{"id":82437,"date":"2025-09-08T07:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82437"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:18:07","slug":"boland-landbou-toughs-it-out-for-two-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82437","title":{"rendered":"Boland Landbou toughs it out for two wins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boland Landbou’s batting depth enabled them to recover from a couple of average starts and pick up two\u00a0 wins on the weekend. Photo: Boland Landbou on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a pitch better suited for bowling than batting, Boland Landbou<\/strong> bowled out Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua<\/strong> for 83, in 50-overs-a-side match, in George, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Francois Pienaar<\/strong> and Janco Venter<\/strong> were the best of the morning’s bowlers, with Pienaar claiming 2\/8 and Venter 2\/11.<\/p>\n

The only noteworthy resistance from the Kwaggas<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>came from Daniel du<\/strong> Preez<\/strong>, who weighed in with 38.<\/p>\n

With 300 balls to bat to chase down a moderate total, the Farmers<\/strong><\/em> got the job done off of just 103 – 17.1 overs.<\/p>\n

However, they lost five men along the path to victory. Kobus Conradie<\/strong> led the way, scoring 28, while Matthew Geldenhuys<\/strong> kept the middle order intact with his 22 not out.<\/p>\n

Outeniqua’s Nathan Best<\/strong> lived up to his surname, capturing 3\/21 to put Boland Landbou under pressure.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the hosts, their middle order did not match the output of the visitors from Paarl. After the loss of some early wickets, they struggled to grab a foothold. Dot balls built up pressure and that led to some loose shots being played. Some found the boundary, while others resulted in the loss of wickets.<\/p>\n

A middle order collapse saw the home side slide from 44\/4 to 49\/7 and that did in their hopes of a good total.<\/p>\n

Boland Landbou’s bowlers were relentless. They set aggressive fields, backing the ‘keeper with a slip or two. Whatever tactics they had considered beforehand must have been more or less perfectly executed.<\/p>\n

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A 71-run partnership between Johannes Goosen and Gideon Kotze heaped pressure on Langenhoven Gimnasium in a low scoring T20 clash. Photo: Boland Landbou on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the pitch conditions becoming more benign later on, batting second favoured the visitors.<\/p>\n

The Farmers displayed their bowling and fielding chops again on Sunday, coming away with another win in a low scoring T20 against Langehoven Gimnasium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On this occasion, the Paarl school batted first and put up 120\/6 in their 20 overs.<\/p>\n

Johannes Goosen<\/strong> fell just short of a fifty, top-scoring with 48, while Gideon Kotze<\/strong> chipped in with 31.<\/p>\n

Cameron Williams<\/strong> kept the Boland Landbou batsmen in line, picking up 3\/24.<\/p>\n

In reply, the Farmers made a poor start, slipping to 12\/4, but their middle order again rose to the challenge once Kotze and Goosen joined forces, adding 61 for the fifth wicket before Goosen was dismissed.<\/p>\n

On a pitch on which the ball stayed low, Langenhoven Gimnasium mustered only 80 all out in response, with Cobus Esterhuyse<\/strong>‘s 20 their best effort.<\/p>\n

Gunther Schmidt<\/strong> inflicted heavy damage on the home team’s innings, knocking over 4\/9, while Kobus Conradie<\/strong>‘s 2\/12 helped to propel the Farmers to a convincing 40-run victory.<\/p>\n

SCORES<\/strong><\/p>\n

50-over<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boland Landbou 86\/5<\/strong> (Kobus Conradie 28, Matthew Geldenhuys 22*, Nathan Best 3\/21); Outeniqua 83\/10<\/strong> (Daniel du Preez 38, Francois Prins 2\/8, Janco Venter 2\/11).<\/p>\n

Boland won by 5 wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

T20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boland Landbou 120\/6<\/strong> (Johannes Goosen 48, Gideon Kotze 31, Cameron Williams 3\/24); Langenhoven Gim 80<\/strong> (Cobus Esterhuyse 20, Gunther Schmidt 4\/9, Kobus Conradie 2\/12).<\/p>\n

Boland won by 40 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a pitch better suited for bowling than batting, Boland Landbou bowled out Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua for 83, in 50-overs-a-side match, in George, on Saturday. Francois Pienaar and Janco Venter were the best of the morning’s bowlers, with Pienaar claiming 2\/8 and Venter 2\/11. The only noteworthy resistance from the Kwaggas\u00a0came from Daniel du Preez, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":82441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82437","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\/82437","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}