{"id":86768,"date":"2025-11-19T11:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=86768"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:47:31","slug":"csa-announces-invitational-xi-for-2025-khaya-majola-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=86768","title":{"rendered":"CSA announces Invitational XI for 2025 Khaya Majola Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waterkloof captain Riley Miller smashed an astonishing third century of the season in his side’s big win over Glenwood at the Clifton T20 Tournament. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cricket South Africa<\/strong> has announced their Invitational XI for the 2025 Khaya Majola Week<\/strong>, which takes place in Bloemfontein from 16-21 December.<\/p>\n

The squad features the best players from around the country who weren’t selected for their unions\u2019 sides.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong> star Riley Miller<\/strong> gets his chance to attend the week after all and will also captain the side, which will compete in Division Two alongside the smaller unions.<\/p>\n

Miller put together an exceptional year for Klofies<\/strong><\/em>, scoring 1 695 runs, which included four centuries and six half-centuries.<\/p>\n

Eight of the 13 players are from either the Central Gauteng Lions<\/strong>‘ or Titans<\/strong>‘ regions, with each region contributing four players each.<\/p>\n

Two players from Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Seunskool (Affies)<\/strong> have been included, with JP Botha<\/strong>, a noteworthy talent at the top of the order, and fast bowler Armin Snyman<\/strong>, a graduate from last year’s u16 National Week in Pretoria, cracking the nod.<\/p>\n

Jalen Mannikam<\/strong> completes the Titans\u2019 quartet and flies the flag for Sutherland High School <\/strong>in the City of Roses.<\/p>\n

The four Central Gauteng Lions’ players are Munib Ayob<\/strong>,\u00a0from Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong>; Gomolemo<\/strong>\u00a0Sibi<\/strong>, from Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel<\/strong>; Nkosana Sibiya,<\/strong> of St John’s College<\/strong>, and Bulumko Magatya<\/strong>, from the Dobsonville Hub.<\/p>\n

Western Province<\/strong> and Eastern Province<\/strong> provide two players each. Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong>‘s Michail Tarentaal<\/strong> and Noah Heath<\/strong>, of Rondebosch, represent the Western Cape, while the Eastern Cape’s duo is from Graeme College<\/strong>, Enrique Strydom<\/strong> and Corbin Tidbury<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The squad is completed by Northwood<\/strong>‘s Ryan van Zyl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

CSA Invitational XI Squad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Munib Ayod (Jeppe High School for Boys), JP Botha (Affies), Bulumko Magatya (Dobsonville), Noah Heath (Rondebosch Boys’ High), Jalen Mannikam (Sutherland High School), Riley Miller (Waterkloof), Gomolemo Sibi (Noordheuwel), Nkosana Sibiya (St John’s College), Armin Snyman (Affies), Enrique Strydom (Graeme College), Michail Tarentaal (Wynberg Boys’ High), Corbin Tidbury (Graeme College), Ryan van Zyl (Northwood)<\/p>\n

Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head Coach –\u00a0<\/strong>Mornantau Hayward
\nAssistant Coach –\u00a0<\/strong>Odwa Xonxa
\nManager – <\/strong>Colin Gxowa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cricket South Africa has announced their Invitational XI for the 2025 Khaya Majola Week, which takes place in Bloemfontein from 16-21 December. The squad features the best players from around the country who weren’t selected for their unions\u2019 sides. Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof star Riley Miller gets his chance to attend the week after all and will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":64805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86768","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\/86768","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=86768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}