{"id":84429,"date":"2025-10-07T08:26:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84429"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:26:29","slug":"grey-college-owns-maritzburg-college-on-goldstones-dhs-on-top-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84429","title":{"rendered":"Grey College owns Maritzburg College on Goldstone’s, DHS on top again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Grey College<\/strong>, mostly through the bat of Daniel Hattingh<\/strong> and Bergh Vorster<\/strong>‘s heroics with the ball, shrugged off a six-wicket defeat against Westville Boys’ High<\/strong> on Sunday to outplay Maritzburg College\u00a0<\/strong>on Goldstone’s<\/strong> on Monday at the Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Bloemfontein boys batted first and amassed a challenging total of 292\/7, with Hattingh at the forefront of their batting effort, which featured three crucial half-centuries.<\/p>\n

The Grey College all-rounder came in at five and counter-attacked after a few single-digit scores had preceded his innings. He needed only 57 deliveries to smash 16 boundaries in the innings’ top score of 82, which included six sixes.<\/p>\n

Divan Bezuidenhoudt<\/strong> delivered more of the same in his 68 lower down the order, while opening batsman Aiden Dodd <\/strong>raised his bat for a second day in a row after contributing a patient 57 off 88 balls.<\/p>\n

The College opening bowlers grafted hard. Samuel Hughes<\/strong> went at an economical 3.8 to the over for his 2\/23, while his new ball partner, Reece Willson<\/strong> picked up 2\/49.<\/p>\n

With a healthy total to protect, Grey College delivered a strong bowling effort, led by Bergh Vorster. He knocked over 4\/24, while the new ball pair of Sicelo Matayi<\/strong> (2\/21) and Otto Krause<\/strong> (2\/21) delivered the goods, too, as Maritzburg College fell for only 130 runs.<\/p>\n

The<\/strong> Horseflies<\/strong><\/em>, of Durban High School<\/strong> (DHS)<\/strong>, bagged another victory after a fighting chase against Pretoria Boys High<\/strong>. Ismaeel Omar <\/strong>(62) anchored their innings as School<\/strong><\/em> chased down the 143 runs required to win with four wickets to spare.<\/p>\n

Joshua Hall<\/strong> starred for Boys High with the bat, making a well-played 48 in their total of 142 all out.<\/p>\n

DHS captain Bayanda Majola<\/strong> delivered a destructive spell of 4\/28, while Dhilan Naraidu<\/strong> (3\/29) didn’t just stand out with the ball. In a tricky run chase, he delivered an unbeaten 36 runs in support of Omar to get the Durbanites over the line.<\/p>\n

St Charles College<\/strong> amassed one of the higher team totals on the third day, 275\/8, albeit in a shortened 40-over clash in which they beat Hudson Park<\/strong> by 132 runs on the St Charles Oval<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Opening batsman Thandolwethu Zama<\/strong> executed his job perfectly. He faced 90 balls and hit six fours and three sixes in his contribution of 86 runs. Connor Simpson<\/strong> did what he does best, also raising his bat for a half-century, after a rapid 51 off just 41 balls.<\/p>\n

While his fellow bowlers took punishment from Zama and Simpson, Lukhanyo Hlatuka<\/strong> stood tall, returning standout figures of 4\/53 from eight overs.<\/p>\n

Hudson Park’s batsmen were unable to replicate the aggressive performance of their hosts. Their top score was just 33 runs, which came off the bat of opener Likho Gidi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Fast bowler Rowen Rajah<\/strong> hurt Hudson with his opening spell, knocking over 5\/23 as the East London school limped to 102\/5, and they never recovered from there.<\/p>\n

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

Grey College 292\/7\u00a0<\/strong>(Daniel Hattingh 86, Divan Bezuidenhoudt 68, Aiden Dodd 57, Peter le Roux 46, Extras 21; Samuel Hughes 2\/23, Reece Willson 2\/49); Maritzburg College 130\u00a0<\/strong>(Daniel Nadasan 28, Deolyn Naidoo 28; Bergh Vorster 4\/25, Sicelo Matayi 2\/21, Otto Krause 2\/21).\u00a0Grey College won by 162 runs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pretoria Boys High 142\u00a0<\/strong>(Joshua Hall 48*, Jaydon Knott-Craig 31, Timothy Gordon 31; Bayanda Majola 4\/28, Dhilan Naraidu 3\/29); Durban High School 143\/6\u00a0<\/strong>(Ismaeel Omar 62, Dhilan Naraidu 36*; Ruan Coetzee 4\/27). Durban High School won by four wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Charles College 275\/8 (40) <\/strong>(Thandolwethu Zama 86, Connor Simpson 51, Matthew Weightman 28, Relebogile Mokoena 22*, Christiaan Prinsloo 21; Lukhanyo Hlatuka 4\/53);\u00a0Hudson Park 143\u00a0<\/strong>(Likho Gidi 33, Chulumanco Macozoma 25; Rowen Rajah 5\/23). St Charles College won by 132 runs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grey College, mostly through the bat of Daniel Hattingh and Bergh Vorster‘s heroics with the ball, shrugged off a six-wicket defeat against Westville Boys’ High on Sunday to outplay Maritzburg College\u00a0on Goldstone’s on Monday at the Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week. The Bloemfontein boys batted first and amassed a challenging total of 292\/7, with Hattingh at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":62880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84429","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\/84429","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=84429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}