**Official** South African Domestic Season 2013/14

[Garson007]

Stiaan van Zyl continued to shine for the Cobras, just missing out on his third hundred of the Sunfoil Series. Definitely must be discussed a possible replacement for the waning Jacques Kallis in the future. Obviously he's not an authentic all-rounder, but he bowls some useful seamers and a first-class 5-fer suggests he isn't too bad.

It'll be interesting to see if AB moves up to four, even if he's still holding the gloves.

 

[Leftarmtweaker]

I think AB will stay at 5. van Zyl at 4, Duminy at 6 and du Plessis at 7. Alviro Petersen may have to make way for Elgar/de Kock.

 

[Prince EWS]

It'll be interesting to see if AB moves up to four, even if he's still holding the gloves.

I think he's ultimately going to have a choice between batting four or wicket keeping. I don't think he should do both in Test cricket; five's the highest I'd want the keeper the bat.

 

[Cabinet96]

I really hope de Kock can get some runs for the Lions before Kallis goes. Can then move de Villiers up to four and let him relinquish the gloves.

 

[Garson007]

I find it hilarious that Rossouw got Van Zyl.

De Kock is also not having a great time - but neither is any of his top order partners.

 

[SeamUp]

I find it hilarious that Rossouw got Van Zyl.

De Kock is also not having a great time - but neither is any of his top order partners.

Very funny. They've become good mates over the years with SA 'A' squad but they know deep down they're competing for the next spot after Elgar and then he gets him with his part-timers. I've seen Rilee joke about it with him on twitter too.

Dave Miller with a pair of hundreds too. Very happy for him.

With the bowling. de Lange, Morris and Viljoen probably kicking themselves not playing this round. Would say Birch being injured as well but he is more a Philander type.

Parnell five-for
Abbott five-for
Alexander five-for
Hendricks leading wicket-taker in Sunfoil series etc

Be mad if they turned to Kleinveldt

Good to see spin in the wickets too. Harmer, Coetsee, von Berg, Leie & Piedt all competing at the moment.

Not sure for how much longer Daryn Smit will be the preferred spinner ahead of Maharaj and Subrayen at the Dolphins but I suppose Smit's a team man and his batting form will keep him in the side and he can chip in with the odd wicket with their seamers doing so well.

 

[SeamUp]

SA u19 CWC squad to be chosen on 9 January on the last day of Cubs Week from 5-9 January in Stellenbosch and Paarl. The 6 franchises will be involved but Zimbabawe u19s will be joining so the 8th team is a SA u17 Cubs Team.

Official squads and my suspected main XI

COBRAS

Hayes van der Berg (19) (RHB, seam)
Clyde Fortuin (18) (RHB , wicket-keeper)
Jason Smith (19) (RHB, seam)
Zubayr Hamza (18) (captain , RHB)
Niel Botha (18) (RHB, right-arm off-spin)
Keegan Wheeler (18) (RHB, seam)
Curtley Louw (18) (RHB, seam)
Riaz Sader (18) (RHB, right-arm off-spin)
Justin Dill (19) (opening bowler)
Schoeman Botha (18) (opening bowler)
Nhlakanipho Madwe (18) (opening bowler)


WARRIORS

Kirwen Christoffels (19)
Brydon Carse (18) (RHB, opening bowler)
Lloyd Brown (18) (captain , RHB)
Aubrey Ferreira (19) (RHB)
Jean Heunis (17) (RHB, wicket-keeper)
Mbulelo Mama (18) (RHB)
Bradley Bopp (18) (RHB, seam)
Onke Nyaku (19) (RHB, seam)
Richard Maree (18) (opening bowler)
Ngazibini Sigwili (18) (opening bowler)
Grant Stretton (18) (slow left-arm spin)

DOLPHINS

Jason Oakes (18) (RHB)
Bruce Kerr (17) (RHB)
Ryan Wallace (18) (RHB)
Greg Oldfield (18) (RHB, right-arm off-spin)
Luke Schlemmer (18) (RHB, slow left-arm spin)
Sibonelo Makhanya (17) (captain, RHB , seam)
Tyler Smith (18) ( RHB , wicket-keeper)
Sohail Mahmoud (17) (RHB, right-arm leg-spin)
Cameron Gordon (18) (opening bowler)
Lungisani Ngidi (17) (opening bowler)
Lwandiswa Zuma (17) (opening bowler)

KNIGHTS

Hanco Olivier (18) (RHB)
Christiaan Steyn (18) (RHB)
Gideon Bruwer (18) (LHB , slow-left-arm spin)
Ryan du Plessis (18) (RHB, wicket-keeper)
Sine Ntshona (18) (captain ,RHB, right-arm off-spin)
Sacintha Galhenage (18) (RHB)
Patrick Kruger (18) (RHB, seamer)
Paballo Mogoera (18) (RHB , right-arm off-spin)
Nico Loubser (17) (RHB, opening bowler)
Aiden Brooker (18) (opening bowler)
Sean Whitehead (16) (slow left-arm spin)

