4 October 2025
(Feature photo: Pretoria Boys High captain Tim Gordon and Maritzburg College captain Daniel Nadasan, courtesy of Justin Waldman Sports Photography)
Maritzburg College vs Pretoria Boys High
Maritzburg College didn’t enjoy the happiest of Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week’s in 2024, but they romped to a 129-run win over Pretoria Boys High on Goldstone’s in a 50-over game on Saturday.
Bucking the trend, the home side opted to bat first after winning the toss and turned that decision into a good one, with captain, Daniel Nadasan, and Kyle de Bruyn providing College with to a sound start.
Batting at just under five runs an over, they put on 101 runs for the first wicket before De Bruyn was caught by Tinashe Mbingo off Ruan Coetzee for 57. He had spent 75 balls at the crease and hit seven fours and a six.
Nadasan followed without the addition of a run. He’d been circumspect, contributing 28 from 58 balls, but he had helped to lay a sturdy foundation.
Karl Dedekind, in at four, took the attack to Boys High, smashing four fours and four sixes in his 74, which took only 57 balls. A little lower down the order, Sphamandla Dzanibe weighed in with a quick 29 from 20, which helped College to 279 all out, with only three balls remaining in their innings.
Pretoria Boys High was further hurt by 32 extras, which included 18 wides and seven no balls. Opening bowler Justin Basdeo led their attack, claiming 3/47 from 8.3 overs, while Jaydon Knott-Craig returned figures of 3/54 from 10.
Pretoria Boys High opening batsmen, Ethan Nel, batted well, scoring 48 from 52 balls, but apart from middle order batsmen Dylan Kruger, Louis Kruyshaar, and Justin Basdeo, no one else made it into the teens. Kruger tallied 21, Kruyshaar 17, and Basteo 22, but Boys High needed more substantial contributions.
They were all out in the 37th over for 150, with College skipper Daniel Nadasan hastening their demise with 3/5 in only 2.1 overs. Sam Hughes knocked over 2/26 and Nathan Pembridge claimed 2/42 as the Red, Black, and White cruised to victory.
Clifton College vs Paarl Boys’ High
At Lynwood, the Clifton College 1st XI’s strong run of form continued with a four-wicket victory over Paarl Boys’ High.
The Bolanders’ batted first after losing the toss and found the going tough. Scoring at just over three runs per over, they were bowled out for 122 in the 40th over of their innings.
Their highest score was a modest 22 from AB Jacobs, while opener Christo Muller weighed in with 20.
Lanky seamer Regan Radley knocked over 3/16 in five overs for Clifton, while Shiraz Perumal snared 3/33 in 9.3 with his leg spin. Left-arm spinner, Blake Johnson, the Bowler of the Tournament at the St John’s Rams T20 in Harare, picked up where he left off in that event, clamping down on the Boishaai batsmen to return a tidy 2/17 from 10 overs.
Faced with 123 to win, Clifton’s openers, Cohen Naidoo and Yusuf Ahmed, gave their side exactly what they needed, a sound start. Together, they put on 54 for the first wicket before Ahmed was dismissed, caught off the bowling of Pieter Gildenhuis for 21.
Four runs later, Naidoo was run out for 22. When Clifton lost another three wickets cheaply, slipping to 70/5, Paarl Boys’ High was back in the game.
Hayden Drieselmann and Lawson Dinsdale, though, wrestled control of the contest back in Clifton’s favour, adding 52 runs before Dinsdale was bowled by Keanu February for 17. He was out with the scores level.
No problem for Drieselmann, he sealed victory in style with a six, finishing on 35 not out, the highest score in the match, having faced 41 balls. He struck four fours and a six.
Reece Petersen led the Gim attack with 2/28 from six overs.
Durban High School (DHS) vs St Stithians College
At the Beaumont Eston Farmers Club, St Stithians pulled off a tight three-wicket win over Durban High School (DHS).
Like many of the teams did after heavy rain on Friday, Saints chose to bowl after winning the toss. As usual, though, School‘s superb top three, Ismaeel Omar, Ethan Cooper, and Josh van Biljon were among the runs.
