Know the full schedule and complete squad of South Africa U19 team ahead of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2022 campaign opener on January 23 against India.
South Africa head into the World Cup 2022 in the West Indies, seeking another ICC tournament win in this division. However, with a new-look side captained by George van Heerden, which features exciting talents such as batsman Dewald Brevis and bowler Asakhe Tsaka who are all set for their debut World Cup campaigns.
South Africa will be hopeful of starting the tournament on a high to gain momentum early on in the tournament.
They are placed in the Group B of the Super-12 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, alongside heavyweights like India, Uganda and Ireland.
“The process of putting this group of players together is only the pinnacle of the work that started as far back as three years ago when some of these players were exposed to the CSA Talent Acceleration Programme (TAP) for the first time”, SA U19s Convenor of Selectors, Patrick Moroney said in a statement.
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“All these players played in the CSA Cubs week hosted in January earlier this year. Covid has played a big part in things being different, especially taking into account the schools cricket programme where schools play each other on a week-to-week basis that could not take place because of Covid.
But taking all into account I believe that we have managed to select a team that will be competitive at the World Cup in the West Indies.
“We are blessed in the country with some exceptional talent, and I trust that these young men will use this as a platform to propel themselves into the cricketing world.
Moroney added that it was unfortunate they can only select 15 players and three travelling reserves to the showpiece, but it was no easy task with an abundance of talent in the country. Some less fortunate players did not make these teams but no doubt that we will see them in the future plying their trade in the provincial and even national teams.
SA U19 ’s full schedule for the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2022
- 15 January – St Kitts and Nevis; India v South Africa.
- 18 January – Queens Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago; South Africa v Uganda.
- 21 January – Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa v Ireland.
Plate and Super League fixtures to take place between 25 January and 4 February at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground and Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda and Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Queens Park Oval and Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Trinidad and Tobago.
1 February – Semi-Final, Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua and Barbuda
2 February – Semi-Final, Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua and Barbuda
5 February – Final, Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua and Barbuda
2022 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup – South Africa Under-19 Squad:
George van Heerden (Captain) (Warriors), Liam Alder (Lions), Matthew Boast (KZN Inland), Dewald Brevis (Titans), Michael Copeland (Boland), Ethan Cunningham (Western Province), Valentine Kitime (Titans), Kwena Maphaka (Lions), Gerhard Maree (Free State), Aphiwe Mnyanda (Warriors), Andile Simelane (KwaZulu-Natal Inland), Jade Smith (Warriors), Kaden Solomons (Western Province), Joshua Stephenson (Warriors), Asakhe Tshaka (Western Province)
Travelling reserves: Hardus Coetzer (Titans), Ronan Hermann (Titans), Caleb Seleka (North West)
