Midrand Knights look forward to playing again
MIDRAND– Local cricket club looks to start a women's team this year.
Members of Midrand Knights Cricket Club cannot wait to get back to playing cricket, even if the season is shortened because of the coronavirus.
The last season was cut a few weeks short in May and the club based at Malboro Stadium normally hosts its Annual Junior Tournament in September, which has had to be postponed.
“We then normally start matches from October but there has been no official confirmation from the Central Gauteng Lions (CGL) when we will be allowed to play,” said the club’s chairperson, TK Chettiar.
“I reckon the season will start later than that, so it will again be a shorter season. But the guys are itching to play again and CGL has put in place some nice T20 ad 35-over tournaments for the clubs. We are also earnestly looking to start a women’s team this year and keep our junior and adult teams as strong as they were last season.”
Chettiar invited any women and girls interested in playing to contact the club.
In the 2020/21 season CGL will host two leagues and two tournaments for women: The Imperial Premier League, Presidents League, Black Widow T20 Tournament and Super 4s.
The men’s division will also benefit from a host of Saturday and Sunday leagues, tournaments and knock-out cups.
“Once Cricket South Africa confirms that practices can be held again we will host trials for our teams. We currently have three Sunday and four Saturday men’s teams and our junior structure consists of U9s, U11s and U13s.”
When practices and trials are running again, Chettiar promised all safety protocols regarding the pandemic will be in place. These will include sanitising, temperature checks, social distancing and no shining of the cricket balls.
Details: TK Chettiar info@1stopfitmentcentre.co.za; 082 896 1300.
