SACS win the Western Province Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge Provincial Final

 

South Africa College High School (SACS) have won the opportunity to play in the Cobras franchise final of the 2019 Coca-Cola® Schools T20 Challenge tournament. This was after winning the Western Province Coca-Cola® Schools T20 Challenge Provincial Finals that were played at Rondebosch Boys High School, Newlands on the 23^rd and 24^th February. 

This year’s provincial finals were played over two days and started off at the quarter final stage with Wynberg Boys High School, Western Cape Sports School, Strandfontein Cricket Club, Bishops, Rondebosch Boys High School, Primrose HUB, Newlands Cricket High School and South Africa College High School (SACS) playing against each other representing their province.

SACS beat Newlands Cricket High School by 2 wickets in the quarter-final, Rondebosch Boys High School by 5 wickets in the semi-final and Wynberg Boys High School by 2 wickets in the final.

The final was extremely exciting going down to the final ball of the game where SACS batsman, Ben Levitt, managed to hit 2 runs to win the game for his team. There was little to tell between the teams but there had to be a winner and SACS managed to hold their nerve and win the match.

The SACS captain Daniel Smith said “It is special to play in the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge where we get to test ourselves against the top teams in South Africa. We don’t want to look to far ahead but we would like to win our franchise finals and represent the Cobras in the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge at national finals.”

The winner of the Franchise finals will join other five franchises winners and the two schools that qualified through 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 Schools T20 Challenge winner stands to walk away with R110 000.00 for their school.

Results

Quarter-Finals:

Newlands Cricket High School 117/7 (T Ngcizela 35*, A Bayoumi 41* M Levitt 3/16) vs SACS 119/2 (D Smith 50*, K Curran 53)

SACS won by 8 wickets

Rondebosch 178/6 (Lehan Botha 82, Nathier Sambo 2/35) vs Primrose Hub 52 all out (Siviwe Nkonzombi 3/13, Jordan Collier 2/13)

Rondebosch won by 126 runs

Strandfontein 170/5 (Liam Philander 83) vs Bishops 126 all out (Justin Warely 5/23)

Strandfontein won by 44 runs

Western Cape Sports School 73 all out (Zayd Noor 3/12) vs Wynberg Boys High School 73/2 (Cameron Tanner 45)

Wynberg won by 8 wickets

Semi-Finals

Rondebosch Boys High School 111/7 (Q van Oordt 32, O Welsh 2/11) vs SACS 112/5 (K Solomon 39, M Levitt 36*)

SACS won by 5 wickets

Wynberg Boys High School 205/6 (Cameron Tanner 112, Dayaan Abrahams 2/19) vs Strandfontein 112/all out (Aidan Plaatjies 42, Dominic Miles 3/16)

Wynberg won by 93 runs

Final

Wynberg Boys High School 114/7 (B Coveley 29, A Dilima 2/22) vs SACS 115/8 (K Curran 31, R Carr 2/16)

SACS won by 2 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