{"id":82732,"date":"2025-09-12T07:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82732"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:58:50","slug":"maritzburg-college-holds-off-st-charles-in-eston-t20-night-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82732","title":{"rendered":"Maritzburg College holds off St Charles in Eston T20 Night League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maritzburg College dug deep to edge out St Charles College in an Eston One Insurance T20 Night League clash. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Charles College<\/strong> had lifted the <\/span>Eston<\/span><\/strong> One Insurance T20 Night League<\/strong> title for an outstanding three years in succession. Their chances of adding a fourth were extinguished on Thursday evening at the Beaumont <\/strong><\/span>Eston<\/span><\/strong> Farmers Club<\/strong>, however.<\/span><\/p>\n

Facing their Pietermaritzburg rivals, Maritzburg College<\/strong>, in a semi-final showdown, Saints <\/em><\/strong>came up agonisingly shy of victory – one big hit would have sufficed – having been set a revised target because of an interruption by Mother Nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

All credit to College, they batted well, with their opening pair, captain Daniel <\/strong><\/span>Nadasan<\/span><\/strong> and Kyle de <\/strong><\/span>Bruyn<\/span><\/strong>, handling the St Charles bowling attack with aplomb in a stand of 150 runs, which took 17.3 overs.<\/span><\/p>\n

When, at last, St Charles found success, De <\/span>Bruyn<\/span> was the man to depart, caught by Connor Simpson<\/strong> off Keegan <\/strong><\/span>Vermaak<\/span><\/strong> for 61 from 54 balls, seven of which he struck for four.<\/span><\/p>\n

Karl Dedekind<\/strong> chipped in with a quickfire 10 off six, and Maritzburg College went on to finish on 176\/2. <\/span>Nadasan<\/span> led their charge, striking a six and 11 fours in an undefeated 79 from just 59 deliveries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given College’s success with the bat, the Saints’ bowling figures didn’t make for pleasant reading, but Keegan <\/strong><\/span>Vermaak<\/span><\/strong>, with 1\/22 from four, was a bright spot among the eight bowlers employed.<\/span><\/p>\n

St Charles was left with 11 overs in which to score 97 runs. They gave it a good go, spearheaded by the in-form Caleb Sharp<\/strong>, but his departure via a run out in the last over, was a big blow to their chances of victory. The loss of captain Rico <\/strong><\/span>Honiball<\/span><\/strong> for a duck didn’t help either. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sharp and Connor Simpson gave Saints hope with a partnership of 45 from seven overs after their openers had exited with 16 runs on the board. Dom du Toit<\/strong>, then, bowled Simpson for 22 from 21, which had included a six and three fours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rowen Rajah<\/strong> joined Sharp in the middle, and they smashed 30 in only 2.3 over to take Saints to within a big hit or two of victory. However, on the third last ball of the innings, Sharp was run out by Joseph Currie<\/strong> for 45 from 32. He had launched a six and added four fours.<\/p>\n

St Charles was on 91\/4, needing 97 to win, with two balls remaining. College held their nerve, however, conceding only two runs, to hold out for a hard-fought win.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sphamandla<\/span> Dzanibe<\/span><\/strong> did a good job up front, claiming 1\/15 in two, while Dom du Toit was slightly more expensive, snaring 1\/33 in four.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Maritzburg College 176\/2<\/strong> (Daniel Nadasan<\/span> 79*, Kyle de <\/span>Bruyn<\/span> 61; Keegan <\/span>Vermaak<\/span> 1\/22); St Charles College 93\/4 after 11 overs<\/strong> (Caleb Sharp 45, Connor Simpson 22; <\/span>Sphamandla<\/span> Dzanibe<\/span> 1\/15).<\/span><\/p>\n

Maritzburg College won by four runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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St Charles College had lifted the Eston One Insurance T20 Night League title for an outstanding three years in succession. Their chances of adding a fourth were extinguished on Thursday evening at the Beaumont Eston Farmers Club, however. Facing their Pietermaritzburg rivals, Maritzburg College, in a semi-final showdown, Saints came up agonisingly shy of victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":82735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82732","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\/82732","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}