Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
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Personnel
CaptainJJ Smuts
CoachEric Simons
Team information
CityPort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Founded2018
Dissolved2021
Home groundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team were based at the St George's Park Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth.

Nelson Mandela Bay Giants featured for the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019, before COVID-19 delayed the competition in 2020. The Giants 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 All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League have been replaced by eight new teams.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]

2018 season[]

Main article: 2018 Mzansi Super League

Squad[]

The squad for the inaugural 2018 season is:[2]

  • 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
Batsmen
14 Christiaan Jonker South Africa (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018
15 Marco Marais South Africa (1993-10-17) 17 October 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018
20 Jason Roy England (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Overseas
All-rounders
2 Chris Morris South Africa (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018
21 JJ Smuts South Africa (1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 Captain
27 Ryan ten Doeschate Netherlands (1980-06-30) 30 June 1980 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 Overseas
28 Farhaan Behardien South Africa (1983-10-09) 9 October 1983 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2019
66 Grant Thomson South Africa (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019
— Onke Nyaku South Africa (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018
Wicket-keepers
3 Matthew Breetzke South Africa (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989 (age 32) Right-handed — 2019
20 Heino Kuhn South Africa (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984 (age 37) Right-handed — 2018
51 Ben Dunk Australia (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019 Overseas
Bowlers
3 Junior Dala South Africa (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018
4 Akhona Mnyaka South Africa (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990 (age 31) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2019
14 Beuran Hendricks South Africa (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2019
17 Nandre Burger South Africa (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 28) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2019
99 Imran Tahir South Africa (1979-03-28) 28 March 1979 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018
— Dyllan Matthews South Africa (1997-04-14) April 14, 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2019

Matches[]

The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[3]

17 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Jozi Stars
124/7 (20 overs)
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
127/5 (18 overs)
Dane Vilas 38* (34)
JJ Smuts 3/20 (4 overs)
Ben Duckett 75 (45)
Beuran Hendricks 2/13 (4 overs)
Melson Mandela Nay Giants win by 5 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Bongani Jele and Allahudien Paleker
Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Nelson Mandela Bay Giants)
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.
21 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Cape Town Blitz
175/6 (20 overs)
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
132/6 (16 overs)
Janneman Malan 57 (39)
Chris Morris 2/32 (4 overs)
Heino Kuhn 55 (35)
Hussain Talat 2/7 (1 over)
Cape Town Blitz won by 12 runs (DLS method)
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Bongani Jele and Brad White
Player of the match: Janneman Malan (Cape Town Blitz)
  • Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Light failure stopped play during the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' innings. Target reduced to 145 runs in 16 overs.
23 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Durban Heat
127/6 (20 overs)
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
131/1 (17.3 overs)
Albie Morkel 28r (21)
Junior Dala 2/16 (4 overs)
JJ Smuts 62* (52)
Vernon Philander 1/17 (3 overs)
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won by 9 wickets
St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock and Dennis Smith
Player of the match: Junior Dala (Nelson Mandela Bay Giants)
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.
25 November
11:00
Scorecard
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
143/9 (20 overs)
v
Tshwane Spartans (H)
35/3 (5.1 overs)
Marco Marais 47 (41)
Jeevan Mendis 4/22 (4 overs)
Theunis de Bruyn 12* (7)
Carmi le Roux 1/0 (0.1 overs)
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won by 7 runs (DLS method)
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Johan Cloete and Bongani Jele
Player of the match: Marco Marais (Nelson Mandela Bay Giants)
  • Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lightning stopped play during Tshwane Spartans' innings.
27 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v
30 November
14:00
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v
2 December
15:30
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v
5 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
8 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v
12 December
14:00
Scorecard
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

References[]

  1. ^ "Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  2. ^ "REVEALED: Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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