Pretoria Capitals

Pretoria Capitals

League	SA20
Personnel
Captain	Wayne Parnell
Coach	Jonathan Trott
Owner	JSW Sports
Team information
City	Pretoria
Colors	Blue and Red
Founded	2022;3 years ago (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/
T20 kit
Current Season

Pretoria Capitals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament. ^[1] The team is based in Pretoria, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is Centurion Park. The team is coached by Graham Ford. ^{[2] [3]} Pretoria Capitals were the runners-up of the first season of SA20

The franchise is owned by JSW Sports. ^[4]

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 Pretoria, were put up for auction in September 2022. The Pretoria franchise was purchased by JSW Group. ^[5]

2023 season

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.

Seasons

Seasons

Year	League standing	Final standing
2023	1st out of 6	Runners up
2024	5th out of 6	League Stage

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

Season summary

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied/NR
2022-23	12	9	3	0
2023-24	10	3	6	1
Source: ESPNCricinfo [6]

Note:

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

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Runs	Batting average	High score	100s	50s
Will Jacks	515	32.18	101	1	4
Rilee Rossouw	358	17.90	82	0	2
Phil Salt	354	20.82	77*	0	2
Theunis de Bruyn	295	18.43	53	0	1
Kyle Verreynne	256	64.00	116*	1	1

Source: ^[7]

Most wickets

Player	Wickets	Bowling average	Best bowling
Wayne Parnell	24	18.41	4/33
Adil Rashid	22	23.81	3/30
Eathan Bosch	21	27.33	3/12
Anrich Nortje	20	13.25	3/12
James Neesham	18	19.72	3/7

Source: ^[8]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jonathan Trott [9]
Assistant coach	Jacques Kallis
Assistant coach	Dale Benkenstein

Coaching History

• Graham Ford (2023 - 2024)

Year by year history

Season	SA20
	P	W	L	NR	Position	Finals
2023	12	9	3	0	1st	Runner up
2024	10				TBC

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. "Pretoria Capitals announce Mega Casino World as Principal Partner for Season Two of SA20". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2023.
6. "SA20 Records - Pretoria Capitals". ESPNCricinfo .
7. "Most runs in SA20 - Pretoria Capitals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
8. "Most wickets in SA20 - Pretoria Capitals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
9. "Jonathan Trott to take over as head coach of Pretoria Capitals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

External links

• Pretoria Capitals team website
• SA20 Official Team Website