Coca-Cola Schools T20 School Profile: King Edwards VII School: Lions Representative

History in the tournament

-        KES did well when the tournament started making it to the National Finals in 2010.

-        Since then KES have often reached the Provincial final losing to St Stithains in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

-        In 2015 KES made the Franchise final in 2015 but lost to Hoer Volkskool Potchefstroom.

Road to the National Finals

-        They played defending champions St Stithians in their Provincial semifinal and bowled them out for 57 and chased it down with the loss of 2 wickets. They ran out two f the St Stithains batsmen early on and St Stithains could not recover from that.

-        Gauteng final they played against St Johns and bowled them out for 92. The match turned out to be a lot closer than what they expected and only won by 4 wickets. Schreuder scored 28* to get them past the line.

-        Franchise final they played against Hoerskool Rustenburg and they restricted them to 82/9 in 20 overs. Obakeng Maila taking 2/17 and the rest of the bowlers taking a wicket each. KES chased down the score in 15 overs and Heinrich Pieterse scores 52 in 40 balls.

Potential Heroes

-        All rounder Obakeng Maila has been fantastic in the tournament so far. He has been miserly with his bowling and has taken wickets at regular intervals.

-        Heinrich Pieterse is a right hand off-break bowler and left hand opening batsman. He is one of the youngest players in the team but has stepped up his game as the season has progressed.

-        Captain Callum Broodryk has led by example. Whenever one of the other batsmen have failed he has stepped up and scored the required runs. He also bowls if he needs to.

-        Bryce Parsons has got a big reputation already as an explosive batsman and a very usefull spinner. Bryce performed extremely well in the U17 week last year and the Cubs week. He has carried this form into the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge.

Prospects for the Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge National Finals

-        One of KES’s strongest assets is that early the entire team can bowl. There is always an answer with the ball whenever it seems like the opposition will take the game away frm them. Bryce Parson’s has the knack for taking wickets at crucial stages.

-        KES fancy their chances when they chase a total more than when they set a total.

-        They have not set a goal for the National finals as yet and they will see how things go during the tournament before making goals.

Proteas Players

-        Adam Bacher

-        Dane Vilas

-        Graeme Smith

-        Neil McKenzie

-        Nic Pothas

-        Quinton de Kock

-        Vaughan van Jaarsveld

-        Stephen Cook

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