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Becoming a Protea just 41 days after turning 20 may have been a surprise, but there’s an inevitability about Sinethemba Qeshile’s ascension. There were hints about the young man’s gifts from an early age.

Neil Rogers, who describes himself as Sinethemba Qeshile’s “stand-in uncle”, tells a story that’s a metaphor for the new Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman’s career: “When he was about nine, Sine was left out of the cricket team at Gonubie Primary School and my son Kyle — who has been his best mate since preschool and hates playing cricket — was in the team. Because he was a great ball player, I asked my son what the problem was and he told me Sine didn’t have white shorts, so he wasn’t picked.

That night, a group gathered at the Gonubie Hotel in East London to watch the game. Qeshile didn’t get a chance to bat, but contributed with two catches behind the stumps. In high school, Alers says Qeshile captained the first XI from grade 10, went on to do the same for Border and has been the patron saint of so many lost-cause victories for school and province that the coach struggles to remember any one in particular.

Qeshile’s mature approach translated into his form for the Warriors the moment Gobind, a former KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins player, gave him an opportunity in franchise cricket. Having marked his Four-Day Franchise Series debut with a half-century, he went on a run that saw him finish fifth on the top run-scorers’ list in his first full season.

 

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