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Schools SA20 Nationals. “The road has been exciting and challenging for a young team. We always say the worst thing that can happen to a school-boy team is an unbeaten season. Then there is no learning… So as a school with only 350 learners it’s been tough to get here…but we are ready to take on the best.
See you at the Schools SA20 Nationals 12 – 15 March at Tuks, Pretoria.”
1St XI Cricket Road to the Nationals
Free State Provincial matches:
- Pool Match vs Jim Fouché – Won match by 10 wickets
- Pool Match vs Sentraal – Won by 10 wickets
- Knockout Match vs Trio High School – Won by 195 runs
- Provincial Final vs Grey College – Won by 5 wickets
Regional Finals Potchefstroom
- Pool Match vs Rusteburg – Won by 2 wickets
- Cross Pool Match – vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium – Lost by 19 runs
- Pool Match vs Kalahari High School – Won by 72 runs
- Semi Final vs Potch Gim – Won by 41 runs
- Final vs Grey College – Won by 34 runs
Reuben van Aarde
- Captain
- Has played 68 caps for the team
- Middle order batter
- Scored 21 in a 83-run partnership with FG to steer the team to 182/6 in the Regional Final vs Grey College.
Grove du Preez
- Has played 23 caps for the 1st XI
- Batting all rounder
- Bats in the middle order, bowls RA off spin
- Played a match winning knock of 23 not out at number 9 vs Rustenburg chasing 124.
Leon Athanasiou
- Has played 73 caps for the 1st XI
- Middle order batter
- Scored a vital 35 in the regional Semi Final vs Potch Gimnasium at number 4 in a 75-run partnership with Andrew to help post 148-4.
FG Botha
- All rounder
- Bats number 3 and bowls leg-spin
- Has played 80 caps for the 1st XI
- Took the most number of wickets for the team, taking 20 wickets in 9 matches.
- Played match winning knocks in both the provincial final (scoring 57) and in the Regional Final (scoring 84) vs Grey College.
Nikhil Sukraj
- Has played 53 caps for the 1st XI
- Bowling all rounder
- Bowls leg-spin and bats in the lower order
- Took the second most wickets in the Provvincial lead up to Regionals, taking 10 wickets at an average of 8,8 in 4 mathes.
- Also scored 21 not out of 11 balls in the Regional Final vs Grey College.
Naude Botha
- Opening batter and wicketkeeper
- Has played 97 caps for the 1st XI
- Will play his 100th cap vs Greame College at Nationals
- Highest run scorer for the 1st XI in the Schools SA20 2025 competition and made 130 in the Provincial Semi-Final vs Trio High School.
Johan Liebenberg
- Has played 72 caps for the 1st XI
- Batting all rounder
- Middle order batter and RA Seamer
- Took the 1stXI over the line in the Provincial Final scoring 21 not out vs Grey College
Heindre Serfontein
- Has played 37 caps for the 1st XI
- All rounder
- Bowls RA Seam, bats in the lower order
- Made 75 not out in the Provincial Semi-Final vs Trio High School and 31 vs Grey College in the Provincial Final
Cullen Kakora
- Has played 68 caps for the 1st XI
- Bowler
- RA medium Fast
- Bowled at an economy of 6.25 across all maches whilst bowling in the Powerplay and Death Overs
- Took 13 wickets, including 3-27 vs Grey College in the Provimcial Final
Andrew Sobiech
- Batting all-rounder
- Opening batter, bowls RA off spin
- Scored the most amount of runs for the 1st XI at the Regionals Finals Weekend in Potchefstroom scoring 143 runs at an average of 35.8
- Has played 93 Caps
Ryle Beckam
- Debutant
- Bowler
- LA Orthodox
- Went with the 1st XI to the Regional Finals in Potchefstroom
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