{"id":91201,"date":"2026-02-26T12:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=91201"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:37:41","slug":"player-profile-diarabilwe-ngubeni-saint-christians-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=91201","title":{"rendered":"Player Profile – Diarabilwe Ngubeni (Saint Christians College)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diarabilwe Ngubeni, of Saints Christian School, has been a key figure in her side’s cricketing success, and she has also enjoyed success at the senior provincial level. Photo: Saints Christian School on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Representing the North West<\/strong> senior ladies’ side adds a wealth of experience to any young cricketer’s CV, especially when it comes to possibly leading one’s school to a national title.<\/p>\n

That is exactly what the young Diarabilwe Ngubeni<\/strong> will bring to Saints Christian School<\/strong>‘s campaign when the Central Region champions face seven of the country’s top teams at The Final Showdown<\/strong> of the Switch Schools SA20<\/strong> Volume Two<\/strong> competition at the University of Pretoria<\/strong> from 4-7 March.<\/p>\n

Follow all the Switch Schools SA20 action live on\u00a0SuperSport Schools – (www.supersportschools.com) and Channel 216.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ngubeni, from the Ikageng Township, in Potchefstroom, recently lifted the 50\u2011over trophy with the North West Dragons<\/strong> ladies’ franchise in Cricket South Africa<\/strong>‘s Division One<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The astonishing part is that she is only 15 years old, turning 16 later this year. Her talents, however, have been evident long before her breakthrough season with the Dragons.<\/p>\n

In 2025, she represented North West at the u16 Girls National Week<\/strong>. Before that, she had already honed her skills in the Saints’ 1st XI since 2024, when she was only in Grade 8.<\/p>\n

She has represented North West<\/strong> at every age\u2011group level during her young cricketing career.<\/p>\n

Her all\u2011round ability, batting in the top order and bowling accurate off\u2011spin, has been integral to Saints reaching the final phase of the nationwide T20 competition once again.<\/p>\n

In the final of the Regional Playoffs, at the JB Marks Oval<\/strong>, a venue she already knows all too well, against Witteberg<\/strong>, from Bethlehem, she produced a tidy return of 2\/16 to help her side seal a 24\u2011run victory, while offering a clear glimpse of what may come next week.<\/p>\n

Beyond her cricketing excellence, Ngubeni is also an exceptional footballer. She dreams of following in the footsteps of her hero, Ellyse Perry<\/strong>, the Australian great who excelled internationally in both cricket and football.<\/p>\n

Her ambitions are as bold as her talent. She aims to represent both Banyana Banyana<\/strong> and the Proteas Women<\/strong>, highlighting what her peers and coaches already know – she is unafraid of chasing big goals, which exhibits a mentality essential for competing with and overcoming the country’s best.<\/p>\n

Saints will be one of the first girls’ teams in action at The Final Showdown. They meet Queens High<\/strong> in their opener on the Tuks C Field<\/strong> at 09:30 on Wednesday, 4 March.<\/p>\n

That’s followed by two matches on Thursday, 5 March. The Potchefstroom girls face Nomandi<\/strong> in the morning, then take on the Nkowankowa Hub<\/strong> in the afternoon. Both matches will be played on Tuks D<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The playoffs begin on Friday, 7 March.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 5 March<\/strong>
\nSaints Christian School vs Queens High, Tuks C, 09:30<\/p>\n

Thursday, 6 March
\n<\/strong>Saints Christian School vs Nomandi, Tuks D, 09:30
\nSaints Christian School vs Nkowankowa Hub, Tuks D, 14:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representing the North West senior ladies’ side adds a wealth of experience to any young cricketer’s CV, especially when it comes to possibly leading one’s school to a national title. That is exactly what the young Diarabilwe Ngubeni will bring to Saints Christian School‘s campaign when the Central Region champions face seven of the country’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":91317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91201","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\/91201","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=91201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}