Omar and Cooper shared a first-wicket stand of 29 before Cooper was out for 20. A second-wicket stand of 83 followed between Omar and Van Biljon. It ended when Van Biljon was stumped by Matthew Anderson off the bowling of Zaakir Hanslo for 41 from 52 balls, seven of which were sent to the boundary.
Three runs later, on 115, Omar followed for 42 from 62 deliveries, also a victim of Hanslo.
Captain Bayanda Majola led from the front by striking five fours in his 24, but only Dhilan Naraidu, with 11, also made it into double figures as DHS slipped from 115/2 to 163 all out in only 37.4 overs.
Akhil Challa wrought serious damage on the DHS batting line, capturing 4/14 in 3.4 overs, while the captain, Tahseen Hanslo snapped up 2/16. Zaakir Hanslo dismissed School’s top run scorers and finished with 3/46 from 10.
When St Stithians batted, the speedster, Bayanda Majola, struck early, having Akhil Challa caught behind by Josh van Biljon off the first ball of the innings.
The dangerous Liam Mudenda stuck around until the eighth over, but was out for only 11 from 15 balls, caught by Ismaeel Omar off left-arm spinner Dhilan Naraidu.
Thomas Collins, though, stood firm. While wickets went down around him, he held up his end. Tahseen Hanslo departed for six, Nicholas Bayly made 10, Matthew Katzenstein 16, and Jason Joiner 11 and, while those weren’t fantastic scores, three of them made it into the teens, and that helped Saints to chip away at the DHS total.
Then, Matthew Anderson joined Thomas Collins, with the score on 120/6. He played an aggressive and crucial knock, contributing 26 off 20 balls before falling in the 36th over, when St Stithians was only three runs short of victory, following a stand of 41 with Collins.
One ball later, it was over. Collins was unbeaten on 69. He had faced 96 balls and stroked three fours and a six.
Taine Havermann was the pick of the DHS bowlers, snapping up 2/15 in six overs, while Josh Morley claimed 2/51 from 10.
Northwood School vs Hoërskool Waterkloof
At Michaelhouse, Northwood claimed a prized scalp when they beat Waterkloof by 44 runs, with David de Bruyn scoring a match-winning 95 off only 66 balls, to lead the Knights’ victory charge.
Waterkloof sent Northwood out to bat and De Bruyn, opening the innings with Ross McGlashan, launched a fearsome assault on the Klofies‘ bowlers.
McGlashan went cheaply, but De Bruyn and Thomas Oosthuizen set about the Waterkloof bowlers, adding 97 runs from only 67 balls for the second wicket. With the total on 107, Oosthuizen departed, caught by Darius Maritz off of Christiaan Smit for 40 from only 29 balls, three of which he sent for four, and two of which he deposited over the boundary.
De Bruyn and captain Kyle White tacked on another 41 runs from only 29 balls, with De Bruyn doing the heavy lifting. White, then, fell for 10.
De Bruyn was at last out in the 19th over, with the total on 164, but he had done tremendous damage. Jamie Wimble and Josh Mills provided Northwood with a late boost, taking the Knights’ total to 184/4 after their 20 overs.
Waterkloof’s bowlers came in for some stick, but Darius Maritz, who shared the new ball with Wian du Plessis, performed well, returning 1/15 from his four overs.
Chasing over nine runs per over to win, Waterkloof, in typical fashion, did not shy away from the challenge and got off to a fast start, with Rico van der Walt and AJ de Villiers rocketing to 54 before Van der Walt fell in the fifth over, caught Josh Mills, bowled Jordan Matthews ,for 31 from just 16 balls, with two fours and three sixes.
Five runs later, on 59, De Villiers was out for 20, also from 16 balls, and also with two sixes, but only one four.
Captain Riley Miller and Franco Schmidt advanced the total to 90 before Schmidt became another Matthews’ victim, out for 17. Six runs later, Miller was run out for 16. And soon, it got far worse for Klofies.
Two more wickets fell for the addition of only two runs, leaving the Pretoria school on 98/6 in the 11th over. Their run rate was decent enough, but they had lost too many wickets.
