Former Klofie named Hero of the Day at national schools cricket week
The former versatile sports star of Hoërskool Waterkloof, Willie Ludick, caught the eye of cricket experts at the recent Khaya Majola Schools Cricket Week.
Willie Ludick from Northerns has been named the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day for day two of the Khaya Majola Schools Cricket Week, which was completed in the December holiday.
The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing ‘hero’ moment. Ludick, a former pupil of Hoërskool Waterkloof, was selected for the award by a Coca-Cola appointed panel of cricket experts after he took a huge risk by declaring early and going for an all-out win after his team had lost on the first innings in his match against Mpumalanga.
In declaration games, a team can win on the result of their first innings, but if there is enough time they can bat a second time and win the game outright. The second innings only consists of five wickets a side.
Mpumalanga batted first and scraped to 119 runs against a very strong Northerns lineup.
Northerns would have fancied their chances of winning the game, but instead lost wickets quickly and found themselves at 58/9 when Ludick decided that he had already lost on the first innings but he can still win the game.
Ludick declared on 58/9 letting Mpumalanga bat again, his bowlers responded very well by reducing Mpumalanga to 51/5. Northerns needed 112 to win the game in 10 overs. Northerns put on a good show but after they lost two wickets they decided to bat out their overs.
“We thought that we batted badly in the first innings and that we are better than 58/9, so if we declared early and bowled them out cheaply we could show them exactly how well we can really play and knock off their lead to win the game. It nearly worked out for us, but unfortunately we did not leave ourselves with enough overs to win the game,” said Ludick.
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