{"id":62774,"date":"2025-01-19T17:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=62774"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:27:42","slug":"st-johns-starts-the-year-with-a-victory-over-jeppe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=62774","title":{"rendered":"St John’s starts the year with a victory over Jeppe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Darshik Lutchman in full flow. Photo: Bongani Ntini, St John’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St John\u2019s College<\/strong> began 2025 with a 35-run win over Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong> in a league match played at St John’s on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The match was pencilled in to be contested at Jeppe. However, rain left Jeppe’s pitches unsuitable for play and the contest was moved to Houghton.<\/p>\n

The change of venue also resulted in a loss of overs, with the match being reduced to 35 overs a side.<\/p>\n

St John’s won the toss, elected to bat first, and recorded a challenging total of 180\/8.<\/p>\n

Jeppe lost four overs to another shower, which left them to chase a revised target of 159 runs in 31 overs. They scored 123\/8 and lost by 35 runs, calculated by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Darshik Lutchman<\/strong> top-scored for St John’s with a well-played 57 off 81 balls, which featured four fours and earned the opener the Player of the Match award.<\/p>\n

He also shared an outstanding 92-run opening partnership with James Yuill<\/strong>, who carried the torch after Lutchman’s dismissal. Yuill went on to notch the second St John’s half-century of the match, scoring 51 from 55.<\/p>\n

He shared a 32-run second-wicket partnership with Nkosana Sibiya<\/strong>, too.<\/strong> But when Yuill departed in the 24th over, it was the beginning of a collapse, which cost St John’s four wickets in five overs while they added only 20 runs. Herman Basson <\/strong>was the only batsman who withstood the procession of wickets, scoring an unbeaten 22 off 20 balls.<\/p>\n

Sipho Potsane<\/strong> kept Jeppe in the game with three wickets for 32 runs in five overs. Munib Ayob<\/strong>, who gave Jeppe hope with the dismissal of Lutchman, was one of four Jeppe bowlers to take a wicket each. Reza Ayob<\/strong>, Shreth Kumar<\/strong>, and Zizi Mkhize<\/strong> were the other three.<\/p>\n

Ethan Robinson<\/strong> denied Jeppe as good a start as St John’s by accounting for both openers, Tiago Almeida<\/strong> (11) and Adam Franken<\/strong> (20), in the fourth and eighth overs respectively. The rest of the bowling attack did not deviate from the tone set by Robinson and took wickets at regular intervals.<\/p>\n

Aiden Barberrini<\/strong> captured three wickets for 15 runs, Alec Loveland<\/strong> bagged a brace, and David Ireland<\/strong> rounded off the wicket-takers with a single wicket.<\/p>\n

Keegan Caxiero<\/strong> top-scored for Jeppe with 24 runs from 30 deliveries in a valiant attempt at lower-order resistance that was, ultimately, in vain. Zizi Mkhize<\/strong>, also, produced a spirited rearguard action and was on 22 not out at the end.<\/p>\n

Scorecards<\/strong><\/p>\n

St John’s College 180\/8<\/strong> (Darshik Lutchman 57, James Yuill 51, Sipho Potsane 3\/32, Munib Ayob 1\/17). Jeppe High School for Boys 123\/8<\/strong> (Keegan Caxiero 24, Zizi Mkhize 22*, Aiden Barberrini 3\/15, Alec Loveland 2\/20). St John’s won by 35 runs (DLS).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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