Posted on September 22, 2023
No Varsity Cricket tournament this year, no problem. TuksCricket has decided to host the IXU Intervarsity T20 Tournament starting on Saturday, September 23. "University cricket players must get an opportunity to play T20 Cricket. That is why we have decided to host the tournament. We are...
Posted on May 31, 2023
Whether he is batting in England or South Africa does not matter to Jack Lees. His goal remains the same. It is to score runs and lots if he can have his way. The past weekend playing for Thongsbridge Cricket Club in West Yorkshire, Tuks's Cricketer of the Year scored 125 runs off 106 balls....
Posted on April 17, 2023
TuksCricket coaches seemingly have fine-tuned the art of getting young cricketers to become players who can influence the outcome of any game. Results don't lie. So far this season, the team has won the Titans Premier League (50 overs). They shared the spoils in the Titans T20 League with...
Posted on October 02, 2022
The TuksCricket team, under the captaincy of Jiveshan Pillay, aims to keep a unique tradition going from Monday when they contest in the 2022 Varsity Cricket edition at their home oval. To do so, means Tuks need to play in the final. Pillay considers himself privileged to have captained the...
Posted on July 05, 2022
The quality of a person's life is directly proportional to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour. The 2022 TuksCricket Women's Player of the Year, Gandhi Jafta, has taken the words of the renowned Vince Lombardi to heart in everything she does. To her,...
Posted on May 23, 2022
One of the earliest things Donovan Ferreira learned when playing for Tuks was to make every opportunity count and it stood him in good stead. Last month, he was crowned as the Titans Men’s T20 Player of the Year and recently he was awarded the TuksCricket Puma Player of the Year award for...
Posted on March 19, 2021
It would, in fact, not be wrong to state the club is where young players become match winners. The statistics prove it. Currently, 15 Assupol TuksCricket graduates are playing their trade in Cricket South Africa's provincial tournaments.
Posted on March 09, 2021
Assupol Tuks cricketers will be applying their skills next week to help the Northerns women's team win the 2021 Cricket South Africa (CSA) Women's Provincial League title.
Posted on January 29, 2021
Many years ago, a young boy in Ladysmith loved nothing more than to do all kinds of sports and dive into swimming pools. Like many youngsters, he had hoped to become one of the best. When he realised early on it would not happen, he did not get discouraged. Through his participation, he had...
Posted on November 20, 2020
Assupol TuksCricket and winning have become synonymous as hardly a year goes by with the men's team, not winning one or more tournaments.
Posted on November 11, 2020
The Assupol Tuks women's cricket captain Robyn Searle was barely a few months old when she got introduced to the game of cricket being a spectator at the Wanderers.
Posted on August 18, 2020
Behind every successful sports team, there is a strong woman. The Assupol TuksCricket team's on-field performances prove it.
Posted on August 06, 2020
The past December Curtis Campher was playing cricket for Assupol Tuks fast forward seven months, and his name is linked to the likes of Eion Morgan who captains Engeland's one dayside.
Posted on July 02, 2020
An absolute passion for making a difference in player’s lives is why Lerato Malesa started coaching Assupol Tuks women's cricket team.
Posted on June 30, 2020
Making Assupol TuksCricket history seemed to be a favourite past time to the Hermann-brothers, Rubin and Jordan.
Posted on June 08, 2020
All young cricketers need is a little help, a little hope and someone who believes in them.
Posted on June 05, 2020
Assupol Tuks's under-11 cricket team has been dominant in the Northerns club league which led to them being crowned champions for the last two seasons.
Posted on May 26, 2020
Gandhi Jafta is a woman with a mission every time she walks out to bat no matter which team. Runs, the more, the better, is what it is about for her.
Posted on May 25, 2020
The batsman misses. Stumps flies through the air. There is a wild celebration. That is precisely what mini-cricket is about.
Posted on May 18, 2020
It is often said, "cometh the hour; cometh the man". Ruan de Swardt was, without a doubt last year the "man" for the Assupol TuksCricket team.
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