Cape Cobras
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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain |  Andrew Puttick |
| Coach | Shukri Conrad |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Home ground | Sahara Park Newlands |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Official website | Official Site |
The Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras often shortened to Cape Cobras or Cobras is the name used since the 2005-06 season by the combined Western Province and Boland first class cricket teams in South African domestic cricket. The joint Western Province and Boland team was named Western Province Boland for the 2004-05 season. The Cobras home venues are Newlands, Cape Town and Boland Bank Park, Paarl.The Cobras used to be called western province until boland cricket union and wp merged in 2005
The Cobras play in the SuperSport Series, MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Twenty20 competitions.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 0 | Herschelle Gibbs | |
23 February 1974 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| 15 | Graeme Smith | |
1 February 1981 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 19 | Henry Davids | |
19 January 1980 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 21 | JP Duminy | |
14 April 1984 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 88 | Richard Levi | |
14 January 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| ?? | Alistair Gray | |
8 July 1982 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| ?? | Omphile Ramela | |
14 March 1988 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| ?? | Lenert van Wyk | |
13 July 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| ?? | Stiaan van Zyl | |
19 September 1987 | Left-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 6 | Justin Kemp | |
2 October 1977 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 8 | Sybrand Engelbrecht | |
15 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 9 | Rory Kleinveldt | |
15 March 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 10 | Justin Ontong | |
4 January 1980 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 24 | Vernon Philander | |
24 June 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| ?? | Neil Carter | |
29 January 1975 | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast | |
| ?? | Robin Peterson | |
4 August 1979 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 4 | Andrew Puttick | |
11 December 1980 | Left-handed | Right arm medium pace | Club captain |
| 7 | Ryan Canning | |
22 February 1984 | Right-handed | — | |
| 13 | Derek Brand | |
29 May 1975 | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 23 | Monde Zondeki | |
25 July 1982 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |
| 29 | Claude Henderson | |
14 June 1972 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 67 | Charl Langeveldt | |
17 December 1974 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| 86 | Francois Plaatjies | |
26 August 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| ?? | Hillroy Paulse | |
6 September 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| ?? | Mario Olivier | |
3 November 1982 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
Source: Cape Cobras, [1]
Noted players
- Paul Adams
- Jean Paul Duminy
- Herschelle Gibbs
- Jacques Kallis
- Ashwell Prince
- Andrew Puttick
- Graeme Smith
- Charl Willoughby
- Monde Zondeki
- Mark Boucher
Honours
- Currie Cup (18) - 1892-93, 1893-94, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1908-09, 1920-21, 1931-32, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2003-04; shared (3) - 1921-22, 1969-70, 1989-90
- Standard Bank Cup (5) - 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1990-91, 2002-03
- South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) -
- South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -
- Gillette/Nissan Cup (5) - 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1981-82, 1988-89
- SuperSport Series (1) - 2009-10 ; shared (0) -
- MTN Championship (1) - 2006-07
- Pro20 Series (1) - 2008-09
Anecdotal
In 2008 the Cape Cobras theme song 'Cobras' was a result of the competition 'Nashua Cape Cobras: Lyrics with Venom', which was won by Al Paton and Lesley Paton, whose lyrics were set to music by producer Gabi Le Roux (Mandoza), with executive producer Clive Ridgeway (Judith Sephuma).
External sources
- Nashua Cape Cobras from cricket.co.za, official site of the United Cricket Board of South Africa
References
- South African Cricket Annual – various editions
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
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