Cape Town Blitz
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| Personnel | ||
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| Captain | Quinton de Kock | |
| Coach | Ashwell Prince | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | |
| Founded | 2018 | |
| Dissolved | 2021 | |
| Home ground | Newlands, Cape Town | |
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Cape Town Blitz were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team was based at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town.
Cape Town Blitz featured for the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019, before COVID-19 delayed the competition in 2020. Cape Town were dissolved in 2021 in response to the long planned reforms that occurred in domestic South African cricket that year. All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League have been replaced by eight new teams. These eight teams come from Division 1 of the new domestic structure, which in turn has returned to the more traditional pre-2004 province based format.[1]
Squad[]
The squad for the second edition season of the MSL was:
| # | Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Salary | Nat | Role | |
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| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 18 | Janneman Malan | 25 | Right Handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 250 000 |  |
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| 27 | Liam Livingstone | 28 | Right handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 1 000 000 |  |
Overseas Player | |
| 45 | Asif Ali | 30 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 550 000 |  |
Foreign Overseas | |
| 65 | Marques Ackerman | 25 | Left handed | Right arm Off Break | R 120 000 | |
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| Aviwe Mgijima | 33 | Right Handed | R 75 000 | |
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| Wicket Keepers | ||||||||
| 12 | Quinton de Kock | 29 | Left Handed | R 1 500 000 | |
Protea Marquee | ||
| David Bedingham | 27 | Right Handed | R180 000 | |
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| All Rounders | ||||||||
| 21 | Mohammad Nawaz | 27 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 350 000 | |
Overseas Player | |
| 24 | Vernon Philander | 36 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 150 000 | |
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| Moeen Ali | 32 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | |
Overseas Player | |||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
| 02 | Anrich Nortje | 28 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 650 000 | |
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| 8 | Dale Steyn | 38 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 900 000 | |
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| 47 | Wahab Riaz | 36 | Right Handed | Left arm Fast | R 1 500 000 | |
International Marquee | |
| Ayabulela Gqamane | 32 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | |
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| Khwezi Gumede | 32 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 50 000 | |
Rookie | ||
| Sisanda Magala | 31 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 750 000 | |
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| Spinners | ||||||||
| 26 | George Linde | 30 | Left Handed | Left arm Orthodox | R 180 000 | |
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| Gregory Mahlokwana | 27 | Left Handed | Left arm Orthodox | R 100 000 | |
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- Moeen Ali replaced Wahab Riaz for the first two games only.
- Ayabulela Gqamane replace Aviwe Mgijima after he suffered from a injury.
2019 season[]
The full schedule for Mzansi Super League 2.0 was released on 27 September 2019. [2]
Cape Town Blitz
213/3 (20 overs) |
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(H) Jozi Stars
198/5 (20 overs) |
- Jozi Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Paarl Rocks
170/9 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz
84 (15.4 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Cape Town Blitz
183/6 (20 overs) |
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Jozi Stars
126 (16.2 overs) |
- Jozi Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Cape Town Blitz
174/6 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
164/7 (17.4 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Cape Town Blitz
186/9 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
187/5 (19.2 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat
Paarl Rocks
163/8 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz (H)
161/9 (20 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Cape Town Blitz
181/5 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
182/3 (19.3 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Cape Town Blitz
157/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Tshwane Spartans
142/7 (20 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
173/6 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz (H)
162/8 (20 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to field.
Former Blitz Brigaders[]
Sibonelo Makhanya
Dawid Malan- Kyle Verreynne
- Jason Smith
Hussain Talat- Farhaan Behardien
- Andile Phehlukwayo
- Ferisco Adams
- Malusi Siboto
- Dane Piedt
References[]
- ^ "Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Jozi Stars v Cape Town Blitz in MSL 2.0 opener". Sport24. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
External links[]
- Cricket teams in South Africa
- Mzansi Super League
- Sport in Cape Town
- Cricket in the Western Cape