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Due to overnight rain the match between Wynberg U13A and the South Peninsula Bears on Saturday 11th February got off to a late start at WBJS and was restricted to a 35 over game.

Timothy Grills, captain of Wynberg, won the toss and decided to bat. Wynberg batted solidly up front and steadily compiled runs although fours were hard to come by due to the wet outfield.

This past Saturday Wynberg u14A hosted Paul Roos from Stellenbosch and at one stage there were some concerns about the weather, but fortunately the rain stayed away for the most part.

As a result of overnight rain the start was delayed and the match reduced to a 45 over affair. Paul Roos captain, Paul Barnard, won the toss and sent Wynberg in to bat.

On Saturday Wynberg u14A side travelled to Bishops for a cricket fixture that they would have been looking forward to.

Coming off a resounding win against Pinelands and knowing that Bishops had lost badly to Paarl Gym the previous week the players can be excused for licking their lips in anticipation of another win.

That's exactly where the trouble started. There is a difference between having confidence in your own and your team-mates abilities and an over-confidence based on who you are playing.

All the cricket fixtures for Western Province schools and clubs for the u13, u14, u15, u17 and u19 age groups.

These are for the 'A' sides. Many keenly contested fixtures to look forward to!

The attached pdf files below contain the relevant information.

Thanks to WP Cricket for supplying these.

In conversation with a fellow youth cricket enthusiast a few days ago talk turned to the format of the games being played at the National Cricket Weeks. It was understood that the organizers want the boys to play all forms of the game during the week namely the Twenty 20 version, limited overs cricket and time cricket. It was felt however, that the boys would be better served by being placed under the mental pressure of playing in a knock-out format for their respective provinces.

In reflecting back on the National u13 Cricket Week in East London this year I would like to start by commenting, as parent of a WP player, firstly on the long journey that each of the players have completed since the initial Zonal and Regional trials started late in 2010.

Although it is inevitable that there will have been players of talent and ability who slipped through the cracks in the process, I firmly believe that the boys selected to represent WP u13A at the cricket week was by and large the strongest possible combination in adhering to the selection criteria.

On Day 3 of the U13 Inter-Provincial Cricket Week being held in East London the teams played two T20 games each. WP finally got their first victory under the belt with a solid showing against Northerns (Titans) from the Pretoria area in their first game of the day.

With the Northerns captain Dean Foxcroft winning the toss he had no hesitation in batting first. This has been a trend at the tournament where players have realised that the wickets tend to get lower and slower as the day progresses.

The KZN Inland School teams have been picked. They are as follows:

U13:

On a cold, damp and overcast day at the YMCA field of the Western Province Cricket Club in Rondebosch it was always likely that rain would interrupt play as WP u13A cricket side took on a combined u14 and u13 team from the club in the smash 'n grab version of the game.

Angry and dark clouds threatened rain throughout the match but only bothered the players and umpires during a brief spell in the second innings of the day.

WP captain on the day Mika Ekstrom won the toss and elected to bat.

KZN U13 A TEAM

1. M.ARMSTRONG GRANTLEIGH
2. T.BISSOON GLENWOOD PREP.
3. M.DICKS DPHS
4. S.GILSON DPHS
5. J.GROBBELAAR GLENWOOD PREP.
6. B.HOPE DPHS
7. M.LEES DPHS
8. L.MNGADI HIGHBURY
9. G.MORRIS HIGHBURY
10. P.NAIDOO SEATIDES COMBINED
11. S.NKABINDE GLENWOOD PREP.
12. Z.PARUK DPHS
13. Y.SONI DPHS
MANAGER: C.MORGAN
COACH: E.GOVENDER
A.COACH: H.BUX

Rarely does one primary school team dominate another like Wynberg did this morning against Sweet Valley.

In a game of 40 over cricket played in overcast and cool conditions on a damp and soft pitch Wynberg gave Sweet Valley a humiliating lesson in the game of cricket.

Having won the toss Wynberg elected to bat in difficult conditions displaying great confidence in their batting line-up. This confidence was soon realised on the large yet slow outfield.

Schools Sports congratulates the following U13 boys who have been chosen to represent Western Province at the Inter-Provincial tournament to be held in East London during December this year.

Western Province U13A:

1. Jesse Christensen – Pinelands Blue PS

2. Tristan Coetzee – De Kuilen PS

3. Michael Cohen - Reddam House Constantia

4. Clyde De Beer – Western Province Prep School

5. Mika Ekstrom – Wynberg Boys JS

6. Louis Frylinck – Brackenfell PS