Tshwane Spartans
Tshwane Spartans is a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is based at SuperSport Park in Centurion. The coach is Mark Boucher.[1]
Personnel | ||
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Captain | Heinrich Klaasen | |
Coach | Mark Boucher | |
Team information | ||
City | Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa | |
Founded | 2018 | |
Home ground | SuperSport Park, Centurion | |
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2018 season
Squad
The squad for the inaugural 2018 season is:[2]
# | Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Salary | Nat | Role | |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
2 | Rilee Rossouw | 31 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break | Overseas Kolpak | |||
8 | Theunis de Bruyn | 28 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 650 000 | |||
24 | Sikandar Raza | 34 | Right Handed | Right arm Off Break | R 100 000 | Foreign Overseas | ||
33 | Tony de Zorzi | 23 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break | R180 000 | Rookie | ||
64 | Dean Elgar | 33 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 150 000 | |||
Eoin Morgan | 34 | Left Handed | Right arm Medium | International Marquee | ||||
Wicket Keeper | ||||||||
10 | Gihahn Cloete | 28 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break | R 250 000 | |||
17 | AB de Villiers | 36 | Right Handed | Protea Marquee & Captain[3] | ||||
All Rounders | ||||||||
12 | Sean Williams | 34 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 350 000 | Foreign Overseas | ||
46 | Shaun von Berg | 34 | Right Handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 75 000 | |||
84 | Robbie Frylinck | 36 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 900 000 | |||
88 | Jeevan Mendis | 38 | Left Handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 750 000 | Foreign Overseas | ||
Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
9 | Andrew Birch | 35 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 120 000 | |||
19 | Rory Kleinveldt | 37 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 550 000 | |||
65 | Lutho Sipamla | 22 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 200 000 | Rookie | ||
89 | Eldred Hawken | 31 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 50 000 | |||
Corbin Bosch | 26 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium | |||||
22 | Lungi Ngidi | 24 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 1 000 000 |
- Rilee Rossouw replaces Sean Williams for the first week while Williams is on tour with Zimbabwe.[4]
Matches
The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[5](Start times given are South African Standard Time, UTC+2)
(H) Cape Town Blitz 180/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Tshwane Spartans 131 (19.3 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
Tshwane Spartans 203/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Paarl Rocks (H) 202/6 (20 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Tshwane Spartans 139/9 (19 overs) |
v |
Durban Heat (H) 129/6 (16.3 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- Match was reduced to 19 overs due to rain.
- Rain stopped play during Durban Heat's innings.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 143/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Tshwane Spartans (H) 35/3 (5.1 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
- Lightning stopped play during Tshwane Spartans' innings.
References
- Mohamed, Afshak (15 October 2018). "Cape Town Blitz, Jozi Stars head up Mzansi Super League, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle among big names | IOL". iol.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- "REVEALED: Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- Mohamed, Ashfak (2018-11-13). "AB de Villiers chosen as new Tshwane Spartans captain for Mzansi Super League". IOL. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- "Rossouw makes SA return for Tshwane Spartans". Sport24. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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