Paarl Rocks

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Paarl Rocks
Paarl Rocks logo
Personnel
CaptainFaf du Plessis
CoachAdrian Birrell
Team information
CityPaarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Founded2018
Dissolved2021
Home groundBoland Park, Paarl

T20I kit

Paarl Rocks were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament founded in 2018. The team was based at Boland Park in Paarl. The coach is Adrian Birrell.[1] The Paarl Rocks won the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [2]

Paarl Rocks featured for the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019, before COVID-19 delayed the competition in 2020. The Rocks 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 All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League have been replaced by eight new teams.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.[3]


2018 season[]

Main article: 2018 Mzansi Super League

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.[4]

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
Batsmen
3 Patrick Kruger 27 Right Handed Right arm Medium R 75 000 South Africa
4 Aiden Markram South Africa (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018
5 Vaughn van Jaarsveld (1985-02-02) February 2, 1985 (age 37) Left Handed Right arm Medium R 350 000 South Africa
13 Faf du Plessis South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Captain
19 Henry Davids 42 Right Handed Right arm Medium Fast R 150 000 South Africa
12 Cameron Delport South Africa (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2018
All-rounders
21 JP Duminy South Africa (1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2019
29 Dwaine Pretorius South Africa (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2019
45 Bjorn Fortuin South Africa (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 27) Right Handed Slow Left arm Orthodox 2018
72 David Willey England (1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm fast 2019 Overseas
Wicket-keepers
33 Mangaliso Mosehle South Africa (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 31) Right-handed — 2019
— Kyle Verreynne South Africa (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 24) Right-handed — 2019
Bowlers
7 Hardus Viljoen South Africa (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019
17 Isuru Udana Sri Lanka (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2019 Overseas
90 Tabraiz Shamsi South Africa (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 32) Right-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 2018
14 Eathan Bosch 23 Right Handed Right arm Fast R 100 000 South Africa Rookie
21 Kerwin Mungroo 27 Right Handed Right arm Fast R 50 000 South Africa
23 Tshepo Moreki 28 Right Handed Right arm Medium Fast R 180 000 South Africa
44 Dane Paterson 32 Right Handed Right arm Fast R 900 000 South Africa

Matches[]

The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[5]

18 November
15:30
Scorecard
Tshwane Spartans
203/5 (20 overs)
v
Paarl Rocks (H)
202/6 (20 overs)
Gihahn Cloete 80 (49)
Dwayne Bravo 3/31 (4 overs)
Cameron Delport 73 (43)
Jeevan Mendis 2/35 (4 overs)
Tshwane Spartans won by 1 run
Boland Park, Paarl
Umpires: Stephen Harris and Adrian Holdstock
Player of the match: Theunis de Bruyn (Tshwane Spartans)
  • Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
20 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Jozi Stars
209/2 (20 overs)
v
Paarl Rocks (H)
149 (18.4 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 91 (59)
David Wiese 1/37 (4 overs)
Henry Davids 60 (36)
Simon Harmer 3/22 (4 overs)
Jozi Stars won by 60 runs
Boland Park, Paarl
Umpires: Johan Cloete and Brad White
Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (Jozi Stars)
  • Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
25 November
15:30
Scorecard
Cape Town Blitz
140 (20 overs)
v
Paarl Rocks (H)
144/5 (18.5 overs)
Quinton de Kock 31 (16)
Bjorn Fortuin 4/15 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 54 (39)
Dale Steyn 2/21 (3 overs)
Paarl Rocks win by 5 wickets
Boland Park, Paarl
Umpires: Murray Brown and Lubabalo Gcuma
Player of the match: Bjorn Fortuin (Paarl Rocks)
  • Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat
28 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Paarl Rocks
2 December
11:00
Scorecard
(H) Paarl Rocks
v
5 December
14:00
Scorecard
v
Paarl Rocks
SuperSport Park, Centurion
7 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Paarl Rocks
9 December
11:00
Scorecard
v
Paarl Rocks
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12 December
14:00
Scorecard
(H) Paarl Rocks
v

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Faf du Plessis' Paarl Rocks win Mzansi Super League". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  3. ^ "Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  4. ^ "Davids powers Paarl Rocks to Mzansi Super League title". Sport. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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