Sunrisers Eastern Cape

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Sunrisers Eastern Cape
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League SA20
Personnel
Captain Aiden Markram
Coach Adrian Birrell
Owner SUN Group
Chief executive Kavya Maran
Team information
City Gqeberha
ColorsOrange
Founded2022;3 years ago (2022)
Home ground St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
Capacity19,000
History
Twenty20 debutv. Pretoria Capitals at St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha; 10 January 2023
SA20  wins2 (2022–23, 2023–24)
Official website https://www.sa20.co.za/team/sunrisers-eastern-cape/
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Cricket current event.svg 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]

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They were the champions of the first and second season of the tournament.

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 the Eastern Cape, were put up on auction in September 2022. The Eastern Cape franchise was purchased by Sun Group. [6]

2023 season

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]

2024 season

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]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerMatchRunsBatting averageHigh score100s50s
Aiden Markram 2772831.6510013
Tristan Stubbs 2755834.8766*03
Jordan Hermann 2249924.95106*11
Tom Abell 1441241.206504
Marco Jansen 2638735.1871*03

Most wickets

PlayerWicketsBowling averageBest bowling
Ottniel Baartman 3314.364/10
Marco Jansen 3220.965/30
Roelof van der Merwe 209.556/20
Daniel Worrall 1717.883/207
Sisanda Magala 1424.002/22

Administration and support staff

PositionName
Head coach Adrian Birrell
Assistant coach Baakier Abrahams
Batting coach Russell Domingo
Bowling coach Dale Steyn
Fielding coachRyan Cook

Seasons

Seasons

YearLeague standingFinal standing
2023 3rd out of 6Champions
2024 1st out of 6Champions

Season summary

YearPlayedWinsLossesTied/NR
2022-23 12651
2023-24 12921
Source: ESPNCricinfo [12]

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