{"id":61948,"date":"2024-12-16T21:38:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T19:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61948"},"modified":"2024-12-16T21:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T19:38:50","slug":"free-state-and-boland-cause-major-upsets-on-opening-day-of-khaya-majola-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=61948","title":{"rendered":"Free State and Boland cause major upsets on opening day of Khaya Majola Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – DECEMBER 16: Cian Fortmann of KZN Inland during the match between WP and KwaZulu-Natal Inland at Rondebosch Boys\u2019 High School on day 1 of the Khaya Majola Week on December 16, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman\/Gallo Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CAPE TOWN. \u2013 The defending champions of the Khaya Majola Week<\/strong> (for u19 players), the Central Gauteng Lions, <\/strong>saw their chances of retaining their title suffer a major setback on Monday, the opening day of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The Free State<\/strong> defeated them by 22 runs on Bishops<\/strong>‘ Frank Reid Oval<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The winning side put up 195 runs, thanks mainly to their opening batsman Christian Kind<\/strong> (90), who was well supported by Dakalo Leketa<\/strong> (48). Together, the pair added a vital 80 runs for the fifth wicket.<\/p>\n

Gauteng mustered 173 all out in response. Corn\u00e9 Botha<\/strong> (46), Armaan Manack<\/strong> (37), and Richard Seletswane<\/strong> (25) were the only batsmen to offer strong resistance.<\/p>\n

For the Free State, Darion Rabie<\/strong> (3\/24), Otto Krause<\/strong> (2\/14), and Meyer Pretorius<\/strong> (2\/17) caused most of the damage.<\/p>\n

Another early favorite to win the title also suffered a setback on the opening day when The Titans<\/strong> went down to Boland<\/strong> by 24 runs.<\/p>\n

Batting first, Boland tallied 219 all out, with JJ van der Sandt<\/strong> (59), Chad Ayford<\/strong> (45), and Jevohndr\u00e9 Jacobs<\/strong> (44) making the biggest contributions. Charl Prinsloo excelled with the ball, dismissing four Boland batsmen for only 24 runs.<\/p>\n

Even though Divan de Villiers<\/strong> (70) and Lethabo Phahlamohlaka<\/strong> (33) shared a partnership of 100 runs for the Titans’ fifth wicket, it wasn’t enough to get their team over the line as they were dismissed for 195.<\/p>\n

Leolan Davids<\/strong> (4\/30) undermined the Titans’ batting effort with his four-wicket haul.<\/p>\n

The hosts, Western Province<\/strong>, began their week on a winning note by defeating the Tuskers<\/strong> by six wickets. Last year’s South African Schools’ captain, Beni Hansen<\/strong> (58), led the way with the bat.<\/p>\n

He and Siyabonga Venge<\/strong> (57) crafted a partnership of 104 runs for the third wicket.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins<\/strong>‘ Bandile Mbatha<\/strong> (5\/16) claimed the only five-wicket haul of the first day in his team’s tight two-wicket victory over Eastern Province<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

EP was restricted to just 107 all out, but they nearly managed to pull off an upset. However, the Dolphins’ captain, Ross Coetzee<\/strong> (39*), kept his cool to guide his team to a win.<\/p>\n

Easterns<\/strong> scraped a nail-biting one-run victory over the Garden Route Badgers<\/strong>. Easterns’ SA Schools’ player Parth Patel<\/strong> was one of the game’s standout performers with a versatile display that included 24 runs with the bat and a bowling return of 2\/16.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Cape Iinyathi<\/strong> has the most experienced side at the tournament and it showed as they comfortably defeated Northern Cape<\/strong> by nine wickets. Ryan Denston<\/strong> (4\/15) and Canton Hartnick<\/strong> (3\/18) made life difficult for the losing team’s batsmen, who were restricted to 120 all out.<\/p>\n

