Ashton Ballito girls display grit and grace on the cricket field, despite tough match against Felixton
Felixton College senior girl's 1st team beat Ashton College by nine wickets in their T20 cricket match in Ballito last week.
Felixton Girls 1st XI (89/1) beat Ashton International College Ballito Senior Girls 1st XI (87/8) by nine wickets in their T20 match at Cambridge Field on Friday.
Felixton’s impressive batting saw the visitors claim a comfortable win against Ashton, who won the previous fixture between the schools in October. The visitors chased down the target in quick time, knocking off the 88 runs in just 65 balls at 8.20 runs an over.
Playing in front of some vocal home support, opening batter, S’mangaliso Mjadu, powered Felixton to victory with some destructive power-hitting, bringing up an unbeaten half-century off 38 balls at a strike rate of 131.50.
She struck seven fours and two sixes, including a game-winning boundary to go to 50, as the Empangeni school chased down the target inside 11 overs. Mjadu, who also opened the bowling, took 2 for 13 in four overs to cap a superb all-round display.
Lexi van der Merwe added 23 runs off 25 balls as the pair put on 87 from just 59 balls for the second wicket to win the game. Daniella Burgess was the pick of Felixton’s bowlers, claiming 2 for 10 in three overs.
Earlier, Felixton won the toss and elected to bowl. Ashton made 87/8 in their 20 overs. Opening batter, Delyni Venter, carried her bat, top scoring with 24 not out. She struck three boundaries in her 45-ball innings at a strike rate of 53.30.
After the match, the ‘spirit of cricket’ shone through. Despite the defeat, Ashton pupils celebrated with Mjuda, taking group selfies in the middle of the pitch, as they congratulated the all-rounder for her wonderful performance.
Girls’ cricket is growing in South Africa, particularly in KZN and on the North Coast.
Ashton Ballito began playing inter-school cricket last year and the sport is proving popular among the pupils.
There is no match this coming week.
Ashton International College Ballito: Senior Sports Results – February 10 – 16, 2025
| Girls Action Netball | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 14A | Lost | DGC 14A | 6-11 |
| 14A | Lost | Fatima 14A | 9-11 |
| 15A | Lost | Fatima 15A | 14-16 |
| 15B | Lost | Fatima 15B | 2-31 |
| 16A | Inanda Seminary 16B | did not play | |
| 1st | Won | Fatima 1st | 19-17 |
| Girls Cricket | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 1st | Lost | Felixton | Ashton (87/8) D Venter 24-45 Felixton (89/1) D Venter 0-11 Felixton won by 9 wickets |
| Tennis | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 1st | Lost | St Marys 2nd | 16-20 |
| 2nd | Lost | St Marys 4th | 8-28 |
| Girls Indoor Hockey | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 14A | Lost | St Marys u14A | 1-4 |
| 16A | Won | Reddam Umhlanga u16A | 2-1 |
| 16B | Won | Curro Hillcrest 16B | 3-1 |
| 1st | Won | DGHS 1st | 4-1 |
| 1st | Won | St Marys 2nd | 7-0 |
| 2nd | Won | Kingsway 1st | 4-0 |
| Golf | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| 2nd | Won | Northwood 4th | 7.5-0.5 |
| 1st | Lost | Kearsney 1st | 3-5 |
| Touch Rugby | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| Black | Won | Northlands Girls High | 2-0 |
| Red | Won | Virginia Prep | 1-0 |
| Basketball vs. Curro Hillcrest | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| 15B | Won | Curro Hillcrest 15B | 15-14 |
| 15A | Won | Curro Hillcrest 15A | 23-16 |
| 2nd | Lost | Curro Hillcrest 2nd | 5-43 |
| 1st | Lost | Curro Hillcrest 1st | 18-28 |
| Basketball vs. Northwood | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| 15B | Won | Northwood Caveliers | 15-12 |
| 15A | Won | Northwood 14F | 50*-0 |
| 2nd | Won | Northwood 15F | 25-6 |
| 1st | Won | Northwood 5th | 41-21 |
| Boys Cricket vs St Henry’s | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 14A | Won by 10 wickets | St Henry’s 14A | St Henry’s (60-9) A. Chetty 4/3 Ashton (66-0) K. Howard 31. |
| 15A | Rain | St Henry’s 15A | No result |
| 2nd | Won by 78 runs | St Henry’s 2nd | Ashton (148-6) B. Riley 62. St Henry’s (70-8) G. Govender 3/6. |
| 1st | Rain | St Henry’s 1st | No result |
| Boys Cricket – ILembe T100 Competition | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 1st | Won | Glenhill Secondary 1st | Ashton (165/1) J. Wright 77*, A. Lawrence 64* Glenhills (33/10) L. Subrayen 4/6 (Hat-Trick), J. Wright 2/0, J. Matthias 2/5 |
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