The end of the school year marks the start of arguably the most exciting month in youth cricket. Cricket South Africa’s various junior cricket weeks take place over the month of December with it all culminating at the flagship event, the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week (Coke Week). The Coke Week, formerly the Nuffield Week, will be taking place in Pretoria at Tuks and St Alban’s College. The Cubs Week which takes place in the new year features the best under-19 cricketers from each of the six franchises and includes players no longer at school.
All the action gets underway on 11 December with the CSA National U13 and U17 cricket weeks. The Under-17 Cricket Week is a big feeder to the Coke Week and features many talented prospects who are bubbling under the surface of school cricket’s premier event. There is also a Girls Under-19 Cricket Week that will take place in Mbombela (Nelspruit)the week before the Coke Week.
National Schools Cricket Weeks for 2014/15:
Event | Date | Venue |
Coca-Cola U19 Khaya Majola Week | 17 – 21 December | Pretoria |
CSA Cubs Week | 5 – 9 January | Boland |
CSA Girls U19 Week | 12 – 16 December | Mbombela |
CSA Boys U17 Week | 11 – 15 December | Johannesburg |
RCASA Boys U17 Week | 11 – 15 December | Klerksdorp |
CSA Boys U15 Week | 13 – 17 December | Oudtshoorn |
CSA Boys U13 Week | 11 – 15 December | Potchefstroom |
South Western Districts U17: Bailey Aarons (York High), Trevor Bezuidenhout (Knysna High), Jean du Plessis (Glenwood House), Johannes Duvenage (Outeniqua), Thando Dywili (Point High), Grant Esau (Langenhoven Gym), Nevada Jacobs (Langenhoven Gym), Joshua Kleu (Glenwood House), Siyabonga Mbathane (Imizamo Yetho High), Niel Oudejans (Outeniqua), Richard Papenfus (Glenwood House), Gino Tshona (Glenwood House), Todd Walker (Oakhill).
The following fields will be used: St Stithians College, King Edward VII School, Parktown Boys’ High,Hoërskool Randburg, Randburg CC, Lenasia CC, Dobsonville CC and Soweto CC.
Day 1, Thursday 11 December – Declaration Cricket:
Fixture | Venue |
Mpumalanga vs Limpopo | HS Randburg |
KZN vs EP | Saints 1 |
Gauteng vs SWD | Saints 2 |
Northerns vs North West | Parktown |
Easterns vs KZN Inland | Saints 3 |
WP vs Zimbabwe | Saints 4 |
Griquas vs Border | Randburg CC |
Free State vs Boland | KES |
Day 2, Friday 12 December – Declaration Cricket:
Fixture | Venue |
Zimbabwe vs Boland | Saints 5 |
KZN Inland vs Border | Randburg CC |
WP vs Free State | KES |
Northerns vs SWD | Lenasia |
Easterns vs Limpopo | UJ Soweto |
Mpumalanga vs Griquas | Dobsonville |
North West vs EP | HS Randburg |
Gauteng vs KZN | Parktown |
Day 3, Saturday 13 December – T20:
Fixture | Venue |
KZN Inland vs Free State | Saints 1 |
WP vs Easterns | Saints 3 |
EP vs Border | Saints 4 |
Northerns vs Mpumalanga | Saints 5 |
Zimbabwe vs North West | HS Randburg |
Boland vs Limpopo | KES |
KZN vs SWD | Parktown |
Gauteng vs Griquas | Randburg CC |
Day 3, Saturday 13 December – T20:
Fixture | Venue |
KZN Inland vs EP | Saints 2 |
WP vs Northerns | Saints 3 |
Free State vs Border | Saints 4 |
Easterns vs Mpumalanga | Saints 5 |
Gauteng vs Zimbabwe | Randburg CC |
North West vs Griquas | HS Randburg |
KZN vs Boland | Parktown |
SWD vs Limpopo | KES |
Day 4, Sunday 14 December – 50 overs:
Fixture | Venue |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 1 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 2 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 4 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 5 |
TBC vs TBC | KES |
TBC vs TBC | HS Randburg |
TBC vs TBC | Randburg CC |
TBC vs TBC | Parktown |
Day 5, Monday 15 December – 50 overs:
Fixture | Venue |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 1 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 2 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 3 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 4 |
TBC vs TBC | Saints 5 |
TBC vs TBC | Parktown |
TBC vs TBC | KES |
TBC vs TBC | Randburg CC |