{"id":84303,"date":"2025-10-05T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84303"},"modified":"2025-10-05T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:05:45","slug":"selborne-and-dale-start-cape-schools-festival-with-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84303","title":{"rendered":"Selborne and Dale start Cape Schools Festival with victories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The captain of Dale College, Avuyile Ngqawana, and his Graeme College counterpart, Andrew Muir, before the two sides went into battle. Photo: Graeme College on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Selborne College<\/strong> and Graeme College<\/strong> made strong starts to their Cape Schools Cricket Festival <\/strong>campaigns on Saturday, with Selborne subjecting Union High<\/strong> to a 161-run thrashing, while Graeme College marched to a six-wicket win over Dale College<\/strong> on Rondebosch Boys High’<\/strong>s Meadow A<\/strong> field.<\/p>\n

At Wynberg Boys\u2019 High<\/strong>, in a declaration match, the toss went the way of Selborne captain Aaron Senekal<\/strong>, and he chose to bat first.<\/p>\n

The skipper backed up his decision with a wonderful half-century as the East London side put 353\/7 declared on the board in 55 overs. Then they bowled out Union out for 182.<\/p>\n

Opener Matthew Hendry<\/strong> (84 off 82) gave Selborne a solid start with a well-paced half-century and held down the fort for 28.2 over before he was dismissed by Tristan Hulleman<\/strong>. With Hendry’s departure, Senekal made his way to the middle with Selborne was in the throes of a collapse, having lost three wickets for three runs in 11 balls as Hulleman wreaked havoc.<\/p>\n

Senekal, who finished the match with an 80-ball 83, however, consolidated with a 131-run sixth-wicket partnership with Reece Wait<\/strong> (50). Both were dismissed by Hulleman, who took it upon himself to stop Selborne and captured 6\/78 in 12 overs.<\/p>\n

When Union High batted, Senekal put his all-round skills on display by claiming three wickets for 13 runs in three overs. He was the joint-highest wicket-taker with Michael Hess<\/strong>, who bagged 3\/52 from 12 overs.<\/p>\n

Yaseen Kazi<\/strong> top-scored for Union with a patient 39 from 74 balls, while Hulleman weighed in with 35 from 49 deliveries.<\/p>\n

At Rondebosch, Graeme College produced a solid team performance to record a six-wicket win over Dale College. Avuyile Ngqawana<\/strong>, the Dale College captain, elected to bat first at the toss, but his side struggled, progressing in fits and starts on their way to being bowled out for only 99.<\/p>\n

Endinako Mnguni<\/strong> top-scored for Dale with 28 runs from 35 balls, while Somila Malapi<\/strong> was the only other batsman to reach the 20-run mark, contributing a patient 21 from 45 deliveries.<\/p>\n

Andrew Muir<\/strong>, who took the new ball for Graeme College, knocked over 3\/13 in six overs, while Ajay Jeggels<\/strong> and Luphelo Mdyesha<\/strong> took a brace each.<\/p>\n

Graeme College replied with 161 all out, which owed much to a fighting 36 from Enrique Strydom <\/strong>and Mdyesha\u2019s relatively brisk 33 from 38 deliveries.<\/p>\n

Lihlumelo Ngcukana<\/strong> and Endinako Mnguni<\/strong> picked up three wickets each to ensure that Graeme didn’t build a mammoth lead.<\/p>\n

The second time around, Dale produced an improved performance with the bat, declaring after scoring 94\/5. Inga Mafanga<\/strong> led the way with a 49-ball 40, while Malapi chipped in with a patient 23 from 62 deliveries. That small 33-run lead, however, did not put the match beyond Graeme’s reach.<\/p>\n

The boys from Makhanda won, but not without some setbacks. Only\u00a0Mdyesha, with an unbeaten 17, reached double figures as the Odwa Xonxa<\/strong>-coached side fought their way to 35\/4 to claim victory.<\/p>\n

Ngcukana and Sibongisile Nzima<\/strong> did their best to stop Graeme College in their tracks with the ball, snapping up two wickets each.<\/p>\n

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

Selborne 353\/7<\/strong>\u00a0(Matthew Hendry 84, Aaron Senekal 83; Tristan Hulleman 6\/78, Leander Kraai 1\/52). Union High 182\/10<\/strong> (Yaseen Kazi 39, Tristan Hulleman 35; Aaron Senekal 3\/13, Michael Hess 3\/52).<\/p>\n

Selborne won by 161 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dale College 99\/10<\/strong> (Endinako Mnguni 28, Somila Malapi 21; Andrew Muir 3\/31, Luphelo Mdyesha 2\/10). Graeme College 161\/10<\/strong> (Enrique Strydom 36, Luphelo Mdyesha 33; Lihlumelo Ngcukana 3\/17, Endinako Mnguni 3\/31). Dale College 94\/5<\/strong> (Inga Mafanga 40, Somila Malapi 23; Lisekho Zinyane 3\/12, Andrew Muir 1\/13). Graeme College 35\/4 <\/strong>(Luphelo Mdyesha 17*, Enrique Strydom 4; Sibongisile Nzima 2\/16, Lihlumelo Ngcukana 2\/18).<\/p>\n

Graeme College won by six wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selborne College and Graeme College made strong starts to their Cape Schools Cricket Festival campaigns on Saturday, with Selborne subjecting Union High to a 161-run thrashing, while Graeme College marched to a six-wicket win over Dale College on Rondebosch Boys High’s Meadow A field. At Wynberg Boys\u2019 High, in a declaration match, the toss went […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":84308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84303","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\/84303","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=84303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}