South African Domestic Season 2025/26

[SeamUp]

Looks like the delay in Boland's squad is the **** the union is in with CSA over spot fixing in the Boland T10 as well as another issue which Luke Alfred is trying to get to the bottom of for a story.

 

[GRAB]

Looks like the delay in Boland's squad is the **** the union is in with CSA over spot fixing in the Boland T10 as well as another issue which Luke Alfred is trying to get to the bottom of for a story.

http://instagr.am/p/DNGQSYKozKR/
And yet they're still pushing the next edition of it...

 

[GRAB]

Boland still haven't announced contracted squad

Boland have not yet announced the contracted squad for the 2025-26 domestic season in South Africa. But why?

www.clubcricket.co.za

 

[SeamUp]

Finally Boland's squad is out.

Shaun von Berg has retired.

Michael Copeland left for Border & was replaced by Jhedli van Briesies.

Like Jevano Baron & Lehan Botha the season before, Ethan Cunningham & Nathan Jacobs promoted from HP.

A new HP is Juanrico Vorster (Curro Langebaan which interesting) & is local Boland like Nathan Engelbrecht (Hopefield) & Gysbert Wege (Paarl Boys).

 

[GRAB]

Finally Boland's squad is out.

Shaun von Berg has retired.

Michael Copeland left for Border & was replaced by Jhedli van Briesies.

Like Jevano Baron & Lehan Botha the season before, Ethan Cunningham & Nathan Jacobs promoted from HP.

A new HP is Juanrico Vorster (Curro Langebaan which interesting) & is local Boland like Nathan Engelbrecht (Hopefield) & Gybert Wege (Paarl Boys).

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Great to see some small town heroes! Joining Ferisco Adams (Robertson)...

 

[Bahseph]

Finally Boland's squad is out.

Shaun von Berg has retired.

Michael Copeland left for Border & was replaced by Jhedli van Briesies.

Like Jevano Baron & Lehan Botha the season before, Ethan Cunningham & Nathan Jacobs promoted from HP.

A new HP is Juanrico Vorster (Curro Langebaan which interesting) & is local Boland like Nathan Engelbrecht (Hopefield) & Gysbert Wege (Paarl Boys).

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At least Von Berg can say he played Test cricket!

 

[SeamUp]

At least Von Berg can say he played Test cricket!

Crazy but they deleted that a few hours later and put up the squad again with Shaun von Berg's name on

 

[Bahseph]

Crazy but they deleted that a few hours later and put up the squad again with Shaun von Berg's name on

Still in the hunt for that second cap. We don’t have a leggie for those SC tours do we?

 

[SeamUp]

Still in the hunt for that second cap. We don’t have a leggie for those SC tours do we?

Can never say never ha

 

[SeamUp]

Great to see some small town heroes! Joining Ferisco Adams (Robertson)...

These are all Boland's SA U19 players as well as Proteas+ Eng international. The big schools are obviously so dominant in rugby like Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys (Boishaai) & Paul Roos but they have such potential to produce more cricketers. Smaller schools have done well.

Other decent pro's outside current squad and from the past?
I see Marais Erasmus went to DF Malan in Bellville so counts as WP.
James Henderson (Worcester Gim)
No idea where Gerry Strydom & Willem Smit went to school who were in the Boland team at the time of the transfer to Cobras.

 

[Stefan9]

Just what we need another T10....

 

[GRAB]

It seems Vorster was in Paarl Boys until std 9 at least... He was listed in the 2022 KM Week as from there, and then the 2023 list (don't have that brochure) has him as Langebaan...

 

[GRAB]

So total contracts by region of high school:

1 C Gauteng 50 (31 Div 1)
·KES 14
·St. Stithian's 14
·St John's 6
·Jeppe 4

2 N Gauteng 48 (39 Div 1)
·Waterkloof 15
·Affies 8
·Pretoria Boys' 8
·Menlo Pk 5
·Cornwall Hill 4

3 WP 31 (25 Div 1)
·Wynberg 10
·Rondebosch 8
·SACS 4
·WC Sports 3

4 KZN Coast 20 (16 Div 1)
·Glenwood 9
·Northwood 4
·Westville 3

5 Border 18 (9 Div 1)
·Hudson Pk 7
·Dale Col 3
·Selborne Col 3

6 KZN Inland 15 (11 Div 1)
·Maritz Col 6
·Hilton Col 5

E Cape 15 (10 Div 1)
·Grey HS 7

8 E Gauteng 14 (3 Div 1)
·Marais Viljoen 4
·Hans Moore 3

9 Bol 12 (10 Div 1)
·Paarl BHS 3

10 Free State 11 (4 Div 1)
·St Andrew's 7
·Grey Col 3

11 North-West 10 (7 Div 1)
·Potch Gim 5

12 Garden Rte 9 (5 Div 1)

13 N Cape 8 (4 Div 1)
·N Cape HS 5

14 Limpopo 4 (0 Div 1)

15 Mpuma 3 (1 Div 1)

2025/26 HS Men - Google My Maps

2025/26 HS Men

www.google.com

 

[ataraxia]

*Official* South Africa A v New Zealand A 2025

Squads: (batsmen – all-rounders – pacers – spinners) NZ: Joe Carter*, Nick Kelly*, Rhys Mariu, Curtis Heaphy, Bevon Jacobs, Dale Phillips, Mitch Hay+ – Muhammad Abbas, Josh Clarkson, Simon Keene – Zak Foulkes, Matt Fisher, Ben Lister – Adi Ashok, Jayden Lennox RSA one-day: Marques Ackerman*...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[SeamUp]

