GARDEN ROUTE CRICKET NEWS - The picturesque Garden Route town of George will play host for the Cricket South Africa Rural Cricket Week for the Coastal Pool that started yesterday, Wednesday 20 November.
The eight participating teams will battle it out until Sunday whereafter the top four teams will advance to the final round that will be contested in Kimberley in March 2020.
The participating teams are:
South Western Districts
Ethan Coeries; Randy Wesso; JC van der Merwe; Mihle Dingiswayo; Renaldo van Rooyen; Clinton Pietersen; Joseph Sonti; Shane Smith; Danvor Muller; Hugh Minnies; Mihlali Gcanga; Jandré van Wyk; Bradley Wessels; Baakier Abrahams (coach).BolandWarwick Abrahim; Curtley Deelman; Brandon Erasmus; Ruben Minnaar; Hlomla Hanabe; Andru Serdyn; Viv-Richard Adams; Adrian du Toit; Christo Lukas; Devon Smith; Lutho Ncqongwa; Sergio Rooms; Vuyo Skameni; Gavin Lesch (coach).
Present at the opening function of the Cricket SA rural tournament (Coastal Pool) that will be held in George were, from left: Eben Hufkie (general secretary Rural Cricket SA), Marshall Menas (Rural Cricket SA talent scout), Leon Coetzee (president: Rural Cricket SA), Jonathan Beukes (chairman of the local organising committee), Rudy Claassen (president: SWD Cricket), Johan Weyers (manager senior cricket: CSA) and Albertus Kennedy (CEO: SWD Cricket).
Fixtures for the week:
Day 1: Wednesday 20 November
EP Grahamstown vs EP Midlands (Outeniqua High School B); Border Rural vs Border Country (Pacaltsdorp Oval); Border Villagers vs Kei (Rosemoor Sports Field); Boland vs SWD (Outeniqua High School A).
Day 2: Thursday 21 November
EP Grahamstown vs Kei (Pacaltsdorp Oval); Border Rural vs SWD (Outeniqua High School A); Border Villagers vs EP Midlands (Rosemoor Sports Field); Boland vs Border Country (Outeniqua High School B).
Day 3: Friday 22 November
EP Grahamstown vs Border Country (Outeniqua High School A); Border Rural vs EP Midlands (Outeniqua High School B); Border Villagers vs SWD (Pacaltsdorp Oval); Boland vs Kei (Rosemoor Sports Field).
Day 4: Saturday 23 November
EP Grahamstown vs SWD (Outeniqua High School B); Border Rural vs Kei (Outeniqua High School A); Border Villagers vs Border Country (Rosemoor Sports Field); Boland vs EP Midlands (Pacaltsdorp Oval).
Day 5: Sunday 24 November (T/20 format)
Morning Session
EP Grahamstown vs Border Rural (Rosemoor Sports Field); Border Villagers vs Boland (Outeniqua High School B); EP Midlands vs Border Country (Pacaltsdorp Oval); Kei vs SWD (Outeniqua High School A).
Afternoon Session
EP Grahamstown vs Border Villagers (Rosemoor Sports Field); Border Rural vs Boland (Outeniqua High School B); EP Midlands vs Kei (Pacaltsdorp Oval); Border Country vs SWD (Outeniqua High School A).
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