Paarl Rocks
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Captain | Faf du Plessis | |
| Coach | Adrian Birrell | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa | |
| Founded | 2018 | |
| Home ground | Boland Park, Paarl | |
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Paarl Rocks is a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament founded in 2018. The team is based at Boland Park in Paarl. The coach is Adrian Birrell.[1] The Paarl Rocks won the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [2]
2018 season
2019 season
The Paarl Rocks were crowned 2019 Mzansi Super League (MSL) champions after Henry Davids struck the quickest half-century of the season to help them slay the Tshwane Spartans by eight wickets in the final at Boland Park.[3]
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes | |
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| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 3 | Patrick Kruger | 29 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium | R 75 000 |  |
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| 4 | Aiden Markram | |
4 October 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ||
| 5 | Vaughn van Jaarsveld | February 2, 1985 | Left Handed | Right arm Medium | R 350 000 | |
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| 13 | Faf du Plessis | |
13 July 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Captain | |
| 19 | Henry Davids | 44 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 150 000 | |
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| 12 | Cameron Delport | |
12 May 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 21 | JP Duminy | |
14 April 1984 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ||
| 29 | Dwaine Pretorius | |
29 March 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ||
| 45 | Bjorn Fortuin | |
21 October 1994 | Right Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | 2018 | ||
| 72 | David Willey |  |
28 February 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2019 | Overseas | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 33 | Mangaliso Mosehle | |
24 April 1990 | Right-handed | — | 2019 | ||
| — | Kyle Verreynne | |
12 May 1997 | Right-handed | — | 2019 | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 7 | Hardus Viljoen | |
6 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ||
| 17 | Isuru Udana |  |
17 February 1988 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2019 | Overseas | |
| 90 | Tabraiz Shamsi | |
18 February 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2018 | ||
| 14 | Eathan Bosch | 26 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 100 000 | |
Rookie | |
| 21 | Kerwin Mungroo | 30 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 50 000 | |
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| 23 | Tshepo Moreki | 31 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 180 000 | |
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| 44 | Dane Paterson | 35 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 900 000 | |
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Matches
The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[4]
Tshwane Spartans
203/5 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
202/6 (20 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Jozi Stars
209/2 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
149 (18.4 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Cape Town Blitz
140 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
144/5 (18.5 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat
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.
- ^ "Faf du Plessis' Paarl Rocks win Mzansi Super League". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "Davids powers Paarl Rocks to Mzansi Super League title". Sport. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.