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/ | |
2025 Sunrisers Eastern Cape season |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament. [1] The team is based in Gqeberha, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is 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 and second season of the tournament.
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 the Eastern Cape, were put up on auction in September 2022. The Eastern Cape franchise was purchased by Sun Group. [6]
They were the champions of the first season of the tournament after they beat Pretoria Capitals by four 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]
Player | Match | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Aiden Markram | 27 | 728 | 31.65 | 100 | 1 | 3 |
Tristan Stubbs | 27 | 558 | 34.87 | 66* | 0 | 3 |
Jordan Hermann | 22 | 499 | 24.95 | 106* | 1 | 1 |
Tom Abell | 14 | 412 | 41.20 | 65 | 0 | 4 |
Marco Jansen | 26 | 387 | 35.18 | 71* | 0 | 3 |
Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
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Ottniel Baartman | 33 | 14.36 | 4/10 |
Marco Jansen | 32 | 20.96 | 5/30 |
Roelof van der Merwe | 20 | 9.55 | 6/20 |
Daniel Worrall | 17 | 17.88 | 3/207 |
Sisanda Magala | 14 | 24.00 | 2/22 |
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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2023 | 3rd out of 6 | Champions |
2024 | 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 [12] |
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