Eastern Cricket grooms young girls for a career as good cricketers

A cricket team made up of u-19 girls from different schools around Vosloorus took part in the Eastern School Girls’ Cricket League (ESGCL) game at KwaThema Sports Complex on July 31.

Vosloorus Combined Girls’ Cricket Team (VCGCT) played against KwaThema Girls’ Combined Cricket Team, also made up of u-19 local school girls and other surrounding townships.

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The Vosloorus side is made up of young girls from Thuto-Lesedi, Lethulwazi, Fortune Kunene and PT Xulu Secondary schools.

The visitors lost the game. The score for the visiting team was 195 all out while the home team managed 91 for four.

Isaac Phele, VCGCT coach, said ESGCL is the initiative by Eastern Cricket aiming to encourage young girls who have a passion for cricket to become physically involved in the sport.

“Despite the loss, there are positive things we can be proud of going forward. This is our first game playing together as a team. We lost because our players do not know each other well. They need more time to train together as a team,” said Phele.

“We as coaches will use this game to learn more about the players’ weaknesses. We will go back to the drawing board to try to fix their mistakes.”

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The next VCGCT game is against Duduza Hub at Duduza Sport Complex on August 12.

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