Under heavy pressure, they lost two more while adding only 10 more runs. On 108/8 in the 14th over, Waterkloof was in serious trouble, and Jordan Matthews was the reason why. He had also dismissed Wian du Plessis and Johan Feuth.
Ricardo Crous, in at nine, smacked a stubborn 26 from 21 balls, slamming two sixes and a four, but Waterkloof was bowled out at the start of the 19th over for 144. Jordan Matthews, with 4/27 from his four overs, led the Northwood attack.
Ryan van Zyl returned a useful 2/12, while Thabiso Mtambo picked up 2/36 from four.
Michaelhouse vs Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies)
Also at Michaelhouse, on the Roy Gathorne Oval, the home side bagged an impressive 51-run win over Affies.
Sent in to bat, ‘House openers, Ethan Muir and Rex Wardlaw, gave their side a good start, putting up 58 runs in the first 11 overs of their 25 overs a side match. Muir, then, was caught by Armin Snyman off Petrus Rautenbach for 22.
Wardlaw went on to top-score with 48 from 63 balls, striking three fours and two sixes, while Ben Heuer chipped in with 22 from 20 as Michaelhouse tallied 128/6. They had scored at just 5.1 runs per over. That didn’t look special, but it proved to be more than enough.
Rautenbach, with 2/32 from five overs, was the only Affies’ bowler to pick up more than one wicket.
The Pretoria side’s run chase went awry from the start, and in the fourth over they found themselves in trouble on 8/2, with Dylan Stander out for two and Christian Linde dismissed for five, both victims of Rendani Nonge.
Vihan Pretorius struck two sixes in his 17 from 14 balls, but he was out in the ninth over, with the total on 44. From 44/2, Affies lost steam, adding only 33 more runs while losing eight wickets.
The Michaelhouse bowlers shared the wickets around. Apart from Nonge’s two, Ben Heuer kept it tight, claiming 2/10 in five, while Ethan Muir snagged 2/4 in two, and Liam O’Dwyer picked up 2/22 in four.
Opener JP Botha, with 25 from 35, was Affies’ leading run scorer, but Pretorius’s 17 was their next best score and that was, simply put, not good enough.
Hilton College vs Grey College
In a thriller, Grey College eked out a two-run win over Hilton College on the Hart-Davis Oval. Hilton, knowing the tendency of the pitch to aid the bowlers in the early going, chose to field, but Christian Kind and Aiden Dodd gave Grey a decent start with an opening stand of 61 in under nine overs before Kind departed for 37.
Fortunately for Hilton, Jayden Roux bowled the dangerman, Henru de Wet, for two, which reduced Grey College to 68/2.
When Dodd was dismissed for a slow 19 from 42 balls, with the total on 96, in the 17th over, Grey’s innings lost momentum, but while Dodd had been slow, his innings proved to be a crucial contribution to Grey’s victory.
Jaco Prinsloo added 18 and River Scott scored 22, but Grey slid to 147 all out. The big eyesore for Hilton College, though, was an unsightly 29 wides, which was the major part of the 33 extras that trailed only Kind’s 37 runs. The blame fell pretty much on every bowlers’ shoulders, who were all guilty of multiple misdirected deliveries.
Obakeng Motsepa, however, shone with 3/20 from five overs, while Luke Campbell snared 2/32 from four, and Jayden Roux took 2/35 from seven.
Hilton mustered 145 all out in response. Grey bowled 17 wides and gave up 25 extras, eight less than Hilton, and that was one of the big differences in the match.
The home side lost Ben Hockly and Ben Wilson cheaply, but Alex Pitman and James Ogilby advanced the total to 43 before both were dismissed on that total, both for 13.
Jayden Roux stood firm, but around him wickets tumbled, with Hilton sliding to 94/8 when Roux was out in the 32nd over. He had scored a patient 28 from 61 deliveries, with five fours. That turned out to be Hilton’s highest score.
With their backs to the wall, David Hill and Luke Campbell gave Grey fits, sharing a ninth wicket stand of 36 runs before Hill was bowled by Otto Krause for 23.
Campbell kept taking it to the Grey attack, but he became the last man to go, caught by Sicelo Matayi off Krause for a run-a-ball 27.