Summarised Scorecards (Limited Overs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuskers 196\/8<\/strong> (Cian Fortmann 50, Marcell Wellmann 30, Sphamandla Dzanibe 27*; Daniel Nadasan 26, Charles Swart 22; Raeeq Daniels 3\/38, Timothy Short 2\/37, Mbulelo Dube 2\/48); Western Province 197\/4<\/strong> (Benni Hansen 58, Siyabonga Venge 57, Daniel Bosman 24*, Kashief Joseph 22). Western Province won by six wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Free State 195\/10<\/strong> (Christian Kind 90, Dakalo Leketa 48; Jason Rowles 3\/40, Ruan Strauss 2\/22, Cole Francis 2\/41); Central Gauteng Lions 173\/10<\/strong> (Corn\u00e9 Botha 46, Armaan Manack 37, Richard Seletswane 25, Kamogelo Phiri 22; Darion Rabie 3\/24, Otto Krause 2\/14, Meyer Pretorius 2\/17, Hendru de Wet 2\/29). Free State won by 22 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Boland 219\/10<\/strong> (JJ van der Sandt 59, Chad Ayford 45, Jevohndr\u00e9 Jacobs 44, Stefan Conradie 23; Charl Prinsloo 4\/24, Divan de Villiers 3\/36); Titans 195\/10<\/strong>\u00a0(Divan de Villiers 70, Lethabo Phahlamohlaka 33, Marcus Bakker 22, Tshepang Laka 29; Leolan Davids 4\/30, Sibulele Makeleni 2\/48). Boland won by 24 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Eastern Province 107\/10<\/strong> (Xander Elkington 50; Bandile Mbatha 5\/16, Sandiswa Yeni 3\/22); Dolphins 108\/8<\/strong> (Ross Coetzee 39*, Shahzaad Perumal 20; Esa Gangat 3\/18, Cayden Wilson 3\/25). Dolphins won by two wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Northern Cape 120\/10<\/strong> (Extras 39; Ryan Denston 4\/15, Canton Hartnick 3\/18, Hlumelo Ntola 2\/54); Eastern Cape Inyathi 121\/1<\/strong> (Adam Rogers 43*, Jacques van der Merwe 31*, Bevanoe Mayhtam 28; Raul Williams 1\/15). Eastern Cape Iinyathi won by nine wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mpumalanga 231\/7<\/strong> (Extras 60, Nathan Duncan 46, Jayden Meyer 39, Bruce Nel 24, John Duncan 22; Coetzee du Preez 2\/28); Limpopo Impalas 227\/9<\/strong> (Lukas van der Merwe 62, Extras 51, Maaz Mabummad 44*, Hanno van Zyl 38; Vaughn van Zyl 2\/30, Sibonelo Skhosana 2\/37, Curtleigh Koetzee 2\/44). Mpumalanga won by six runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Easterns 166\/9<\/strong> (Jaden Govender 44, Sabelo Mabanga 38, Xavier Coetzee 25, Parth Patel 24; Liviwe Bawuli 3\/22, Jesse Lewis 3\/24, Trent Huisamen 3\/36); Garden Route Badgers 165\/10<\/strong> (Extras 38, Kurt Botha 28, Keano Coerecius 27, Joof Enslin 23, Trent Huisamen 23; Parth Patel 2\/16, Wian Pieters 2\/29). Easterns won by one wicket<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

CSA Invitational XI 202\/8<\/strong> (Paul Matlala 40, Vihan Pretorius 39*, Extras 30, Ruben Groenewald 25, Nkosana Sibiya 22; Nathan Rossouw 2\/25, Brendin Mathyse 2\/32, Marneau Dreyer 2\/49); North West 69\/8<\/strong> (Caiden Seleka 28; Dayalan Boyce 3\/16, Ryall Julies 2\/7, Paul Matlala \/12). CSA Invitational XI won by 132 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAPE TOWN. \u2013 The defending champions of the Khaya Majola Week (for u19 players), the Central Gauteng Lions, saw their chances of retaining their title suffer a major setback on Monday, the opening day of the tournament. The Free State defeated them by 22 runs on Bishops‘ Frank Reid Oval. The winning side put up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61948","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\/61948","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}