Eight young guns to look out for in the CSA T20 Challenge

Cape Town - The Proteas may have departed for a two-Test tour of New Zealand, but back home the attention will turn to the CSA T20 Challenge that will take place in a managed environment at St George’s Park in Gqeberha starting on Monday.

Here, Zaahier Adams profiles eight young hot-shots who will be looking to hit the lights out.

DEWALD BREVIS (Titans, 18)

‘Baby AB will be heading straight from the Under-19 World Cup, in which he shone with some barnstorming performances that caught the entire cricket world’s attention, to Gqeberha. Few young cricketers have had fans so excited in many a year and the only wish is that it’s not all happening too fast for the dashing right-hander and that he’s able to manage all the attention that is coming his way.

TRISTAN STUBBS (Warriors, 21)

The former Grey High pupil burst on to the domestic scene in last season’s T20 Challenge in Durban with his aggressive batting. Barely out of school, Stubbs showed a refreshing attitude where, regardless of the Warriors’ position, his first mode of defence was always attack. With a season of first-class cricket now behind him, it will be exciting to see how much he has developed and hopefully without having lost his natural instinct.

BRYCE PARSONS (Dolphins, 20)

Although still a rookie, Parsons has quickly developed into an integral member of Imraan Khan’s Dolphins squad. He will no doubt be motivated by the near miss in the CSA T20 Knock-Out final in Kimberley at the beginning of the season when his partnership with Jason Smith almost took their team over the line.

GERALD COETZEE (Knights, 21)

Handpicked by former West Indies quick and top commentator Ian Bishop in 2018 to play for the Proteas in the future, Coetzee has not quite hit those highs