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With the Betway SA20 Season 3 Player Auction having come and gone, here are the six teams’ final squads:
Go to the team pages:
Durban’s Super Giants | Joburg Super Kings | MI Cape Town | Paarl Royals |Pretoria Capitals | Sunrisers Eastern Cape
DURBAN’S SUPER GIANTS
Head coach: Lance Klusener
Retained for Season 3: Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan), Matthew Breetzke, Junior Dala, Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Bryce Parsons, Dwaine Pretorius, Jason Smith, Jon-Jon Smuts, Prenelan Subrayen
Pre-signings: Brandon King (West Indies), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Chris Woakes (England)
Auction signing: Shamar Joseph (West Indies)
Rookie: CJ King
Wildcard: Marcus Stoinis (Australia)
Outs: Kyle Mayers (West Indies), Keemo Paul (West Indies), Reece Topley (England), Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka), Tony de Zorzi, Nicholas Pooran (West Indies), Richard Gleeson (England) – signed by Sunrisers Eastern Cape at the Player Auction, Ashton Agar (Australia)
JOBURG SUPER KINGS
Head coach: Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
Retained for Season 3: Faf du Plessis – captain, Moeen Ali (England), Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Leus du Plooy (Hungary-England), Donovan Ferreira, Sibonelo Makhanya, Imran Tahir, David Wiese, Lizaad Williams
Pre-signings: Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka), Jonny Bairstow (England), Devon Conway (New Zealand)
Trade-in: Tabraiz Shamsi (from Paarl Royals)
Auction signings: Wihan Lubbe, Evan Jones, Doug Bracewell (New Zealand – re-signed)
Rookie: JP King
Wildcard: Matheesha Pathirana (Sri Lanka)
Outs: Dayyaan Galiem (traded to Paarl Royals), Reeza Hendricks – signed by MI Cape Town at the Player Auction, Kyle Simmonds – signed by Pretoria Capitals at the Player Auction, Aaron Phangiso, Sam Cook (England), Zahir Khan (Afghanistan), Romario Shepherd (West Indies), Wayne Madsen (Italy/England), Ronan Herrmann
MI CAPE TOWN
Head coach: Robin Peterson
Retained for Season 3: Dewald Brevis, Connor Esterhuizen, Thomas Kaber, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Chris Benjamin (England), Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka)
Pre-signings: Ben Stokes (England), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)
Auction signings: Reeza Hendricks, Colin Ingram, Dane Piedt
Rookie: Tristan Luus
Wildcard: Corbin Bosch
Outs: Beuran Hendricks, Duan Jansen, Grant Roelofsen, Nealan van Heerden, Sam Curran (England), Liam Livingstone (England) – signed by Pretoria Capitals as Wildcard, Olly Stone (England), Tom Banton (England), Kieron Pollard (West Indies)
PAARL ROYALS
Head coach: Shane Bond (New Zealand)
Retained for Season 3: Keith Dudgeon, Bjorn Fortuin, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, John Turner (England), Mitchell van Buuren, Codi Yusuf
Pre-signings: Joe Root (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Jacob Bethell (England), Sam Hain (England), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan)
Trade-in: Dayyaan Galiem (from Joburg Super Kings)
Auction signing: Rubin Hermann
Rookie: Dewan Marais
Outs: Dane Vilas, Tabraiz Shamsi (traded to Joburg Super Kings), Ferisco Adams, Evan Jones – signed by Joburg Super Kings at the Player Auction, Wihan Lubbe – signed by Joburg Super Kings at the Player Auction, Jos Buttler (England)
PRETORIA CAPITALS
Head coach: Jonathan Trott (England) – replaced Graham Ford
Retained for Season 3: Eathan Bosch, Daryn Dupavillon, Will Jacks (England), Senuran Muthusamy, Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren, Kyle Verreynne
Pre-signings: Will Smeed (England), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan)
Auction signings: Evin Lewis (West Indies), Marques Ackerman, Kyle Simmonds
Rookie: Keagan Lion-Cachet
Wildcard: Liam Livingstone (England)
Outs: Theunis de Bruyn, Adil Rashid (England), Phil Salt (England), Shane Dadswell, Colin Ingram – signed by MI Cape Town at the Player Auction, Corbin Bosch – signed by MI Cape Town as Wildcard, Matthew Boast, Paul Stirling (Ireland), Hardus Viljoen, Jacques Snyman, Colin Ackermann (Netherlands).
SUNRISERS EASTERN CAPE
Head coach: Adrian Birrell
Retained for Season 3: Aiden Markram – captain, Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Tom Abell (England), Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Beyers Swanepoel, Simon Harmer, Liam Dawson (England), Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane.
Pre-signings: Roelof van der Merwe (Netherlands), Zak Crawley (England), Craig Overton (England).
Auction signings: Okuhle Cele, Richard Gleeson (England)
Rookie: Daniel Smith
Wildcard: David Bedingham
Outs: Sarel Erwee, Aya Gqamane, Adam Rossington (England), Temba Bavuma, Dawid Malan (England), Daniel Worrall (Australia/England)
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Name of Author: SA20 League
SA20, officially known as the Betway SA20 for sponsorship reasons, is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa organized by Cricket South Africa (CSA). First held in the 2023 season, the league features six city-based teams. Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the first two editions of the tournament.
