The Groundsmen: Recent Episodes
Groundsmen
Catch everything that has to do with local high school and club cricket in South Africa. Have a conversation with up and coming stars and catch up with our club cricket cult favourites. Learn about gear, the best development structures in the country and what's available for your son or daughter looking to make their way to the top!
We talk Australia Winning the T20 World Cup and if there's a formula to getting it done. We look at the recently announced SA U19 World Cup Squad and missed opportunities by CSA to inject new blood.
This week we discuss the model to include township cricket schools in more competitive league. The epic clash between St Stithians 1st vs K.E.S 1st. Rohit Sharma taking over from Virat Kohli, what does that mean for Indian cricket.
This week we step away from school cricket and discuss the T20 World Cup, spectacular India vs Pakistan game. We also discuss Quinton De Kocks call to play in a world cup game and what that means for the conversation around equality and a stand against racism.
We talk Cape Schools Tournament, School Cricket Future, Private Money, Evolution Of The Game and more intriguing conversation around what young players can expect.
We discuss SAu19 and National academy performances, how to make high school cricket more attractive and finally how to get the rest of South Africa supporting the sport by spending money.
This week we discuss everything from the SA u19 performance this weekend and how captains should be looking after their players. To the impressive fight from Potch Gim since their loss to St Stithians.
This week discuss Waterkloof winning streak, how St Stithians are just blowing everyone out the water and Pretoria Boys High coming redeeming themselves. With a new addition "Groundsmen Thoughts", where we discuss how choices you make off the field as a young man can often effect your market value as a player.
This week we talk about Waterkloofs continued dominance. Why we insist on selecting average players for the Proteas and the gate keepers keeping talent out the senior systems.
We round up week 1 of games, discussing everything from the St Stithians vs Potch Gim game, to Rustenburg High vs Fields College. We discuss the talent drain problem South African Cricket currently faces, along with what tournaments we can expect this year. We also focus our attention on a young speedster Kwena Maphaka from St Stithians, who absolutely obliterated the Potch Gim top order.
With Pretoria Boys high coming in a #20, dubbed the 'Peoples Team', listen in to who's at the top of the pile for the decade and why we follow them. What's there to look forward to in the school Cricket Season. Not forgetting the battle of the St Andrews naming issues that we need to resolve the 'Groundsmen Way'.