SA Schools XI 2018 announced

The SA Schools and SA Colts teams will meet in a T20 match at Newlands on Friday 21 December 2018. The match will start at 9.30am.

SA Schools team

1. Gerald Coetzee (St Andrews – Free State), Captain
2. Jonathan Bird (Bishops – Western Province)
3. Achille Cloete (Paarl Boys’ High – Boland)
4. Thamsang Khumalo (Glenwood – KwaZulu-Natal)
5. Kgaudise Molefe (Jeppe High School for Boys – Central Gauteng)
6. Lefa Ntanzi (Glenwood – KwaZulu-Natal)
7. Thando Ntini (Wynberg Boys’ High – Western Province)
8. Bryce Parsons (King Edward VII – Central Gauteng)
9. Caleb Pillay (Westville Boys’ High – KwaZulu-Natal)
10. Cameron Shekleton (St Stithians College – Central Gauteng)
11. Tristan Stubbs (Grey High School – Eastern Province)
12. Nonelela Yika (Hudson Park – Border)

Coach: Mike Bechet (Jeppe High School for Boys – Central Gauteng)

Manager: Shaheed Khan (Western Cape Sport School – Western Province)

SA Colts team

1. James Ritchie (Hilton College – KwaZulu-Natal Inland), Captain
2. Ruan Cronjé (St Andrews – Free State)
3. Dian Forrester (Affies – Northerns)
4. Justin Gilliland (Newlands Cricket High School – Western Province)
5. Marco Jansen (Potchefstroom Gimnasium – North West)
6. Mondli Khumalo (Maritzburg College – KwaZulu-Natal Inland)
7. Bonga Makaka (Newlands Cricket High School – Western Province)
8. Akeem Minnaar (Klein Nederburg – Boland)
9. Emmanuel Motswiri (Maragon Ruimsig – Central Gauteng)
10. Siya Plaatjie (Wynberg Boys’ High – Western Province)
11. Gareth Schreuder (Hilton College – KwaZulu-Natal Inland)
12. Tumelo Yeki (Queen’s High – Central Gauteng)

Coach: Deon Botes (Affies – Northerns)

Manager: Pierre Hugo (Bloemfontein South High School – Free State)

Individual Awards

Leading Run-scorer of the Week – Tristan Stubbs (Grey High School – Eastern Province) – 287 runs at an average of 71.8

Leading Wicket-taker of the Week – Kgaudise Molefe (Jeppe High School for Boys’ – Central Gauteng) – 21 wickets at an average of 8 runs per victim

Fielder of the Week – Ximus du Plooy (Affies – Northerns)

All-rounder of the Week – Marco Jansen (Potchefstroom Gimnasium – North West)

Player of the Week – Bryce Parsons (King Edward VII – Central Gauteng)

Photo: Theo Garrun