Coca-Cola Schools T20 School Profile: St Andrew’s School – Knights Representatives

History in the tournament

-         This will be the third time that St Andrews have qualified for the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge National Finals.

-         They represented the Knights in 2013, 2017 and 2018.

-         In 2017 they finished 4^th.

Road to the National Finals

-         In the Free State final St Andrews played against Grey College and scored 159/7, Garnett Tarr scored 65 runs. Grey College was restricted to 103/9 Pheko Moletsane 2/13

-         Knights final, St Andrews played Northern Cape. St Andrews batted first and Garnett Tarr scored 53, Gerald Coetzee scores 71 and Pheko Moletsane scored 32 in 14 balls to help St Andrews post 188/4. Northern cape only scored 139/9. Key to St Andrews victory was that they ran 4 of the Northern Cape players out.

Potential Heroes

-         Gerald Coetzee has been the talk of the town in the Free State for a couple of years and has developed into a very good all-rounder. He has not bowled as much for his school as what he would have liked but he has hit 3 centuries in qualifying for the tournament. Gerald was also named in a World U19 XI in the recent ICC Cricket World Cup.

-         Garnett Tarr is another player that has been very good for St Andrews this season. He has been very influential in their franchise final when he scored a very quick 53 in a partnership of 123 runs with Gerald Coetzee. He has also scored 2 centuries to qualify for the tournament including a double century.

-         Pheko Moletsane is one of the up and coming players in the team. He is only in Grade 11 but he has already established himself in the side. He is an all rounder and has made tell contributions for the team including 2/13 in their Provincial Final and 32 in 14 balls in their Franchise final.

Prospects for the Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge National Finals

-         This years team must be one of the favorites in the tournament. They have already beaten two of the other teams that qualified this year in traditional fixtures however they know that their games have been close and if their top three players don’t all fire together then they can lose to the other sides.

-         “This year’s tournament will be a very closely contested tournament with no out and out favourite like in the previous two years. We cannot be complacent in any of our games because there are a lot of teams out there that can beat us if we are not at our best,” said St Andrew’s School Marketing manager Brad Morgan.

Proteas Players since 1994

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