{"id":84335,"date":"2025-10-05T21:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84335"},"modified":"2025-10-05T21:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:25:23","slug":"affies-return-to-winning-ways-cornwall-stuns-northwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84335","title":{"rendered":"Affies return to winning ways, Cornwall stuns Northwood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ruben Groenwald of Affies in action against Pretoria Boys High earlier this year. PHOTO: Provided by Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What a difference a day makes.<\/p>\n

It is especially true in the cricket arena, and the\u00a0 2025 Oppenheimer Michaelmas Week in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal is a case in point.<\/p>\n

Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool<\/strong>\u00a0and Cornwall Hill College<\/strong>, who both ended up on the wrong side of the results on the first day, bounced back impressively on day two.<\/p>\n

Affies<\/em>, facing Hilton College<\/strong> at their home ground, the Hart-Davis Oval, came out on top with a 24-run victory. Batting first after winning the toss, opening batsman JP Botha<\/strong>, the Pretoria-based side’s main contributor on day one, was even more imposing this time around.<\/p>\n

Affies\u00a0<\/em>managed 217\/7 in the allotted 50 overs, with 91 of those runs coming off the bat of Botha, who produced one of his more patient innings of the season. Facing a marathon 133 deliveries, almost half the innings, Botha hit six fours and a solitary six, before Hilton stalwart Ben Hockly<\/strong> ran him out. Thereafter, the struggles of those who followed highlighted exactly how valuable Botha’s knock was.<\/p>\n

Benoit Rey<\/strong> (2\/28) and David Hill<\/strong> (2\/33) managed to cause certain problems halfway through the Affie\u00a0<\/em>innings. Fortunately, wicketkeeper Daniel Murray<\/strong> (24) batted well towards the tail, while Adriaan Nel<\/strong>‘s 32 provided the final thrust to establish a defendable total.<\/p>\n

Alex Pitman<\/strong> (34) gave the hosts hope at the top of the order before he was dismissed by Ruben Groenewald<\/strong> (2\/16). Petrus Rautenbach<\/strong> then worked his magic with the ball, during the middle part of the Hilton innings, snapping up a match-defining 3\/36 in his allotted 10 overs.<\/p>\n

Struggling at 139\/8, tailender Obakeng Motsepa<\/strong> raised his hand with the home side’s top score of the day. His unbeaten 37 runs gave them more than a glimmer of hope until he ran out of partners in the final over of the chase.<\/p>\n

Cornwall Hill<\/strong> surprised friend and foe with an outstanding bowling performance, which saw them thump Northwood by 100 runs.<\/p>\n

Mohale Pitso<\/strong> enjoyed a marvellous day. He contributed a useful 24 not out with the bat, yet it was with the ball that he really came to the fore. His 3\/17 did the bulk of the damage, as Northwood could only manage a meagre 91 runs in search of the target of 192.<\/p>\n

Khumo Kgagodi<\/strong> (57) and captain, Ab Rasool<\/strong> (40), were the main protagonists with the bat, helping the side from Pretoria to their total by the end of the allotted 50 overs. Ben Cilliers<\/strong> was the standout with the ball for Northwood. He completed a solid 10-over spell with figures of 3\/32.<\/p>\n

The CSA Hub Invitational XI<\/strong> will not, like last year, end up unbeaten at the end of the four days, after they ran into a confident Glenwood<\/strong>, who got their campaign off to a great start with a thumping 142-run victory over St Alban’s College<\/strong> the day before. They followed that up with a tightly contested two-wicket victory in which Akhil Maharaj<\/strong> (5\/32) was the hero. Maharaj’s five-wicket haul, costing only 32 runs, derailed CSA Hub, who could only manage 151.<\/p>\n

Olwami Zondi<\/strong> withstood the fightback from Enathi Kitshini<\/strong> (3\/20) and Rivoningo Chauke<\/strong> (3\/28) for a match-winning 46 runs, four short of a well-deserved half-century. The 26 extras that the Hub conceded and further cameos from Rehaan Jhunbathar<\/strong> (23) and Keian Jugoo<\/strong> (20) got the Green Machine over the line, but only just.<\/p>\n

Summarised scorecards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Affies 217\/7\u00a0<\/strong>(JP Botha 91, Adriaan Nel 32, Daniel Murray 24; Benoit Rey 2\/28, David Hill 2\/33);\u00a0Hilton College 193\u00a0<\/strong>(Obakeng Motsepa 37*, Alex Pitman 34, Simon Steyn 23, Jayden Roux 21, Extras 20; Petrus Rautenbach 3\/36, Ruben Groenewald 2\/16, JP Botha 2\/34).\u00a0Affies won by 24 runs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cornwall Hill College 191\/8\u00a0<\/strong>(Khumo Kgagodi 57, Ab Rasool 40, Mohale Pitso 24*, Neoentle Makwela 20*; Ben Cilliers 3\/32, Jordan Matthews 2\/42);\u00a0Northwood 91\u00a0<\/strong>(Thomas Oosthuizen 35, Jamie Wimble 29; Mohale Pitso 3\/17, Kirill Broughton 2\/5).\u00a0Cornwall Hill College won by 100 runs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

CSA Hub Invitational XI 151\u00a0<\/strong>(Tshepang Laka 39, Maathew Florence 27, Awonke Mngini 25, Ryall Julies 24*; Akhil Maharaj 5\/32, Jonah Chaita 2\/4);\u00a0Glenwood 152\/8\u00a0<\/strong>(Olwami Zondi 46, Extras 26; Rehaan Jhunbathur 23, Keian Jugoo 20; Enathi Kitshini 3\/20, Rivoningo Chauke 3\/28).\u00a0Glenwood won by two wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a difference a day makes. It is especially true in the cricket arena, and the\u00a0 2025 Oppenheimer Michaelmas Week in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal is a case in point. Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool\u00a0and Cornwall Hill College, who both ended up on the wrong side of the results on the first day, bounced back impressively on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84335","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\/84335","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}