MI Cape Town
MI Cape Town is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the SA20 tournament.[2] The team is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Newlands Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Simon Katich.[3][4]
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League | SA20 |
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Personnel | |
Captain | Rashid Khan |
Coach | Robin Peterson[1] |
Owner | Mumbai Indians |
Team information | |
City | Cape Town |
Founded | 2022 |
Home ground | Newlands Cricket Ground |
Official website | https://micapetown.co.za/ |
The franchise is owned by Reliance Industries.[5]
Current squad
The team's squad for the first season of the competition was:[6]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Captain | |||||||
19 | Rashid Khan | ![]() | 20 September 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas, Captain | |
Batsmen | |||||||
72 | Rassie van der Dussen | ![]() | 7 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | ||
All-rounders | |||||||
17 | Dewald Brevis | ![]() | 29 April 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | ||
24 | Duan Jansen | ![]() | 1 May 2000 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | ||
23 | Liam Livingstone | ![]() | 4 August 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm spin | Overseas | |
58 | Sam Curran | ![]() | 20 September 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Overseas | |
8 | Tim David | ![]() | 16 March 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Overseas | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
44 | Ryan Rickelton | ![]() | 11 July 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Spin bowlers | |||||||
9 | Waqar Salamkheil | ![]() | 2 October 2001 | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | Overseas | |
Pace bowlers | |||||||
18 | Beuran Hendricks | ![]() | 8 June 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | ||
22 | Jofra Archer | ![]() | 11 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Wild card | |
25 | Kagiso Rabada | ![]() | 25 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
26 | Olly Stone | ![]() | 9 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas | |
10 | Henry Brookes | ![]() | 21 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas |
Statistics
Most runs
Player | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Rassie van der Dussen | 243 | 30.37 | 51 | 0 | 1 |
Dewald Brevis | 235 | 26.11 | 70 not out | 0 | 1 |
Grant Roelofsen | 198 | 22.00 | 56 | 0 | 2 |
George Linde | 157 | 22.42 | 63 not out | 0 | 1 |
Ryan Rickelton | 146 | 20.85 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Most wickets
Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
---|---|---|---|
Kagiso Rabada | 11 | 21.00 | 3/22 |
Jofra Archer | 10 | 17.90 | 3/27 |
Odean Smith | 9 | 15.88 | 3/23 |
Rashid Khan | 9 | 30.00 | 3/16 |
Sam Curran | 8 | 27.12 | 3/26 |
Administration and support staff
Position | Name |
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Team manager | Robin Peterson |
Head coach | Simon Katich |
Batting coach | Hashim Amla |
Bowling coach | Jacob Oram |
Fielding coach | James Pamment |
References
- "MI Cape Town appoint Robin Peterson as head coach and Lasith Malinga as bowling coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
- "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
- "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
- "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
- "MI Cape Town squad - MI Cape Town Squad - SA20, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.
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