The two opening bowlers led Grey with three wickets each. Matayi captured 3/38 in 10, while Krause took 3/46 from 9.4. Bergh Vorster played his part by nabbing 2/19 from six, while Henru de Wet was miserly, claiming 1/17 from 10.
Kearsney College vs King Edward VII
At the Richmond Country Club, King Edward VII (KES) chased down Kearsney College‘s 168 all out in 46.5 overs to score a three-wicket victory.
KES chose to field first and made early inroads into Kearsney’s batting order, restricting scoring and picking up wickets to have the Botha’s Hill boys in trouble on 58/5 in the 27th over.
Jonty Wiggett and Cole Young stopped the rot, though, sharing a sixth wicket stand of 51 runs before Wiggett was out for 18. Young went on to top score with 83, facing 122 balls and striking five fours and four sixes. He was the eighth man out with the total on 152.
Luke Clark sent three batsmen packing for only 23 runs, while Lebone Ramedupe claimed 3/37 in eight. The pressure caused by Connor Kuijers, with 1/19 in 10, and Steele Grooteman, with 1/28 in 10, should not be underestimated.
KES replied with 171/7 in 40.3 overs. They didn’t start well, losing Tiago Dias and Luke Clark with only 15 runs on the board. But Clark’s departure brought Troy Gordon to the crease, and he proceeded to play a match-winning innings.
Zieg Roos made 27 and shared a 77-run stand with Gordon for the fourth wicket, but there weren’t any other notable contributions. Gordon, though, didn’t need others to score runs. He needed them to occupy the crease.
When the contest came to its end, he was unbeaten on 90 from 99 balls, 13 of which he had sent to the boundary for four.
Rivaan Moodley was the pick of the Kearsney bowlers, snaring 3/40 in 10 overs.
St Charles College vs Paul Roos Gimnasium
At St Charles, the home side and Paul Roos Gimnasium combined for 474 runs, but it was Saints who came away with the win, taking it by 25 runs.
Batting first, they tallied 249 all out, led by Ryan Clarke‘s 78 off 74 balls, Striking the ball well, he cracked 11 fours and two sixes.
Caleb Sharp lent excellent support with 56, which included four fours and two sixes, and some late innings resistance from Covhan Baatjies, with 16, and Connor Simpson, with 20 not out, was aided by 25 extras.
Luca Plekker bowled well, taking 3/24 in nine, while Morné Pauw bagged 2/35 in 10, and Neil Barnard 2/41.
Set 250 to win, Paul Roos was bowled out for 225 after 46 overs. While eight of their batsmen made it into double figures, their contributions lacked the substance of those of St Charles’s Luke Clark and Caleb Sharp.
Luca Plekker top scored with 42, while Jason Raal weighed in with 34, Liam Basson made 33, and Nicholas Stuurman 23, but it wasn’t enough.
Connor Vogt paced the Saints’ attack, knocking over 3/16 in five overs. Keegan Vermaak picked up 2/41 in 10 and the rest of the bowlers took a wicket each to help the home side to a hard-fought win.
Westville Boys’ High vs St David’s Marist Inanda
St David’s Marist Inanda powered their way to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Westville Boys’ High at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in Pietermaritzburg.
Westville batted first after St David’s won the toss and never got going. Having Kyle McGough, their top scorer, with 20, run out did not help. Wickets fell regularly as Westville stumbled to a disappointing 93 all out.
With their side opting to bowl first, the St David’s new ball pair made that decision count. Kyle Butler captured 3/14 in seven overs, while Christopher Emslie snagged 2/25 in seven, also. The other four wickets to go down were shared, one each, between Jared Stern, Hayden Campbell, Morteza Manack, and captain, Jason Rowles.
That modest total was never going to challenge a stout St David’s batting line-up. Dayalan Boyce removed Armaan Manack cheaply, but the Johannesburg side was untroubled. Rowles and opener, Sohail Seonath added 60 for the second wicket in 9.1 overs, taking their total to 83 before Rowles was bowled by Tristan Delvin for 36.
