Richardt Ackerman leads Waterkloof Hoerskool to the Cricket South Africa Schools T20 Challenge Title for the second time

Hoërskool Waterkloof the Titans franchise representatives won the 2020 CSA Schools T20 title, beating SACS of the Cape Cobras by 15 runs in the final at the Tuks Oval on Sunday.

It was Waterkloof’s 2^nd title – they won the tournament in 2011 – and they were good value for their victory in high quality final that saw 357 runs scored – the most in the 11 finals held since the competition was first staged.

Waterkloof batted first and after a slowish start their middle order, led by Hardus Coetzer

And Richardt Ackerman, ignited the innings and they eventually got to 186/6 in their two overs. Coetzer ended up on 77 not out, off 54 balls and he struck eight fours and a six . Ackerman made 28 off 12 balls.

It was always going to be a massive task for SACS, but they gave it full go and were up with the run-rate for most of the innings. They lost a flurry of wickets in the last few overs, however, and ended up 15 runs short. When Daniel Smith (50) and Kai Curran (46) were at the wicket their chances looked good. They put on 78 for the second wicket, before Smith was run out by a brilliant throw from the boundary and SACS were chasing the game from then on.

It was Ackerman who did the damage with the ball for Waterkloof. He took 4/17 in his four overs and he was named the man of the match for that performance, along with his 28 not out.

Waterkloof’s SW Kemp made 45 in the final, taking his tally for the week to 206 runs. He was named the batman of the tournament and, as he also took wickets in all of Waterkloof’s games, he was also the player of the tournament.

Oscar Welsh of SACS took 15 wickets over the four days and was given the bowler of the tournament award.

Summarized scores

Final

Waterkloof 186/6 (SW Kemp 45, Hardus Coetzer 77 not out, Richardt Ackerman 28 not out). SACS 171/9 (Daniel Smith 50, Kai Curran 46, Kaden Solomons 32; Richardt Ackerman 4/17, Hardus Coetzer 2/26). Waterkloof won by 15 runs. Man of the match – Richardt Ackerman (28 not out and 4/17).

Morning games

St Stithians 151/5 (Jody de Sousa 38, Liam Mostert 37). Graeme College 127 (Garwin Dampies 3; Thomas Winter 2/16, Liam Mostert 2/6). St Stithians won by 24 runs.

Queens 125/7 (Nhlanhla Ntleko 39, Andlile Ngobeni 27; John Lovemore 2/14). Grey High 123/7 (Nicholas Keevy 30, James Hofmeyr 30, Lucky Ntleko 2/22). Queens won by 2 runs.

Kearsney 150/8 (Cade Carmichael 37; Hernus Marais 2/13). Waterkloof 112/9 (SW Kemp 29; Matthew McMurray 3/16). Kearsney won by 38 runs.

St Andrew’s 107/9 (Reeza Alexander 28; Matthew Klusener 2/18, Michael Levitt 2/12). SACS 109/6 (Daniel Smith 38; Richard Barnes 2/17). SACS won by 4 wickets.

Waterkloof from the Titans and SACS from the Cobras make the final of the Cricket South Africa Schools T20 Challenge

Waterkloof, representing the Titans franchise and the Cape Cobras region’s SACS will meet in the final of the CSA Schools T20 Challenge at the Tuks main oval on Sunday afternoon.

They booked their place in the competition’s prestige showdown by winning both of their games on Saturday and, with a game to go, they are joint leaders of the points table and cannot be passed, irrespective of the results of the final cross-pool games on Sunday morning.

Waterkloof beat the defending champions, St Stithians by four wickets in a thriller on Saturday morning, and followed that up with a convincing, 61-run win over Grey High in the afternoon.

SACS beat Kearsney in the morning and then eliminated St Stithians from the competition, beating them by 15 runs in the afternoon.

The victories meant that SACS and Waterkloof were the only teams to win all four preliminary games on the first two days and they are deserving finalists

SACS’ off spinner Oscar Walsh returned the best bowling figures of the day – 5/20 in his four overs against Kearsney in the morning game, he took a further two sticks against SACS in the afternoon.

There were four half centuries scored in the day. The top score came from Reuben du Toit of St Stithians, who made 81 against Waterkloof. Nicholas Keevy was 61 not for Grey High against Graeme College, Kearney’s Cade Carmichael was 75 not out against Queens and Nhlanhla Ntleko got 59 for Queens in the same game.

