{"id":82094,"date":"2025-09-01T11:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82094"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T09:44:29","slug":"rowles-grooteman-and-dias-scoop-top-honours-at-fasken-time-cricket-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82094","title":{"rendered":"Rowles, Grooteman, and Dias scoop top honours at Fasken Time Cricket Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Numerous stars put their hands up for the top awards at the Fasken Time Cricket Festival, but Jason Rowles, Steele Grooteman, and Tiago Dias beat them to the accolades. Photo: St David’s Marist Inanda on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jason Rowles<\/strong>, Steele Grooteman<\/strong>, and Tiago Dias<\/strong> collected the three most coveted awards at the just-ended Fasken Time Cricket Festival<\/strong> at St David\u2019s Marist Inanda<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Rowles, who scored two centuries and an unbeaten half-century for a total of 272 runs in three innings and picked seven wickets in 44.1 overs, took home the Player of the Festival<\/strong> accolade. The St David\u2019s learner\u2019s contributions helped the hosts to two wins in as many outings.<\/p>\n

The King Edward VII School (KES)<\/strong> duo of Steele Grooteman and Tiago Dias were named the Bowler of the Festival<\/strong> and Batsman of the Festival<\/strong>, respectively. Grooteman finished the festival with a haul of 15 wickets in four matches at an average of 11 and best bowling figures in an innings of 5\/35.<\/p>\n

Dias, on the other hand, scored a century and two half-tons on his way to 292 runs in four innings. No other batter besides Dias and Rowles had scores of more than 250 runs.<\/p>\n

Rowles scored a wonderful 100 as he helped his side to 302\/9 in the first innings of their tie against the Lions Invitational XI<\/strong>. However, he didn\u2019t do it alone; Hayden Campbell<\/strong> contributed a handy 50 runs. The Lions replied with a Matthew Barbour<\/strong>-powered 148. Morteza Manack<\/strong> (5\/61) did most of the damage with a five-wicket haul.<\/p>\n

Sensing an opportunity to deliver the killer punch, St David\u2019s asked the Lions to follow-on. Manack was unplayable in the second innings as he took another five-wicket haul, 5\/63, as St David\u2019s restricted the Lions to 240\/9. The total left St David\u2019s with an 87-run target, which they made light work of as they romped to an eight-wicket win.<\/p>\n

Dias scored an unbeaten century, 101, in the first innings and 79 not out in the second to help KES record a nine-wicket victory over Clifton College<\/strong>. The opener\u2019s ton propelled KES to 205\/3 in their reply to Clifton\u2019s first innings score of 198\/8. The KwaZulu-Natal side failed to cross the 200-run mark thanks to Grooteman\u2019s outstanding 4\/58.<\/p>\n

However, Grooteman saved his best bowling performance for Clifton\u2019s second innings as he took 5\/35 as the KZN side stumbled to 169\/10. That left KES with a 163-run target for victory. Dias led KES to 166\/1 to complete a dominant victory.<\/p>\n

Noordheuwel<\/strong> and Waterkloof<\/strong> were the other two sides to record wins in the second round of matches. The Norries beat Nelspruit<\/strong> by nine wickets, thanks to Dihan Grove<\/strong>\u2019s four-wicket haul in Nelspruit\u2019s first innings, Gomolemo Sibi<\/strong>\u2019s 4\/37 in Nelspruit\u2019s second, and Corn\u00e9 Botha<\/strong>\u2019s unbeaten 103* as well as Wander Roolvink<\/strong>\u2019s 55 not out as they chased down the 156-run target Nelspruit had set for them.<\/p>\n

Waterkloof fended off the challenge from Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong> to register a seven-wicket triumph. Riyan Booysen<\/strong> took 4\/67 as Waterkloof restricted Jeppe to 296\/8 in the first innings. Wian du Plessis<\/strong> carted a masterful 126 as Waterkloof to a one-run lead in their reply.<\/p>\n

Booysen was at hand again, taking 5\/53 in the third innings to bundle Jeppe out for 162, and leave Waterkloof with a 161-run target to win. Rico van der Walt<\/strong> saw the Klofies home with an unbeaten 64. Goolam Ahmed<\/strong> contributed 53 runs in the chase.<\/p>\n

St Stithians<\/strong> and St Andrew\u2019s School<\/strong> played out a draw, as did St Charles College<\/strong> and St John\u2019s College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Summarised Scorecards:<\/b><\/p>\n

