2023–24 SA20 players auctions | |
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General information | |
Sport | Cricket |
Date(s) | 27 September 2023 |
Time | 16:00 SAST |
Location | Durban, South Africa |
Overview | |
League | SA20 |
Team | 6 |
This is a list of all auctions and personnel signings for the 2024 SA20 Cricket Tournament. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
All South African players bought at 2022–23 SA20 auction were on 2-year contracts. Teams had the option to retain, trade or buy out these players. [6]
Durban's Super Giants | Joburg Super Kings | MI Cape Town | Paarl Royals | Pretoria Capitals | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | |
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Retained Players | ||||||
Pre-signed Players | ||||||
Overseas players indicated in Bold. Source: [7] [8] [9] |
Team | Retained | Pre-signed | Total | Open slots to fill | Funds Remaining | ||
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Domestic | Overseas | Domestic | Overseas | ||||
Durban | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | R 1.68 million ( US$ 113,328.82) |
Johanesburg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 5 | R 6.1 million ( US$ 412,719.89) |
Cape Town | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 5 | R 5.05 million ( US$ 341,677.94) |
Paarl | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | R 8.87 million ( US$ 599,797.02) |
Pretoria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | R 9.74 million ( US$ 658,795.67) |
Eastern Cape | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | R 1.79 million ( US$ 121,109.61) |
Maximum overseas players: 8; Squad size: 19; Budget: R39.1m |
A total of 257 players (135 South Africa and 122 Overseas) entered their name in the auction pool with only 25 open places. [11] During the main auction, 15 players were sold along with 6 rookie players were drafted. [12] [13] [14]
Name | Nationality | Playing role | Price (in ZAR) | Team |
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Wayne Madsen | Italy | Batsman | 850,000 | Joburg Super Kings |
Paul Stirling | Ireland | Batsman | 425,000 | Pretoria Capitals |
Kyle Verreynne | South Africa | Wicketkeeper | 175,000 | Pretoria Capitals |
Chris Benjamin | England | Wicketkeeper | 175,000 | MI Cape Town |
Matthew Boast | South Africa | Allrounder | 1,600,000 | Pretoria Capitals |
Dayyaan Galiem | South Africa | Allrounder | 1,600,000 | Joburg Super Kings |
Romario Shepherd | West Indies | Bowler | 850,000 | Joburg Super Kings |
John Turner | England | Bowler | 425,000 | Paarl Royals |
Daryn Dupavillon | South Africa | Bowler | 600,000 | Pretoria Capitals |
Caleb Seleka | South Africa | Bowler | 175,000 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
Lorcan Tucker | Ireland | Wicketkeeper | 175,000 | Paarl Royals |
Beyers Swanepoel | South Africa | Allrounder | 600,000 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
Jason Smith | South Africa | Allrounder | 175,000 | Durban's Super Giants |
Nealan van Heerden | South Africa | Bowler | 175,000 | MI Cape Town |
Thomas Kaber | South Africa | Bowler | 175,000 | MI Cape Town |
A rookie is a South African player aged 22 or younger on the day of the auction and who has not been previously drafted in the SA20 League. [6]
All six teams were mandated to select a player from the rookie draft. A player meeting the definition of a Rookie could be bought in the regular auction stage, however, if not chosen in the regular auction, they became eligible for the rookie draft, which took place at the end of the regular auction. If a franchise already had a player in the squad that met the definition of a rookie player, that player did not count as the rookie player as far as this provision was concerned. [13]
Each rookie player had a set value of R75,000, which was deducted from the team’s available salary cap prior to the auction to ensure that the rookie Fee was sufficiently catered for by each Franchise. The standard regulations pertaining to squad composition, salary cap, and base prices applied. The order of selection of the rookie draft was in reverse order of the final position of each team in the previous season. [13]
For the wildcard pick, each team has until December 30, 2023, this players fee is excluded from the salary cap. [6]
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