GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT CRICKET NEWS - The Six-Gun Grill SWD cricket team switch focus to the red-ball campaign when the Cricket South Africa Division Two four-day competition starts today, 5 November.

After their successes in the Twenty20 Knock-Out Competition, in which they reached the quarterfinals, the men in green take on the Mpumalanga Rhinos at the Recreation Ground.

SWD cannot afford a slip against the visitors from Nelspruit and a clinical performance will be crucial to start their season from a firm base. The wicketkeeper and captain, Jean du Plessis, is unavailable due to tertiary education exams and it is likely 20-year-old Jhedli van Briesies will take the gloves.

Squad: Travis Ackermann, Herschel America, Blayde Capell, Hanno Kotze, André Malan, Renaldo Meyer, Sintu Majiza, Pheko Moletsane, Onke Nyaku, Marcello Piedt, Heath Richards, Regan Rhode, Yaseen Vali, Sean Whitehead and Jhedli van Briesies.

Jhedli van Briesies

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