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]
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| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 2 | Rilee Rossouw | 30 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break |  | Overseas Kolpak | ||
| 8 | Theunis de Bruyn | 27 | 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 | 22 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break | R180 000 | | Rookie | |
| 64 | Dean Elgar | 33 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 150 000 | | ||
| Eoin Morgan | 33 | Left Handed | Right arm Medium |  | International Marquee | |||
| Wicket Keeper | ||||||||
| 10 | Gihahn Cloete | 27 | 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 | 33 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 350 000 | | Foreign Overseas | |
| 46 | Shaun von Berg | 33 | Right Handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 75 000 | | ||
| 84 | Robbie Frylinck | 35 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 900 000 | | ||
| 88 | Jeevan Mendis | 37 | 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 | 25 | 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) |
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Tshwane Spartans 131 (19.3 overs) |
Mohammad Nawaz 59 (37) Andrew Birch 2/39 (4 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.
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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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