Thursday, March 15, 2018

Coca-Cola Schools T20 School Profile: Graeme College: Coastal Focus School Representative









History in the tournament

-        The team has never progressed out of the initial stages.
-        This is the first year that the schools is a focus school so when they lost to St Andrews they had another avenue to progress.

Road to the National Finals

-        St Andrews scored 145 and Graeme College fell just short scoring 135.
-        They beat Muir College by 9 wickets.
-        They played Hudson Park in the Coastal Focus School Semi Final and restricted them to 131/4 in 20 overs. Graeme got the total with 5 balls to spare. Jeremy Blydeveld scored 45.
-        In the Coastal Focus School final they played against Western Cape Sports School. Graeme never really got going and only managed to make 114/6. Western Cape got off to a great start and at one stage they were on 82/1 but they lost 9 wicket for 21 runs and Graeme College won the match. Jeremy Blydeveld took 4/16.

Potential Heroes

-        Mark Amm is the son of the late Philip Am. He is a off-spinner and top order batsman. He has played provincial cricket in the U15 and U17 weeks.
-        Romario Fritz is a top batsman and has scored three centuries this year.
-        Siphesihle Madlongolwana is a quick left arm opening bowler and has taken a lot of wickets this season.

Prospects for the Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge National Finals

-        The team is aware that it is going to be a tough tournament for them.
-        They don’t play teams like King Edward VII School in their normal fixtures so they are looking forward to playing against them in their first match.
-        They would love to emulate what Hudson Park did in 2017 where they came into the tournament as a focus school and ended up coming second.
-        It is gong to be a great experience for the boys and they will get to test themselves against the very best in the tournament.

Proteas Players since 1994
-        Jon-Jon Smuts



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