OUDTSHOORN CRICKET NEWS - The Coca-Cola All-Star team completed a dream weekend with a hard-fought win against a Cricket South Africa (CSA) Hub team in a curtain raiser to the 2019 Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge National Finals in Pretoria.
The Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge took place from 15 to 17 March at University of Pretoria's High-Performance Centre in Pretoria.
SWD's Jedhli van Briesies from Langenhoven Gymnasium in Oudtshoorn, was selected for the Coca-Cola All Star team.
Van Briesies also represented the SWD u.18 team during the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola week in 2018.
Van Briesies emerges via the Hub development program where he was identified at the D'Almeida hub in Mossel Bay and a cricket bursary was subsequently offered to him by Langenhoven Gymnasium.
"We are proud of his development and progress and we see him as part of our future within in the pipeline," said Jason Maswanganyi the SWD Academy and u.19 coach.
"We look forward to his continuous progress and development as a cricket player", concluded Maswanganyi.
Coca-Cola All-Star team won the toss and sent the CSA Hub team into bat first who ended up with 119/8 in their 20 overs.
The big difference between the two teams came when Jannie Claassens came in to bat and smashed 30 off 13 balls including 4 sixes. His peer from Hoer Volkskool Potchefstroom, Timothy Malan marshalled the team to win by 4 wickets.
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