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Rondebosch finish the prestigious Peninsula Festival as the only unbeaten side

By Hannes Nienaber , in Cricket | Featured Cricket | News Featured | Main , at 2025-01-12 Tags: , , , , , , ,

RONDEBOSCH BOYS’ HIGH’s First XI finished the 2025 edition of the Peninsula Festival unbeaten. PHOTO: Supplied

After five days of superb schools’ cricket during the Peninsula Festival with only Rondebosch Boys’ High managing to finish the week with an unbeaten record intact.

Rondebosch defeated Potchefstroom Gimnasium in a closely contested match at Rondebosch’s main oval on Sunday by four runs.

The team from Potchefstroom needed only eight runs from the final over with their kingpin Ulrich Botha (51) still at the crease. From the home side, Arin Spiller (1/22) was to bowl the final over.

To the arena stepped Adeeb Levy to run out Botha from the very first delivery of the over. Spiller then rearranged Henré Cronjé’s (0) stumps with the very next delivery to add to the pressure. With the fourth delivery of the 20th over Divan van Eldik (6) was also ran out.

Botha was also the pick of the Potch Gimmies bowling attack with figures of 2/23. Rondebosch’s Noah Heath (39) and Levy (33) were leading their side’s charge with the willow.

Hilton College finished their tour on a high by defeating Wynberg Boys’ High by seven wickets in their final match in the Cape on the Jacques Kallis Oval.

Wynberg reached 129/9 in their allotted 20 overs with Michail Tarentaal (41) and Moosa Gabriels (29) making the biggest contributions. Luke Campbell was in superb form with the ball in hand as he picked up three wickets for 15 runs.

Hilton’s Alex Pitman (51*) then led the way with his unbeaten half-century with some solid support from Simon Steyn (29) and Robert Burman (24).

Bishops’ Luke de Klerk (5/10) had Pretoria Boys High on the backfoot early on in their match-up as he claimed a five-wicket haul in his side’s victory of seven wickets. The team from the Jacaranda City was bowled out for 101 runs with their stalwart Joshua Hall (30*) once again leading the way.

Bishops got past the target in the tenth over with Alex Vintcent (34) contributing the bulk of the runs.

Summarised Scorecards: 

Rondebosch Boys’ High 162/7 (Noah Heath 39, Adeeb Levy 33, Ethan Kloots 22; Ulrich Botha 2/23, Adriaan van Niekerk 2/35); Potchefstroom Gimnasium 158/7 (Ulrich Botha 57, Caiden Seleka 38; James Kirsten 1/10). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by four runs.

Pretoria Boys’ High 101 (Joshua Hall 30*; Luke de Klerk 5/10); Diocesan College 107/3 (Alex Vintcent 34; Euan Gottfried 1/2). Diocesan College won by seven wickets.

Wynberg Boys’ High 129/9 (Michail Tarentaal 41, Moosa Gabriels 29, Joshua Prince 21; Luke Campbell 3/15, Obakeng Motsepa 2/18, Simon Steyn 2/22); Hilton College 132/3 (Alex Pitman 51*, Simon Steyn 29, Robert Burman 24; Joshua Prince 1/22). Hilton College won by seven wickets.

Hannes Nienaber
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