Paarl Royals

Paarl Royals

League	SA20
Personnel
Captain	David Miller
Coach	Trevor Penney
Owner	Manoj Badale
Team information
City	Paarl
Colors	Pink and Blue
Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Home ground	Boland Park, Paarl
Capacity	10,000
History
Twenty20 debut	v. MI Cape Town at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 10 January 2023
SA20  wins	0:
Official website	https://www.paarlroyals.com/
T20 kit

Paarl Royals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament. ^[1] The team is based in Paarl, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is Boland Park Cricket ground. The team is captained by David Miller and is coached by Shane Bond. ^{[2] [3]}

The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale. ^[4]

Franchise history

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 cities, including Paarl, were put up for auction in September 2022. The Paarl franchise was purchased by Manoj Badale. ^[5]

Administration and support staff

^[6]

Position	Name
CEO	Jake Lush McCrum
Head coach	Shane Bond
Batting coach	Mark Charlton
Spin bowling and strategy coach	Richard das Neves
Fast bowling coach	Mandla Mashimbyi
Tactical performance coach	Lisa Keightley

Statistics

^[7]

Most runs

Player	Runs	Batting average	High score	100s	50s
Jos Buttler	799	39.95	70	0	7
David Miller	701	36.89	75*	0	1
Jason Roy	408	18.54	68	0	2
LG Pretorius	397	33.08	97	0	3
Mitchell van Buuren	384	22.58	72*	0	1

Source: ^[8] as of 7 Feb 2025

Most wickets

Player	Wickets	Bowling average	Best bowling
Bjorn Fortuin	31	26.87	3/14
Lungi Ngidi	26	29.26	4/39
Tabraiz Shamsi	18	27.00	2/11
Evan Jones	15	21.46	4/32
Andile Phehlukwayo	15	25.86	3/29

Source: ^[9] as of 7 Feb 2025

Seasons

Seasons

Year	League standing	Final standing
2023	4th out of 6	Semifinals
2024	3rd out of 6	Eliminator
2025	2nd out of 6	Qualifier 2

•  C: champions
•   RU: runner-up
•   SF team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition

Season summary

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied/NR
2023	11	4	6	1
2024	11	5	6	0
2025	11	7	4	0
Source: ESPNCricinfo [10]

Note:

• NR indicates No result.
• Abandoned matches are indicated as no result.

References

1. "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
3. "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
5. "SA20 FRANCHISE PAARL ROYALS ANNOUNCE DAVID MILLER AS CAPTAIN FOR INAUGURAL SEASON".
6. "Bond replaces Duminy as head coach at Paarl Royals". ESPNCricInfo.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
7. "SA20 records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
8. "SA20 Trophy batting most runs career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
9. "SA20 Trophy bowling most wickets career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
10. "SA20 Records - Paarl Royals". ESPNCricinfo .

External links

• Paarl Royals at the SA20 official website.