SA School Sports

It’s that time of year where it is difficult to escape the strains of Christmas music on the radio, Black Friday specials and tinsel in shopping centres. Thoughts are focused on how heavy the turkey is and for just how long it needs to be in the Weber. Groundsmen all around the country are enjoying the fact that the pitches can receive some much-needed attention and no wickets need to be prepared for the endless stream of matches demanded by the schools’ cricket programme.

In a season that has seen several twists and turns at the top half of the rankings table the final standings are out with SACS ending the year as the No.1 team in the country.

Wynberg put in one of their finest performances of the year when they caused a minor upset by beating the high-flying Rondebosch team by 5 wickets over the weekend.

After a busy few weeks which has seen many of the leading teams in action, we are looking at a very tightly bunched top half of the table with Rondebosch fractionally ahead of SACS, Grey HS and Hilton College.

This Week’s Top 60 First XI Cricket Rankings:

The cricket season has resumed for many teams across the country and already we have seen some great results with the bat and ball.

St Stithians remarkable run of form which included winning their 4^th Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge title has helped to boost them to the top of this week’s First XI Top 60 Rankings.

Jeppe remain on the top of this week’s First XI Rankings by a whisker after succumbing to their neighbours St.Stithians which has served to tighten up the field at the top of the table.

There are two big movers on this week’s Top 60 First XI Rankings after the dust has settled following an action packed week which saw most of the top teams in action.

There are plenty of cross provincial matches on the go with the Independent School week taking place and several teams on tour.

Not as many matches were played last week across South Africa with many teams enjoying a midterm break from action.

However St Andrews College make an entry into this week’s top five zone after stringing together several wins on the trot including a valuable win over Grey High who they managed to beat by 4 wickets.

Grey HS find themselves camping just outside the top 10 of this Week’s First XI Rankings and it was Tiaan van Vuuren who took 4/42 which helped Grey HS get over the line against Selborne College last week.

Travis Norris was in good form for Bishops against the touring Malvern College team from the UK with a classy 82 runs and Tebogo Faas snatched a five for in Wynberg’s win over Affies.

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There were plenty of T20 matches played last week with several upset results which have sent a minor tremor through this week’s First XI Top 60 Rankings.

Jeppe hit the top of this week’s First XI Cricket Rankings after completing a very comfortable win over St David’s Inanda last week and they have the makings of a powerful team in 2019.

Rondebosch are the team that hits the front after failing to lose a single match in their first 10 outings and take a firm grip on the No.1 spot at the start of the season.

The 2018 First XI Cricket season has finally come to its conclusion, the final ball bowled, caps tipped and handshakes all round.

Another crunching win over the weekend by Hilton College over DHS helps to keep the KZN midlands team rock solid at the helm of this week’s First XI Top 60 Rankings.

KES put in a huge performance against Affies to close the gap on the leading teams and the Johannesburg team will be hoping for a strong finish to the season and maybe finish as the top team on this year’s First XI Top 60 Rankings.

Hilton College showed why they are regarded as possibly one of the finest school cricket teams in the world when they cantered to a comfortable victory over Westville to lead this week’s First XI Cricket Rankings.

KES put together one of their finest wins of 2018 when they took on the KZN powerhouse, Hilton College at the Oppenheimer Festival which helps to nudge them up to the second spot on this week’s First XI Top 50 Rankings.

Affies rocket up the table on this week’s SA School Sports First XI Rankings following a great win over Paul Roos Gym during the past weekend.

Selborne College kicked started their season with a fairly comfortable win over Hudson Park which helps to nudge them further up this week’s First XI Rankings.

If anyone was wondering what the long lay-off had done to the form of Hilton College, they showed that if anything they are stronger than ever.

The 2018 cricket season resumes with several of the leading teams already back in action and relishing the chance to continue the dual between willow and leather.

The first stage of 2018 Cricket season has come to a close and once again we have witnessed some impressive school cricket from around the country.

Rondebosch put one last effort in last weekend before the final showdown of the first part of the season when they took on Bishops and came home with a crushing victory.

There was some good quality cricket on display last week especially at the Independent Schools festival which gave the KZN teams a chance to measure their skills against teams for some of the other provinces.

KES continue to knock on the door of the No.1 spot as they once again put on a winning brand of cricket that included three back to back victories.

It is Hilton College that narrowly regains the number one position on this week’s Belgotex Sports First XI Rankings after a valuable win over a strong Clifton side.

After an unbeaten run, which now stretches across 13 matches, Rondebosch have edged their way into the leading position on this week’s Belgotex Sports First XI Top 50 Rankings.

Rondebosch rocket upwards in this week’s First XI Belgotex Sports Top 50 and have severely damaged SACS grasp on the No.1 spot after their dramatic win over the weekend.

The opening Belgotex Sports First XI Cricket Rankings for 2018 is out and even though the season is still barely crawling most of the expected front runners have already risen to the top of the ladder to occupy familiar real estate.

As the final matches for the 2017 season get played we have a very settled table for this week’s First XI Belgotex Sports Top 60 rankings.

As the 2017 season draws to a close we have the usual suspects challenging for the top spots and this week it is still St.Stithians who are the leading team on the First XI Belgotex Sports Top 60 Rankings.

St Stithians are the leading team in South Africa for the moment although a quick look at the latest First XI Belgotex Sports Rankings clearly reveals that the teams in the top section of the table are very close with a result either way capable of causing some impact.

Hilton College rise to the top of this week’s Belgotex Sports First XI Top 60 Rankings although they are joined there with St. Stithians who have led from the start of the year.

St Stitihians came close to slipping on the proverbial banana skin when they faced a motivated St.Benedicts team who were in no mood to bow down to the leading team in the country.

There has been plenty of cricket played in the past two weeks with Cape Schools Week and the Oppenheimar/Michaelmas Week seeing many of the leading teams in action.

Rondebosch embarked on a tour of Pretoria to kick start their season and look in promising form in these early stages.

The cricket season for 2017 has resumed after a lengthy break whilst many of the schools were consumed with rugby, however already several teams have engaged in quite a few matches.

The first half of the 2017 season has drawn to a close and at this stage few would dispute the fact that St. Stithians fully deserve to rest at the top of the Belgotex First XI Rankings for this week.

As the first half of the 2017 season draws to a close St.Stithians are virtually in an untouchable region way out at the top of this week’s Belgotex First XI Top 50 Rankings.

Wynberg enjoyed a brilliant run last week winning all three of their matches and in so doing take up residence in the No.2 spot on this week’s Belgotex First XI Top 50 Rankings.

The St. Stithians machine rumbled on last week to complete another three wins for the season and in so doing remain unbeaten justifying their No.1 position on the First XI Belgotex Top 50 Rankings for this week.

There was plenty of movement on the Belgotex First XI Top 50 Rankings this week with several big names coming unstuck causing some shuffling of positions.