{"id":62069,"date":"2025-01-05T15:16:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=62069"},"modified":"2025-01-05T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:16:58","slug":"heavyweights-take-each-other-on-at-peninsula-cricket-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=62069","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweights take each other on at Peninsula Cricket Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3114\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Peninsula.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The annual <strong>Peninsula Cricket Festival<\/strong> is without a doubt where the heavyweights of South African schoolboy cricket get together to test their mettle.<\/p>\n<p>Catch all the action live on <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SchoolsCricket2025\"><strong>SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SchoolsCricket2025\">www.supersportschools.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>During the opening day of the festival there is a couple of matches to look forward to. The encounter between <strong>Diocesan College<\/strong> or Bishops as they are better known as, will take on <strong>St Stithians College<\/strong> on the Frank Reid Oval.<\/p>\n<p>Saints had four former pupils &#8211; <strong>Wiaan Mulder<\/strong>, <strong>Kwena Maphaka<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Rickelton<\/strong> and <strong>Kagiso Rabada<\/strong> in action for the Proteas in the recent test against Pakistan at Newlands in Cape Town. Maphaka, who is still waiting on his matric results, made his test debut in this test.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wynberg Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> is hosting the Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool of Pretoria in their first encounter of the festival on the Jacques Kallis Oval. Affies&#8217; <strong>Vihan Pretorius<\/strong> and <strong>Ruben Groenewald<\/strong> won&#8217;t be in action against Wynberg as they are still representing the Northern Champions during the final day of Cricket South Africa&#8217;s Cubs Week in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg Boys&#8217; High is also not at full strength during the opening clash as their captain, <strong>Paul James<\/strong>, is one of the key players for the Southern Superstars as they will lock horns with the United States of America&#8217;s u19-side in the final of this year&#8217;s Cubs Week.<\/p>\n<p>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High will host Pretoria Boys&#8217; High during their first encounter of 2025. The home side will also be missing Daniel Bosman who is in action at the Cubs Week. They however still have stalwarts in their squad like captain, <strong>Daniel Cooke<\/strong>, and <strong>Noah Heath<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Waterkloof of Pretoria will be looking forward to their match against Paul Roos Gimnasium of Stellenbosch on the second day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fixtures\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1 | Tuesday, 7 January 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diocesan College vs St Stithians College (Frank Reid Oval)<br \/>\nRondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs Pretoria Boys&#8217; High (Rondebosch)<br \/>\nWynberg Boys&#8217; High vs Affies (Jacques Kallis Oval)<br \/>\nSACS vs St Charles College (De Villiers Oval)<br \/>\nWaterkloof vs Hilton College (Claremont Cricket Club)<br \/>\nPaul Roos Gimnasium vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium (Paul Roos)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2 | Wednesday, 8 January 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diocesan College vs St Charles College (Frank Reid Oval)<br \/>\nRondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs Hilton College (Rondebosch)<br \/>\nWynberg Boys&#8217; High vs St Stithians College (Jacques Kallis Oval)<br \/>\nSACS vs Pretoria Boys&#8217; High (De Villiers Oval)<br \/>\nPotchefstroom Gimnasium vs Affies (Claremont Cricket Club)<br \/>\nPaul Roos Gimnasium vs Waterkloof (Paul Roos)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3 | Thursday, 9 January 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diocesan College vs Affies (Frank Reid Oval)<br \/>\nRondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs Waterkloof (Rondebosch)<br \/>\nWynberg Boys&#8217; High vs Pretoria Boys&#8217; High (Jacques Kallis Oval)<br \/>\nSACS vs Hilton College (De Villiers Oval)<br \/>\nPotchefstroom Gimnasium vs St Charles College (Claremont Cricket Club)<br \/>\nPaul Roos Gimnasium vs St Stithians College (Paul Roos)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 4 | Friday, 10 January 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diocesan College vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium (Frank Reid Oval)<br \/>\nRondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs St Stithians College (Rondebosch)<br \/>\nWynberg Boys&#8217; High vs Waterkloof (Jacques Kallis Oval)<br \/>\nSACS vs Affies (De Villiers Oval)<br \/>\nPretoria Boys&#8217; High vs Hilton College (Claremont Cricket Club)<br \/>\nPaul Roos Gimnasium vs St Charles College (Paul Roos)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 5 | Saturday, 11 January 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diocesan College vs Pretoria Boys&#8217; High (Frank Reid Oval)<br \/>\nRondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium (Rondebosch)<br \/>\nWynberg Boys&#8217; High vs Hilton College (Jacques Kallis Oval)<br \/>\nSACS vs Waterkloof (De Villiers Oval)<br \/>\nSt Stithians College vs St Charles College (Silverhurst)<br \/>\nPaul Roos Gimnasium vs Affies (Paul Roos)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Peninsula Cricket Festival is without a doubt where the heavyweights of South African schoolboy cricket get together to test their mettle. Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com). During the opening day of the festival there is a couple of matches to look forward to. The encounter between Diocesan College or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62069","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\/62069","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=62069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}