3 Teams, 2 halves, 1 match – Cricket is back with a bang Wednesday, 17 June 2020 3TeamCricket, in partnership with Cricket South Africa is set to launch a brand-new format of cricket. Cricket fans can celebrate the return of their favourite game with the innovative and first of its kind 3TCricket, where three teams…
Standard Bank Proteas Quinton de Kock and Lungi Ngidi dominate the nominations for the 2019/20 Cricket South Africa (CSA) Men’s International Awards. Momentum Proteas all-rounder Marizanne Kapp and batsman Laura Wolvaardt have both won nominations in four categories in the women’s section. The gala event to honour South Africa’s top performing professional cricketers over the…
Johannesburg, Friday, 22 May 2020 The Central Gauteng Lions (CGL) family is extremely excited to welcome the first female President and Chairperson to lead the Union: Anne Vilas. Vilas is a passionate cricket supporter. Her three sons and brother play the game at various professional local and international levels. Anne has worked in the sports…
Johannesburg, Saturday, 9 May 2020 – The Central Gauteng Lions (‘CGL’) held a successful Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) today. The following Non-Independent Directors were voted as part of the new leadership: Ebrahim Lambat Lucky Lesele Lunga Kupiso Mark Patterson Earl Glennistor Yasin Manack Anne Vilas The following three Alternate Directors were also appointed: Dean Laing…
Johannesburg, 7 May 2020. The current Central Gauteng Lions (‘CGL’) board term in office ends at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’). “The termination of term is in line with the Members Council resolution. As the broader CGL family, we would like to thank the outgoing members of the board for their indelible and invaluable…
29 April 2020 Central Gauteng Lions (CGL) is delighted to announce the Senior Provincial Women’s, and Men’s teams as well as the Academy contracted squads for the 2020/2021 season. The Central Gauteng Lions Senior Provincial men’s team is proud of Joshua Richards who has earned a franchise contract with the Imperial Lions after fantastic performances…
Meet talented Mitchel van Buuran, the 22-year-old batter born in Johannesburg and has represented Central Gauteng Lions at Junior and senior provincial level. Van Buuran made his First-Class debut in 2017 for cross town union, Northerns in the CSA Three Day Challenge. The 22-year-old made his List-A and T20 debuts a year later in 2018…
Meet Joshua Richards, a talented top-order batsman who plays for the Central Gauteng Senior Provincial team as well as the Imperial Lions franchise. The 21-year old made his debut for the Central Gauteng Lions in the CSA Three-Day Cup competition in 2018 and went on to score a century on debut. Richards made his List-A…
With seven Lions franchise players called up for national representation this past season, the Imperial Lions managed to retain the 4-Day Series trophy and finished second in the 2019/20 Momentum One-Day Cup challenge. This is all thanks to the contribution from CGL and North West Cricket Unions’ strong pipeline cricket structure and in particular the…
CGL recognizes the pivotal role that coaches play in the full sport development spectrum as they reflect on the season that was. The development and training of coaches is extremely crucial as they are expected to coach technically and tactically but also assist with the physical, emotional, social and cognitive development. Coaches create a suitable environment…