{"id":90521,"date":"2026-02-15T20:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90521"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:28:41","slug":"important-victory-sets-up-midstream-for-possible-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90521","title":{"rendered":"Important victory sets up Midstream for possible promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Midstream College on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Midstream College<\/strong> has been a force to be reckoned with in the B Section of the Finsbury League<\/strong> this year. In fact, despite it being their first campaign in the B Section, Midstream may well earn promotion to the A Section.<\/p>\n

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Their five-wicket victory over Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/strong> on Saturday, in Midran11d, has likely set them up for a promotion\/relegation clash against Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg<\/strong> on 21 February.<\/p>\n

Wian de Bruin<\/strong> and Christian Olwagen<\/strong> laid the groundwork for Saturday’s victory with the ball, thus enabling Rikus Cilliers<\/strong> and his batting outfit to execute a successful run chase.<\/p>\n

Midstream won the toss and, after electing to bowl first, De Bruin struck early with the new ball.<\/p>\n

He captured 3\/15, while Olwagen knocked over 2\/12, which included the prized wicket of Gimmies<\/em><\/strong>‘\u00a0mainstay, Christivan Coetzer<\/strong>. Coetzer, however, delivered a quickfire 34 from 26 balls before his departure.<\/p>\n

Henr\u00e9 Cronje<\/strong> led the lower-order contributions, with 28, while Bernard Juddels<\/strong> and Thloni Tabatha<\/strong> added 27 each to help Potch Gim to 207 all out, which looked like a decent enough total on a pitch that offered something to the bowlers.<\/p>\n

The composure of Midstream<\/strong> opener Rikus Cilliers<\/strong> proved decisive in their reply. He batted patiently yet positively, scoring at more than a run a ball. He was eventually dismissed through an excellent piece of fielding by Tabatha<\/strong>, run out for a well\u2011played 57, but Cilliers had set his side up to succeed.<\/p>\n

Further meaningful contributions from Ryan Strauss<\/strong> (38) and Maarten Nortj\u00e9<\/strong> (33) carried the home side across the line in the 35th over with five wickets in hand.<\/p>\n

In Benoni, an in\u2011form Aiden Shaw<\/strong> powered Ho\u00ebrskool <\/strong>Hans Moore<\/strong>\u00a0to a dominant seven-wicket win over Ho\u00ebrskool Montana<\/strong>. Shaw’s century – a ruthless 130 from only 86 balls, which included 10 sixes and nine fours- ensured Moories<\/strong><\/em> chased down the 206 they needed for victory in just 24 overs.<\/p>\n

Leejan van Jaarsveld<\/strong> was Montana’s standout performer, standing firm despite being put under heavy pressure before falling for a determined 65, which was not enough to overshadow Shaw’s commanding display on home soil.<\/p>\n

In Nelspruit, Safwaan Muller<\/strong>, of Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit,<\/strong> produced the bowling performance of the round to guide Nellies<\/strong><\/em> to a tightly contested three-wicket victory over Ho\u00ebrskool Marais Viljoen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Despite a well\u2011played 69 from Trent Shrives<\/strong>, the visitors posted only 137. Muller claimed six wickets, including that of Shrives, while conceding 41 runs from his seven overs.<\/p>\n

The Alberton school refused to go down without a fight. Zaim Hashim<\/strong>, with 3\/49, and Hendr\u00e9 Cilliers<\/strong>, with 2\/17, struck back for Marais Viljoen with strong spells. However, they didn’t have sufficient runs to defend, and an unbeaten 48 from Juan Maritz<\/strong> secured victory for Nelspruit in Mbombela.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

Potchefstroom Gimnasium 207\/10 <\/strong>(Christivan Coetzer 34, Henr\u00e9 Cronje 28, Bernard Judels 27, Thloni Tabatha 27, Bennet Keet 21, Extras 20; Wian de Bruin 3\/15, Christian Olwagen 2\/12); Midstream College 208\/5\u00a0<\/strong>(Rikus Cilliers 57, Ryan Struass 38, Maarten Nortj\u00e9 33, Hanro de Villiers 23, Extras 23; Damian Kruger 2\/29).\u00a0Midstream College won by five wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Montana 205\/10 <\/strong>(Leejan van Jaarsveld 65, Migael Kock 49, Extras 23; Nathan King 2\/18, Issac Aube 2\/18); Hans Moore 206\/3 <\/strong>(Aiden Shaw 130, Xavier van Biljon 36, Extras 23; Du Preez Prinsloo 2\/31). Hans Moore won by seven wickets. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Marais Viljoen 137\/10 <\/strong>(Trent Shrives 69; Safwaan Muller 6\/41, Enrico Joubert 3\/25);\u00a0Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit 141\/7\u00a0<\/strong>(Juan Maritz 48*, Dian Boucher 23; Zaim Hashim 3\/49, Hendr\u00e9 Cilliers 2\/17).\u00a0Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit won by three wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Midstream College has been a force to be reckoned with in the B Section of the Finsbury League this year. In fact, despite it being their first campaign in the B Section, Midstream may well earn promotion to the A Section. Their five-wicket victory over Potchefstroom Gimnasium on Saturday, in Midran11d, has likely set them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":90528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90521","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\/90521","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=90521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}