The Ventura Street team from Mitchells Plain took this year’s Sporting Chance Street Cricket League title after a convincing finish against Foreshore Street of Langa at the home of ’street cricket’, Washington Street in Langa.

MEC for Education in the Western Cape, Donald Grant paid a visit to the final and was pleased with the initiative [...]

Gibbs mentors young Nyanga children on the streets

Six weeks of entertaining street cricket has culminated into one big day at this year’s Sporting Chance Street Cricket Championship Finals taking place on Thursday 26th November 2009, where all the winning regional teams will battle it out for the coveted trophy.

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 The program kicked off on 16 October [...]

If you are in Khayelitsha, Langa or Nyanga on Friday afternoon, then don’t only watch out for flying balls, but get ready to meet with Proteas and Cape Cobras hero, Herschelle Gibbs.
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In fine form and on the back of his 102 not out against the Dolphins, Gibbs will be advising, coaching and mentoring keen cricketers [...]

With Street cricket moving into week 5 the competition is certainly getting exciting. I was out in Macassar and Khayelitsha on Friday 6th November for week four of the Street Cricket League.
Macassar only joined the league for the first time this year but there is certainly some great cricket talent and I give fair warning [...]

With summer setting in nicely Friday was the perfect Cape Town day for Street Cricket. The league which is now in its 3rd week is proving to be the highlight of the week in each community with parents, uncles, aunties, grandparents, etc, all coming out to watch these young cricket players compete for the Street [...]