Paarl Royals

Paarl Royals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament.[1] The team is based in Paarl, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Boland Park Cricket ground. The team is captained by David Miller and is coached by JP Duminy.[2][3]

Paarl Royals
LeagueSA20
Personnel
CaptainDavid Miller
CoachJP Duminy
OwnerManoj Badale
Team information
CityPaarl
Founded2022 (2022)
Home groundBoland Park
Official websitehttps://www.paarlroyals.com/

T20 kit

The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale.[4]

Current squad

The side's squad for the first season of the competition was:[5]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Captain
10David Miller South Africa (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989Left-handedRight-arm off-breakCaptain
Batsmen
0Mitchell Van Buure South Africa (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998Right-handedRight-arm leg-break
21Wihan Lubbe South Africa (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992Left-handedRight-arm off-break
16Eoin Morgan England (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986Left-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas
20Jason Roy England (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas
All-rounders
9Corbin Bosch South Africa (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
69Andile Phehlukwayo South Africa (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996Left-handedRight-arm fast-mediumWild card
5Codi Yusuf South Africa (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998Right-handedRight-arm medium
13Evan Jones South Africa (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
12Ferisco Adams South Africa (1989-07-12) 12 July 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Wicket-Keepers
63Jos Buttler England (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990Right-handed-Overseas
33Dane Vilas South Africa (1985-06-10) 10 June 1985Right-handed-
Spin Bowlers
90Tabraiz Shamsi South Africa (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990Right-handedLeft-arm unorthodox spin
45Bjorn Fortuin South Africa (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
23Imran Manack South Africa (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm off-break
Fast Bowlers
68Obed McCoy West Indies (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997Left-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumOverseas
22Lungi Ngidi South Africa (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast
56Ramon Simmonds West Indies (2001-10-16) 16 October 2001Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium

Administration and support staff
Position Name
CEOJake Lush McCrum
Head coachJP Duminy
Batting coachMark Charlton
Spin bowling and strategy coachRichard das Neves
Fast bowling coachMandla Mashimbyi
Tactical performance coachLisa Keightley

Statistics

Most runs
Player Runs Batting average High score 100s 50s
Jos Buttler39139.107004
David Miller22732.42420
Jason Roy17115.54611
Wihan Lubbe16818.6657
Dane Vilas14818.50440

Most wickets
Player Wickets Bowling average Best bowling
Bjorn Fortuin1418.213/14
Evan Jones1320.844/32
Lungi Ngidi1123.452/29
Tabraiz Shamsi825.122/19
Andile Phehlukwayo616.333/29


References
  1. "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
  3. "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "Paarl Royals squad - Royals Squad - SA20, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo.


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