Tshwane Spartans

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Tshwane Spartans
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Personnel
CaptainHeinrich Klaasen
CoachMark Boucher
Team information
CityCenturion, Gauteng, South Africa
Founded2018
Dissolved2021
Home groundSuperSport Park, Centurion
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Tshwane Spartans were a city-based franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team was based at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

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 All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League have been replaced by eight new teams.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

# Name Age Batting style Bowling style Salary Nat Role
Batsmen
2 Rilee Rossouw 32 Left Handed Right arm Off Break South Africa Overseas Kolpak
8 Theunis de Bruyn 29 Right Handed Right arm Medium Fast R 650 000 South Africa
24 Sikandar Raza 35 Right Handed Right arm Off Break R 100 000 Zimbabwe Foreign Overseas
33 Tony de Zorzi 24 Left Handed Right arm Off Break R180 000 South Africa Rookie
64 Dean Elgar 34 Left Handed Slow Left arm Orthodox R 150 000 South Africa
Eoin Morgan 35 Left Handed Right arm Medium England International Marquee
Wicket Keeper
10 Gihahn Cloete 29 Left Handed Right arm Off Break R 250 000 South Africa
17 AB de Villiers 38 Right Handed South Africa Protea Marquee & Captain[3]
All Rounders
12 Sean Williams 35 Left Handed Slow Left arm Orthodox R 350 000 Zimbabwe Foreign Overseas
46 Shaun von Berg 35 Right Handed Right arm Leg Break R 75 000 South Africa
84 Robbie Frylinck 37 Right Handed Right arm Fast Medium R 900 000 South Africa
88 Jeevan Mendis 39 Left Handed Right arm Leg Break R 750 000 Sri Lanka Foreign Overseas
Pace Bowlers
9 Andrew Birch 36 Right Handed Right arm Fast Medium R 120 000 South Africa
19 Rory Kleinveldt 38 Right Handed Right arm Medium Fast R 550 000 South Africa
65 Lutho Sipamla 23 Right Handed Right arm Fast R 200 000 South Africa Rookie
89 Eldred Hawken 32 Right Handed Right arm Fast R 50 000 South Africa
Corbin Bosch 27 Right Handed Right arm Medium South Africa
22 Lungi Ngidi 25 Right Handed Right arm Fast R 1 000 000 South Africa
  • Rilee Rossouw replaces Sean Williams for the first week while Williams is on tour with Zimbabwe.[4]

Matches[]

The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[5](Start times given are South African Standard Time, UTC+2)

16 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Cape Town Blitz
180/4 (20 overs)
v
Tshwane Spartans
131 (19.3 overs)
Mohammad Nawaz 59 (37)
Andrew Birch 2/39 (4 overs)
AB de Villiers 59 (30)
Ferisco Adams 3/28 (3.3 overs)
Cape Town Blitz won by 49 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Stephen Harris and Adrian Holdstock
Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Cape Town Blitz)
  • Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
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.
21 November
14:00
Scorecard
Tshwane Spartans
139/9 (19 overs)
v
Durban Heat (H)
129/6 (16.3 overs)
Gihahn Cloete 55 (43)
Kyle Abbott 4/27 (4 overs)
Albie Morkel 26 (12)
Lutho Sipamla 3/22 (3 overs)
Durban Heat won by 10 runs (DLS method)
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma and Allahudien Paleker
Player of the match: Kyle Abbott (Durban Heat)
  • Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match was reduced to 19 overs due to rain.
  • Rain stopped play during Durban Heat's innings.
25 November
11:00
Scorecard
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.
28 November
14:00
Scorecard
(H) Tshwane Spartans
v
SuperSport Park, Centurion
1 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Tshwane Spartans
v
SuperSport Park, Centurion
5 December
14:00
Scorecard
(H) Tshwane Spartans
v
SuperSport Park, Centurion
8 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Tshwane Spartans
11 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Tshwane Spartans
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Tshwane Spartans
v
SuperSport Park, Centurion

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. ^ Mohamed, Ashfak (2018-11-13). "AB de Villiers chosen as new Tshwane Spartans captain for Mzansi Super League". IOL. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  4. ^ "Rossouw makes SA return for Tshwane Spartans". Sport24. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  5. ^ "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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