Hoërskool Ben Forster won the Limpopo Coca-Cola® T20
Schools Challenge Provincial Finals and now stand the chance of representing
the Titans at the Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge national finals that will be
played between the 15th and 17th March 2019 in Pretoria.
To represent the Titans Ben Vorster still must play
against the winners of the Northerns, Mpumalanga and Easterns provincial finals
in a franchise final on the 2nd and 3rd of March at
Willowmore Park.
This year’s provincial finals were played over two days
with eight teams playing in quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. The schools
were Hoërskool Ben Vorster, Mohodi Cricket Club, Phalaborwa Hub, Northern
Academy, Mahwelereng Hub, Knowa Knowa Hub, Hoërskool Merensky and Taxilla
Secondary School
Hoërskool Ben Vorster beat Mohodi Cricket Club by 49
runs in the quarter final, Phalaborwa Hub by 5 runs in a tightly contested
semi-final where they defended 5 runs in the final over, and Hoërskool Merensky
by 7 wickets in the final.
There were many players from Hoërskool Ben Vorster
that performed well but some of the most memorable performances were produced
by their all-rounder, Johan Harms, who had to defend 5 runs in the school’s
semi-final against the Phalaborwa Hub and he bowled a maiden and took two wickets
in the process, his performance got him into the final. In the final against
Hoërskool Merensky he took 3/18 and hit 55 not out to help his team become the
provincial champions.
The winner of the Franchise finals will join the
other five franchises winners and the two schools that qualified though the CSA Focus School programme at the
competition’s National Finals at the University of Pretoria from the 15th to
17th March 2019. The Coca-Cola T20 School Challenge winner stands to walk away
with R110 000.00 for their school.
Results
Quarter-Final:
Hoërskool Ben Vorster 139/4 (J Harms 40) vs Mohodi
Cricket Club 90 all out (T Makoro 37, E Vd Schyff 3/12, C Geldenhuys 3/27)
Ben Vorster won by 49 runs
Northern Academy 43 all out (P Ngobeni 6/6) vs
Phalaborwa Hub 45/0
Phalaborwa Hub won by 10 wickets
Mawhelereng Hub 64 all out (S Nkosi 3/18)
Nkowa-Nkowa Hub 70/3 (M Chauke 26, M Mokwena 3/10)
Nkowa-Nkowa Hub won by 7 wickets
Hoërskool Merensky 147/9 (M Patel 58, H Razak 4/19)
vs Taxilla Secondary School 45 all out (B Mahammed 3/11)
Merensky won by 102 runs
Semi-Final:
Hoërskool Ben Vorster 144/9 (E van der Schyf 35,
L Shilubane 34*, J Harms 31, K Mathole 3/31) vs Phalaborwa 139/7 (S Ngobeni
40*, T Mokhumaze 2/32)
Ben Vorster won by 5 runs
Hoërskool Merensky 161/3 (H Patel 59*, G Engelbrecht
41) vs Nkowa-Nkowa Hub 76 all out (L Botha 3/24, H Patel 3/10)
Final:
Hoërskool Merensky 93/9 (J Harms 3/18, E van der
Schyf 2/4) vs Ben Vorster 94/3 (J Harms 55*)
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