KFC Mini Cricket Festival held

Proteas U19 players Brandon Glover and Liam Smith with children at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Pumelela Matshikwe of the Bizhub Highveld Lions teaches Mini Cricketers how to throw a cricket ball.

Stephen Cook and Pumelela Matshikwe enjoy a moment with the KFC Mini Cricket children.

Pumelela Matshikwe of the Bizhub Highveld Lions shows the children how to hold a cricket ball with the seam straight up.

Behind the stumps, Liam Smith from King Edward School and South Africa U19 cricketer assists youngsters at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Jason Masangwanyi (in red), coach of Alexandra Mini Cricket team, at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Mini Cricket encourages a healthy lifestyle among children.

Delta Park pupils enjoy themselves at the Gauteng leg of the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Bidvest Wits football player Dillon Sheppard at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival held at St David’s Marist Inanda.

Sfiso Nyembe from Gordon Primary School in action at the Gauteng leg of the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Pumelela Matshikwe and Stephen Cook inspire the children at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Conor McKerr, a South Africa U19 cricket player from St John’s College, stands behind the stumps during the KFC Mini Cricket Festival to assist the youngsters.

Children at the KFC Mini Cricket warm up before the start of the KFC Mini Cricket Festival at St David’s Marist Inanda.

Thozani Mabhena from Delta Park Primary School in action during the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Jason Masangwanyi, coach of Alexandra Mini Cricket team.

Stephen Cook, the captain of the Bizhub Highveld Lions cricket team at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

Children from all around Gauteng took part in the KFC Mini Cricket Festival held at St David’s Marist.

A KFC Mini Cricket player in action in the Preparation Zone during the cricket fest.

Nkululeko Mthalane from McWeiler Primary School fires a delivery during the KFC Mini Cricket Festival at St David’s Marist Inanda.

Brandon Glover of the South Africa U19 cricket team signs bats for the KFC Mini Cricket children.

Matthew Moore from Craighall Primary School in action at the KFC Mini Cricket Festival.

KFC Mini Cricket Festival held

More than 1 100 children, dressed in their red and white Mini Cricket gear, took part in the Gauteng leg of the KFC Mini Cricket Festival held at St David's Marist Inanda.

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