This journey started for Tuks in December 2013 when they played against Maties in the USSA Final in Potchefstroom. The two finalists qualified to take part in the Red Bull Campus Cricket South Africa Finals in April, hosted at the Tuks Oval. TuksCricket convincingly won the three-match, T20, tournament 3-0 to become Team South Africa at the World Finals later this month. 

In the capable hands of TuksCricket Head Coach, Pierre de Bruyn, and Assistant Coach, Chris van Noordwyk, the squad have spent the last six weeks putting in a lot of hard work into their preparation to be the best team at the tournament and to give themselves a chance to become the best university cricket team in the world.
 

Pierre de Bruyn commented, “As a squad we are even better prepared for the World Finals than we were for the qualifiers earlier this year. I believe that we have a very well balanced squad that will be able to dominate this year’s Varsity World Cup. The key for us will be understanding the conditions in the UK, which is different than our conditions at home.” de Bruyn, who played 10 seasons in the UK as a professional player, will know the conditions inside and out and players will be able to benefit from his experience and knowledge. “We have a lot of self-belief and have set ourselves very high goals for this tournament.”
 

The group stages will be played from 21 – 23 July in Oxford at Wormsley Cricket Ground and Aston Rowant Cricket Club. These groups will only be finalized at the draw on 20 July at Wormsley Cricket Ground. The semi-finals and final will take place at The Kia Oval in London on Saturday 26 July.
 

The other teams who will take part in the tournament are:
 

Australia – University of New South Wales

Bangladesh – University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

England – Leeds Bradford MCCU

India – Rizvi College Mumbai

Pakistan – Karachi University

Sri Lanka – International College of Business and Technology

West Indies – TBC

 

The TuksCricket squad includes Titans players, Theunis de Bruyn and Vincent Moore, former SA u19 Captain, Aiden Markram, and previous SA u19 player, Corbin Bosch.
 

The full squad list for TuksCricket is:
 

Theunis de Bruyn (C)

Heinrich Klaasen (VC) 

Sean Dickson

Gerry Pike

Aiden Markram                   

Corbin Bosch          

David Mogotlane   

Tian Koekemoer       

Vincent Moore                   

Nsovo Baloyi  

GC Pretorius           

Ruben Claassen               

Johan Wessels  

Pierre de Bruyn (Head Coach)          

Chris van Noordwyk (Assistant Coach)

Blanche Conradie (Logistics Coordinator)