{"id":89537,"date":"2026-02-01T10:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=89537"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:48:26","slug":"sacks-five-for-sets-up-gritty-win-for-grey-college-over-pretoria-boys-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=89537","title":{"rendered":"Sacks’ five-for sets up gritty win for Grey College over Pretoria Boys High"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Juan Maree of Grey College in action. Photo: Provided.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just across the road from Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool<\/strong>, where Affies<\/strong> battled their way to a thrilling seven-run win over St David\u2019s Marist Inanda<\/strong><\/a> on Saturday, another gripping contest between two traditional powerhouses of South African schoolboy cricket unfolded.<\/p>\n

In a nail-biting game, Grey College<\/strong> claimed a three-wicket victory over Pretoria Boys High School<\/strong> on Boys High’s Hofmeyr Oval<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The clash was the opening fixture of a two-match tour for the Bloemfontein school, ahead of a visit to the Andr\u00e9 van der Walt Oval<\/strong> on Sunday to face an in-form Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The visitors won the toss and elected to send their hosts in, a decision that paid immediate dividends as Grey snapped up three early wickets inside the opening six overs.<\/p>\n

It marked the beginning of a memorable day with the ball for Michael Sacks<\/strong>. Responsible for two of the early breakthroughs, the Grey College spearhead went on to claim a further three wickets, leaving him with the outstanding and match-defining figures of 5\/29 from 6.3 overs.<\/p>\n

He was well supported by the rest of the attack, with wickets shared evenly across the unit, as Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> was bowled out for 200. Timothy Gordon<\/strong> anchored the home team’s innings, top-scoring with a composed 59.<\/p>\n

The conditions were challenging. In the face of disciplined bowling, however, Grey College’s Christian Kind<\/strong> and Peter le Roux<\/strong> absorbed the early pressure superbly, with their 93-run opening stand providing the foundation for a successful run chase.<\/p>\n

Kind<\/strong> was the first to depart, bowled by Steyn Botha<\/strong> for a well-compiled 46. Le Roux<\/strong> followed for 39, also falling to Botha, who returned 3\/43.<\/p>\n

With the openers dismissed, Botha<\/strong>, with strong support from Ruan Coetzee <\/strong>(2\/41), threatened to derail Grey’s pursuit. When the visitors slipped to 153\/6, the result was very much up for grabs. However, River Scott<\/strong> (36) and Bergh Vorster<\/strong> (25*) calmly steered the innings back on track and took Grey College to victory.<\/p>\n

Vorster, in particular, demonstrated outstanding composure, and he was there at the end when a three-wicket win was secured in the 45th over.<\/p>\n

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

Pretoria Boys High 200\u00a0<\/strong>(Timothy Gordon 59, Louis Kruyshaar 28, Victor Loux 26, Tshepang Baloyi 24; Michael Sacks 5\/29);\u00a0Grey College 201\/7\u00a0<\/strong>(Christian Kind 46, Peter Le Roux 39, River Scott 36, Daniel Hattingh 27, Bergh Vorster 25*; Steyn Botha 3\/43, Ruan Coetzee 2\/41).\u00a0Grey College won by three wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just across the road from Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool, where Affies battled their way to a thrilling seven-run win over St David\u2019s Marist Inanda on Saturday, another gripping contest between two traditional powerhouses of South African schoolboy cricket unfolded. In a nail-biting game, Grey College claimed a three-wicket victory over Pretoria Boys High School on Boys […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89537","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\/89537","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=89537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}