Things shaping up at Kwa-Thema Cricket Hub

Kwa-Thema – The Kwa-Thema Cricket Hub has been back on the pitch for over a month.
Head coach Tebogo Gaduka said things started off slowly but are now shaping up.
“Children have been coming even though it’s not all of them, as we send messages to the schools to alert them to come to practise.
“Others do not get the message as they’ll not be at school on the day of the announcement calling for them to come to practise.
“We started playing our school league games. Unfortunately, we’ve lost all of our games so far because children have not been practising.
“The results of matches are determined by their determination and practise attendance.
“We need children aged five to six years for our u-8 side. The club season is starting in the first week of October and we can really do with the minors to teach them foundation phase cricket,” said the coach.

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KFC Mini-Cricket has also started at the Kwa-Thema Cricket Hub.
Five of the club’s players are part of the final trials for the Easterns u-16.
Sixteen-year-old Kgomotso Mashishi, who has been playing cricket since the age of five, said, “It pains me to see that most of those my age have quit cricket during the period where there was no practise.
“I hope we will not lose more players to the streets. Consistency is very important.
“I hope we will not stop practising again due to stricter lockdown regulations.”
The youngster dreams of one day playing for the Proteas.

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Fifteen-year-old Mpumelelo Mashiloane, who has recently made it to Eastern Cricket Senior Women’s Provincial Team, said she wants to break the stigma of people saying cricket is a gentlemen’s sport.
“I want to see myself playing for the Proteas and I never let people’s negativity get to me.
“I want to encourage the youth around here to join cricket. I see my career in this sport and hope we won’t face more disruptions due to lockdown levels,” she added.

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