Durban's Super Giants
Appearance
File:Durban Super Giants.jpg | |
League | SA20 |
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Personnel | |
Captain | Quinton de Kock |
Coach | Lance Klusener |
Owner | Lucknow Super Giants (RPSG Group) |
Team information | |
City | Durban |
Founded | 2022 |
Home ground | Kingsmead Cricket Ground |
Official website | https://www.durbanssupergiants.com/ |
Durban's Super Giants is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament.[1] The team is based in Durban, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Kingsmead Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Lance Klusener.[2][3]
The franchise is owned by the RPSG Group.[4]
Current squad
The team's squad for the first season of the competition is:[5]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Captain | |||||||
12 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 17 December 1992 | Left-handed | – | ||
Batsmen | |||||||
22 | Christiaan Jonker | South Africa | 24 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
5 | Matthew Breetzke | South Africa | 3 November 1998 | Right-handed | - | Occasional wicket-keeper | |
All-rounders | |||||||
8 | Jason Holder | West Indies | 5 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas | |
29 | Dwaine Pretorius | South Africa | 29 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
84 | Keemo Paul | West Indies | 21 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas | |
71 | Kyle Mayers | West Indies | 8 September 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | |
13 | Prenelan Subrayen | South Africa | 23 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
14 | Wiaan Mulder | South Africa | 19 February 1998 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | ||
15 | David Willey | February 28, 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas | ||
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
45 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | 30 July 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
25 | Johnson Charles | West Indies | 14 January 1989 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas | |
28 | Ben McDermott | Australia | 12 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | |
Spin Bowlers | |||||||
4 | Akila Dananjaya | Sri Lanka | 4 October 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg-break Right-arm off-break | Overseas, Wild card | |
16 | Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | 7 February 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
11 | Simon Harmer | South Africa | 10 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
Fast Bowlers | |||||||
17 | Dilshan Madushanka | Sri Lanka | 18 September 2000 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | Overseas | |
7 | Hardus Viljoen | South Africa | 6 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
3 | Junior Dala | South Africa | 29 December 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
24 | Reece Topley | England | 21 February 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas |
Administration and support staff
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Lance Klusener |
Bowling coach | Morne Morkel |
Fielding coach | Jonty Rhodes |
External Links
References
- ^ "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
- ^ "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Durban Super Giants squad - Super Giants Squad - SA20, 2023 Squad".