Three local stars included in national u.19 team after Cubs Cricket Week
Three stars of the Titans' u.19 team were included in the national u.19 team, which will be part of the CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup and Provincial One-Day Challenge next month.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced a 15-man South Africa Under-19 squad following the conclusion of the CSA Under-19 Franchise Cubs Week, in Stellenbosch last week.
Western Province’s Daniel Smith, who less than 24-hours earlier led the Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras to the Cubs Week title, has been named the captain of the junior Proteas.
The left-hander enjoyed a prolific campaign with the bat as he recorded 301 runs across four appearances for the Cobras and finished second on the run charts behind Jordan Hermann from Northerns (Titans).
Opening batsman Hermann amassed 364 runs at the tournament for the Titans at a staggering average of 91.00, including the highest individual score of the week of 139 against the Knights in the opening round of matches.
He is one of the three Titans players who were included in the national u.19 squad. The other two are Dewald Brevis and Jan Hendrik Coetzer.
In addition to the 15-man squad, five players have been included as part of an extended training squad. Among those five is Selo (Valentine) Kitime, who also represented the Titans at the tournament.
Shukri Conrad will again be the coach of the team and the SA u.19 squad will feature as the 16th team in the CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup and Provincial One-Day Challenge, scheduled to start next month.
The 15 players in the main squad were capped during a closing ceremony on Sunday night. The five additional players will travel with the core squad and will receive their caps if they are selected to compete in the Senior Provincial tournaments.
“This is the first of many steps as we build towards next year’s ICC Under 19 World Cup, in the West Indies. It is a long way to go and other players will have the opportunity to make their way into the squad,” said Conrad after the capping ceremony for his new team.
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