{"id":88374,"date":"2026-01-11T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88374"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:09:11","slug":"van-der-merwes-ton-sets-up-potch-volkiess-win-at-grey-cricket-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88374","title":{"rendered":"Van der Merwe’s ton sets up Potch Volkies’s win at Grey Cricket Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Day three of action at the Grey Cricket Festival produced both blowouts and tight contests. Photo: Grey High on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

AW van der Merwe<\/strong> scored a brilliant century to set Ho\u00ebr Volkskool Potchefstroom<\/strong> up for a 24-run win over Northwood<\/strong> in their Grey Cricket Festival<\/strong> 50-over match at the Old Grey Sports Club<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The toss went Northwood’s way, and the KwaZulu-Natal side chose to bowl first. Potch Volkies responded by putting a sound 226\/7 on the board.<\/p>\n

The Volkies<\/strong><\/em>‘ bowlers then displayed great skill in bowling out Northwood for 202 runs in 46.3 overs.<\/p>\n

Van der Merwe struck nine fours and six sixes in his match-winning 109 from 134 balls, which provided the foundational upon which Volkskool innings was built. He was out in the middle while all of Potch Volkies’ 226 runs were scored.<\/p>\n

During his stay, Van der Merwe shared the crease with six partners. The most fruitful of those partnerships was a 67-run stand with Schalk Pienaar<\/strong> (18) for the fifth wicket, and a 55-run sixth wicket stand with Juan van Niekerk<\/strong> (13*).<\/p>\n

Sihle Duma<\/strong>, with 20 from 43 deliveries, was Volkskool’s second-highest scorer. He and Van der Merwe added 40 for the second wicket.<\/p>\n

Zander Nel<\/strong> backed up Van der Merwe’s excellent batting performance with a great showing with the ball. He troubled Northwood’s batsmen throughout and bagged a decisive 5\/24 from 9.4 overs, which ensured that the Knights<\/strong> <\/em>were unable to settle into their run chase.<\/p>\n

Captain Jamie Wimble<\/strong>, who batted at six, gave his side a fighting chance with a breezy 70 from 79 balls. Unfortunately, for the Durban school, though, they produced little after his dismissal in the 45th over.<\/p>\n

Namibia Invitational vs St Charles Colts XI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan Brassell <\/strong>starred with both bat and ball to help the Namibia Invitational XI<\/strong> steamroll the St Charles College Colts XI <\/strong>by a mammoth 216 runs at Nelson Mandela University<\/strong>. The Namibians had everything going their way, from the toss to the last ball.<\/p>\n

After they chose to bat first, Michael Muller<\/strong>, batting at four, provided them with stability in the middle order, facing 76 balls for 79 runs, which took the game away from Saints<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Brassell, the number eight batsman, made his way to the crease in the 34th over and quickly went after the St Charles’ bowling attack, accumulating a brisk 69 from 61 balls. He and Muller shared a 55-run seventh-wicket partnership, which Brassell followed with a 51-run eighth wicket stand with Erik Lintvelt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The all-rounder then made his mark with the ball. In six overs, Brassell captured 3\/12 as the St Charles’ batting line-up folded for a mere 29 runs.<\/p>\n

The boys from KwaZulu-Natal were never in the game with the bat. Patrick Muruza<\/strong>, who scored 10 runs from 29 balls, was their highest scorer. No one else made it to five.<\/p>\n

Other matches<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selborne College<\/strong>, meanwhile, edged out Framesby<\/strong> by two wickets, chasing down the local side’s 154 all out in a game ruled by the bowlers. Miles Feltham<\/strong>‘s 37 for Framesby was the highest score of the contest, while Josh Wilkie<\/strong>‘s 28 led Selborne.<\/p>\n

Feltham was also Framesby’s best bowler, picking up 3\/35. Avethandwa Manyongwa<\/strong> led Selborne’s attack with 3\/37.<\/p>\n

In another tight contest, Die Ho\u00ebrskool Menlopark<\/strong> snatched a three-wicket win over Glenwood High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Akhiel Sinath<\/strong>‘s 70 and 38 from Mishael Gunawardana<\/strong> powered the Durban school to 195\/9, but Johan Bosch<\/strong>, with 5\/37, ensured they received little meaningful support.<\/p>\n

Bosch and Jovan Hartman<\/strong>, then, saw Menlo to victory with an unbroken partnership. When they crossed the line, on 196\/7, Bosch had 40 and Hartman 38.<\/p>\n

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

Ho\u00ebr Volkskool Potchefstroom 226\/7<\/strong> (AW van der Merwe 109, Sihle Duma 20; Ryan van Zyl 3\/35, Thabiso Mtambo 2\/34). Northwood 202\/10<\/strong> (Jamie Wimble 70, David de Bruyn 29; Zander Nel 5\/24, Olefa Padi 1\/3). Ho\u00ebr Volkskool Potchefstroom won by 24 runs.<\/p>\n

Namibia Invitational 245\/8<\/strong> (Michael Muller 79, Dan Brassell 69; Dresden Coetzee 2\/28, Matthew Buckley 2\/40). St Charles Colts XI 29\/10<\/strong> (Patrick Muruza 10, Fabian da Rosa 2*; Dan Brassell 3\/12, Waldo Smith 2\/3). Namibia Invitational won by 216 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Framesby 154\/10<\/strong> (Miles Feltham 37, Durandt Rootman 29; Avethandwa Manyongwa 3\/37, Titus Sweetnam 2\/18). Selborne College 156\/8<\/strong> (Josh Wilkie 28, Merrick Collins 26; Miles Feltham 3\/35, Corn\u00e9 Pieterse 3\/55). Selborne College won by two wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Glenwood 195\/9<\/strong> (Akhiel Sinath 70*, Mishael Gunawardana 38; Johan Bosch 5\/37, Morn\u00e9 Koekemoer 2\/30). Menlopark 196\/7<\/strong> (Jovan Hartman 40*, Johan Bosch 38*; Kreesan Pillai 2\/24, Misheal Gunawardana 2\/34). Menlopark won by three wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AW van der Merwe scored a brilliant century to set Ho\u00ebr Volkskool Potchefstroom up for a 24-run win over Northwood in their Grey Cricket Festival 50-over match at the Old Grey Sports Club on Saturday. The toss went Northwood’s way, and the KwaZulu-Natal side chose to bowl first. Potch Volkies responded by putting a sound […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":88375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88374","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\/88374","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=88374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}