Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

Nelson Mandela Bay Giants is a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is based at the St George's Park Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth. The coach is Eric Simons.[1]

Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
Personnel
CaptainJJ Smuts
CoachEric Simons
Team information
CityPort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Founded2018
Home groundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth

T20I kit

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
14Christiaan Jonker (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
15Marco Marais (1993-10-17) 17 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
20Jason Roy (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium2018Overseas
All-rounders
2Chris Morris (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium2018
21JJ Smuts (1988-08-21) 21 August 1988Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Captain
27Ryan ten Doeschate (1980-06-30) 30 June 1980Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas
28Farhaan Behardien (1983-10-09) 9 October 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium2019
66Grant Thomson (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
Onke Nyaku (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
Wicket-keepers
3Matthew Breetzke (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989Right-handed2019
20Heino Kuhn (1984-04-01) 1 April 1984Right-handed2018
51Ben Dunk (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987Left-handedRight-arm off break2019Overseas
Bowlers
3Junior Dala (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast2018
4Akhona Mnyaka (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990Right-handedLeft-arm fast2019
14Beuran Hendricks (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2019
17Nandre Burger (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2019
99Imran Tahir (1979-03-28) 28 March 1979Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018
Dyllan Matthews (1997-04-14) April 14, 1997Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019

Matches

The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[3]

17 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Jozi Stars
124/7 (20 overs)
v
Dane Vilas 38* (34)
JJ Smuts 3/20 (4 overs)
Ben Duckett 75 (45)
Beuran Hendricks 2/13 (4 overs)
Melson Mandela Nay Giants win by 5 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Bongani Jele and Allahudien Paleker
Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Nelson Mandela Bay Giants)
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.

21 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Cape Town Blitz
175/6 (20 overs)
v
Janneman Malan 57 (39)
Chris Morris 2/32 (4 overs)
Heino Kuhn 55 (35)
Hussain Talat 2/7 (1 over)
Cape Town Blitz won by 12 runs (DLS method)
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Bongani Jele and Brad White
Player of the match: Janneman Malan (Cape Town Blitz)
  • 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.

23 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Durban Heat
127/6 (20 overs)
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
131/1 (17.3 overs)
Albie Morkel 28r (21)
Junior Dala 2/16 (4 overs)
JJ Smuts 62* (52)
Vernon Philander 1/17 (3 overs)
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won by 9 wickets
St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock and Dennis Smith
Player of the match: Junior Dala (Nelson Mandela Bay Giants)
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.

25 November
11:00
Scorecard
v
Tshwane Spartans (H)
35/3 (5.1 overs)
Marco Marais 47 (41)
Jeevan Mendis 4/22 (4 overs)
Theunis de Bruyn 12* (7)
Carmi le Roux 1/0 (0.1 overs)
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won by 7 runs (DLS method)
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Johan Cloete and Bongani Jele
Player of the match: Marco Marais (Nelson Mandela Bay Giants)
  • Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lightning stopped play during Tshwane Spartans' innings.

27 November
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v

30 November
14:00
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v

2 December
15:30
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v

5 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

8 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
v

12 December
14:00
Scorecard
v
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants

References

  1. Mohamed, Afshak (15 October 2018). "Cape Town Blitz, Jozi Stars head up Mzansi Super League, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle among big names | IOL". iol.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. "REVEALED: Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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