{"id":790,"date":"2023-02-20T09:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.supersportschools.com\/?p=790"},"modified":"2023-02-20T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:50:41","slug":"another-pretorius-century-sinks-st-davids-at-dlamini-oval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Another Pretorius century sinks St David&#8217;s at Dlamini Oval"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-792\" src=\"https:\/\/cricket.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lhuandre-Pretorius-Cubs-Week-St-Stithians-1-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"249\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Cricket South Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Lhuandr\u00e9 Pretorius<\/strong> of St Stithians College has been racking up the runs this season. He scored his seventh century for his school side this weekend against <strong>St David&#8217;s Marist <\/strong>on the Dlamini Oval.<\/p>\n<p>Pretorius was in a devastating mood against St Davids as he scored an unbeaten 160 runs from a mere 141 deliveries. This helped Saints reach 273\/5 in their allotted 50 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Pretorius struck seven fours and 11 sixes in his innings. It was his second century against St David&#8217;s Marist this season as he recorded an innings of 166 in an earlier match between the two schools.<\/p>\n<p>Pretorius&#8217; other centuries came against <strong>Maritzburg College<\/strong> (140), Noordheuwel (119), <strong>Hilton College<\/strong> (109*), Lions Invitation XI (106) and <strong>St Andrew&#8217;s of Bloemfontein<\/strong> (104).<\/p>\n<p>This does not include the unbeaten century (126*) Pretorius scored during Cricket South Africa&#8217;s <strong>Cubs Week<\/strong> in Stellenbosch for the Central Gladiators against the Coastal Conquerors.<\/p>\n<p>The left-handed opening batsman will without a doubt be a force to be reckoned with if he continues his excellent form next season.<\/p>\n<p>Saints won the match against St David&#8217;s comfortably by 180 runs. Pretorius was dropped twice in his innings. <strong>Tahseen Hanslo<\/strong> (60) also weighed in with a half-century.<\/p>\n<p>St David&#8217;s was restricted to only 93 runs thanks to some excellent bowling by <strong>Olly Riley<\/strong> (4\/16) and <strong>Kwena Maphaka<\/strong> (2\/13).<\/p>\n<p>Pretorius has scored 1 744 runs thus far in the season at an average of 69.76 runs per innings.<\/p>\n<p>This week the semi-finals of the <strong>Johnny Waite Knockout<\/strong> competition will take place. <strong>Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong> will take on King Edward VII, while <strong>Helpmekaar-kollege<\/strong> and St David&#8217;s Marist will face each other<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised Scorecards:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>St Stithians College 273\/5\u00a0<\/b>(Lhuandr\u00e9 Pretorius 160*, Tahseen Hanslo 60, Extras 25; Boago Gaoraelwe 3\/33); <strong>St David&#8217;s Marist 93<\/strong> (Sam Wearne 26; Olly Riley 4\/16, Kwena Maphaka 2\/13). <strong>St Stithians College won by 180 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lhuandr\u00e9 Pretorius of St Stithians College has been racking up the runs this season. He scored his seventh century for his school side this weekend against St David&#8217;s Marist on the Dlamini Oval. Pretorius was in a devastating mood against St Davids as he scored an unbeaten 160 runs from a mere 141 deliveries. 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