{"id":84512,"date":"2025-10-07T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84512"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:00:33","slug":"st-andrews-school-maintains-clean-record-sacs-holds-off-selborne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84512","title":{"rendered":"St Andrew’s School maintains clean record, SACS holds off Selborne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Naud\u00e9 Botha and Andrew Sobiech shared a phenomenal opening partnership of 190 runs to set up St Andrew’s School for a big win over Dale College. Photo: St. Andrew’s School on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Andrew’s School vs Dale College (20-over)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A decision to bat first paid big dividends for St Andrew’s School<\/strong> in their T20 clash against Dale College<\/strong> on Wynberg<\/strong>‘s Silverhurst A Oval <\/strong>on Monday, with a massive opening partnership powering the Bloemfontein school to a 153-run victory.<\/p>\n

Naud\u00e9 Botha<\/strong> went on the rampage, hammering 12 fours and four sixes in making 100 off of only 42 deliveries, after which he retired.<\/p>\n

His opening partner, Andrew Sobiech<\/strong>, went after the Dale bowling, too, taking only 45 balls to score 80, which included 10 fours and a six. Together, he and Botha shared an incredible 190-run opening stand.<\/p>\n

Lihlumelo Ngcukana<\/strong> claimed 2\/51 in four overs for Dale, but Saints<\/strong><\/em> amassed 240\/4 in their 20 overs.<\/p>\n

Dale faced an unlikely victory target, but opening batsman Afika Ganda<\/strong> was fired up, smashing four fours and two sixes in a rapid 42 off 21 deliveries.<\/p>\n

After his dismissal, however, the Qonce<\/strong> locals ran out of steam, with Sibongisile Nzima<\/strong> putting up the only other double figure tally, scoring 10 off 9.<\/p>\n

Nikhil Sukraj<\/strong> delivered an excellent three-over spell, claiming 4\/15, while\u00a0Erhard Barends<\/strong> maintained a good line to pick up two LBWs in his 3\/35 from four overs.<\/p>\n

Dale’s reply lasted only 11.4 overs, and they were all out for 87.<\/p>\n

SACS vs Selborne College (20-over)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facing SACS<\/strong> on the De Villiers Oval<\/strong>, Selborne College<\/strong> won the toss and chose to field first. The home team flourished at the crease, however, and raced to 170\/4 from their 20 overs.<\/p>\n

Opener Luke Whitehead<\/strong> scored a decent 25 runs off 26 balls in an opening stand of 37.\u00a0It was, however, number three batsman, Aqeel Waggie, <\/strong>and Jordan Berry<\/strong>, who followed him to the crease, who provided the bulk of the runs. Berry produced a hasty 53 off 39, striking four fours and two sixes, while Waggie hit a pair of fours and a pair of sixes in his 42 off 29.<\/p>\n

Faced with the challenge of scoring 8.55 runs per over to win, Selborne made a cracking start, with Aaron Senekal<\/strong> scoring an attacking 46 off 41, which included three big shots over the boundary and four fours. His fellow opener, Joshua Wilkie<\/strong>, weighed in with 32 off 25 as they put on 85 runs for the first wicket.<\/p>\n

Matthew Hendry<\/strong> did his bit, charging to 30 off 19 before being caught and bowled by Benjamin Blackburn. Ronan Meintjies<\/strong> was, once again, among the wickets for SACS, securing 2\/30 in four overs.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Selborne, their run chase was interrupted by rain, and they weren’t quite able to catch up to SACS. When play was stopped, they had reached 135\/5 after 17.4 overs. That left them the losers by 10 runs on the DLS Method (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method).<\/p>\n

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

St. Andrew’s School 240\/4<\/strong> (Naud\u00e9 Botha 100 retired, Andrew Sobiech 80, Nikhil Sukraj 21*; Lihlumelo Ngcukana 2\/51); Dale College 87\/10<\/strong> (Afika Ganda 42; Nikhil Sukraj 4\/15, Erhard Barends 3\/35).<\/p>\n

St. Andrew’s School won by 153 runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SACS 170\/4<\/strong> (Jordan Berry 53, Aqeel Waggie 42, Luke Whitehead 25); Selborne College 135\/5<\/strong> (Aaron Senekal 46, Joshua Wilkie 32, Matthew Hendry 30; Ronan Meintjies 2\/30).<\/p>\n

SACS won by 10 runs via DLS (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Andrew’s School vs Dale College (20-over)\u00a0 A decision to bat first paid big dividends for St Andrew’s School in their T20 clash against Dale College on Wynberg‘s Silverhurst A Oval on Monday, with a massive opening partnership powering the Bloemfontein school to a 153-run victory. Naud\u00e9 Botha went on the rampage, hammering 12 fours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":84516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84512","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\/84512","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=84512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}