Day 2 Scores

Morning Games

St Stithians 160/7 (Reuben du Toit 81, Mohammed Manack 31; Richardt Ackerman 2/28). Waterkloof 164/6 (SW Kemp 34, Richardt Ackerman 40 not out). Waterkloof won by four wickets. Man of the match Richard Ackermann Waterkloof (40 not out and 28/2)

St Andrew’s 113/5 (Gerrit Badenhorst 43 not out, JD Bruwer 20; Lucky Ntleko 2/25). Queens 81/8 (Lethabo Gulwa 21; Liam Doherty 2/6, Matthew Davids 2/24). St Andrew’s won by 32 runs. Man of the match Gerrit Badenhorst St Andrw’s (43).

Kearsney 100 (Cade Carmichael 47; Oscar Welsh 5/20). SACS 106/6 (Michael Levitt 26; Joshua Stocks 2/18, Matthew McMurray 2/23). SACS won by 4 wickets. Man of the match Oscar Welsh SACS (5/20).

Graeme College 84/8 (Garwin Dampies 29; Nicholas Keevy 2/10, Eli Thorne 2/26). Grey High 85/2 (Nicholas Keevy 61 not out). Grey High won by 8 wickets. Man of the match Nicholas Keevey Grey High (61 and 2/10).

Afternoon Games

SACS 137/6 (Matthew Klusener 39, Kai Curran 31). St Stithians 122/9 (Billy Van Zyl 38, Mohammed Manack 23; Oscar Welsh 2/15, Nathan Ansell 2/15). SACS won by 15 runs. Man of the match Matthew Klusener SACS (39).

Waterkloof 172/7 (SW Kemp 46, Christiaan du Toit 40, Harus Coetzer 34; George van Heerden 3/33). Grey High 111 (Nichols Keevy 33, George Van Heerden 28; Hernus Marais 2/10, Simeon de Bruyn 2/17). Waterkloof won by 61 runs. Man of the match George va Heerden Waterkloof (28 and 3/33).

Queens 127/7 (Nhlalhla Ntleko 59, Lethabo Gulwa 26; Asande Ngawase  2/27). Kearsney 131/3 (Cade Carmichael 75 not out). Kearsney won by 7 wickets. Man of the match Cade Carmichael Kearsney (75 not out).

St Andew’s 140/7 Liam Dohery 42, Tristan Wylie 31 not out, Sello Sesing 26; Aphiwe Mnyanda 4/13). Graeme College 128/9 (Garwin Dampies 45; Tristan Wylie 3/25). St Andrew’s won by 12 runs. Man of the match Liam Dohery St Andrew’s (42).

KFC Mini-Cricket season officially begins at the Northerns Provincial Festival

With over 1500 kids in attendance at the 2019/20 KFC Mini-Cricket Provincial Festival, the KFC Mini-Cricket kids from the capital city kicked off by bowling and batting their hearts out at the first KFC Mini-Cricket Provincial Festival at Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria.

The day’s festivities started off with KFC celebrating the 10-year milestone in partnership with Cricket South Africa and recognised 10 volunteer coaches for their tireless efforts and unwavering contribution to the programme for the last 10 years.

The programme brings youngsters from across our diverse country together and not only introduces them to the wonderful game of cricket but also allows them to play and have fun. The afternoon saw the excited kids being treated to a fun filled day, getting active with their teams and interacting with Zac and their favourite local stars in DJ Zinhle, Motlatsi Mafatshe and Cindy Poluta.

The attending kids from the various schools are a part of the 124 000 kids from 6495 schools that take part in over 40 000 KFC Mini-Cricket matches around the country over the cricket season.

The KFC Mini-Cricket programme remains one of the most impactful and significant development programmes in the South African sporting landscape and goes far beyond the game of cricket.

Kids from all walks of life and corners of the country will continue to have a platform that will help them grow, develop and shine in hopes of reaching their full potential and realise their dreams and possibly become the future stars of this country, like their Protea Heroes.

• The 10 volunteer coaches that were recognised at the KFC Mini-Cricket Northerns Provincial festival were: Madelein Viviers (LSEN), Patricia Matimbe (Mamelodi), Isaac Theledi (Atteridgeville), Ian Morton (Eersterust), Rebecca Tooka (Hammanskraal), Mokhadi Sekhu (Soshanguve), Sharlene Adonis (South East), Marietjie Tromp (Laudium), Bertus Theron (North West and Central) and Evelyn Kotsedi (Cullinan)

Hoërskool Waterkloof win the Northerns Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge Provincial Final

2011 champions, Hoërskool Waterkloof won the Northerns Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge Provincial Finals and now stand the chance of representing the Titans at the Coca-Cola T20 Schools Challenge national finals that will be played between the 15^th and 17^th March 2019 in Pretoria.

