Everyone who knows anything about school sports knows how hard it is to rank schools, and how controversial it could be. But it you want to rank schools, ask SA School Sports who are always up for the challenge. They base their weekly and seasonal rankings on many metrics, which you can read about on their website.

This year's rankings look quite a bit different to last year's, as new boys enter the school and matrics leave. So here it is:

The Belgotex Sport First XI Cricket Rankings

This is how SA School Sports ranked our school cricket first teams for the 2016/2017 summer season on 21 March 2017:

1. St Stithians, Johannesburg

2. Wynberg Boys' High School, Cape Town

3. Rondebosch Boys' High School, Cape Town

4. St Andrews College, Grahamstown  

5. Hudson Park High School, East London

6. Grey High School, Port Elizabeth

7. Michaelhouse, KZN

8. Selborne College, East London

9. Woodridge College, Port Elizabeth

10. Westville Boys' High School, KZN

11. Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch

12. Hilton College, KZN

13. Pinelands High School, Cape Town

14. Nelspruit HS, Nelspruit

15. Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg

16. St Andrew's School, Bloemfontein

17. St Benedicts, Germiston

18. Waterkloof, Pretoria

19. St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg

20. Hoërskool Centurion, Pretoria

To see the rest of the 52 schools in the rankings, as well as how many games were played this season and what the schools' average scores were, visit SA School Sports. 

You may also be interested in:

• SA's top cricket schools 2015/2016
• SA's top rugby schools 2016

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