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...
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...
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...
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...
Posted on December 15, 2023
The Tuks cricketers have achieved something unique this season: not losing once from January to December. A definite highlight was winning the 2023 USSA Cricket Championships in Cape Town this past weekend. Tuks beat NWU Pukke in the final. Tuks captain, Jack Lees, can be forgiven for thinking,...
Posted on December 05, 2023
The TuksCricket team made sure they were off to a good start, beating Wits by 59 runs and Maties by six wickets at the 2023 USSA Cricket Championships. Today in Durbanville, Cape Town, Maties batted first. From the third over, things started going wrong for Maties. Matthew Boast got the wicket of...
Posted on November 27, 2023
Statistics are a big part of cricket. There is bound to be a statistic about who is the fastest, quickest, most runs scored, and most wickets taken, to name a few. It is part of what makes cricket exciting. One statistic catches the eye when going through the recent 2023 IXU InterVarsity T20...
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...
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