The 122nd edition of the historic Pineapple Cricket tournament gears up for a spectacular showpiece when the event hits off with 32 teams participating at various Port Alfred venues, from March 7 to March 14. The marquee A final has been…
By MARK CARRELS Cuylerville’s cricket family can add some champagne to their pineapple drinks after both their first and second teams came out tops in their respective finals of the Pineapple Cricket tournament on Saturday March 11. At PA…
By MARK CARRELS PINEAPPLE cricket delivered a first league nail-biter fit for a semi-final when Southwell’s Dylan Kruger (94 not out) led his side to a two-run victory over defending champs, Salem, at the PAHS fields on Friday 10 March.…
By MARK CARRELS SALEM and Cuylerville kept their unbeaten records intact after day five of Pineapple Cricket action and powered their way to this year’s semi-finals. In yesterday’s match at Port Alfred Country club, Salem overpowered…
By MARK CARRELS Former provincial cricketer and Proteas selector, Hugh Page, is hugely impressed by the standard of cricket at the Pineapple Cricket tournament. Page who handed out the awards at the prize-giving ceremony at PA Country…
MARK CARRELS The rain that fell late on an otherwise fine day weather-wise, meant Duckworth-Lewis had the final say in at least three of the matches on the second day of the Pineapple Cricket tournament being played at various venues…
By MARK CARRELS Grahamstown Cricket Board League champs Cuylerville have sounded a warning they are serious contenders for Pineapple Cricket silverware. In their opening fixture on Saturday at PA High School fields Cuylerville kept up…
For a week the cricket teams in the Lower Albany area compete in the Pineapple Cricket Tournament, and this year the competition was stiff leading to some bug centuries and great bowling and making the week-long Kowie Toyota sponsored…
The first half of the Pineapple Tournament saw some huge scores being posted on day one, with stunning turnarounds in games that seemed to be in the bag. There were boundaries galore at the hospital field on Saturday, when Station Hill…
Following the Pineapple Cricket Tournament each year a team of the best players is formed to compete in the annual Pineapple versus Ngumbela rural cricket match, and this year saw a low-scoring but nevertheless entertaining match played…
Though no cricket was played on the final day of the annual Pineapple Tournament due to drenching rain, there was still a good turnout for the prize giving at the Port Alfred Country Club. Winners were decided on net run rates, with Salem…
