{"id":90290,"date":"2026-02-11T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90290"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T07:25:22","slug":"wynberg-narrowly-escapes-stellenbergs-axe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90290","title":{"rendered":"Wynberg narrowly escapes Stellenberg’s axe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michail Tarentaal was influential with the bat in his 101st match for the Wynberg 1st XI. This photo was snapped on Sunday, 1 February, when he earned his 100th cap against Grey High<\/strong>. Photo: Wynberg Boys’ High on Instagram.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Playing at the Stellenberg Cricket Ground<\/strong> on Tuesday afternoon, Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> was the hosts’ third southern suburbs opponent in the last three weeks.<\/p>\n

It was a dangerous assignment. Stellies <\/strong><\/em>had beaten SACS<\/strong> and Rondebosch Boys’ High <\/strong>on the previous two Tuesdays.<\/p>\n

The home side won the toss and chose to bat first, but they found the going tough against a disciplined Wynberg attack. Wilhelm Smet<\/strong>, batting at three, was the only batsman to make it into double digits, top-scoring with 23 off 25 balls.<\/p>\n

Wynberg used only five bowlers, with all of them bowling their full quota of five overs.<\/p>\n

Josh Nicholson<\/strong> tied Stellenberg down, capturing 3\/9, while Damien Harris<\/strong> claimed 2\/15 and Nicholas Stafford<\/strong> 2\/20.<\/p>\n

At the end of their 20 overs, the Jade Brigade<\/strong><\/em> had mustered only a modest 83\/9, but they fought tooth and nail to protect it.<\/p>\n

In the run chase, Wynberg captain, Michail Tarentaal<\/strong><\/a>, and Joshua Prince<\/strong> shared a 32-run fourth wicket partnership to lift their side from a precarious 12\/3 after 2.3 overs, to a more palatable 44\/4 after 8.2 overs.<\/p>\n

Tarentaal bludgeoned two fours in his 15 off 16, while Prince hit two fours and a six in his 18 off 21 as Wynberg clawed their way towards the Stellenberg total.<\/p>\n

A dangerous trio of Stellies’ bowlers claimed two victims apiece in their four-over spells.<\/p>\n

Aiden Pienaar<\/strong> dismissed both openers for ducks in his 2\/15, while Liam Fourie<\/strong> was more influential in the middle overs, knocking over 2\/18. Gerrard Kamalie<\/strong> almost cleaned up the tail with his return of 2\/12 in 3.2 overs.<\/p>\n

Wynberg, though, scraped home in the final over when they reached 84\/9 to win by one wicket with only four balls to spare.<\/p>\n

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

Stellenberg High 83\/9<\/strong> (Wilhelm Smit 23; Josh Nicholson 3\/9, Damien Harris 2\/15, Nicholas Stafford 2\/20); Wynberg High 84\/9<\/strong> (Gerrard Kamalie 2\/12, Aiden Pienaar 2\/14, Liam Fourie 2\/18). Wynberg Boys’ High won by one wicket.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Playing at the Stellenberg Cricket Ground on Tuesday afternoon, Wynberg Boys’ High was the hosts’ third southern suburbs opponent in the last three weeks. It was a dangerous assignment. Stellies had beaten SACS and Rondebosch Boys’ High on the previous two Tuesdays. The home side won the toss and chose to bat first, but they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":90291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90290","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\/90290","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=90290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}