06/03/2013
One of the young players that is seen demonstrating the cricket skills on the Module 1 Howuexcel cricket software is Francois van Heerden from Pretoia, Gauteng, South Africa and he has an impressive cricket career with a promising future at international level
Francois currently plays for the Centurion High School and Harlequins Cricket club playing for the u/15 platinum team
When module 1 of the How u Excel software was produced Francois was 11 years old and had then already made a remarkable impression as a young player and in one instance hit 5 consecutive 6’s in an over, a very impressive achievement
His recent successes include:
In 2010 played for the Northerns u/11 provincial team
In 2011 played for the Northerns u/12 provincial team
In 2012 he was selected to play for the Northerns u/13 Standard bank team.
In 2012 he scored a total of 1068 for his school team recording the impressive average of 79.00 with a highest score of 124 not out
In 2012 he as a 13 year old traveled with the Centurion High School team on a tour of the UK and played 7 matches against the first u/19 teams of UK schools
This year he is playing for Centurion High School in Pretoria, one of the leading cricket playing schools in South Africa. He is the u/14 captain and also plays for the schools u/15 team in the Super 18 series
Although he is now only 13 years old he plays for the second senior team of the high school
Francois is the number 3 batsman for his team and plays wicket keeper