Following a slow sporting start to the year, there'll be three days of non-stop cricket action this week at the annual Grahamstown Schools Cricket Festival, once again hosted by St Andrew's College.
Following a slow sporting start to the year, there'll be three days of non-stop cricket action this week at the annual Grahamstown Schools Cricket Festival, once again hosted by St Andrew's College.
Fourteen teams are taking part in the festival which will be used to sharpen skills and prepare them for the upcoming season. Grahamstown schools St Andrew's, Graeme College, Kingswood and a Grahamstown Rural side can be seen in action, as well as St George’s College from Harare, Zimbabwe, who will participate in the festival for the first time.
In his welcome message to the participating teams, St Andrew's headmaster, Paul Edey said: “I trust you will enjoy the experience of playing in this festival which gives young cricketers an important opportunity to sharpen their skills ahead of the busy summer season.”
The day's play is scheduled to start at 9am and Thursday and Friday matches are declaration games. Saturday's format will be decided by opposing coaches, depending on the various travel arrangements.
The team lists for the Grahamstown schools as printed in the Grahamstown Schools Cricket Festival programme are:
St Andrew’s College: Andrew Rushmere (captain), Mbuleleo Mama, Murray Leith, Greg King, Charles Bowren, Chris Ford, Fletcher Grafton, Tyler Paul, Sintu Manjezi, Joshua Devis, Panashe Muyeye. Coach: Carl Bradfield. Manager: Scott Jackson. Festival Liaison: Ryan Dewey.
Kingswood College: Sean Biggs, Jonathan Braans, Brydon Carse, Anselm Castelyn, Kyle Handley, Dylan Kruger, Mziyanda Mangi, Drew Mathews, Anelisa Mteto, Connor Thorp, Calvin Turnbull, Lihleli Xoli. Coach: Gregg van Molendorff. Scorer: Amy Scholtz.
Graeme College: Abner Accom, Alvino Douglas, Odwa Konxa, Lukhanyo Tshoneweni, Sethu Pinnini, Jared Coetzee, Bradley Chrsitian, Gordan – Wayne Plaajies, Abongile Hashe, Byron Sullivan, Daniel Rogers. Coach: Ian Suttie. Scorer: Liyema Mcuba.
No names are supplied for Grahamstown Rural.
Fixtures for the festival:
Day 1 (Thursday 12 January): SAC vs Menlopark (St Andrew's Lower Field) Kingswood vs St Andrew's School (Kingswood Gane Field) Graeme vs Dale (Graeme Somerset Field) Grahamstown Rural vs Cambridge (St Andrew's Crawhall Field) Hudson vs St George's College Harare (St Andrew's Knowling Field) Trinityhouse vs Woodridge (St Andrew's St Aidans Field) St Albans vs St Dominics (Kingswood Knight Field)
Day 2 (Friday 13 January): SAC vs St Andrew's School (Lower) Kingswood vs St Albans (Gane) Graeme vs St Dominics (Somerset) Grahamstown Rural vs Hudson (Knight) Woodridge vs Menlopark (Graeme Marais) Cambridge vs Trinityhouse (Knowling) Dale vs St George's College Harare (St Aidans)
Day 3 (Saturday 14 January): SAC vs St Albans (Lower) Kingswood vs Trinityhouse (Gane) Graeme vs Cambridge (Somerset) Grahamstown Rural vs St Andrew's School (St Aidans) St Dominics vs Dale (Knight) Hudson vs Menlopark (Marais) St George's College Harare vs Woodridge (Knowling).
