Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team were based at the St George's Park Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth.
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| Personnel | ||
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| Captain | JJ Smuts | |
| Coach | Eric Simons | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa | |
| Founded | 2018 | |
| Dissolved | 2021 | |
| Home ground | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants featured for the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019, before COVID-19 delayed the competition in 2020. The Giants were dissolved in 2021 in response to the long planned reforms that occurred in domestic South African cricket that year. All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League have been replaced by eight new teams. These eight teams come from Division 1 of the new domestic structure, which in turn has returned to the more traditional pre-2004 province based format.[1]
2018 season
Squad
The squad for the inaugural 2018 season is:[2]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 14 | Christiaan Jonker |  | 24 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ||
| 15 | Marco Marais | | 17 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ||
| 20 | Jason Roy |  | 21 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | Overseas | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 2 | Chris Morris | | 30 April 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ||
| 21 | JJ Smuts | | 21 August 1988 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | Captain | |
| 27 | Ryan ten Doeschate |  | 30 June 1980 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Overseas | |
| 28 | Farhaan Behardien | | 9 October 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ||
| 66 | Grant Thomson | | 18 March 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ||
| — | Onke Nyaku | | 26 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 3 | Matthew Breetzke | | 17 July 1989 | Right-handed | — | 2019 | ||
| 20 | Heino Kuhn | | 1 April 1984 | Right-handed | — | 2018 | ||
| 51 | Ben Dunk | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 11 March 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | Overseas | |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Junior Dala | | 29 December 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ||
| 4 | Akhona Mnyaka | | 8 July 1990 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2019 | ||
| 14 | Beuran Hendricks | | 8 July 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2019 | ||
| 17 | Nandre Burger | | 30 March 1993 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ||
| 99 | Imran Tahir | | 28 March 1979 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ||
| — | Dyllan Matthews | | April 14, 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | ||
Matches
The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[3]
(H) Jozi Stars 124/7 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 127/5 (18 overs) |
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Cape Town Blitz 175/6 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 132/6 (16 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
- Light failure stopped play during the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' innings. Target reduced to 145 runs in 16 overs.
Durban Heat 127/6 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H) 131/1 (17.3 overs) |
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 143/9 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H) 35/3 (5.1 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
- Lightning stopped play during Tshwane Spartans' innings.
References
- "Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- "REVEALED: Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.