{"id":91638,"date":"2026-03-01T07:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=91638"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:50:54","slug":"st-johns-college-ends-season-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=91638","title":{"rendered":"St John’s College ends season in style"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St John’s wrapped up a fruitful 50-over season in style, with a win at Jeppe. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St John’s College<\/strong> claimed a two-wicket win over Jeppe<\/strong> when the Johannesburg rivals crossed swords on the AH Childe Oval<\/strong> at Jeppe on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The victory capped off a successful 50-over campaign in the 2025-26 season for The Blues<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

“It was a great team effort,” Bongani Ntini<\/strong>, the St John’s first team coach, told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong><\/a>. “[What a ] Wonderful way for the boys to close the season!”<\/p>\n

The victory over Jeppe was St John’s 11th in 16 50-over contests. They lost the other five to finish the season with a healthy 70 percent win ratio.<\/p>\n

The toss went Jeppe’s way, and the hosts chose to bat first, accumulating 209 all from 47.2 overs. St John’s then chased down the victory target of 210 runs in 47.1 overs at the cost of eight wickets.<\/p>\n

Nkosana Sibiya,<\/strong> the St John’s captain, led the charge in the run chase with 47 from 49 balls. He shared a wonderful 85-run third-wicket partnership with Darshik Lutchman<\/strong> (36) that gave the Blues a sturdy platform from which to navigate their chase.<\/p>\n

Bryn Gilmour<\/strong> also made it into the thirties, weighing in with an unbeaten 35 from 55 balls to steer the visitors over the line. The Grade 10 learner’s innings came at a crucial time for the visitors, holding their reply together after the departures of Joshua Hall<\/strong> (27), Herman Basson<\/strong> (18), and Connor van der Walt <\/strong>(11).<\/p>\n

Shreshth Kumar<\/strong> was the pick of the Jeppe bowlers, snaring 3\/54 in 10 overs. Goolam Ahmed<\/strong>, Lincoln Casais<\/strong>, and Reza Ayob<\/strong> chipped in with a wicket each.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Tapiwa Chikwava<\/strong> captured 3\/42 in 9.2 overs as St John’s bowled out Jeppe in less than their full quota of 50 overs. Sibiya put his all-round skills on display with a valuable 2\/32 in 10 overs, while Juan de Villiers<\/strong>, Ethan Robinson<\/strong>, and Gilmour got rid of one batsman each.<\/p>\n

Their efforts ensured that Ryan Young<\/strong>‘s well-made half-century, a fluent 58 off 57 balls, didn’t propel the Black Caps<\/strong> <\/em>to an unassailable total.<\/p>\n

Ethan van Dyk <\/strong>(39) and Vegas Scott<\/strong> (33) gave the hosts a steady start with a tidy first-wicket stand of 72, while Aiden Reyneke<\/strong> (26) and Lincoln Casais<\/strong> (13) also made it to double-digit scores.<\/p>\n

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

Jeppe High School for Boys 209\/10<\/strong> (Ryan Young 58, Ethan van Dyk 39; Tapiwa Chikwava 3\/42, Nkosana Sibiya 2\/32). St John’s College 210\/8<\/strong> (Nkosana Sibiya 47, Darshik Lutchman 36; Shreshth Kumar 3\/54, Reza Ayob 1\/32). St John\u2019s won by two wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St John’s College claimed a two-wicket win over Jeppe when the Johannesburg rivals crossed swords on the AH Childe Oval at Jeppe on Saturday. The victory capped off a successful 50-over campaign in the 2025-26 season for The Blues. “It was a great team effort,” Bongani Ntini, the St John’s first team coach, told SuperSport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":91639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91638","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\/91638","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}