Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday, announced the South
Africa Schools side to be lead by King Edward VII’s (KES) Yaseen Valli at the
closing function of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Week at Kearsney College in
Durban. The side includes no less than eight players of colour, which was more
than the target set to convenor Linda Zondi and his selection panel.
Zondi is satisfied that the best players in the tournament
were selected for both the SA Schools and SA Colts sides. He said: “What’s
important is to see the diversity of the team and the talent that we have in
South Africa. This shows that CSA is in a good space and cricket is in a
healthy space and can produce quality players that can go on to be selected for
franchise and national teams.”
For the first time since 1994, KES has produced a South
Africa Schools' captain in Valli. Neil McKenzie was the last old boy to captain
the schools’ side and before him, the previous captain produced by KES was Lee
Barnard, who captained the side twice in 1973 and 1974.
Valli is proud to be selected for the SA Schools side and is
honoured to be trusted with the captaincy job.
“It’s a massive honour for me to be chosen to captain the
side,” he said. “This is the perfect opportunity for me to test my skills
against better guys, I’m really chuffed for this opportunity.”
Valli lead Gauteng to a thrilling, two-wicket victory over
Western Province in the final of the tournament. He is impressed with the way
his side took on their formidable opponent, fighting to the end to produce the
win.
“We knew we wouldn’t get as many opportunities as we would
like with all the rain, but the guys really looked after themselves well and
were mentally prepared and in the end we were able to pull off a really good
win,” he continued.
Three players from Rondebosch Boys' High in Cape Town made
the SA Schools' side. The trio include Dayyaan Galiem, Matthew Christensen and
Zubayr Hamza.
Next year's Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Week will be hosted by
Pretoria.
South African Schools XI:
Yaseen Valli (King Edward VII, Gauteng - Captain), Bradley
Bopp (Grey Boys' High School, Eastern Province), Driaan Bruwer (Affies,
Northerns), Matthew Christensen (Rondebosch Boys' High, Western Province),
Clyde Fortuin (St. Joseph's College, Western Province), Dayyaan Galiem
(Rondebosh Boys' High, Western Province, Zubayr Hamza (Rondebosch Boys' High,
Western Province), Andile Phehlukwayo (Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal), Kagiso Rabada
(St. Stithian's College, Gauteng), Ngazibini Sigwili (Hudson Park, Border),
Keith Dudgeon (Parktown Boys' High, Gauteng - 12th man).
SA Colts:
GM Bruwer (Noord-Kaap, Griqualand West - Captain), Daniël
Griesel (HTS Middelburg, Mpumalanga), Wickus Germishuizen (Hugenote, Easterns),
Sohail Mahmood (Maritzburg College, KwaZulu-Natal Inland), Mbulelo Mama (St.
Andrew's College, Eastern Province), Richard Maree (York High, South Western
Districts), Dustin Melton (Pretoria Boys' High, Northerns), Paballo Mogoera
(Louis Botha, Free State), Rivaldo Moonsamy (St. Alban's College, Northerns),
Jason Oakes (Westville Boys' High, KwaZulu-Natal), Jay Stevens (Rondebosch
Boys' High, Western Province), Sithembele Langa (Sakhisizwe, Border – 12th
man).
Awards:
Highest
Run Scorer of the Week:
Grant
Roelofsen (King Edward VII – Gauteng)
Highest
Wicket taker of the Week:
Richard
Maree (York High – South Western Districts)
Catch
of the Week:
Clyde
Fortuin (St. Joseph’s College – Western Province)
Spirit
of the Week:
The
Border team
All-rounder
of the Week:
Bradley
Bopp
Cricketer
of the Week:
Clyde
Fortuin (St. Joseph’s College – Western Province)
Summarised Scorecards of Day 5 (Limited
Overs):
Western Province 250/7 (Kegan Wheeler 62*,
Jean Strydom 45, Zubayr Hamza 41; Kagiso Rabada 2/30); Gauteng 254/8
(Grant Roelofsen 63, Jayden Broodryk 38*, Kagisa Rabada 35*; Dayyaan Galiem
2/41). Gauteng won by two wickets.
Eastern Province 254 (Bradley Bopp 101,
Lyle Petersen 35; Aphiwe Elembi 4/75); Border 141 (Aubrey Ferreira 32;
Bradley Bopp 3/10). Eastern Province won by 113 runs.
KwaZulu-Natal 223/8 (Jason Oakes 75,
Mekhalin Naidoo 33); Northerns 227/4 (Danie Rossouw 107*, Driaan Bruwer
44*). Northerns won by six wickets.
Easterns 219 (Wickus
Germishuizen 73, Jurie Snyman 43, Reder van Rooyen 33); Mpumalanga 126
(Extras 31; Tumelo Simelane 4/15). Easterns won by 93 runs.
Namibia 158/9 (Gerhard Erasmus
46, Malan Kruger 44; Niel Botha 3/28); Boland 142 (Niel Botha 58;
Bredell Wessels 4/14, Tiaan Snyman 3/28). Namibia won by 16 runs.
Free State 219/3 (Hanco Olivier 91*,
Sine Ntshona 46*, Ryan du Plessis 36); Griqualand West 167/8 (Maghiel
Brits 43, Patrick Kruger 39*; Lyle Heilbron 3/34). Free State won by 52 runs.
South Western Districts 117 (Arno
Moolman 19; Eddy Human 4/29); Limpopo 37 (Richard Maree 6/28, Lance
Roelfse 3/8). South Western Districts won by 80 runs.
North West 87 (Greg Oldfield
4/22, Nick Elliot 2/9); KwaZulu-Natal Inland 88/4 (Greg Oldfield 33,
Hendrik Weyers 4/20). KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by six wickets.
ENDS
NOTES:
Video highlight packages of Day 5 of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Week and
audio clips featuring Linda Zondi and Yaseen Valli can be found on the FTP site
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