Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the squads that will participate in this season’s annual Cubs Week to be played in Stellenbosch from 04 – 08 January 2023.
The teams were finalised following the conclusion of the CSA Khaya Majola Week this past weekend where the best players were selected to be part of the six named squads.
Western Province were the top performers at the Khaya Majola Week and their performance means that the Sothern Superstars squad is dominated by their players with nine of them picked in the 13-man list.
The team that was second best, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, have seven of their players named in the Coastal Conquerors’ squad.
The Cubs Week was rebranded and restructured last season following the revising of the domestic structure. The teams are now named Northern Champions, Central Gladiators, Conquerors, Eastern Warriors, Superstars and Western Legends.
The make-up of the squads is also different, with the Champions consisting of players from Titans, Easterns, and Limpopo.
The Gladiators, formerly known as the Lions, are now made up of players from Lions, and Mpumalanga, while the Legends included players from North West, Northern Cape and Free State.
The Conquerors, formerly the Dolphins, consists of KwaZulu-Natal and KwaZulu-Natal Inland players, with the Warriors remaining unchanged – meaning their group is made up of players from Eastern Province and Border.
Likewise, the Superstars or formerly Cape Cobras, are also the same and include players from Western Province, Boland, and Garden Route Badgers.
There will be five rounds of fixtures played at the Cubs Week, with all the action streamed live on the SuperSport Schools App and website, with live scorecards available on PitchVision.
THE TEAMS:
CENTRAL GLADIATORS: David Teeger (Gauteng), Richard Seletswane (Gauteng), Lhuandre Pretorius (Gauteng), Gomolemo Phiri (Gauteng), Reuben du Toit (Gauteng), Christopher King (Gauteng), Thebe Gazide (Gauteng), Tsepho Stafa (Gauteng), Sellin de Beer (Mpumalanga), Kyle Glennistor (Gauteng), Sipho Potsane (Gauteng), Kwena Maphaka (Gauteng), Dean Bacher (Gauteng), Nqaba Matoti (Head Coach), Ahmed Nawab (Assistant Coach).
COASTAL CONQUERORS: Romashan Pillay (KZN Coastal), Jonathan van Zyl (KZN Inland), Khulekani Mseleku (KZN Coastal), Nqobani Mokoena (KZN Coastal), Ntandoyenkosi Zuma (KZN Inland), Ross Boast (KZN Inland), Lutendo Tsanwani (KZN Coastal), Jake Carstens (KZN Inland), Matthew Urquhart (KZN Inland), Thabiso Ndlela (KZN Inland), Aryan Gopalan (KZN Coastal), Jason Muirhead (KZN Inland), Blake Simpson (KZN Coastal), Khalipha Cele (Head Coach), Darren Mortimer (Assistant Coach).
EASTERN WARRIORS: Ben van der Merwe (Border), Tre Gilbert (Eastern Province), Simnikiwe Soyaya (Eastern Province), Russell Peterson (Eastern Province), Olwakhe Goqoza (Eastern Province), Jean Upman (Eastern Province), Casey Keevy (Border), Daniel Ristow (Eastern Province), Aphiwe Mnyanda (Eastern Province), Tyler Stag (Border), Tozama Totama (Border), Ryan Denston (Border), Esa Gangat (Eastern Province), Burton de Wett (Head Coach), Rowan Richards (Assistant Coach).
NORTHERN CHAMPIONS: Christiaan du Toit (Titans), Maloka Modise (Titans), Divan Engelbrecht (Titans), Aslam Mohammad (Titans), Dewan Marais (Easterns), Suleman Bhamji (Titans), Tristan Luus (Titans), Hernus Marais (Titans), Leo Sadler (Titans), Simele Maye (Easterns), William Tshoke (Titans), Martin Khumalo (Easterns), Shelton Ngobeni (Limpopo), Pieter Cronje (Head Coach), Thabang Khumalo (Assistant Coach).
SOUTHERN SUPERSTARS: Meeka-Eel Prince (Western Province), Mahir Joseph (Western Province), Gysbert Wege (Boland), Thando Prusent (Boland), Juan James (Western Province), Bongile Mfunelwa (Western Province), Cormey van de Watt (Boland), Abdallah Bayoumy (Western Province), Liyema Waqu (Western Province), Riley Norton (Boland), Callen Larkin (Western Province), Sange Mbuto (Western Province), Raees Salie (Western Province), Graham October (Head Coach), Roger Telemachus (Assistant Coach).
WESTERN LEGENDS: Ludwig Schuld (North West), Bathabile Masigo (North West), GJ Maree (Free State), Joe Meyer (Free State), Sello Sesing (Free State), Naziel Adams (Northern Cape), Corne Prinsloo (North West), Rico Fryer (North West), Dakalo Leketa (Free State), Tumelo Makume (North West), Johnathan Muller (Free State), Sicelo Matayi (Free State), Darion Rabie (Free State), Gregg Hobson (Head Coach), Claude April (Assistant Coach).
Name of Author: Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa (CSA) governs cricket in South Africa. Formed in 2002, it succeeded the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCB) and became the sole governing body in 2008. CSA oversees all levels of cricket, including national teams for men and women, and is a full ICC member and SASCOC affiliate.