This year’s provincial finals were played over two days with eight schools divided into two pools of play to represent their province in the Titans franchise final. The schools that made it were Hoërskool Garsfontein, Hoërskool Waterkloof, Prestige College and Cornwall Hill College who were in group A, while group B was made up by Pretoria Boys High, St Albans College, Midstream College and Hoërskool Centurion.

Hoërskool Waterkloof and Hoërskool Centurion won their respective groups and met each other in the final. Hoërskool Waterkloof beat Prestige College by 39 runs, Hoërskool Garsfontein by 22 runs and Cornwall Hill College by 8 wickets respectively to get to the final.

In the final, Hoërskool Centurion got off to a great start and had Hoërskool Waterkloof in trouble at 32/3 and 64/4 before Hoërskool Waterkloof fought back to post a very good total of 177 thanks to the 97 runs from Jordan Hermann who got  his century after batting nearly the entire innings.

Hoërskool Centurion came in to bat with Richardt Ackerman posting 26/3  and  Simeon de Bruyn posting 4/15 making sure that Centurion were never in the match and bowled them out for 136. Hoërskool Waterkloof won by 41 runs.

The winner of the Franchise finals 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

Group Stage:

Hoërskool Garsfontein 198/4 (C Meiring 95*, B van der Walt 50, K Ngwenya 2/37) vs Prestige College 85 all out (S Mothise 39, L Stigling 4/26, R van Niekerk 2/17)

Garsfontein won by 113 runs

Cornwall Hill College 141/4 (K de la Mare 67, K Rust 35, S de Bruyn 3/21) vs Hoërskool Waterkloof 144/2 (H Coetzer 48*, J Hermann 44*, T Khabele 2/20)

Waterkloof won by 8 wickets

Pretoria Boys 209/2 (W Truter 105, H Viljoen 62) vs Midstream College 109/7 (W Mushwana 2/13)

Pretoria Boys High won by 100 runs

Hoërskool Centurion 115/8 (H Jeeva 3/20) vs St Albans College 93/9 (J Eybers 2/9)

Centurion won by 22 runs

Hoërskool Waterkloof 144/9 (H Coetzer 35, D Koorts 2/18) vs Hoërskool Garsfontein 122 all out (E de Waal 49, A Maseshla 3/20)

Waterkloof won by 22 runs

Cornwall Hill College 208/1 (K Rust 95*, J Neil 91*) vs Prestige College 150/6 (T Baloyi 72, B Jansen 2/9)

Cornwall Hill won by 58 runs

Pretoria Boys 169/4 (A Schutte 61, T Ferguson 56*) vs Hoërskool Centurion 172/6 (C van den Heever 80, D van der Merwe 3/23)

Centurion won by 4 wickets

Cornwall Hill College 114/6 (J Neil 39, D Koorts 2/6) vs Hoërskool Garsfontein 115/6 (R van Niekerk 47*, P Trotter 2/21)

Garsfontein won by 4 wickets

Hoërskool Waterkloof 196/6 (S de Bruyn 54*, S Kemp 48, K Mphahlele 2/12) vs Prestige College 147/9 (S Mothise 36, K Verhoef 3/31, R Ackerman 3/31)

Waterkloof won by 49 runs

Pretoria Boys 193/6 (T Ferguson 69, N Meyer 58, B Leonard 3/13) vs St Albans College 58 all out (L Treadwell 3/1, R van Rooyen 3/3)

Pretoria Boys won by 135 runs

Midstream College 119/6 (D Esterhuizen 35, J Vorster 2/15) vs Hoërskool Centurion 120/3 (N Fox 50)

Centurion won by 7 wickets

Midstream College 121/8 (D Esterhuizen 43, A du Plessis 5/28) vs St Albans College 80 all out (D Esterhuizen 4/13)

Midstream won by 41 runs

Final

Hoërskool Waterkloof 177/8 (J Hermann 97, C Mouton 3/23, N Fox 3/37) vs Hoërskool Centurion 136 all out (N Fox 38, S de Bruyn 4/15, R Ackerman 3/26)

Waterkloof won by 41 runs.