***Official*** South African Domestic Season 2017/18

[StephenZA]

Good from the U19... but a little bit of a non-event against Namibia.

 

[Marius]

Off to Willowmoore Park (aka the Home of Cricket) tonight to watch the Titans vs Warriors.

Weather was terrible earlier but it looks like its clearing and could be a nice evening.

 

[SeamUp]

Good from the U19... but a little bit of a non-event against Namibia.

Unfortunately doesn't look the strongest England either.

 

[SeamUp]

Off to Willowmoore Park (aka the Home of Cricket) tonight to watch the Titans vs Warriors.

Weather was terrible earlier but it looks like its clearing and could be a nice evening.

Lekker man. Enjoy.

The last 2 Titans games have been washed out. They've been trying to Elgar & Morris on the park. At least AB should be there too. No QdK & Markram though ?

 

[SeamUp]

SA u19s v England u19s in a D/N game in Potch. 1 change Fraser Jones in for Hermann Rolfes. Still no Miltz, Niemand, Ntini which is a little surprising to me.

Hopefully Gerald will keep bowling blitz and breaking stumps.

 

[SeamUp]

SA Inv XI to play Zim includes non-international players. They probably won't be making their franchise 50 over team. As mentioned SA players Bavuma, de Villiers, Morris & Steyn are playing.

Dominic Hendricks (c) (Lions)
Ricardo Vasconcelos (Boland)
Isaac Dikgale (North West)
Zubayr Hamza (Cobras)
Leus du Plooy (Knights)
Kagiso Rapulana (North West)

Kelly Smuts (Eastern Province)

Shaun von Berg (Titans)

Lizaad Williams (Cobras)
Tladi Bokako (Warriors)
Michael Cohen (Western Province)

“These matches also provide opportunities to explore our talent development pipeline. We were very pleased with the way a similar squad performed against Bangladesh when they managed to lead on the first innings with Michael Cohen, Shaun von Berg and Zubayr Hamza being among those who excelled and they will all get another opportunity.”

 

[MediumFast]

Elgar
Markram
Amla
De Villiers
Bavuma
De Kock
Morris/Phelukwayo
Philander
Maharaj
Rabada
Steyn

Team for Boxing Day Test vs Zimbabwe I suppose. Faf and Morkel still injured

 

[SeamUp]

SA u19s lost to England first time around. The 2nd game is today.

5 black Africans in the XI : SA19 39/0 (5.5 ov, M Breetzke 31*, J Pillay 5*, RI Walker 0/13) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

They seem to not know what their best XI outside Breetzke, Pillay, van Tonder, Makwetu, Coetzee , Mnyaka was. Starting to fill the gaps.

 

[SeamUp]

Good news to see Dupavillon bowled 3 overs in a club game on the weekend.

The more I see Olivier the more I think there will hopefully be better younger potential like Ngidi , Dupavillon and more come through.

It is harsh considering his results in his first 4 tests and his mammoth 11 over spell in the last test but there is so much lacking and its highlighted again when I've seen him bowl in the Ram Slam now.

 

[StephenZA]

Good news to see Dupavillon bowled 3 overs in a club game on the weekend.

The more I see Olivier the more I think there will hopefully be better younger potential like Ngidi , Dupavillon and more come through.

It is harsh considering his results in his first 4 tests and his mammoth 11 over spell in the last test but there is so much lacking and its highlighted again when I've seen him bowl in the Ram Slam now.

Olivier feels like an excellent franchise but not quite SA standard speedster (which is pretty high standard nowadays!). Feels like Marchant and Viljoen also filled that same sort of role, really good but not good enough. Hopefully Ngidi , Dupavillon prove to have that x-factor replacing our current stalwarts in 2/3 years time. Also like to mention Mulder who could really balance a future SA attack.

 

[StephenZA]

SA u19s lost to England first time around. The 2nd game is today.

5 black Africans in the XI : SA19 39/0 (5.5 ov, M Breetzke 31*, J Pillay 5*, RI Walker 0/13) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

They seem to not know what their best XI outside Breetzke, Pillay, van Tonder, Makwetu, Coetzee , Mnyaka was. Starting to fill the gaps.

That Breetze guy looks like he might be good..

 

[SeamUp]

That Breetze guy looks like he might be good..

Just a touch.

Hopefully they don't leave him stranded as if he bats close to a full 50 overs a big 100 is on the cards.

 

[SeamUp]

Olivier feels like an excellent franchise but not quite SA standard speedster (which is pretty high standard nowadays!). Feels like Marchant and Viljoen also filled that same sort of role, really good but not good enough. Hopefully Ngidi , Dupavillon prove to have that x-factor replacing our current stalwarts in 2/3 years time. Also like to mention Mulder who could really balance a future SA attack.

Fast-bowling is such an interesting subject. You get those freaks who have the x-factor just straight up and then you get those work-horses who work so hard to knock the door down like a Kyle Abbott did recently. I think adaptability and versatility are found by the best. I think that is where I see an Olivier struggling.

That is where we've been lucky with our bowling stocks. Those special bowlers always seem to come at the right time. Hopefully this will be the case like you say.

 

[SeamUp]

Breetzke into 2nd past Mulder but it will be a mammoth effort to go past QdK

Cricket Records | Records | / | South Africa Under-19s | Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[SeamUp]

Good to see SA u19 beat England in the final but disappointed to lose the two round robin games.

Think the batting needs more work as the bowling is quite young. Think there is less excuses for the bowling which is quite young. That is why Jason Nieman scoring 60* to take the SA u19s over the line in the final was very pleasing as it was a new contribution.

