Titans (cricket team)
The Titans (known as the Multiply Titans for sponsorship reasons) are the northernmost top-level cricket franchise in South Africa. Its member unions are the Eastern Cricket Union and Northerns Cricket Union. The home venues of the Titans are SuperSport Park, Centurion and Willowmoore Park, Benoni.
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| Personnel | |||
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| Captain | Grant Thomson | ||
| Coach | Mandla Mashimbyi | ||
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| Colors | Light Blue Royal Blue | ||
| Founded | 2004 | ||
| Home ground | SuperSport Park | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Official website | www.titans.co.za | ||
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The Titans play in the Sunfoil Series first class competition (where they were the 2015-16 champions[1]), the Momentum One Day Cup, and Ram Slam T20 Challenge. They have been Supersport Series and MiWay T20 Challenge champions in the past, and had qualified to take part in the Champions League Twenty20 where they narrowly lost to the Sydney Sixers at SuperSport Park.
The Titans were also Momentum One Day Cup champions in the 2014/15 season, beating the Cape Cobras in the final.
In July 2018, they were one of the six teams invited to play in the first edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy, scheduled to start in October 2018.[2]
Since the franchise system was introduced in South African domestic cricket in 2004/05,and again reverting back to a provincial system in 2021, the Titans have been the most successful winning 20 trophies.
Champions League T20
Titans played very well in their first CLT20 and qualified for the semi-finals, where the Sydney Sixers nailed a win off the last ball in front of a massive crowd at SuperSport Park, Centurion. In the 2013 edition, they played well in the group stage, winning 2 matches and facing defeat in 2, but failed to qualify at the expense of T&T and the Chennai Super Kings.
Honours
- Sunfoil Series (7) - 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011-2012, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021-22 shared (1) - 2005–06
- Momentum One Day Cup (6)- 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013-14 (shared), 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19
- CSA T20 Challenge (7) - 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022-23
Team Management
Mandla Mashimbyi (Head Coach), Geoffrey Toyana (Assist. Coach), Sizwe Hadebe (Physiotherapist), Laden Gamiet (S&C Coach), Matthew Reuben (Analyst), Richard Das Neves (HP Coach).
Players
Current squad
- Bold denotes players with international caps. The below list represents the Titans squad for the 2019/20 season and active uncontracted who have represented Titans in 2018/19 and 2019/20.
| Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Opening Batsmen | |||||
| Andrea Agathangelou |  | 16 November 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Tony de Zorzi | | 28 August 1997 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Rilee Rossouw | | 30 June 1989 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | CSA contracted |
| Gionne Koopman | | 28 December 1991 | Left-handed | Right arm legbreak | |
| Victor Mahlangu | | 5 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Aiden Markram | | 4 October 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | CSA contracted |
| Wesley Marshall | | 4 January 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Batsmen | |||||
| Farhaan Behardien | | 9 October 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Henry Davids | | 19 January 1980 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Theunis de Bruyn | | 8 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | CSA contracted |
| David Wiese | | 18 May 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | CSA contracted |
| Diego Rosier | | 2 May 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Kabelo Sekhukhune | | 16 July 1997 | Left-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Jonathan Vandiar | | 25 April 1990 | Left-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Quinton de Kock | | 17 December 1992 | Left-handed | — | CSA contracted |
| Rubin Hermann | | 26 January 1997 | Left-handed | — | |
| Heinrich Klaasen | | 30 July 1991 | Right-handed | — | Opener |
| Sizwe Masondo | | 13 February 1987 | Right-handed | — | |
| Rivaldo Moonsamy | | 13 September 1996 | Right-handed | — | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Matthew Arnold | | 16 October 1988 | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Neil Brand | | 12 April 1996 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | |
| Dayyaan Galiem | | 2 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Chris Morris | | 30 April 1987 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Grant Thomson | | 18 March 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Spin Bowlers | |||||
| Gregory Mahlokwana | | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | | 18 February 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | CSA contracted |
| Simon Harmer | | 31 December 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Seam Bowlers | |||||
| Clayton August | | 16 February 1990 | Left-handed | Left Arm Fast-medium | |
| Corbin Bosch | | 10 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Tshepo Moreki | | 7 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Itumaleng Moseki | | 21 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Alfred Mothoa | | 16 December 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Corbin Bosch | | 25 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | CSA contracted |
| Marcello Piedt | | 23 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| Dale Steyn | | 20 July 1983 | Right- handed | Right arm Fast | CSA contracted; Limited-overs only |
References
- South African Cricket Annual – various editions
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
- "Richards seven bowls Titans to Sunfoil Series title". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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