St David’s Marist 302\/9<\/strong> (Jason Rowles 100, Hayden Campbell 50; Tebogo Lebuya 3\/50, Kurt Loch 2\/33). Lions Invitational XI<\/strong> 148\/10 (Matthew Barbour 51, Murray Leith 21; Morteza Manack 5\/61, Jason Rowles 3\/31). Lions Invitational XI<\/strong> (follow-on) 240\/10 (Sachin Sunkar 61, Murray Leith 50; Morteza Manack 5\/63, Miles Pegg 3\/62). St David’s Marist 90\/2<\/strong> (Armaan Manack 50, Sohail Seonath 29*; Josh van Rensburg 2\/19). St David’s Marist won by eight wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Clifton College 198\/8<\/strong> (Muhammed Malek 53, Hayden Drieselman Moodly 50; Steele Grooteman 4\/58, Wade McQueen 2\/19). King Edward VII 205\/3<\/strong> (Tiago Dias 101*, Troy Gordon 64; Veer Ramouthar 1\/17, Caleb Naiker 1\/56). Clifton Clifton College 169\/10<\/strong> (Matthias Samuel 38, Shiraz Perumal 28*; Steele Grooteman 5\/35, Connor Kuijers 3\/22). King Edward VII 166\/1<\/strong> (Tiago Dias 79*, Abdullah Mohammed 45; Shiraz Perumal 1\/78). King Edward VII won by nine wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Jeppe High School for Boys 296\/8<\/strong> (Lincoln Casias 54, Vegas Scott 51; Riyan Booysen 4\/67, Ricards Crous 2\/30). Waterkloof 297\/10<\/strong> (Wian du Plessis 126, Franco Schmidt 46; Zizi Mkhize 5\/80, Reza Ayob 3\/37). Jeppe High School for Boys 162\/10<\/strong> (Goolam Ahmed 35, Aiden Reyneke 27; Rivan Booysen 5\/53, Wian du Plessis 3\/22). Waterkloof 163\/3<\/strong> (Rico van der Walt 64*, AJ de Villiers 53; Goolam Ahmed 1\/23, Keegan Cockburn 1\/22). Waterkloof won by seven wickets. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit 190\/10<\/strong> (Luan Siebrits 54, Gherdu van Eeden 28; Dihan Grove 4\/60, Gomolemo Sibi 2\/23). Noordheuwel 187\/6<\/strong> (Dian Taljaard 40, Corn\u00e9 Botha 25; Gherdu van Eeden 2\/31, Duan Smal 2\/31). Ho\u00ebrskool<\/strong> Nelspruit 152\/10<\/strong> (Janco Breyl 47*, Waldemar Graham 42; Gomolemo Sibi 4\/37, JJ Basson 2\/8). Noordheuwel 159\/1<\/strong> (Corn\u00e9 Botha 103*, Wander Roolvink 55*; Gherdu van Eeden 1\/32). Noordheuwel won by nine wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St Stithians College 243\/10<\/strong> (Ombesa Matsha 79, Nicholas Bayly 26; FG Botha 4\/28, Bohlokwa Leketa 2\/33). St Andrew’s School 299\/9<\/strong> (Jonathan Hickley 91, Grove du Preez 68; Zaakir Hanslo 3\/62, Tajendra Naidu 2\/41). St Stithians College 239\/10<\/strong> (Nicholas Bayly 74, Ombesa Matsha 61; FG Botha 5\/71, Cullen Kakora 2\/32). St Andrew’s School 163\/7<\/strong> (Naude Botha 80, Grove du Preez 24; Akhil Challa 3\/25, Thomas Collins 2\/35). Match drawn. <\/strong><\/p>\n

St Charles College 242\/8 <\/strong>(Caleb Sharp 76*, Ryan Clarke 58; David Ireland 3\/37, Alec Loveland 3\/79). St John’s College 268\/10<\/strong> (Connor van der Walt 75, Michael Stubbs 49; Keegan Vermaak 3\/54, Daksesh Rajah 2\/36). St Charles College 276\/6<\/strong> (Christiaan Prinsloo 121, Thandolwethu Zuma 88; Tapiwa Chikwava 2\/44, David Ireland 1\/10). St John’s College 0\/0. Match drawn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jason Rowles, Steele Grooteman, and Tiago Dias collected the three most coveted awards at the just-ended Fasken Time Cricket Festival at St David\u2019s Marist Inanda on Sunday. Rowles, who scored two centuries and an unbeaten half-century for a total of 272 runs in three innings and picked seven wickets in 44.1 overs, took home the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82094","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\/82094","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}