North West Cricket announced on Monday, 29 October that the well-known Potchefstroomer and former North West cricket player and captain, HP Prinsloo, will be taking over the reigns as CEO at the union.

Prinsloo will officially begin his term as North West Cricket CEO on Thursday, 1 November, having taken over from former CEO, Vincent Prior.

Prinsloo has vast amounts of experience in local cricketing circles and will look to use this knowledge to take North West Cricket to the next level. His appointment was also met with a large degree of optimism since the news broke on social media.