{"id":32812,"date":"2024-01-14T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T13:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=32812"},"modified":"2024-01-14T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T13:43:13","slug":"juan-james-to-lead-sa-u19-at-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=32812","title":{"rendered":"Juan James to lead SA u19 at the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30086\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cricket-south-africa-300x293.png\" alt=\"CSA Logo\" 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\" \/>JOHANNESBURG: <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><strong>Cricket South Africa<\/strong> (CSA) has today announced that Western Province all-rounder <strong>Juan James<\/strong> will captain South Africa Under-19 (SA U19) at the ICC U19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">The 19-year-old will lead the junior Proteas in the 15th edition of the tournament with the hosts set to get their campaign underway against West Indies on Friday, 19 January at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">James previously captained SA U19 during the five-match 50-over series against Bangladesh in July last year, where he led the side in the third and fifth matches of the youth series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">SA U19 Men\u2019s Squad \u2013 ICC U19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2024<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Juan James (captain, Western Province), Martin Khumalo (Easterns), Tristan Luus (<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Dolphins<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">), Kwena Maphaka (Lions), Dewan Marias (Easterns), Nqobani Mokoena (Dolphins), Riley Norton <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">(Boland), Romashan Pillay (Dolphins), Sipho Potsane (Lions), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Titans), Richard Seletswane (Lions), Steve Stolk (Titans), David Teeger (Lions), Oliver Whitehead (Western Province) and Ntando Zuma (KwaZulu-Natal Inland).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">SA U19 Itinerary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Warm-up matches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Saturday, 13 January &#8211; 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">South Africa vs Pakistan &#8211; St Stithians College, Johannesburg Match abandoned due to rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Tuesday, 16 January &#8211; 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">South Africa vs Afghanistan &#8211; Braamfischer Oval, Potchefstroom<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Group Stage matches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Friday, 19 January &#8211; 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">South Africa U19 vs West Indies U19 &#8211; JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Tuesday, 23 January &#8211; 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">South Africa U19 vs England U19 &#8211; JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Saturday, 27 January &#8211; 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Scotland U19 vs South Africa U19 &#8211; JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today announced that Western Province all-rounder Juan James will captain South Africa Under-19 (SA U19) at the ICC U19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2024. The 19-year-old will lead the junior Proteas in the 15th edition of the tournament with the hosts set to get their campaign underway against West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":30086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32812","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\/32812","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32812\/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=32812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}