The KFC Mini-Cricket Kids from Lugxogxo Junior
Secondary School played and beat the Proteas this week in the season decider of
the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs Proteas Tour.
It took a “super over” to decide the game
after the teams were tied on 51 runs each when the kids had faced their
allotted 8 overs.
It was an ideal ending to a fantastic season
in which three schools and their KFC Mini-Cricket kids got to meet their heroes
and enjoy themselves in a series of KFC Mini-Cricket Matches.
Leading into this game the score was 1-1
between the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids and the Proteas, so the honours of the series rested on the final
match.
The Proteas team was led by Mangaliso Mosehle
and included Aaron Phangiso, Khaya Zondo, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Stephen
Cook, Raisibe Ntozakhe and Ayabonga Khaka.
The kids won the toss and sent the Proteas in to bat. The school
bowlers kept bowling a full length throughout the game so even if they strayed
a little with their line, it was not
that easy for the Proteas to score many runs. Under pressure, the Proteas had
to take risky runs and this led to a lot wickets coming from runouts.
Halom Sangaliso managed to run out both
Stephen Cook and Raisibe Ntozakhe in the same over. Zangqa Cinga and Mamkeli
Athini bowled well for their team and between the two of them they took 4
wickets and in the end of theProteas scored 51 runs in their 8 overs.
The Proteas bowlers followed the example that
the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids set by bowling and fielding extremely well.It was
difficult to tell who was going to win the game. It was a close tussle.
Mangaliso Mosehle and Reeza Hendricks set
things up for the Proteas and the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids could only score 10
runs off the first 2 overs. The KFC Mini-Cricket Kids, thanks to Zangqa Cinga
and Mamkeli Ntando, batted well and against the bowling attack of Stephen Cook
and Beuran Hendricks, they got themselves back into the game. The highlight of
their innings was a huge 6 hit off the bowling of Beuran Hendricks.
The Proteas players Raisibe Ntozakhe, Aaron
Phangiso, Khaya Zondo and Ayabonga Khaya kept the pressure on the kids to stop
them from chasing down the total.In the end the kids ran a single off the last
ball to tie the game at 51 runs each and sent the game into a super over.
The KFC Mini-Cricket Kids batted first in the
super over. Man of the match Mamkeli Athini managed to face all 6 of the balls
in the super over and scored 12 runs which included a 6 and a 4.This was too
much for Proteas batsmen Khaya Zondo and Mangaliso Mosehle, who were restricted
to 7 runs in their super over.
Proteas player, Mangaliso Mosehle, said, “The
KFC Mini-Cricket Kids played an outstanding match and they showed us how well
they can play under extreme pressure of a super over. We would like to have won
the match but more important than winning is that we had a lot of fun,” he
said.
Graeme Smith, former Proteas captain and KFC
Mini-Cricket assistant coach said the standard of cricket from the KFC
Mini-Cricket Kids was high throughout the tour. “It was great to see for the
development of the game. I enjoyed the series again this year and this year's
new development in the series, the improved coaching sessions, benefitted the
KFC Mini-Cricket kids and created very competitive matches."
Lugxogxo Junior Secondary School KFC Mini-Cricket coach,
Thandazile Kundla, had a message for all the other schools in the competition,
"Many schools think that they are too small or that their areas are not
well known for their cricket but we are a small but passionate school in a
rural area and we managed to win this competition to play against the Proteas.
If you believe in your school and you love the game then next year you need to
enter the competition and believe that you can win this amazing opportunity.
Playing against the Proteas is a dream come true for our kids and what they
learned from this experience is priceless."
{ENDS}
Media Contact
Shawn Belluigi
Email: shawn@intunecom.co.za
About the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids v
Proteas Tour
For the fifth year KFC will run a national
competition where KFC Mini-Cricket kids will stand the chance to play against
the Proteas in the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs Proteas Tour.
Kids can enter online (www.kfcminicricket.co.za)
or via USSD (*120*7535#).
The winners will be rewarded with a prize
handover, a full day training session and a game against the Proteas, all
assisted by KFC Min-Cricket coaches, Graeme Smith and Mfuneko Ngam.
About KFC Mini-Cricket
KFC
Mini-Cricket provides a platform for kids in South Africa to have fun and get
active.
KFC
Mini-Cricket is the largest grassroots development sports programme in South
Africa and is also an essential building block for learning cricketing basics
and entrenching a love for the game.
There are currently over 120 000 kids from over 5078
schools active in the KFC Mini-Cricket programme who are coached by nearly 9268
volunteers.
KFC has
sponsored KFC Mini-Cricket since 2010 and in the 2012/13 cricket season KFC
became the title sponsor of the KFC T20 Internationals and an associate sponsor
of the RAM Slam T20 Challenge.
KFC has
recently renewed its Mini-Cricket sponsorship for a further 10 years, taking
the partnership through to 2025.
Log on to www.kfcminicricket.co.za or contact CSA at
(011) 880 2810 for more info on KFC Mini-Cricket.
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