South Western Districts Cricket, on Monday, revealed the final squad for the 2024/25 season. The Garden Route Badgers had a disappointing 2023/24 season and on top of that their three top batsmen, Jean du Plessis, Blayde Capell and Jhedli van Briesies will join Division 1 team’s next season.
Du Plessis, who also captained the team will move to the Warriors in Gqeberha, Capell, who spent three seasons with the Oudtshoorn based team has been contracted by Boland whilst van Briesies, a product of the Hubs development program, will join the Titans in Pretoria. The experienced...
South Western Districts Cricket, on Monday, revealed the final squad for the 2024/25 season. The Garden Route Badgers had a disappointing 2023/24 season and on top of that their three top batsmen, Jean du Plessis, Blayde Capell and Jhedli van Briesies will join Division 1 team’s next season.
Du Plessis, who also captained the team will move to the Warriors in Gqeberha, Capell, who spent three seasons with the Oudtshoorn based team has been contracted by Boland whilst van Briesies, a product of the Hubs development program, will join the Titans in Pretoria. The experienced...
South Western Districts Cricket, on Monday, revealed the final squad for the 2024/25 season. The Garden Route Badgers had an inconsistent 2023/24 season and will look to improve their log standings to remain in the top division.
The Badgers has however contracted four newcomers for next season. The new acquisitions are the former Proteas player and top order wicket keeper/ batter, Nadine Moodley, CSA Girls U19 player of the 2022 tournament Gizelle Abrahams (from Boland), all-rounder Nicolien Janse van Rensburg (from the Titans) and seam bowler Vuyolwethu Bonya returns from the EP...
South Western Districts Cricket, on Monday, revealed the final squad for the 2024/25 season. The Garden Route Badgers had an inconsistent 2023/24 season and will look to improve their log standings to remain in the top division.
The Badgers has however contracted four newcomers for next season. The new acquisitions are the former Proteas player and top order wicket keeper/ batter, Nadine Moodley, CSA Girls U19 player of the 2022 tournament Gizelle Abrahams (from Boland), all-rounder Nicolien Janse van Rensburg (from the Titans) and seam bowler Vuyolwethu Bonya returns from the EP...
Two associated bodies of South Western Districts Cricket – the SWD Cricket Umpires Association (SWDCSA) and SWD Cricket Scorers Association (SWDCSA) will hold their Annual General meetings this Saturday (15 June 2024).
The SWDCUA AGM will take place at the Rooirivier-rif at 10:00 on Saturday whilst the SWDSA will be held via Microsoft teams at 10:00.
Current and new members who wish to become part of either of these associations can contact Pieter Stuurman at the SWD Office 044-272 6604 or on e-mail
Elridge Booysen (from the Garden Route Badgers) and Lerato Malesa (Titans) were appointed as the CSA Hub Invitation team coaches who will participate in the upcoming Michaelmas tournament in KwaZulu Natal in September this year.
Booysen was the head coach of the Badgers provincial hub coach who won the Cricket South Africa Hub Challenge for coastal provinces that was held in George in March 2024. “Congratulations are in the order of the day for Elridge” commented SWD Cricket Services Manager, Gary Moos. “This appointment is a reward for his hard work and dedication that...
The staff and members of the Garden Route Badgers women’s team organized a soup and bread service point to the day visitors/patients at the Bongolethu Clinic in Oudtshoorn.
The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers hosted a very successful golf day in pleasant weather conditions at the George Golf Club on Thursday 8 August 2024.
As part of their Women’s month corporate social investment the Garden Route Badgers Women’s cricket team embarked on a sanitary pad hand-out and awareness project to Dysselsdorp.
South Western Districts Cricket recently released their respective teams for the Cricket South Africa national youth tournaments that will take place in December.
On Saturday at Buffalo Park in East London, the Badgers produced a clinical performance
Against the Tuskers the Badgers won the toss and sent the visitors in to bat, built immediate pressure and bagged four early wickets with the Badgers against the ropes
Against the Tuskers the Badgers won the toss and sent the visitors in to bat, built immediate pressure and bagged four early wickets with the Badgers against the ropes
