{"id":66004,"date":"2025-03-02T12:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T10:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=66004"},"modified":"2025-03-02T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T10:33:57","slug":"van-biljon-drives-dhs-to-victory-kearsney-edges-out-st-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=66004","title":{"rendered":"Van Biljon drives DHS to victory, Kearsney edges out St Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Josh van Biljon’s 68* held the DHS innings together and steered School<\/em> to victory over Clifton. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clifton College<\/strong> visited Durban High School’s (DHS)<\/strong> Theobald Oval<\/strong> on Saturday for a 50-overs-a-side clash. In a grind-it-out performance, School<\/strong><\/em> came away with a hard-fought five-wicket win.<\/p>\n

After calling the coin flip correctly, Clifton captain Tim Saulez<\/strong> elected to bat first.<\/p>\n

Clifton lost Hayden Drieselmann early, but, through Byron Ward<\/strong> and Caleb Naicker<\/strong>, made good progress, with Ward playing aggressively and Naicker holding down his end. That approach brought them a 54-run partnership.<\/p>\n

Taine Havermann<\/strong> ended it when he bowled Naicker for a watchful 14 from 54 balls. Unfortunately for Clifton, Ward, who has been in fine form since hitting a century against St John’s College (Harare) in the Clifton T20 Tournament<\/strong><\/a>, followed soon after that. He was caught by Ethan Cooper<\/strong> off Havermann for 43 from 58 balls, which had included five fours and a six.<\/p>\n

When Tim Saulez followed for three, only one run later – another victim of Havermann – Clifton’s healthy 59\/1 had become a less rosy 65\/4.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Borrageiro<\/strong> and Zach Williamson<\/strong> added 15 runs before Borrageiro became the second of three victims of the left-arm spin of Dhilan Naraidu<\/strong>, who, as he often does, took the new ball on Theobald Oval.\u00a0Naraidu’s third wicket arrived the very next ball when he trapped Lawson Dinsdale<\/strong> in front.<\/p>\n

While Williamson, another batsman who has found his form in recent weeks, stood firm, he was devoid of a solid partner until Blake Johnson<\/strong>, batting at 10, helped him add 23 for the ninth wicket.<\/p>\n

Clifton, though, was bowled out for 131 after 45.2 overs.<\/p>\n

The DHS bowling figures made for tidy reading. Taine Havermann, the fifth bowler introduced into the attack, captured a sparkling 4\/22 from 8.2 overs. Dhilan Naraidu snagged 3\/34 from 10, while captain Bayanda Majola<\/strong> kept Clifton’s batsmen honest and returned 1\/12 from eight. Lazlo Jooste<\/strong>‘s contribution was a neat 1\/25 from 10.<\/p>\n

When DHS visited the crease, Tim Saulez removed opening batsman Ethan Cooper before DHS had reached double figures, and Blake Johnson’s left-arm spin accounted for Ismaeel Omar<\/strong>, one of DHS’s dangermen, for 14, which left School on 29\/2.<\/p>\n

Josh van Biljon<\/strong> and Taine Havermann settled down, though, and slowly took control of the contest. They combined for a 47-run third-wicket partnership before Havermann was caught by Ward off Johnson for 18. The problem for Clifton was that Josh van Biljon had played himself in at the other end.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Vermeulen<\/strong> came on to grab a couple of sticks in two overs as DHS closed in on victory, but Van Biljon kept them going and after 40.1 overs DHS secured a five-wicket win.<\/p>\n

Van Biljon was undefeated on 68. His measured innings had taken 105 deliveries, eight of which he had hit for four, with one other going over the boundary.<\/p>\n

Vermeulen’s two overs brought him a return of 2\/10, while Blake Johnson bowled well up front, snaring 2\/28 from 10 accurate overs. Shiraz Perumal<\/strong> was tight, too, conceding only 21 runs from his 10, but without being rewarded with a wicket.<\/p>\n

Kearsney College vs St Charles College<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a second time in recent weeks, Kearsney College<\/strong> scraped a tight victory over St Charles College<\/strong>. At the Clifton T20 Tournament, it was by only three runs. On Saturday, in a limited-overs match played on the AH Smith Oval<\/strong>, it was by just 12 runs.<\/p>\n

The visitors, after winning the toss, opted to bowl first and made Kearsney work hard for their runs in the early going. When Rivan Moodley<\/strong> was bowled for Caleb Sharp<\/strong> for six, the home side had only 18 runs on the board in the tenth over.<\/p>\n

Captain Jason de Gryse<\/strong> set a good example at the top of the order, putting his head down to score 39 from 93 balls, with four fours. Cole Young<\/strong> was more attacking, cracking an unbeaten 38 from 49 deliveries to continue his solid late-season form, while 20, from Nic Comrie<\/strong>, helped boost the hosts to 172 all out after 49.1 overs.<\/p>\n

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Opening bowler, Rowen Rajah, with 2\/23 in nine overs, led the St Charles attack well. Photo: Justin Waldman Sports Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keegan Vermaak<\/strong> accounted for De Gryse and also got stuck into the Kearsney middle-order to keep the batsmen in check. In 10 overs, he captured 5\/35. The support from the opening bowlers, Rowen Rajah<\/strong> and Caleb Sharp, was good. Rajah knocked over 2\/26 in nine overs and Sharp returned a miserly 1\/17 from 10.<\/p>\n

Vermaak and Thando Zama<\/strong> then gave Saints<\/strong> <\/em>the kind of start they would have wanted. They combined for 56 runs in just over 12 overs for the first wicket before Vermaak was caught by Asher Hollister<\/strong> off Matthew Gorrie<\/strong> for 20.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for St Charles, Thando Zama followed four runs later, a victim of leg spinner Rivan Moodley for 33 from 38 balls. His innings had featured two sixes and three fours.<\/p>\n

Gorrie struck a massive blow when he had Saints’ skipper Rico Honiball<\/strong> caught for a duck and Moodley, soon after, sent Caleb Sharp packing. When Moodley also got rid of AJ Bosman<\/strong> cheaply, the visitors had slumped to 72\/5. They were in trouble, but Rowen Rajah and Ryan Clarke<\/strong> pulled them out of it.<\/p>\n

They shared a 66-run stand for the sixth wicket before Gorrie struck for a third time to end it, removing Clarke for 29. When Rajah followed two runs later, another Moodley victim, for 39, Saints was in trouble once again, on 140\/7. Within six overs, it was all over.<\/p>\n

Aided by a run out of Dylan Leppan<\/strong>, Kearsney bowled out St Charles for 160. Moodley’s torrid form with the ball continued with a superb haul of 4\/28 from 10, while Gorrie snared 3\/46.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, St Charles conceded 13 more extras than Kearsney, including 11 more wides. The winning margin was 12 runs.<\/p>\n

Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clifton College 130\/10<\/strong> (Byron Ward 43, Zach Williamson 35*, Taine Havermann 4\/22, Dhilan Naraidu 3\/34); Durban High School 131\/5<\/strong> (Josh van Biljon 68*, Gabriel Vermeulen 2\/10, Blake Johnson 2\/28). DHS won by five wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kearsney College 172\/10<\/strong> (Jason De Gryse 39, Cole Young 38*, Nic Comrie 20, Keegan Vermaak 5\/35, Rowen Rajah 2\/26); St Charles College 160\/10<\/strong> (Rowen Rajah 39, Thando Zama 33, Ryan Clarke 29, Rivan Moodley 4\/28, Matthew Gorrie 3\/46). Kearsney College won by 12 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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