League | SA20 | |
---|---|---|
Personnel | ||
Captain | Keshav Maharaj | |
Coach | Lance Klusener | |
Owner | RPSG Group | |
Team information | ||
City | Durban | |
Colors | Blue and Red | |
Founded | 2022 | |
Home ground | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | |
Capacity | 25,000 | |
History | ||
Twenty20 debut | v. Joburg Super Kings at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban; 11 January 2023 | |
Official website | https://www.durbanssupergiants.com/ | |
Durban's Super Giants is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of the SA20 tournament. [1] The team is based in Durban and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Kingsmead Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Lance Klusener. [2] [3]
The franchise is owned by the RPSG Group, which also owns Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants. [4]
In August 2022, Cricket South Africa announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing six different cities, including Durban, were put up on auction in South Africa in September 2022. The Durban franchise was purchased by RPSG Group.
Year | League standing | Final standing |
---|---|---|
2022-23 | 5th out of 6 | League stage |
2023-24 | 2nd out of 6 | Runners up |
2024-25 | TBC | TBC |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied/NR |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022-23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
2023-24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo [5] |
Note:
Player | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heinrich Klaasen | 840 | 42.00 | 104* | 1 | 7 |
Matthew Breetzke | 602 | 33.44 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
Quinton de Kock | 575 | 25.00 | 83* | 0 | 5 |
Wiaan Mulder | 534 | 28.10 | 59 | 0 | 3 |
JJ Smuts | 298 | 27.09 | 75 | 0 | 3 |
Source: [6] as of 17 Jan 2025
Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
---|---|---|---|
Reece Topley | 23 | 23.21 | 3/19 |
Keshav Maharaj | 22 | 26.40 | 2/17 |
Dwaine Pretorius | 19 | 22.84 | 2/17 |
Noor Ahmad | 18 | 12.44 | 5/11 |
Junior Dala | 16 | 13.25 | 5/26 |
Source: [7] as of 17 Jan 2025
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