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League | SA20 | |
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Personnel | ||
Captain | Wayne Parnell | |
Coach | Jonathan Trott [1] | |
Owner | JSW Sports | |
Team information | ||
City | Pretoria | |
Colors | Blue and Red | |
Founded | 2022 | |
Home ground | Centurion Park, Centurion | |
Capacity | 22,000 | |
History | ||
Twenty20 debut | v. Sunrisers Eastern Cape at St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha; 12 January 2023 | |
Official website | https://www.pretoria-capitals.com/ | |
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Capitals Group | |
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Current Teams | |
Delhi Capitals (2008–present) Delhi Capitals (WPL) (2023–present) Dubai Capitals (2023–present) Pretoria Capitals (2022–present) | |
Defunct Teams | |
Joburg Giants (2017) |
Pretoria Capitals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. [2] The team is based in Pretoria, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Centurion Park Cricket ground. The team is coached by Graham Ford. [3] [4]
In August 2022, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023.The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of South Africa, including Pretoria, were put up on auction in South Africa on September 2022.The Pretoria franchise was purchased was revealed that Delhi Capitals, led by JSW Group will be owning a team in the league.The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023,through their social media handles. [6]
They were the Runner-up of the first season of the tournament after they lose Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 4 wickets in the final at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Runner up the inaugural Session under Wayne Parnell's captaincy.
The side's squad for the first season of the competition was: [7]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Captain | ||||||
7 | Wayne Parnell | ![]() | 30 July 1989 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Captain |
Batsmen | ||||||
9 | Rilee Rossouw | ![]() | 9 October 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
10 | Shane Dadswell | ![]() | 18 November 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Occasional wicket-keeper |
8 | Theunis de Bruyn | ![]() | 8 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
22 | Will Jacks | ![]() | 21 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Overseas |
39 | Paul Stirling | ![]() | 3 September 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas |
All-rounders | ||||||
50 | James Neesham | ![]() | 17 September 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Overseas |
67 | Senuran Muthusamy | ![]() | 22 February 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Corbin Bosch | ![]() | 10 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
28 | Phil Salt | ![]() | 28 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas |
97 | Kyle Verreynne | ![]() | 12 May 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Spin bowlers | ||||||
95 | Adil Rashid | ![]() | 17 February 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas |
Fast bowlers | ||||||
02 | Anrich Nortje | ![]() | 16 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
22 | Daryn Dupavillon | ![]() | 15 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
14 | Eathan Bosch | ![]() | 27 April 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
27 | Migael Pretorius | ![]() | 24 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
7 | Hardus Viljoen | ![]() | 6 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
Year | League standing | Final standing |
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2022-23 | 1st out of 6 | Runners up |
2023-24 | 5th out of 6 | League Stage |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied/NR |
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2022-23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
2023-24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo [8] |
Note:
Player | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Will Jacks | 270 | 38.57 | 92 | 0 | 3 |
Phil Salt | 238 | 29.75 | 77* | 0 | 2 |
Theunis de Bruyn | 21.63 | 53 | 0 | 1 | |
Kusal Mendis | 223 | 31.85 | 80 | 0 | 1 |
Rilee Rossouw | 202 | 18.36 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
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Anrich Nortje | 20 | 13.25 | 3/12 |
Eathan Bosch | 15 | 21.40 | 3/12 |
James Neesham | 14 | 17.92 | 3/7 |
Adil Rashid | 14 | 19.64 | 2/15 |
Wayne Parnell | 10 | 19.90 | 3/14 |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Graham Ford |
Assistant coach | Jacques Kallis |
Assistant coach | Dale Benkenstein |
Year | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest branding |
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2023 | ||||
2024 | Mega Casino World | Renault |
Season | SA20 | |||||||
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P | W | L | NR | Position | Finals | |||
2023 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st | Runner up | ||
2024 | 10 | TBC |
Name | Period | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied [*] | NR | % [**] | |
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1 | Wayne Parnell | 2023–Present | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
2 | Theunis de Bruyn | (2023) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
3 | James Neesham | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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