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Fourie makes World All Stars team

Richards Bay's Francois Fourie has been selected for the World All Stars Indoor Cricket team.

ARBORETUM Primary School’s Francois Fourie recently arrived back from Brisbane, Australia, where he represented the South African U16 boys indoor cricket team at the Junior World Indoor Cricket Championships.

The 14-year-old returned home with a silver medal after losing to Australia in the finals.

But the biggest achievement for Fourie was being selected for the World All Stars team at the closing ceremony of the tournament after his standout performances

This was Fourie’s second World Series tournament, as he represented SA U11 in 2012.

He aims at making the SA U18 side that will compete at the 2018 World Indoor Cricket Championships in Dubai.

Fourie believes that hard work, commitment and dedication are the cornerstones of growing his talent.

He would like to thank everyone that has been involved in supporting him to live his dream.

He believes that these achievements are part of the stepping stones for him to achieve his ultimate goal, which is to play for the Proteas.

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