Warriors (cricket team)

The Warriors is the name used by the combined Eastern Province and Border first class cricket teams in South Africa. Their home venues are St George's Park, Port Elizabeth and Buffalo Park, East London.

This article is about the South African first-class cricket team. For the Australian first-class cricket team based in Western Australia, see Western Warriors. For the IPL team, see Pune Warriors.

Warriors
Personnel
Captain JJ Smuts
One Day captain JJ Smuts
Coach Robin Peterson
Team information
Colours  Electric green

  Dark green

  Black
Founded2003
Home groundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth ; Buffalo Park, East London
Capacity19,000
Official websitewarriorscricket.co.za

First-class

T20

The combined team, previously known as the Chevrolet Warriors[1] for sponsorship purposes, play in the Sunfoil Series first-class competition, the Momentum 1 Day Cup and the Ram Slam T20 Challenge limited over competitions. They were the 2009/2010 MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Twenty20 winners, as well as runners-up to the Chennai Super Kings in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 held in South Africa.

Since the 2011/2012 season, they have been participating in the Momentum 1 Day Cup. They also currently participate in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, and the Sunfoil Series, both of which came into inception in the 2012/2013 season.

During the month of October each year, the side eschews their traditional black and electric green colours in favour of a bold pink playing kit to show their support of Breast Cancer Awareness as well as their fundraising efforts for Reach for Recovery.[2]

Honours
  • MTN Domestic One-Day Cup (1) 2009/2010
  • Standard Bank Pro20 (1) - 2009/2010
  • Momentum One Day Cup (1) Shared - 2017/2018

Players

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Opening Batsmen
Edward Moore (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993Left-handedRight arm off break
Batsmen
Christiaan Jonker (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Marco Marais (1993-10-17) 17 October 1993Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Lesiba Ngoepe (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993Left-handedLeft arm orthodox
Yaseen Vallie (1989-09-30) 30 September 1989Right-handedRight arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Matthew Breetzke (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998Right-handedOpener
Gihahn Cloete (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992Left-handedRight arm off breakOpener
Sinethemba Qeshile (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999Right-handed
Rudi Second (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989Right-handedRight arm Off break
All-rounders
Thomas Kaber (1992-06-14) 14 June 1992Right-handedLeft arm unorthodox
Onke Nyaku (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
JJ Smuts (1988-08-21) 21 August 1988Right-handedLeft arm orthodox
Spin Bowlers
Jade de Klerk (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999Right-handedLeft-arm Orthodox
Seam Bowlers
Andrew Birch (1985-06-07) 7 June 1985Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Ayabulela Gqamane (1989-08-30) 30 August 1989Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Sithembile Langa (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995Right-handedRight arm fast
Sisanda Magala (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Anrich Nortje (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993Right-handedRight arm fast
Lutho Sipamla (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998Right-handedRight arm fast
Glenton Stuurman (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992Right-handedRight arm medium
Basheeru-Deen Walters (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986Right-handedRight arm medium-fast

The above list represents the Warriors squad for the 2019/20 season.

References
  • South African Cricket Annual – various editions
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
  1. "Chevrolet ends its association with the Warriors". Sport Elizabeth.
  2. https://www.facebook.com/chevroletwarriors/photos/pb.337671766320.-2207520000.1446743025./10153504450596321/?type=3&theater
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.