Audi and CSA bring quest for fast bowler to Polokwane
AUDI Q5 Fast Track continued its search for South Africa's next great fast bowler at Hoërskool Pietersburg (PHS).
POLOKWANE – The initiative led by Audi, Cricket South Africa and former Proteas fast bowler and development guru, Mfuneko Ngam took place on Thursday, 12 October.
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Local bowlers between the ages of 15 and 18 were given the opportunity to showcase their talent to the developmental team.
“The Audi Q5 Fast Track has been resounding. The goal of this initiative is to find talent that might otherwise never have been found. I have been impressed with the level of talent that we have uncovered so far. I started with 20 stickers and before long they were finished. I had to get another 10 and those finished as well. We are very excited at the prospect of one of these young bowlers following in the footsteps of the great Proteas bowlers who came before them,” Ngam explained.
The bowlers who made it to the second phase has their skills meausured on the Audi Bowling Lab, a set up which utilizes state-of-the-art PitchVision technology to instantly analyse the bowler’s performance by comparing pace, line, length deviation and bounce to that of the current Proteas bowler.
A number of talented bowlers were identified, also affording Cricket South Africa representatives and local coaches a chance to prove themselves infront of Cricket South Africa’s development structures. “Today continued our search for standout fast bowlers and Limpopo did not disappoint.
“As progressive partner to the Proteas, Audi is proud to be able to take our partnership with Cricket South Africa to the next level by driving progress in a development space. The prospect of potentially uncovering the next Ntini or Ngam, together with Cricket South Africa, is something we are not only excited by but which we are striving towards,” Trevor Hill, Head of Audi South Africa concluded.
