{"id":90512,"date":"2026-02-15T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90512"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:34:57","slug":"rondebosch-outmuscles-boishaai-grey-high-defeats-boland-landbou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90512","title":{"rendered":"Rondebosch outmuscles Boishaai, Grey High defeats Boland Landbou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63206\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cricket-ball-generic-250125-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs Paarl Boys&#8217; High<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> won the toss and opted to bat first in their limited-overs bout against <strong>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High<\/strong> on Saturday. They lasted almost their full allotment of 50 overs, finishing on 232 all out from 49.3.<\/p>\n<p>Opener <strong>AB Jacobs<\/strong> provided some impetus up front, making 30 before his departure left <em><strong>Boishaai\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>on 65\/2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christo Muller<\/strong> replaced him and set about the &#8216;<em><strong>Bosch <\/strong><\/em>bowlers, striking six fours and two sixes in his hefty 82 off 81 balls.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the contest after the fall of the third wicket, <strong>Reese Petersen<\/strong> contributed 24 in a 68-run fourth-wicket partnership with Muller.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arin Spiller<\/strong> and <strong>Alex du Plessis<\/strong> were the most successful Rondebosch bowlers, with Spiller nabbing 2\/42 in 10 overs, while Du Plessis claimed 2\/36 from eight.<\/p>\n<p>In reply, Rondebosch opener <strong>Romano Pedro<\/strong> just missed out on a half-century. He spent 64 balls at the crease and hit five fours and a six in his 49.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timothy Short<\/strong> and <strong>Raa&#8217;id Davids<\/strong> boosted the Rondebosch response with a 67-run sixth-wicket partnership, with Short&#8217;s contribution of 45 off 52 featuring five fours and two sixes.\u00a0Davids recorded a flashy and unbeaten 34 off 22, with six fours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zion van Rensburg<\/strong> and Davids then delivered &#8216;Bosch to victory with an unbroken 66-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Van Rensburg finished with 28 not out at better than a run a ball.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ed-Lee Koopman<\/strong> led the visitors&#8217; bowling attack with 3\/54 in 8.2 overs, and <strong>Christo Muller<\/strong> bagged 2\/62 in eight overs.<\/p>\n<p>It took Rondebosch 42.2 overs to reach 236\/7, thus scoring a three-wicket victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grey High vs Boland Landbou<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boland Landbou visited the <strong>Pollock Oval<\/strong> for a 40-over showdown with <strong>Grey High<\/strong> on Saturday. They chose to bat first after winning the toss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/holder-blasts-st-andrews-college-to-win-parel-vallei-holds-off-milnerton\/\"><strong>Beaten by St Andrew&#8217;s College<\/strong><\/a> the previous day, the Farmers were eager to return to winning ways, but their innings never caught fire and, after only 30.2 overs, they were all out for just 124.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alejo Nota<\/strong> led the Grey High attack, knocking over 4\/19 in 6.2 overs, while <strong>Logan Groch<\/strong> picked up 2\/17 and <strong>Connor Parry<\/strong> 2\/22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Johannes Goosen<\/strong> top-scored for Boland Landbou. Batting fifth in the order, he went on the offensive, smashing four fours and two sixes in his rapid 45 off 33 balls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gunther Schmidt<\/strong> looked promising, but his innings was ended by a run out, the product of good work between <strong>James Upton<\/strong> and <strong>Logan Goddard-Ford<\/strong>, when he had 20.<\/p>\n<p>Grey High&#8217;s run chase was built around a 71-run second-wicket partnership between opener James Upton and Connor Parry, batting at three. Upton contributed a circumspect 39 off 72, while Parry sent six deliveries to the boundary in his 43 off 64. Logan Goddard-Ford weighed in with 22 off 34, and Grey High won by six wickets after spending 31.1 overs at the crease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kobus Conradie<\/strong> captured 3\/38 in seven overs, but Grey High walked away with the win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised Scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paarl Boys&#8217; High 232\/10<\/strong> (Christo Muller 82, AB Jacobs 30, Reese Petersen 24, Tom Krige 22; Alex du Plessis 2\/36, Arin Spiller 2\/42); <strong>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High 236\/7<\/strong> (Ramano Pedro 49, Timothy Short 45, Raaid Davids 34*, Zion van Rensburg 28*, Ethan De Heer Kloots 23; Ed-Lee Koopman 3\/54, Christo Muller 2\/62). <strong>Rondebosch won by three wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boland Landbou 124\/10<\/strong> (Johannes Goosen 45, Gunther Schmidt 20; Alejo Nota 4\/19, Logan Groch 2\/17, Connor Parry 2\/22); <strong>Grey<\/strong> <strong>High 125\/4<\/strong> (Connor Parry 43, James Upton 39, Logan Goddard-Ford 22; Kobus Conradie 3\/38). <strong>Grey High won by six wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High vs Paarl Boys&#8217; High Paarl Boys&#8217; High won the toss and opted to bat first in their limited-overs bout against Rondebosch Boys&#8217; High on Saturday. They lasted almost their full allotment of 50 overs, finishing on 232 all out from 49.3. Opener AB Jacobs provided some impetus up front, making 30 before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":63206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90512","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\/90512","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=90512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}