Things didn’t get any easier for Westville, with Morteza Manack coming to the crease. He smacked two fours in an unbeaten eight from five balls, while Seonath finished with 40 not out from only 43 balls, with seven fours, as St David’s flew to 95/3 in 13.3 overs.
St John’s College vs Paarl Gimnasium
In Howick, St John’s scored a four-wicket win over Paarl Gimnasium. Gimmies, after being put in to bat, totalled 146 all out, with many players making starts, but none pushing on to make a telling contribution.
De Waal Vivier, with 33, led the way for the Boland boys, while Derrick Groenewald made 27.
David Ireland put the skids under the Paarl Gim batting, returning 4/25 from nine overs. Crucially, he was well supported by Tapiwa Chikwava, who claimed 3/29 from 10. Ethan Robinson, who opened the bowling with Ireland, took 2/19 in 7.3.
Michael Stubbs, batting third in the order, scored 54 from 75 balls, with four fours and two sixes, to lead the St John’s run chase.
Joshua Hall weighed in with a patient and unbeaten 25, while captain Alec Loveland chipped in with 21 to see the Johannesburg boys to victory after 34 overs.
Wian Munnick bowled tidily, taking 2/26 in nine overs.
CSA Hub Invitational XI vs Cornwall Hill College
Playing at the MP Oval, in Woodlands, the CSA Hub Invitational XI, unbeaten at the Michaelmas Week in 2024, added another win to their record, beating Cornwall Hill College by three wickets.
The Hub XI chose to field first and enjoyed early successes. Cornwall Hill stumbledg to 61.6 in the 22nd over, with Enathi Kishini, an SA Schools’ selection last year, doing most of the damage.
Abubaker Rasool and Oliver Richards, at last, put the brakes on the wicket-taking, sharing a seventh-wicket stand of 66 before Richards was caught up Tshepang Laka off the bowling of Unathi Magoloza for 23.
Rasool followed, the eighth man out, after being trapped in front by Taywin Adams for 67. His knock included seven fours and a six.
In the last of their 50 overs, Cornwall Hill was bowled out for 150. Kitshini finished the sparkling figures of 4/24 from 10 overs, while Adams captured 2/24 in 9.3. Unathi Magoloza claimed 2/21 in seven.
While the Hub XI lost seven wickets before they overhauled Cornwall Hill’s total, they scored far faster than their opponents, who averaged just over three runs per over, going at 4.7.
Tshepang Laka anchored their innings with an unbeaten 40, hitting two fours and two sixes in his 71-ball stay. Matthew Florence, meanwhile, added a valuable 38 at almost a run a ball, with five fours and a six, and shared a 50-run partnership with Laka for the fourth wicket.
Enathi Kitshini then showed off his all-round ability, clattering 24 not out from only 18 deliveries, striking two fours and a six, to see the Hub XI to victory with an unbroken 31-run partnership with Laka.
Rourke de Lange did his best to stop the Hub XI, snapping up 3/31 in six, and Ethan Ferris-Philander took 2/15 in five, but the Hub XI was victorious after 32.1 overs.
Jeppe High School for Boys vs Hudson Park High
Jeppe skipper Ryan Young scored the only century of the day at Collegians, making 127 to lead his side to 296/7 against Hudson Park High. Tiago Almeida provided good support, making 58, while Somila Mkokeli picked up 3/61 for the East London school.
They mustered only 134 all out in reply, with Iminathi Sam‘s 43 their best batting effort. Shreth Kumar led the Jeppe attack, bagging 3/22 as the Kensington kids won by 162 runs.
Glenwood High vs St Alban’s College
Glenwood, up against St Alban’s at Maritzburg College, on Barns, powered their way to a 142-run victory. Olwami Zondi led the way with the bat, making 77, while Rehaan Jugbathur weighed in with 66.
The Green Machine finished on a daunting 306/7. That proved to be plenty as St Alban’s failed to challenge it and were bowled out for 164.
SCORES
Maritzburg College 277/10 (Karl Dedekind 78, Kyle de Bruyn 57, Sphamandla Dzanibe 29; Justin Basdeo 3/47, Jaydon Knott-Craig 3/54); Pretoria Boys High 149/10 (Ethan Nel 48; Daniel Nadasan 3/5, Sam Hughes 2/26, Nathan Pembridge 2/42). Maritzburg College won by 128 runs.
