Saints Christian Schools and Steyn City School will lock horns in the first-ever Schools SA20 Showdown Final, following the conclusion of group-stage fixtures on Friday, at the Tuks Oval in Pretoria at 13h30 on Saturday, 15 March, 2025.
The Finals will be broadcast live on SuperSport Channel 216, with the’ match going live to a large audience on SuperSport Variety 4 (channel 209), a key highlight for girls’ cricket.
This marks the culmination of an entertaining three days of the best of South Africa’s school-level cricket, which has been highlighted by brilliant individual performances, spirited team efforts and the passionate celebration of the game of cricket.
The girls’ Final will feature a host of South Africa U19 stars as Saints Christian School from Potchefstroom – the only unbeaten team in the competition – play Steyn City School from Johannesburg.
The early favourites, Steyn City, surprisingly lost their final pool match against Nomandi by 16 runs. Karabo Meso (16) was yet again her team’s top run scorer as they were bundled out for a mere 44 runs thanks to some superb bowling by Enkosi Mditshwa (3/6) and Thembakazo Gegesi (3/8).
South African women’s cricketer Meso was on fire yet again for Steyn City in the morning session, and was duly awarded the Player of the Day red cap.
Meso (64*) struck an unbeaten half-century as her side recorded 119/2 in their allotted 20 overs against Nkowankowa. She shared a 111-run partnership over the second wicket with her fellow SA U19 teammate Diara Ramlakan (42).
Steyn City bagged yet another bonus point with their 63-run victory over Nkowankowa of Tzaneen.
Nkowankowa’s Shelfa Mukhari produced the best bowling performance of the tournament in her side’s 37-run victory over Dr. JL Dube. She picked up five wickets at the cost of only nine runs as Dr. JL Dube stumbled to 49 runs.
Qualified Teams for the Schools SA20 Tournament
Dr JL Dube High School (KwaZulu-Natal)
Saints Christian School (Central)
Nkowankowa Hub (Gauteng North)
Nomandi Junior Secondary School (Eastern Cape)
Victoria Hub (Western Cape)
Steyn City School (Gauteng South)
Day 1 Results on Thursday, 13 March, 2025
Dr JL Dube High School beat Nomandi Junior Secondary School by 7 wickets
Saints Christian School beat Nkowankowa Hub by 4 wickets
Steyn City School beat Victoria Hub by 7 wickets
Day 2 Results on Friday, 14 March, 2025
Steyn City School beat Nkowankowa Hub by 63 runs
Victoria Hub beat Nomandi Junior Secondary School by 51 runs
Saints Christian School beat Dr. JL Dube High School by 69 runs
Nkowankowa Hub beat Dr. JL Dube High School by 37 runs
Nomandi Junior Secondary School beat Steyn City School by 16 runs
Saints Christian School beat Victoria Hub by five wickets
Summarised Scorecards on Friday, 14 March, 2025
Steyn City 119/2
Karabo Meso 64* Diara Ramlakan 42; Shelfa Mukhari 1/21
Nkowankowa 56
Extras 16, Respect Mabasa 12; Samia Essop 2/6, Sivaakani Naidoo 2/6, Dominique Ferguson 2/9
Steyn City won by 63 runs
Victoria Hub 96/9
Nuhuu Benjamin 30, Extras 22; Enkosi Mditshwa 2/10
Nomandi 45
Olwethu Njani 17*; Zaurah Titus 3/5, Ashline Titus 3/7, Hamin Toefy 2/5
Victoria Hub won by 51 runs
Saint Christian School 91/4
Reabetswe Dithipe 29, Jessica Joshua 22
Dr. JL Dube 22
Siphumelele Duma 4/5, Tshegofatso Monyela 2/3, Reabetswe Dithipe 2/8
Saint Christian School won by 69 runs
Nkowankowa 86/4
Faith Nkuna 32*, Blondy Baloyi 25; Anelisa Mhlongo 3/14
Dr. JL Dube 49
Extras 19; Shelfa Mukhari 5/9
Nkowankowa won by 37 runs
Nomandi 60
Extras 18, Yamkela Mnqabashe 10*; Jenna-Lee Lubbe 2/9, Olivia Marais 2/11
Steyn City 44
Karabo Meso 21; Enkosi Mditshwa 3/6, Thembakazi Gegesi 3/8, Qhawe Tenjwa 2/18
Nomandi won by 16 runs
Victoria Hub 62
Imaan van Schalkwyk 21; Siphumelele Duma 3/6, Tshegofatso Monyela 2/18
Saint Christian School 63/5
Tshegofatso Monyela 31*; Ashline Titus 3/7, Zaurah Titus 2/15
Saint Christian School won by five wickets.
Original Copy: Cricket SA, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Saints Christian Schools (pictured during their fielding innings in this image) and Steyn City School will lock horns in the first-ever Schools SA20 Showdown Finalat the Tuks Oval in Pretoria, at 13h30, on Saturday, 15 March, 2025. All Photos: Frans Lombard / Actionpix via Cricket SA
Photo 2 Caption: Gauteng North’s Nkowankowa Hub in the process of beating Dr JL Dube High School by 37 runs for their single tournament victory, on Friday.
Photo 3 Caption: Western Cape’s Victoria Hub showed their talent when they beat Nomandi Junior Secondary School by 51 runs on Friday.
