The annual Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week blasts off in Port Elizabeth this week, beginning five days of the best schoolboy cricket South Africa has to offer.
The annual Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week blasts off in Port Elizabeth this week, beginning five days of the best schoolboy cricket South Africa has to offer.
From 16 December 2015, two hundred of the top U19 schoolboy cricketers from around the country will be in action, with teams representing Cricket South Africa’s 16 provincial unions playing in three formats of the game: timed cricket, 50 overs and T20.
Making the EP U19 side from Grahamstown are Anthony Dakin (St Andrews College), Daine Kruger (Kingswood College) and Keenan Viera (Graeme College). Kingswood staff member Murray Ranger is the EP U18 coach.
The Cricket Week is considered a crucial stepping stone for schoolboy cricketers aiming to progress to professional cricket and to ultimately represent South Africa at an international level. Over the years the tournament has seen over 60 players participating who have progressed to play for the Proteas since 1994, including all three of our current national captains: Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis.
A Coca-Cola judging panel will be selecting and recognising the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day. This daily award will honour the standout player on each match day of the week. The Coca-Cola Hero of the Day is the player who produced an extraordinary hero moment – the wicketkeeper who made an amazing dive catch, a tail-ender who smashed a reverse sweep for six or even the player showing sportsmanship and embodying the spirit of the gentleman’s game.’
At the end of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week a Coca-Cola U19 South African Schools and a Coca-Cola® U19 South African Schools Colts team will be selected and will play against Eastern Province representative teams on 21 December. Additionally, Cricket South Africa will pick the Coca-Cola U19 Proteas team that will play in the upcoming ICC U19 World Cup in Bangladesh from the 22 January to the 14 February.
Fetsi Mbele Coca-Cola Africa’s Senior Communications Manager: Brand Experience, commented, “Coca-Cola South Africa is extremely proud to support the development of South Africa’s next cricketing heroes through the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week. This will be the 36th year of our sponsorship during which we have had the privilege of witnessing firsthand the success of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week and the incredible foundation it has created for cricket in South Africa. The Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week also signifies the importance of living an active healthy lifestyle through participation in sport. .”
The Coca-Cola® Khaya Majola Cricket Week takes place in and around Port Elizabeth from 16-20 December 2015 with the tournament central hub located at Grey High School.
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