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Nelson Mandela Bay Stars
File:Nelson Mandela Bay Stars logo.svg
LeagueT20 Global League
Personnel
CaptainJunaid Khan
CoachSouth Africa Mark Boucher[1]
OwnerAjay Sethi[2]
Team information
CityPort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape,
South Africa
Founded2017
Home groundSt. George's Park
Capacity19,000

The Nelson Mandela Bay Stars is a professional Twenty20 cricket franchise team of the T20 Global League in South Africa, which represents the city of Port Elizabeth. The team is owned by Ajay Sethi (Channel 2 group),[3] it is Sethi's second team after Singapore Slammers – IPTL franchise. The marquee player of the team is Imran Tahir.[4]

2017 Squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2017 tournament:[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[5]

No. Name Nat Date of birth Batting style Bowling style Draft notes[6]
Batsmen
– Kevin Pietersen England (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 44) Right-handed Right-arm off break International marquee
– Aiden Markram South Africa (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break Round 2
– Dawid Malan England (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm leg break Round 6
– Colin Ackermann South Africa (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break Round 10
– Sibonelo Makhanya South Africa (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium Round 12
– Lesiba Ngoepe South Africa (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Round 15
All-rounders
– Jon-Jon Smuts South Africa (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Round 1
– Anwar Ali Pakistan (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Round 3
– Wihan Lubbe South Africa (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm off break Round 13
– Grant Thomson South Africa (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Round 14
Wicket-keepers
– Heinrich Klaasen South Africa (1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Round 4
– Heino Kuhn South Africa (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Round 8
– Ryan Rickelton South Africa (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Round 16
Bowlers
– Imran Tahir South Africa (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm Leg break googly Protea marquee
– Junaid Khan Pakistan (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm fast Round 5
– Sisanda Magala South Africa (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Round 7
– Andrew Birch South Africa (1985-06-07) 7 June 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Round 9
– Shadley van Schalkwyk South Africa (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Round 11

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

References

  1. ^ "Robin Singh, Sriram among high-profile coaches for T20 Global League". cricbuzz.
  2. ^ "Meet the T20 Global League Franchise Owners". Cricket South Africa. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ^ "T20 Global League: Know the franchise owners". cricketcountry.
  4. ^ a b "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Pollard chosen first overall by Bloemfontein in SA T20 Global draft". Cricinfo. ESPN. 26 August 2017.
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