Gauteng’s St. Stithians College
have won the coveted Coca-Cola® Schools T20 Challenge
for the 4th time by beating St. Charles College in an action-packed
final match at the University of Pretoria on the 17th March 2019.
St. Stithians won the toss and
batted first deciding that it would be better to post a total and rely on their
bowlers to defend whatever they manage to score. Even though St. Stithians won
the toss it did not seem to help them must as they struggled to post a total
losing wickets at frequent intervals managed to score 123/7 in their 20 overs
thanks to Travis Ladner 41 and Sebastian de Oliviera 35.
Wesley Madhevere, the captain of
St. Charles once again leading from the front. He took 2/19 and ran out St.
Stithains power hitter Liam McCarthy and caught Jodi de Sousa in helping his
team to restrict St. Stithians to a attain a total. St. Charles needed to bat
rationally and take the game to St. Stithians to win the tournament. St.
Stithians had the advantage of having won the competition before and know how
to work well under pressure.
St. Charles lost wickets at
regular intervals however, unlike St. Stithians they battled to secure decent
runs. St. Stithians proved they wanted the honours of Coca-Cola® Schools T20
Champion more by bowling well and managed to absorb the pressure applied by St.
Charles College.
Man of the Match Liam McCarthy
took 4/14, Tristan Brooks took 2/17 and Matthew Lieberman took 2/18 to restrict
St Charles to 70 all out and win the match by 53 runs.
Puso Makume, Coca-Cola® Sponsorship
Manager said, “Congratulations to all the participants of the 2019 Coca-Cola®
Schools T20 Challenge National Finals, it was great to see how all the players
gave their all this weekend! A special congratulations to the Coca-Cola®
All-Star team for winning their game against CSA Hub team. We look forward to next year’s breed to come
out of Coca-Cola® Schools T20 Challenge and hope to see them on even bigger
cricketing stages.”
Player Awards
Man of the Match at the final:
Liam McCarthy from St. Stithians
Bowler of the tournament: Clive
Madande from St. Charles
Batsman of the tournament:
Cameron Rowe from St. Stithians
Player of the tournament: Wesley
Madhevere from St. Charles
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