First major schoolboy tournament of the summer is the Fasken Time Festival. Only major multiple-day time cricket festival. The brainchild of former Border player & Lions, Titans and Otago coach Dave Norsworthy who is director of cricket at St Davids Inanda

12 teams took part. Mainly Gauteng teams.
St Davids Inanda
St Stithians
St Johns
King Edward VII
Jeppe
Hoer Noordheuwel
Lions Invitational (Queens, Helpmekaar, Steyn City, Parktown, Soweto/Dobsonville Hub)
Hoer Nelspruit
Hoer Waterkloof
Clifton Durban
St Charles Pietermaritzburg
St Andrews Bloemfontein

Left to Right

Bowler of the Tournament
Steele Grooteman
King Edward VII

Player of the Tournament
Jason Rowles
St Davids Inanda

Batsman of the Tournament
Tiago Dias
King Edward VII

 

[SeamUp]

There is an academy tournament on the go.
Academies of Lions, Titans, Dragons, Dolphins, Knights, Easterns, Mpumalanga + Tuks (University of Pretoria)
Pity no WP, Boland & EP

Going to drip feed the squads and details for future reference.


LIONS
Neil Timmers (21) - Helpmekaar/Old Edwardians [wk]
Pranav Raichetti (19) - St Stithians/Wits University
Siya Radebe (20) - Queens/University of Johannesburg [wk]
Luke Francis (20) - St Johns/Wits University
Reuben du Toit (21) - St Stithians/Old Edwardians
Ethan Perry (21) - King Edward/Wanderers [wk]
Henricus Meyer (20) - Helpmekaar/University of Johannesburg

Wilco De Bruin (22) - Affies/Wanderers [seamer]
Cole Francis (19) - St Johns/Wits University [seamer]
Fayaaz Vawda (19) - King Edward/Marks Park CC [seamer]
Zakhele Khoza (22) - Krugersdorp High/Soweto CC
Kangala Masudu () - School?/Club?
Ziyaad Hoosen () - School?/Club?
Talha Chavoos (22) - King Edward/Wits University [leg-spinner]

 

[SeamUp]

DOLPHINS

Semal Pillay (18) - Durban HS
Gomolemo Phiri (20) - St Davids Inanda [wk]
Ross Coetzee (20) - Kearsney
Blake Simpson (20) - Westville
Gareth Lonie (22) - King Edward
Josh van Biljon (17) - Durban HS [wk]

Aryan Gopalan (20) - Westville [spin]
Shahzad Perumal (19) - Clifton [spin]
Kamran Naraidu (21) - Durban HS [spin]

Khwezi Gumede (26) - Glenwood [seam]
Samuel Bobraine (22) - Fields College Rustenburg [seam]
Johan Coetzer
Bonga Maphanga (17) - Durban HS

 

[SeamUp]

I mainly know those who have come through CSA Cubs Week and youth weeks.

TITANS

Kagiso Ngwenya
Safwaan Sujee (21) Fast bowler on SA20 rookie draft
Adam Cannata (19) - Pretoria Boys (chinaman bowler part of SA U19 camps)
Adrien Fisher (22) - Michaelhouse [wk]
Lindo Mahlangu
Morati Lefhiedi
Sahil Ahmed
Sahil Patel (21) - Spin bowler on a SA20 rookie draft
Sbubiso Khayi
Thebe Gazide (20) St Stithians (Former SA U19 top-order bat)
Tristan De Klerk
Charl Prinsloo (19) Centurion (seamer all-rounder SA Colts 2024)
Lungile Mabuza
Divan De Villiers (19) Affies (SA U19 seamer all-rounderwho has travelled to St Helena with Titans senior team)
Wisani Mushwana (24) Pretoria Boys (Titans HP contract and top-order bat)

 

[SeamUp]

TUKS UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

Batsmen/wk
Josh Jordaan (20) - Paul Roos [SA Colts]
Hayden Bishop (20) - Kearsney [SA Schools]
Jorich van Schalkwyk (19) - Affies [SA U19]
David Teeger (20) - King Edward {SA U19]
GJ Maree (21) - Grey Bloem [SA U19 wk]
Mo Aslam (20) - Garsfontein
Lethabo Phahlamohlaka (19) Cornwall Hill [SA U19 wk]
Lukas Janse van Rensburg (20) - Affies [wk]
Nathan Trevethan (21) - Westville [SA Schools]

Spinner AR
Divan Engelbrecht (21) - Affies
Marcus Bakker (20) - Waterkloof
Chad Mason (19) - Maritzburg College (SA U19 leg-spinner)

Spinner
Oyama Ntshona (22) - Michaelhouse (leg-spinner)

Seamers
Conrad Mouton (23) - Pretoria Boys
Luco van der Walt (22) - Piet Retief (plays for Mpumalanaga senior team)
Leo Sadler (21) - Pretoria Boys
Aphiwe Yako (21) - King Edward
Sandiswa Yeni (19) - Kearsney {SA U19]
Nayleo Sanna (19) - Garsfontein

 

[SeamUp]

Will do NW Dragons/FS Knights after this but then maybe drop a name from the others.

There are loads of young wrist-spinners in the amateur system to watch. We cant say none are there.
Oyama Ntshona
Parth Patel (Easterns Academy)
Chad Mason
Adam Cannata