Westville Boys High convincingly win the KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge Provincial Final

The 2019 Coca-Cola® Schools T20 Challenge tournament has reached the business end of the tournament and Westville Boys High School has become the first team to qualify for the franchise finals as they won the KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge Provincial final on the 1st February at Kearsney College.

Westville will play against the winner of the KwaZulu-Natal inland winners in the Dolphins franchise final on the 22^nd February at the Pietermaritzburg Oval.

This year’s provincial finals was played over two days at Kearsney College and started off at the quarter final stage with Westville Boys High School, Glenwood High School, Kearsney College, Durban High School, Kuswag Hoerskool, Thomas More College, Northwood School and Clifton School playing against each other to represent their province.

Westville beat Thomas More College by 111 runs in the in the quarter-final, Durban High School by 9 wickets in the semi-final and Glenwood High School by 6 wickets and with 11 balls to spare in the final.

Westville’s opening bowler, Luke Allen, was instrumental in his team making it through to the Franchise Finals by taking 8 wickets for 43 runs over the two days.

Gareth Beaven, from Westville was the top batsman for his school scoring 144 runs at an average of 72 over the two days.

The winner of the Franchise finals they will join other five franchises winners and the two schools that qualified though the CSA Focus School programme at the competition’s National Finals at the University of Pretoria from the 15th to 17th March 2019. The Coca-Cola T20 School Challenge winner stands to walk away with R110 000.00 for their school.

Results

Quarter-Finals:

Durban High School 120/7 (J Manicum 39) vs Kearsney College 113/9 (R Shedlock 3/19)

Durban High School won by 7 runs

Kuswag Hoerskool 22 (Andile Ngcobo 4/6) vs Glenwood High School 22/1

Glenwood won by 9 wickets.

Westville Boys High School 174/3 (J Viljoen 92*, G Beaven 44) vs Thomas More College 63 (Seth Rajakumar 4/9)

Westville won by 111 runs

Northwood School 102/9 (J Martins 59, A Chetty 4/20) vs Clifton School 103/4 (A Chetty 34)

Clifton won by 6 wickets.

Semi-Finals

Durban High School 116/6 (Brayden Sambhu 55, Luke Allen 3/13) vs Westville Boys High School 117/1 (J Oosthuizen 50*, G Beavan 64)

Westville won by 9 wickets

Clifton School 100 all out (A Chetty 43, J Hendrikse 3/20) vs Glenwood High School 102/4 (C Laycock 44*)

Glenwood won by 6 wickets

Final

Glenwood High School 117/9 (F Moran 67, L Allen 3/22) vs Westville Boys High School 120/4 (G Beavan 36)

Westville won by 6 wickets

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TEMBA BAVUMA JOINS COCA-COLA SCHOOLS T20 CHALLENGE TO CAST A SPOTLIGHT ON FUTURE HEROES

Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge, South Africa’s premier schools cricket tournament, has kicked off and will once again be casting a spotlight on the best up and coming, young cricket talent in South Africa. This year, Coca-Cola South Africa, in partnership with Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Proteas batsman, Temba Bavuma, will be on the lookout for outstanding young players to be part of the Coca-Cola T20 All-Star Team.

The new addition to the tournament is aimed at spreading the talent search net wider and will see tournament ambassador, Temba Bavuma, and a team of cricket experts, attend all 6 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge franchise finals in search of outstanding players in the teams that do not qualify for the national finals.

This team will comprise 12 players, 2 from each franchise final and will play in a curtain-raiser match against a CSA Development Hub team during the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge National Finals.

“I’m very excited to join Coca-Cola on this journey of searching for some of South Africa’s excelling youth cricketers,” commented Bavuma. “I’m incredibly proud to be associated with the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge and as a player, I believe that this is a great platform for young cricketers to showcase their skills and gain valuable experience. I look forward to seeing all the talent that will be unearthed this year,” added the Standard Bank Proteas batsman.

The Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge is fast becoming synonymous with showcasing the best, up and coming in South African cricket talent. Since its inception, the tournament has seen Proteas superstars, Quinton de Kock, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, and Lungi Ngidi, as well as recently appointed Proteas ODI captain Aiden Markram.

Michelle Cloete, Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola South Africa said, “Coca-Cola has been a proud sponsor of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge for the past five years. The tournament is where heroes are made, and this year we look forward to taking it to the next level by unearthing the future cricket heroes through our All-Star team search that will be led by Proteas superstar Temba Bavuma. Good luck to all the players taking part in this year’s tournament, may it be the start of a long, fruitful career in cricket.”

“Coca-Cola are one of our longest-serving sponsors and we treasure the partnership we have had with them for a very long period of time,” commented CSA Acting Chief Executive Thabang Moroe. “The Coca-Cola T20 Schools Tournament can be regarded as our version of the FA Cup as it potentially gives every school the chance to compete first for provincial, then franchise and finally national honours.

“I am very excited about the All-Star initiative and the fact that some of our Hubs players will get the chance to play on a major stage,” concluded Mr. Moroe.

The three-day national finals will take place at the University of Pretoria Cricket Oval from 16-18 March, and will see the six franchise winners, as well as two of the best schools out of CSA’s Focus Schools programme, battle it out to be named the 2018 Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge champions.

To engage with the tournament online, search #WhereHeroesAreMade on Twitter or visit @CocaCola_ZA and @OfficialCSA

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