{"id":86220,"date":"2025-11-06T07:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=86220"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:08:22","slug":"wynberg-collects-a-seven-wicket-victory-over-khayelitsha-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=86220","title":{"rendered":"Wynberg collects a seven-wicket victory over Khayelitsha Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29987\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-equipment-on-grass-2021-08-26-17-37-48-utc-scaled-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cricket equipment on grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-equipment-on-grass-2021-08-26-17-37-48-utc-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-equipment-on-grass-2021-08-26-17-37-48-utc-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-equipment-on-grass-2021-08-26-17-37-48-utc-scaled-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a round three match of the <strong>Western Cape&#8217;s Switch Schools SA20 &#8211; Volume Two <\/strong>competition, <strong>Khayelitsha Hub<\/strong> won the toss against <strong>Wynberg Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> and chose to bat first on the <strong>Jacques Kallis Oval<\/strong>, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wynberg made that decision appear questionable as the hosts&#8217; bowlers got on top of the visiting batsmen, while a strong fielding performance made batting progress even tougher, which led to the Khayelitsha side being dismissed for a low total.<\/p>\n<p>The home side, then, without having to press hard, made the chase look comfortable and went on to a convincing seven-wicket win.<\/p>\n<p>At first, opener <strong>Ayola Sam<\/strong> looked exciting for the Khayelitsha Hub, hitting two fours in his 13 runs off 15 balls, but his stay was soon ended by <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/player-profile-michail-tarentaal-wynberg\/\"><strong>Wynberg captain Michail Tarentaal<\/strong><\/a>, who caught and bowled the dangerman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raihan Khan<\/strong> was a weapon for the home team, knocking over 3\/8 in three overs, while <strong>Nicholas Stafford<\/strong> claimed 2\/17 in four as the Khayelitsha Hub was restricted to just 78\/9 after their 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>All Wynberg needed was a good start and their job would be almost done. They got it from openers <strong>Matthew Saunders<\/strong> and <strong>Matthew Mills<\/strong>, who scored 29 runs each in a 53-run first wicket partnership. Mills finished unbeaten, having struck two fours and a six.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ntando Ham<\/strong>, though, did his best to undermine Wynberg&#8217;s charge to victory. He was electric, snaring 3\/13 in four overs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his outstanding effort, Wynberg eased to victory, reaching 80\/3 after 15.1 overs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised Scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Khayelitsha Hub 78\/9<\/strong> (Raihan Khan 3\/8, Nicholas Stafford 2\/17); <strong>Wynberg Boys&#8217; High 80\/3<\/strong> (Matthew Mills 29*, Matthew Saunders 29; Ntando Ham 3\/13). <strong>Wynberg won by seven wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a round three match of the Western Cape&#8217;s Switch Schools SA20 &#8211; Volume Two competition, Khayelitsha Hub won the toss against Wynberg Boys&#8217; High and chose to bat first on the Jacques Kallis Oval, on Wednesday. Wynberg made that decision appear questionable as the hosts&#8217; bowlers got on top of the visiting batsmen, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":29987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86220","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\/86220","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=86220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}