilliers 32, Ryan Struass 23, Gerhard van der Westhuizen 22; Echard Struwig 2\/3, Xander Venter 2\/15, Ziswe Khumalo 2\/24). <strong>Garsfontein won by 45 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein performed well at home and beat Midstream College on Wednesday to become the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Titans&#8217; leg of the Schools SA20 competition. Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools &#8211; (www.supersportschools.com) The Garsie batsmen, led by the talented Charl van Staden, laid a solid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60032","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\/60032","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=60032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}