{"id":30875,"date":"2023-12-09T18:18:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=30875"},"modified":"2023-12-09T18:18:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:18:34","slug":"excitement-grows-as-csa-girls-u19-draws-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=30875","title":{"rendered":"Excitement grows as CSA Girls u19 draws closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30086 hoverZoomLink alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cricket-south-africa-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cricket-south-africa-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cricket-south-africa.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The excitement is growing ahead of South Africa&#8217;s annual national and regional schools&#8217; cricket weeks. The <strong>CSA Girls Week<\/strong>, which starts on the 10th of December, will have supporters and players of the fast-growing women&#8217;s game pinned to the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n<p>With the likely addition of a <strong>Women&#8217;s SA20 league<\/strong>, alongside the already successful men&#8217;s edition, the young ladies representing their respective provinces will be looking to stamp their authority over the coming five days in the hope of furthering their cricket careers.<\/p>\n<p>The Week takes place in South Africa&#8217;s Mother City, <strong>Cape Town<\/strong>. The hosts <strong>Western Province<\/strong> kick off their campaign against the <strong>Mpumalanga Rhinos,<\/strong> from up north, and will be looking to get off to a dominant start on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Another powerhouse, the <strong>Gauteng Lions<\/strong>, will tackle South Western Districts, now known as the <strong>Garden Route Badgers<\/strong>, while their old foes from across the Jukskei, the <strong>Titans<\/strong> face <strong>Kei<\/strong> on day one.<\/p>\n<p>The two Kwazulu-Natal sides, <strong>KZN Coastal<\/strong> and <strong>KZN Inland<\/strong>, start their five-day campaigns against formidable opposition when they face <strong>Border<\/strong> and <strong>Northern Cape<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the lineup of fixtures, they foreshadow an action-packed week, with the cream of South Africa&#8217;s emerging talent eager to prove themselves, with an eye on higher honours in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fixtures\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwazulu-Natal Coastal vs Border<br \/>\nFree-State vs Limpopo<br \/>\nGauteng Loins vs South Western Districts<br \/>\nWestern Province vs Mpumalanga<br \/>\nTitans vs Kei<br \/>\nNorth-West vs Boland<br \/>\nKwazulu-Natal vs Northern Cape<br \/>\nEastern Province vs Easterns<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwazulu Natal Coastal vs Limpopo<br \/>\nFree-State vs Border<br \/>\nGauteng Lions vs Mpumalanga<br \/>\nWestern Province vs South Western Districts<br \/>\nTitans vs Boland<br \/>\nNorth-West vs Kei<br \/>\nKwazulu-Natal Inland vs Easterns<br \/>\nEastern Province vs Northern Cape<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwazulu-Natal Coastal vs Free-State<br \/>\nLimpopo vs Border<br \/>\nGauteng Lions vs Western province<br \/>\nMpumalanga vs South Western Districts<br \/>\nTitans vs North-West<br \/>\nBoland vs Kei<br \/>\nKwazulu-Natal Inland vs Eastern Province<br \/>\nEasterns vs Northern Cape<\/p>\n<div id=\"hzViewer\" style=\"background: none; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px; position: absolute; z-index: 2147483647; visibility: hidden; opacity: 1; display: none;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The excitement is growing ahead of South Africa&#8217;s annual national and regional schools&#8217; cricket weeks. The CSA Girls Week, which starts on the 10th of December, will have supporters and players of the fast-growing women&#8217;s game pinned to the edge of their seats. With the likely addition of a Women&#8217;s SA20 league, alongside the already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}