League | SA20 | |
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Personnel | ||
Captain | Aiden Markram | |
Coach | Adrian Birrell | |
Owner | SUN Group | |
Chief executive | Kavya Maran | |
Team information | ||
City | Gqeberha | |
Colors | Orange | |
Founded | 2022 | |
Home ground | St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha | |
Capacity | 19,000 | |
History | ||
Twenty20 debut | v. Pretoria Capitals at St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha; 10 January 2023 | |
SA20 wins | 2 (2022–23, 2023–24) | |
Official website | https://www.sa20.co.za/team/sunrisers-eastern-cape/ | |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape in 2024 |
SUN Group | |
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Current Teams | |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (2013–present) X 1 (2016) Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2022–present) X 2 (2023, 2024) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. [1] The team is based in Gqeberha, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the St George's Park Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Adrian Birrell. [2] [3] The franchise is owned by the Indian SUN Group. [4] [5]
They were the champions of the first season of the tournament after they beat Pretoria Capitals by 4 wickets in the final at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
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 Eastern Cape, were put up on auction in South Africa on September 2022. The Eastern Cape franchise was purchased was revealed that Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by Sun 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 champions of the first season of the tournament after they beat Pretoria Capitals by 4 wickets in the final at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Having successfully lead the team to their inaugural SA20 title, Markram was later appointed as the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2023 season of the IPL. [7]
The Sunrisers defended their title to become champions for a second time. They beat Durban's Super Giants by 89 runs in the final at Cape Town. [8]
The franchise's squad for the first season of the competition was: [9]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Captain | |||||||
94 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | 4 October 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Captain | |
Batsmen | |||||||
11 | Temba Bavuma | South Africa | 17 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Chairman [10] | |
29 | Dawid Malan | England | 3 September 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
40 | Sarel Erwee | South Africa | 10 November 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
76 | Jordan Hermann | South Africa | 4 December 2001 | Left-handed | - | Wild card | |
Marques Ackerman | South Africa | 1 March 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | |||
All-rounders | |||||||
14 | Ayabulela Gqamane | South Africa | 30 August 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
28 | Tom Abell | England | 5 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | |
70 | Marco Jansen | South Africa | 1 May 2000 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | ||
83 | Liam Dawson | England | 1 March 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | International | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
17 | Adam Rossington | England | 5 May 1993 | Right-handed | - | Overseas | |
30 | Tristan Stubbs | South Africa | 14 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
Spin bowlers | |||||||
11 | Simon Harmer | South Africa | 10 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
Junaid Dawood | South Africa | 2 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | |||
Caleb Seleka | South Africa | 22 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | |||
Fast bowlers | |||||||
8 | Daniel Worrall | Australia | 10 July 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | UK Passport | |
18 | Ottniel Baartman | South Africa | 18 March 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Player | Match | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Aiden Markram | 12 | 366 | 33.27 | 100 | 1 | 1 |
Adam Rossington | 10 | 246 | 27.33 | 72 | 0 | 2 |
JJ Smuts | 9 | 202 | 28.85 | 66 | 0 | 2 |
Tristan Stubbs | 12 | 190 | 21.11 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Hermann | 8 | 184 | 23.00 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
---|---|---|---|
Roelof van der Merwe | 20 | 9.55 | 6/20 |
Sisanda Magala | 14 | 24.00 | 2/22 |
Ottniel Baartman | 12 | 16.91 | 3/45 |
Aiden Markram | 11 | 14.63 | 2/7 |
Marco Jansen | 8 | 3 | 6/5 |
Player | Matches | 6s |
---|---|---|
Marco Jansen | 12 | 14 |
Adam Rossington | 10 | 13 |
Aiden Markram | 12 | 12 |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Adrian Birrell |
Assistant coach | Baakier Abrahams |
Batting coach | Russell Domingo |
Bowling coach | Dale Steyn |
Fielding coach | Ryan Cook |
Year | League standing | Final standing |
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2022-23 | 3rd out of 6 | Champions |
2023-24 | 1st out of 6 | Champions |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied/NR |
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2022-23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
2023-24 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo [14] |
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