• SA school team smashes 750 in 50 overs

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    Hoërskool Die Anker crushed Springs Boys’ High School by 698 runs in a 1st XI 50-over match last Saturday.

    Die Anker posted an incredible 750-7 with Matthew Smith (241 off 76 balls) and Joshua Kaltwasser (168 off 80) involved in a partnership of 354.

    Jaco Jansen van Vuuren then took 5-34 as Springs Boys’ were bowled out for 52.

    Acting principal Stefan Kilian says Die Anker is trying to determine if 750 is the highest score in a 50-over schools cricket match.

    “I know of a school in India where a pupil scored more than 1,000 runs in a single innings, but it was multi-day cricket, not one-day cricket like Saturday,” he said.

    Matthew Smith Joshua Kaltwasser
    Matthew Smith and Joshua Kaltwasser

     

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