Johannesburg · One-on-one cricket coaching
No one should feel out of place at the nets.
Crease Coaching is led by Diara Ramlakan — DP World Lions player, South African Emerging Women squad member and South Africa Under-19 representative. We put our energy into girls' cricket, because that's where the gap is. We coach every player who wants to get better.
Coached by a current player
DP World Lions, South African Emerging Women, SA Under-19, CSA Level 1. Not a story from the past — someone still on the pathway.
A net where everyone belongs
We focus on girls' cricket because that's where the gap is. The coaching is the same for every player who walks in.
One-on-one, at your pace
Single sessions or a weekly slot, at Diara's nets or your own.
It started because somebody brought a friend
In Grade One, a friend asked Diara to come along to cricket practice. The friend didn't want to be the only girl there. Diara went to keep her company — and that afternoon changed her life.
Think about what that means. Diara has a cricket career because another girl didn't want to be alone, and because somebody thought to bring a friend along. That's the whole beginning.
It's what Crease Coaching is built on. Girls' cricket gets our focus because in most schools it's still the newer programme — the later slot, the smaller squad, the coach stretched across three teams — and because being the only one is still most common for girls. But the idea underneath it was never about gender. No player should stand at the nets feeling like the odd one out. Whoever you are, that applies to you.
About Diara
She only went to keep a friend company
In Grade One a friend asked Diara to come to cricket practice, because the friend didn't want to be the only girl there. Diara went along for her. That one afternoon changed everything.
Now she plays for the DP World Lions, has been named in the South African Emerging Women squad and represented South Africa at Under-19 level.
We don't believe in natural talent
Diara wasn't the gifted one at any session she went to. What she had was people who believed she'd get better, and a willingness to do the work when nobody was watching.
So we don't sort players into the ones with a future and the ones without. Nobody can honestly tell you where a ten-year-old's ceiling is. What we can tell you is where your child is now, what to work on next, and what it'll take — and then be the person in their corner while they do it.
Every player who trains with us can become a good cricketer. We're not being polite — it's our coach's own story.
Who trains with us
- The player who's never held a bat and doesn't want to look silly learning
- The girl who's the only one in her year who plays
- The school or club player who can't get technical work in a shared net
- The player chasing provincial selection who needs an honest read
- The one who just loves the game and wants to be better at it
- The player who's been told cricket isn't really their sport
Ages 8 to 18, all genders, all levels. Older and coming back to the game? Get in touch.
Sessions
Simple, honest pricing
| Duration | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 hour | R250 |
| 1.5 hours | R350 |
| 2 hours | R450 |
| 10-session block 10th free | R2 250 |
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