 

[Rasimione]

SA u19s v England u19s in a D/N game in Potch. 1 change Fraser Jones in for Hermann Rolfes. Still no Miltz, Niemand, Ntini which is a little surprising to me.

Hopefully Gerald will keep bowling blitz and breaking stumps.

How good is he's batting. Good enough for 8 long-term?

 

[SeamUp]

How good is he's batting. Good enough for 8 long-term?

Been disappointing in an SA u19 shirt.

Bats well at school level. Saw some footage of him in that schools Zimbabwe tournament and he certainly knows what he is doing with the bat so hopefully he will get his SA u19 record right on that front.

 

[SeamUp]

Always good to know the fast-bowling stocks are coming through.

Tiaan van Vuuren (16) will be attending u19 Coke Week and is another Grey PE pupil.

Also an article on KZN Inland and their impressive record of producing fast-bowlers like Savage, Dupavillon, Zuma (all Maritzburg College), Lungi Ngidi, Tom Curran & Eathan Bosch (all Hilton) and the new 3 on the block in current SA u19 selections Fraser Jones (Michaelhouse) and Mondli Khumalo (Maritzburg College) and potentially Zimbabwean-born future SA selection Michael Booth (Hilton).

Probably not readable the attachment from an article.

Michael Booth is phenomenal and a future Protea. Booth has changed the way teams approach Hilton.He is a wicket-taker and if managed well will go far. Quick, fiery, moves the ball away from the right-handers. KZN is producing a wonderful array of fast bowlers.

Northwood director of cricket and first XI Coach Divan van Wyk and former Dolphins opening batsman "Michael Booth - what a prospect. If he stays teachable and coachable he is going to go places."

Michaelhouse first XI coach , Dean Forword on Fraser Jones : Grew up in Johannesburg but started in Grade 8 at MHS , a gifted sportsman who's excelled on the rugby field as a loose-forward for the first XV but more so on the cricket field as an explosive fast-bowler and accomplished middle-order batsman. Fraser is quick and accurate. But his major strength is his consistency of pace over all his spells through out a day. He is a strong young lad who likes to run in and hit the deck hard
and his last spell is as intense as his first. Since representing SA u19 side vs the Windies , his cricket awareness has grown exponentially and his skill set has widened. Fraser wants to learn and is a good listener.

Maritzburg First XI Coach and Master in charge of cricket David Pryke, who as a former Dolphins paceman knows a thing or 2 about fast-bowling, said to me about the Maritzburg College Grade 10 boy , Mondli Khumalo, a lad from Umlazi Township in south-east Durban who was awarded the Jacques Kallis Bursary to the Red, Black and White.

Mondli Khumalo, is a clever cricketer who has a natural understanding of the game. He is a fantastic athlete with great hand-eye co-ordination and ball skills. He is the complete cricketer in that , although bowling is his predominant skill , he is a very capable batsman and a fantastic agile fielder with great hands. His strength as a bowler is keeping it simple in hitting the deck with extremely high percentages and having a very good slower ball.

 

[SeamUp]

One of the more interesting days in 3-day Provincial cricket

KZN Inland v Gauteng : KZNIN 54/3 (20.1 ov, R Pretorius 11*, A Majola 15*, Z Pongolo 0/0) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
Grant Roelofsen, Kerwin Mungroo
Ryan Rickelton, Dominic Hendricks, Wiaan Mulder, Nandre Burger

Boland v Free State : BOL 13/0 (6.0 ov, C Tshiki 2*, I Gafieldien 9*, D Olivier 0/6) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
David Bedingham, Kyle Simmonds, Brandon Glover (No Ricardo Vasconelos & Ferisco Adams as with Cobras)
Leus du Plooy, Diego Rosier, Andries Gous, Corne Dry, Duanne Olivier

Western Province v KZN Coastal : KZN 10/2 (5.3 ov, KA Cele 2*, MN Erlank 0*, MB Njoloza 1/5) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
Pieter Malan, Kyle Verreynne, Zubayr Hamza, Jason Smith, Qaasim Adams, Dayyaan Galiem, Tshepo Moreki (Pity they can't find room for Michael Cohen)
Muthusamy, Savage, Engelbrecht (5 overs off the full run-up in Club cricket on the weekend for Dupavillon - on track for early Jan return)

Eastern Province v Easterns : EASTN 19/0 (5.0 ov, Z Ntsimbini 5*, WB Marshall 12*, A Nortje 0/3) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
Edward Moore, David White, Kelly Smuts, Anrich Nortje, Tladi Bokako
Morne Morkel

Northern Cape v Northerns : NCAPE 10/1 (4.0 ov, LL Mnyanda 1*, GJ Snyman 6*, EL Hawken 1/4) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
Keegan Petersen, Aubrey Swanepoel, Werner Coetsee, Patrick Kruger, Ottneil Bartman, Mbulelo Budaza
Andrea Agathagelou, Jiveshan Pillay, Tony de Zorzi, Rubin Herman, Migael Pretorius, Eldred Hawken, Corbin Bosch

 

[SeamUp]

As a Cobras supporter it is really good to see the depth Boland are building. When you have 2 of the best universities then that is also a plus. Boland ave Vasconcelos (St Stithians/Gauteng), David Bedingham (Wynberg/WP), Kyle Simmonds (Westville/KZN C), Brandon Glover (St Stihians/Gauteng) all going to Maties. Really pleased to see Glover back in the mix. He has pace and is tall. If selections weren't an issue and we just let the best rise to the top I would be more confident but we should never lack the talent in this country.