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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COCA-COLA SCHOOLS T20 CHALLENGE HERO OF THE DAY (DAY 1)

Aiden van Wyk from Selborne College has been named the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day for day 1 of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge.

The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing ‘hero’ moment. Aiden was selected for the award by a Coca-Cola appointed panel of cricket experts after taking 6/13 in his match against Prestige College.

“I am happy that I helped my team win the game. It is a team effort and each individual performance is combined to help the team reach their goal to win the match,” said Aiden after he received his reward.

“Taking 6 wickets in a T20 match is an unbelievable effort that does not happen every day. Aiden is only 15 years old, hopefully we will see some more stellar performances from him in the near future,” said Coca-Cola Hero of the Day lead judge Robin Peterson.

Aiden is now in line for the accolade of Coca-Cola Hero of the Tournament which will be announced on the 26^th March 2017.

Fetsi Mbele, Coca-Cola Southern & East Africa’s Senior Communications Manager: Brand Experience commented, “The Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge is Where Heroes Are Made.  For Aiden this is hopefully just the beginning of a future in the game.  On behalf of Coca-Cola I extend my congratulations, I can’t wait to follow his career going forward as he works towards becoming a hero of South African cricket. ”

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ROBIN PETERSON CALLED UP TO SCOUT HEROES AT COCA-COLA® SCHOOLS T20 CHALLENGE

ROBIN PETERSON CALLED UP TO SCOUT HEROES AT

COCA-COLA® SCHOOLS T20 CHALLENGE

Proteas legend and cricket pundit, Robin Peterson, has been announced as the face of the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day, a daily award that will recognize and reward players at the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge. His appointment comes after he successfully led the Hero of the Day panel at the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week last year, selecting and rewarding two future Coca-Cola SA U19 players in the process. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Stellenbosch from 24-26 March 2017.

Peterson said, “I would like to thank Coca-Cola for trusting me with the responsibility of once again leading the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day judging panel. I’m incredibly proud to be associated with the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge. I believe that the tournament is a great platform for young cricketers to showcase their skills and gain valuable experience. I can’t wait to see what talent we will uncover at the tournament.”

The Coca-Coca Schools T20 Challenge is fast becoming synonymous as a platform for showcasing some of the best, up and coming youth cricket talent in South Africa.  Proteas superstars Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock and Andile Phehlukwayo have all made their mark at the tournament - evidence that the three-day event is developing into one of the key tournaments in South Africa’s cricket development structures.

Peterson, Cricket South Africa’s newly appointed U19 Technical Consultant, together with a panel of cricket experts, will be tasked with selecting and rewarding the prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day recipients at this year’s Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge. The Coca-Cola Hero of the Day is not necessarily the best player on the field.  He is the wicketkeeper who made an amazing dive catch, a tail-ender who smashed a reverse sweep for six to win the match or even the player showing sportsmanship and embodying the spirit of the gentleman’s game.

Fetsi Mbele, Senior Communications Manager: Brand Experience, Coca-Cola Southern & East Africa said, “Bringing Robin Peterson back on board to lead the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day panel was a no-brainer for us. He did a stellar job at the Coca-Coca Khaya Majola Cricket week, selecting five quality Heroes, two of which have gone on to play for the Coca-Cola SA U19 team. The prestige of the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is growing with every tournament. It is becoming an award every young cricketer wants to win. We are thus immensely proud to be able to give the future stars of South African cricket the recognition they deserve through our sponsorship of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week and Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge.”

The 2017 Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge National Finals will take place at the University of Stellenbosch Cricket Oval from 24-26 March.

Franchise Representatives:

·        Dolphins: Glenwood High School

·        Cobras: Wynberg High School

·        Warriors: Selborne College

·        Titans: Hoërskool Centurion

·        Lions: St Stithians

·        Knights: St Andrews School

·        Southern Focus School: Hudson Park High School

·        Northern Focus School: Prestige College

For more information, search #WhereHeroesAreMade on Twitter or visit @Coca_ColaZA and @robbie13flair