LIONS

Angus Ellis-Cole (18) (RHB, wicket-keeper)
Lee Gruskin (19) (RHB)
Isaac Dikgale (18) (RHB)
Yaseen Valli (18) (captain, LHB , slow left-arm spin)
Bradley Dial (18) (RHB, right-arm off-spin)
Karabo Mogotsi (18) (RHB)
Marques Ackerman (17) (LHB, slow left-arm)
Jayden Broodryk (18) (RHB, seam)
Driaan Weyers (18) (RHB , opening bowler)
Kagiso Rabada (18) (LHB, opening bowler)
Brandon Glover (16) (opening bowler)

TITANS

Tian Koekemoer (19) (LHB)
Aiden Markram (19) (captain, RHB)
Wickus Germishuizen (18) (RHB , wicket-keeper)
Leus du Plooy (18) (LHB, slow left-arm spin)
Driaan Bruwer (18) (LHB, right-arm leg-spin)
Melvin Morata (18) (RHB)
Greg Mahlokoane (18) (LHB, slow left-arm spin)
Corbin Bosch (19) (RHB, seam)
Andrew Rasemenye (18) (opening bowler)
Dustin Melton (18) (opening bowler)
Kofi Apea-Adu (18) (seamer)

SA u17 CUBS

Grant Roelofsen (17) (RHB)
Andrew Rushmere (18) (RHB)
Matthew Christensen (17) (RHB)
Johannes Malan (17) (RHB)
Michael Stannard (17) (RHB)
Rivaldo Moonsamy (17) (RHB , wicket-keeper)
Andile Phehlukwayo (17) (LHB, seam)
Dayyaan Galiem (16) (RHB , opening bowler)
Stefan Klopper (17) (LHB , slow left-arm chinaman)
Keith Dudgeon (18) (opening bowler)
Jay Stevens (17) (opening bowler)

 

[91Jmay]

Looks like Onions had a solid if unspectacular game.

 

[Prince EWS]

Looks like Onions had a solid if unspectacular game.

Copped a hammering against the Cobras last month on what looks like it could've been a pretty green deck, so it's progress.

 

[MrPrez]

How's Sigwili come along, Gaz?

 

[SeamUp]

How's Sigwili come along, Gaz?

Where you been , mate ? In hiding ?

Doing quite well. Made SA Schools again and should be a shoo-in for the WC squad.

Good interview with him - Player Profile: Ngazi Sigwili | School Sports News

 

[MrPrez]

Where you been , mate ? In hiding ?

Doing quite well. Made SA Schools again and should be a shoo-in for the WC squad.

Good interview with him - Player Profile: Ngazi Sigwili | School Sports News

Writing prelim and final exams

Great stuff. Cheers for the article too. Gutted I've never actually met him.

 

[SeamUp]

I'm sure you aced them ! No just kidding, good luck when you get the results next month.

I didn't realise he was playing club cricket with Ntini until I read that.

Reckon the Warriors should throw Gqamane, Walters and Rabie into touch soon. Especially the latter two. Then promote Nortje, Nqweni and Sigwili to back up Parnell, Birch and Theron.

 

[SeamUp]

Overseas players for the RamSlam T20 that starts in Jan at the moment:

Cobras: Sunil Narine
Warriors:
Dolphins: Chris Gayle & Graham Onions
Knights: Shahid Afridi
Lions: Azhar Mahmood & Sohail Tanveer
Titans: Saeed Ajmal

Afridi has supposedly pulled out.

So it looks like the Warriors and Knights will have to bring out every bit of their under-dog fighting spirit again in this comp.

Starts with a triple header at Newlands on the 4th or 5th of Jan I think ? Should be decent entertainment.

 

[SeamUp]

Warriors v Titans. Harmer rocking the head band. Ledge.

 

[MrPrez]

I'm sure you aced them ! No just kidding, good luck when you get the results next month.

I didn't realise he was playing club cricket with Ntini until I read that.

Reckon the Warriors should throw Gqamane, Walters and Rabie into touch soon. Especially the latter two. Then promote Nortje, Nqweni and Sigwili to back up Parnell, Birch and Theron.

Get them on the 31st, private schools woot woot etc. But yeah, won't do as well as I'd like but didn't put enough effort in anyway. So meh.

 

[SeamUp]

Ram Slam T20 starts with a triple header on 5 January at Newlands. All the Proteas are said to be competing. You would think if Kallis wants to play WC next year these events are key to keeping him sharp. Same can go for Smith if he wants to force his way back into the 50-over team.

So could be a decent series. Big names, some young talented players playing with our Proteas etc

We can also see if this 30-man Prelim squad for the WC was correct.

