{"id":60308,"date":"2024-10-30T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60308"},"modified":"2024-10-30T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:48:32","slug":"clifton-cruises-into-dolphins-schools-sa20-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60308","title":{"rendered":"Clifton cruises into Dolphins’ Schools SA20 semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clifton cruised through to the semi-finals of the Dolphins’ Schools SA20 competition with a comfortable win over Grantleigh High School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After surviving a hard-fought Schools SA20<\/strong> battle with Durban High School (DHS)<\/strong> the previous week, Clifton College<\/strong> breezed through their next match in the competition, thumping Grantleigh High School<\/strong> by 137 runs in a quarterfinal clash at the Riverside Sports Club on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The home team elected to bat first after winning the toss and their openers, Byron Ward<\/strong> and Hayden Drieselmann<\/strong> turned that into a very good decision by sharing an opening stand of 92 runs. It ended when Drieselmann was caught by Luca Olivier<\/strong> off the bowling of Dillen Pieterse<\/strong> for 37 from 36 balls, which had included five fours.<\/p>\n

Ward continued on his merry way, advancing the total to 137 with Tim Saulez<\/strong> before the opener’s cracking innings was halted by a run out. He had faced only 39 balls for 64 runs, smashing two sixes and eight fours.<\/p>\n

Saulez was out with the total on 151 after a quickfire 35 from 17 deliveries, three of which he deposited over the boundary, with another two sent to the boundary.<\/p>\n

Muhammed Malek<\/strong> weighed in with an unbeaten 25 off 17 as Clifton finished on 196\/5, setting their visitors from Richards Bay a steep required run rate of 9.85 to win.<\/p>\n

Grantleigh’s bowlers claimed only three of the five wickets to fall – the other two were from run outs – with Dillen Pieterse’s 1\/8 from two overs their best return. Tristan van Rooyen<\/strong> did a tidy job, picking up 1\/27 in four.<\/p>\n

The visitors made a decent start to their reply, with Van Rooyen and Yadav Davarm<\/strong> putting on 16 for the first wicket but, once Tim Saulez had bowled Van Rooyen for eight, the wickets began to tumble.<\/p>\n

That opening stand proved to be the best of Grantleigh’s innings, but they had few answers for Saulez.\u00a0He ripped through their batting, capturing a scintillating 5\/13 from his four overs.<\/p>\n

Shiraz Perumal<\/strong> saw the first ball he bowled struck for four but retaliated with two quick wickets to snap up 2\/10 in 1.5 overs. Gabriel Vermeulen<\/b>, also, played his part by claiming 2\/22 as Grantleigh folded for 59 in only 10.5 overs.<\/p>\n

It was a decisive performance from the Clifton attack, but 12 wides and 16 extras will be a slight cause for concern.<\/p>\n

Kian Topham<\/strong> led Grantleigh’s batsmen with nine runs.<\/p>\n

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

Clifton College 196\/5<\/strong> (Byron Ward 64, Hayden Drieselmann 37, Tim Saulez 35, Muhammad Malek 25*, Dillen Pieterse 1\/8); Grantleigh High School 59\/10<\/strong> (Tim Saulez 5\/13, Shiraz Perumal 2\/10, Gabriel Vermeulen 2\/22). Clifton College won by 137 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After surviving a hard-fought Schools SA20 battle with Durban High School (DHS) the previous week, Clifton College breezed through their next match in the competition, thumping Grantleigh High School by 137 runs in a quarterfinal clash at the Riverside Sports Club on Wednesday. The home team elected to bat first after winning the toss and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":60309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60308","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\/60308","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}