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The first half of the U14 cricket season has virtually drawn to a close in what has been a season of mixed fortunes for several of the bigger names.

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.

We are looking at a two horse race at the moment on this week’s U15 Top 50 Cricket Rankings with Maritzburg College duelling it out for the top spot with Rondebosch.

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 is a big jump in standard when a player is exposed to high school cricket and always a test of a schools potential depth for the years to come.

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.

Let it be stated right at the outset that we are still in the very early stages of the U15 cricket season with many teams yet to have played a decent amount of matches to help produce a stable ranking.

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 who until last week had gone unbeaten from eight matches came horribly unstuck against one of their old foes SACS which has cut their lead at the top of the table.