{"id":61524,"date":"2024-12-10T15:53:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61524"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:53:22","slug":"easterns-sneak-past-free-state-ep-hand-gauteng-second-consecutive-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61524","title":{"rendered":"Easterns sneak past Free State, EP hand Gauteng second consecutive loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – DECEMBER 09: Match underway during day 2 of the CSA Girls U\/16 Week between Free State and Easterns at St Stithians on December 09, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi\/Gallo Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Easterns<\/strong> performed an impressive turnaround from their disappointing first outing at the CSA U16<\/strong> Girls Week<\/strong> to see off a strong Free State side.<\/p>\n

Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> – (www.supersportschools.com)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having struggled with the bat on the first day, Siphokule Masisela<\/strong> took it upon herself to lead her side to a competitive score. Scoring at a run-a-ball, the Easterns top-order batter struck eight lovely boundaries for a well-played 54, only the second half-century of this year’s tournament.<\/p>\n

Isla du Toit<\/strong> was in good nick with the bat, too, contributing 36, while Keira Ferreira<\/strong>‘s 21 further assisted her side to reach 164.<\/p>\n

With everything to do, Free State<\/strong>‘s Rethabile Nthoba<\/strong> replied with a scintillating innings. She needed only 80 deliveries to smash 81 runs, including 10 glorious fours. Unfortunately, though, Nthoba only found support in Simone Mouton<\/strong> (24), as the Easterns bowling pair of Nadine Visser<\/strong> and Kananelo Mokoena<\/strong> did most of the damage.<\/p>\n

Visser, bowling 4.3 overs, snapped up 4\/27, while Mokoena was equally impressive, sending three Free State batters back to the pavilion and conceding only 19 runs in the six overs she delivered. This helped Eastern claim a tightly contested five-run victory.<\/p>\n

The Central Gauteng Lions<\/strong>‘ woes with the ball continued as they fell victim to Eastern Province<\/strong>. One wonders how different things could have turned out if the side from Gauteng hadn’t conceded 50 extras. EP’s Ashlee Buhr<\/strong>, however, batted well, too, contributing a well-played 29 runs to help her side to a competitive 129\/9.<\/p>\n

Buhr followed up her performance with the willow by taking 2\/17, and in unison with the pick of the bowlers, Bianca Graham<\/strong> (3\/10) and Caitlyn Collier<\/strong> (2\/3), rolled the Lionesses for a disappointing 88 runs, thereby securing a 41-run victory.<\/p>\n

Juanita Chirembee<\/strong> bowled Northern Cape<\/strong> to a comprehensive five-wicket victory over the Tuskers<\/strong>. Chirembee only needed three overs to claim her four scalps, which put the side from the interior of KwaZulu-Natal under immense pressure.<\/p>\n

Chirembee’s teammates, Brianna Arthur<\/strong> (2\/6) and Carla Hannekom<\/strong> (2\/7), also wasted no time either claiming their four wickets for only 13 runs, thus enabling Northern Cape to restrict the Tuskers to only 48 runs.<\/p>\n

Wandiswa Kaula<\/strong> (3\/10) and Luthando Ngcobo<\/strong> (2\/8) launched a valiant fightback, rocking the Northern Cape top-order, but a cool and calm innings from Keziah Adams (12) was enough to get her side over the line.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins<\/strong> were dominant against North West<\/strong>, cruising home comfortably by nine wickets. Sophie Read produced the goods with the ball, claiming four wickets for only six runs, while Sthembile Dlamini<\/strong> joined in on the fun with a return of 2\/8, ensuring that North West could only reach 61.<\/p>\n

Shreeya Subbiah<\/strong> then did her part with the bat, producing a match-winning 26 to secure victory in only the 10th over.<\/p>\n

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

Easterns 164<\/strong> (Siphokule Masisela 54, Extras 41, Isla du Toit 36, Keira Ferreira 21; Boitumelo Mhlaba 4\/16, Lebogang Kokoeane 2\/19, Simone Mouton 2\/24); Free State 159<\/strong> (Rethabile Nthoba 81, Simone Mouton 24, Extras 20; Nadine Visser 4\/27, Kananelo Mokoena 3\/19). Easterns won by five runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Eastern Province 129\/9<\/strong> (Extras 50, Ashlee Buhr 29; Mamly Raphela 2\/12, Kaylin Erasmus 2\/17); Central Gauteng Lions 88<\/strong> (Extras 38, Mankwanan 21; Bianca Graham 3\/8, Caitlyn Collier 2\/3, Ashlee Buhr 2\/17). Eastern Province won by 41 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tuskers 46<\/strong> (Extras 18; Juanita Chirembee 4\/17, Brianna Arthur 2\/6, Carla Hannekom 2\/7); Northern Cape 48\/5<\/strong> (Extras 18, Keziah Adams 12; Wandiswa Kaula 3\/10, Luthando Ngcobo 2\/8). Northern Cape won by five wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

North West 61<\/strong> (Extras 36; Sophie Read 4\/6, Sthembile Dlamini 2\/8); Dolphins 62\/1<\/strong> (Shreeya Subbiah 26; Isabelle du Toit 1\/8). Dolphins won by nine wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Easterns performed an impressive turnaround from their disappointing first outing at the CSA U16 Girls Week to see off a strong Free State side. Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com)\u00a0 Having struggled with the bat on the first day, Siphokule Masisela took it upon herself to lead her side to a competitive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":61604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61524","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\/61524","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=61524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}