Hashim Amla (Cobras)
JP Duminy (Cobras)
Justin Ontong (Cobras)
Dane Vilas (Cobras)
Colin Ingram (Warriors)
David Miller (Dolphins)
Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Dolphins)
Dean Elgar (Knights)
Rilee Rossouw (Knights)
Quinton de Kock (Lions)
AB de Villiers (Titans)
Faf du Plessis (Titans)
Henry Davids (Titans)
Farhaan Behardien (Titans)
David Wiese (Titans)

Robin Peterson (Cobras)
Imran Tahir (Lions)
Aaron Phangiso (Lions)

Dale Steyn (Cobras)
Vernon Philander (Cobras)
Rory Kleinveldt (Cobras)
Beuran Hendricks (Cobras)
Wayne Parnell (Warriors)
Rusty Theron (Warriors)
Kyle Abbott (Dolphins)
Ryan McLaren (Knights)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Lions)
Chris Morris (Lions)
Hardus Viljoen (Lions)
Morne Morkel (Titans)

 

[SeamUp]

FIXTURES

Sunday 5 January
10am DOLPHINS v TITANS (Newlands)
02pm LIONS v WARRIORS (Newlands)
06pm COBRAS v KNIGHTS (Newlands)

Wednesday 8th
06pm WARRIORS v KNIGHTS (Buffalo Park)

Friday 10th
06pm KNIGHTS v DOLPHINS (Diamond Oval)
06pm TITANS v COBRAS (Super Sport Park)

Sunday 12th
2:30pm KNGITHS v LIONS (Chevrolet Park)
2:30pm WARRIORS v COBRAS (St Georges Park)

Wednesday 15th
06pm COBRAS v LIONS (Boland Park)
06pm TITANS v WARRIORS (Willowmoore Park)

Friday 17th
06pm KNIGHTS v COBRAS (Chevrolet Park)
06pm LIONS v TITANS (Senwes Park)
06pm WARRIORS v DOLPHINS (St Georges Park)

Sunday 19th
2:30pm DOLPHINS v COBRAS (Kingsmead)
2:30pm TITANS v KNIGHTS (Super Sport Park)
2:30pm WARRIORS v LIONS (Buffalo Park)

Wednesday 22nd
06pm COBRAS v TITANS (Newlands)
06pm DOLPHINS v LIONS (Kingsmead)
06pm KNIGHTS v WARRIORS (Diamond Oval)

Friday 24th
06pm COBRAS v DOLPHINS (Boland Park)
06pm LIONS v KNIGHTS (Senwes Park)

Sunday 26th
2:30pm DOLPHINS v WARRIORS (Kingsmead)
2:30pm TITANS v LIONS (Willowmoore Park)

Wednesday 29th
06pm TITANS v DOLPHINS (Super Sport Park)

Friday 31st
06pm DOLPHINS v KNIGHTS (Kingsmead)
06pm LIONS v COBRAS (Wanderers)

Sunday 2 February
2:30pm COBRAS v WARRIORS (Newlands)
2:30pm KNIGHTS v TITANS (Diamond Oval)
2:30pm LIONS v DOLPHINS (Wanderers)

Wednesday 5th
06pm 2nd v 3rd

Sunday 9th
2:30pm FINAL

 

[SeamUp]

Proteas play the Springboks on the 3rd in the Festival of Cricket.

NORTH v SOUTH State of Origin match on 4 Jan. Squads have been picked.

AB de Villiers will miss this and the Ram Slam T20 because he is going in for hand surgery.

NORTH

Graeme Smith
Quinton de Kock
Reeza Hendricks
Faf du Plessis
Dane Vilas
Vaughn van Jaarsveld
David Wiese
Albie Morkel
Mangaliso Mosehle
Simon Harmer
Ryan McLaren
Chris Morris
Morne Morkel

SOUTH

Hashim Amla
Henry Davids
Jacques Kallis
Colin Ingram
JP Duminy
David Miller
Farhaan Behardien
Thami Tsolekile
Daryn Smit
Robin Peterson
Prenelan Subrayen
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Beuran Hendricks

 

[SeamUp]

Any Saffers catch the Ram Slam triple header on Sunday ?

A few things caught my attention.

1.) Kyle Abbott's intensity and accuracy was saying I want to play test cricket for SA even in a T20.
2.) New kid on the block Edward Moore of the Warriors looked some talent. His square drives, pull shot and lofted straight drives on debut with wickets falling at the other end was damn impressive. Would like to see more of him but I'm quite excited tbh.
3.) How much have you got to love Simon Harmer on the mic going through every ball and his thought processes and then he executes it. Good head on his shoulders.
4.) Lions need to get rid of the turd Gulam Bodi.
5.) Reeza Hendricks lofted drives for 6 over cover. Yes please !
6.) Not much more to be said of Beuran Hendricks. Left-arm, quality action, swings it and can get quicker. 4 overs 6-29.