#TuksCricket: Kabelo Khaas succeeds Sollie Barnard as Club Chairman

Posted on August 30, 2024

Behind every success is unseen hard work, sacrifice, and persistence, which is how Sollie Barnard's 20-year tenure as chairman of Tuks Cricket Club can be best summarised. TuksCricket Club is arguably one of the best club sides in the world. Over the last 20 years, the Tuks have dominated local...

#TuksCricket: Snamile Mthembu – Women’s Player of the Year

Posted on June 05, 2024

The first time Snamile Mthembu watched a cricket game on television, she thought it was one of the most boring sports. Everything changed the day it was Mthembu who made desperate dives to stop the ball from going over the ropes. Who, with the bat in hand, is scoring runs? Or as a bowler is...

#TuksSport: Merrick Brett wins big as the crowned TuksCricket Player of the Year

Posted on May 23, 2024

It is said cometh the hour, cometh the man, but at TuksCricket, it is more a case of cometh the hour, cometh the captain. TuksCricket Men had a brilliant season in which winning has been finetuned to an art form. Definite highlights were winning the USSA Cricket Tournament in December and the CSA...

#TuksCricket: Matthew Boast's winning runs secure CSA National Club Champs victory for Tuks

Posted on April 22, 2024

Few would bet that the same two batsmen would be involved in a match-winning partnership against the same team to clinch a national title within months. But it did happen. On Wednesday, at the Tuks Groenkloof Oval, Merrick Brett and Matthew Boast steered Tuks to victory against the North-West...

#TuksCricket: Tuks wins the 2024 CSA National Club Champs title

Posted on April 19, 2024

On Wednesday, April 17, TuksCricket, under the headship of Kruger van Wyk, capped a brilliant season, winning the Cricket South African National Club Championships by beating the North-West University with three wickets in the final. Schalk Engelbrecht of Tuks, who took 3/24 in 10 overs, was the...

#TuksCricket: Merrick Brett takes four wickets with four balls during the 2024 CSA National Club Champs

Posted on April 15, 2024

Merrick Brett might have done yesterday what no other Tuks cricketer had done: to take four wickets with four balls. On Sunday, April 14, the Tuks captain did so during the 2024 CSA National Club Championships against Bohemians from Border. The game was played at the TuksCricket Oval. According...

#TuksCricket: Tuks motivated to win the 2024 CSA National Club Champs

Posted on April 13, 2024

Tuks' challenge to be South Africa's best club cricket team starts on Saturday, April 13, when they take on Maties in the 2024 CSA National Club Championships in Pretoria. There is no final. Every team will play everyone. The team with the most points after five games is the winner. It is one...

#TuksCricket: Gandhi Jafta to represent South Africa at the 13th African Games in Ghana

Posted on March 05, 2024

Gandhi Jafta is living the words of the famous poem by Robert Frost, choosing to travel the path less travelled. "As in the poem, I chose the 'path less travelled' in academia. It has led me to exciting discoveries. But unlike the poem, my journey doesn't end there. I am also carving a path...