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Limpopo Impalas seek redemption at 2024 Khaya Majola Week

By Franco Oberholzer , in Cricket | Featured Cricket | News , at 2024-11-19 Tags: , , , , , ,

Hanno van Zyl, of Hoërskool Pietersburg, raising his bat to acknowledge a well-played half-century against Merensky in the Limpopo Super 8. Photo: Hoerskool Pietersburg on Facebook

Victor Sehata, Kamogelo Morema, and Enock Morima will all return for a second stint in the Limpopo Impalas squad at the annual Khaya Majola Week, which will be held from 16-20 December in Cape Town’s southern suburbs.

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Sehata and Morema, both from the Mohodi Cricket Hub, made their bow at last year’s tournament after a historic year for the Mohodi side, which became the first Hub team in South Africa to claim a schools’ league title.

It was, unfortunately, a difficult week for the men from Limpopo, who managed only one victory from their five matches.

Since then, the pair has gone from strength to strength. Sehata was the leading runs scorer in the Limpopo Super 8 League this year, scoring 257 runs at an average of 51.40, including three fifties.

Morema was among the leading wicket-takers in the league, finishing in the top five after snapping up 13 wickets in six appearances. Mahlodi Sekuba earned a call-up, too, giving Mohodi three players in the team.

The Limpopo Champions, Hoërskool Pietersburg, deservedly, also has three representatives, with their most noteworthy inclusion being that of Hanno van Zyl. The all-rounder was in the mix to go to the Khaya Majola Week in Makhanda last year but opted to represent the province at the National Sevens tournament instead. This year, he takes his place in the Limpopo lineup alongside his fellow Pieties’ all-rounder, Nicholas Oerlemans, and opening batsman Philip Weterman.

The Impalas, also, boast the service of the province’s leading wicket-taker and left-arm spinner, Timothy Baker. Baker, Merensky Landbou Akademie‘s mainstay in 2024, racked up an outstanding 18 wickets in just six league games. Just like the man from Tzaneen, Luca van der Merwe, from Hoërskool Nylstroom, is the sole representative of his school.

The experienced Enock Morima will be joined by his Phalaborwa Hub teammate, Bradley Rickotso, while the Hoërskool Piet Potgieter’s fast bowler Du Preez Coetzee and batting all-rounder, Muhammed Muaaz will fly Mokopane’s flag high in Cape Town.

LIMPOPO IMPALAS SQUAD

Victor Sehata (Mohodi Hub), Kamogelo Morema (Mohodi Hub), Mahlodi Sekuba (Mohodi Hub), Ntshuxeko Sebata (Giyani Hub), Muhammed Muaaz (Piet Potgieter), Du Preez Coetzee (Piet Potgieter), Lucas van der Merwe (Nylstroom), Timothy Baker (Merensky), Enock Morima (Phalaborwa Hub), Bradley Rickotso (Phalaborwa Hub), Phillip Weterman (Pietersburg), Hanno van Zyl (Pietersburg), Nicholaas Oerlemans (Pietersburg).

Management

Head Coach: Ben Benzien
Assistant Coach: TK Kepekepe
Manager: Thato Jidde

Franco Oberholzer
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