Paarl Boys’ High 122/10 (AB Jacobs 22; Regan Radley 3/16, Shiraz Perumal 3/33, Blake Johnson 2/17); Clifton College 127/6 (Hayden Drieselmann 35*, Cohen Naidoo 22, Yusuf Ahmed 21; Reece Petersen 2/28). Clifton won by four wickets.
Durban High School 163/10 (Ismaeel Omar 42, Josh van Biljon 41; Bayanda Majola 24. Ethan Cooper 20; Akhil Challa 4/14, Zaakir Hanslo 3/46, Tahseen Hanslo 2/16); St Stithians College 165/7 (Thomas Collins 69*, Matthew Anderson 26; Taine Havermann 2/15, Josh Morley 2/51). St Stithians won by three wickets.
Northwood 184/4 (David de Bruyn 95, Thomas Oosthuizen 40; Darius Maritz 1/15); Waterkloof 144/10 (Rico van der Walt 31; Jordan Matthews 4/27, Ruan van Zyl 2/12, Thabiso Mtambo 2/36). Northwood won by 40 runs.
Michaelhouse 128/6 (Rex Wardlaw 48, Ethan Muir 22; Petrus Rautenbach 2/28); Affies 77/10 (JP Botha 25; Ethan Muir 2/4, Ben Heuer 2/10, Rendani Nonge 2/12, Liam O’Dwyer 2/22). Michaelhouse won by 51 runs.
Grey College 147/10 (Christian Kind 37, River Scott 22; Obakeng Motsepa 3/20, Luke Campbell 2/32, Jayden Roux 2/35); Hilton College 145/10 (Jayden Roux 28; Luke Campbell 27, David Hill 23; Sicelo Matayi 3/38, Otto Krause 3/46, Bergh Vorster 2/19). Grey College won by two runs.
Kearsney 168/10 (Cole Young 83; Luke Clark 3/21, Lebone Ramedupe 3/37); King Edward VII 171/7 (Troy Gordon 90*; Rivaan Moodley 3/40). KES won by three wickets.
St Charles College 249/10 (Ryan Clarke 78, Caleb Sharp 56, Connor Simpson 20*; Luca Plekker 3/24, Morné Pauw 2/35, Neil Barnard 2/41); Paul Roos Gimnasium 224/10 (Luca Plekker 42, Jason Raal 34, Liam Basson 33, Nicholas Stuurman 23; Connor Vogt 3/16, Keegan Vermaak 2/41). St Charles won by 25 runs.
Westville Boys’ High 93/10 (Kyle McGough 20; Kyle Butler 3/14, Christopher Emslie 2/25); St David’s Marist Inanda 95/2 (Sohail Seonath 40*, Jason Rowles 36). St David’s won by eight wickets.
Paarl Gimnasium 146/10 (De Waal Vivier 33, Derrick Groenewald 27; David Ireland 4/25; Tapiwa Chikwava 3/29, Ethan Robinson 2/19); St John’s College 147/6 (Michael Stubbs 57, Joshua Hall 25*, Alec Loveland 21; Wian Munnick 2/26). St John’s won by four wickets.
Cornwall Hill College 150/10 (Abubaker Rasool 67, Oliver Richards 23; Enathi Kitshini 4/24, Unathi Magoloza 2/21, Taywin Adams 2/24); CSA Hub Invitational XI 151/7 (Tshepang Laka 40*, Matthew Florence 38, Enathi Kitshini 24*; Rourke de Lange 3/31, Ethan Ferris-Philander 2/15). CSA Hub Invitational XI won by three wickets.
Jeppe 296/7 (Ryan Young 127, Tiago Almeida 58; Somila Mkokeli 3/61); Hudson Park 134/10 (Iminathi Sam 43; Shreth Kumar 3/22). Jeppe won by 162 runs.
Glenwood High 306/7 (Olwami Zondi 77, Rehaan Jugbathur 66); St Alban’s College 164/10. Glenwood won by 142 runs.
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