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2015 Africa T20 Cup

Africa T20 Cup

Dates	4 September – 4 October 2015
Administrator(s)	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage, playoffs
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	Northerns (1st title)
Participants	16
Matches	27
Most runs	Vaughn van Jaarsveld (218)
Most wickets	Ngazibini Sigwili (7) Niel Botha (7) Jandre Coetzee (7) Kyle Nipper (7)
Official website	Official Website
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The 2015 Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in South Africa from 4 September to 4 October 2015, as a curtain-raiser to the 2015–16 South African domestic season. Organized by Cricket South Africa, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as a Zimbabwean development XI and the national sides of Kenya and Namibia.

The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend. Benoni, Potchefstroom, Kimberley, and Bloemfontein hosted matches, as other venues were unavailable at that point in the season.^[1] Northerns defeated KwaZulu-Natal Inland in the final, which was held at Bloemfontein's Mangaung Oval.^[2] The tournament's leading runscorer was KZN Inland's Vaughn van Jaarsveld, while four players shared the leading wicket taker title.

Pool A[edit]

Squads[edit]

Easterns[3] Coach: Andre Nel	Northerns[4] Coach: Mark Charlton	Western Province[5] Coach: Faiek Davids	Zimbabwe XI[6] Coach: Douglas Hondo
Ernest Kemm (c) Clayton August Thando Bula (wk) Wesley Coulentianos Junior Dala Siphamandla Dapo Quinton de Kock (wk) Johan Fourie Ethy Mbhalati Vincent Moore Mangaliso Mosehle Tabraiz Shamsi Grant Thomson	Albie Morkel (c) Qaasim Adams Corbin Bosch Ruben Claassen Theunis de Bruyn Dean Elgar Lerato Kgoatle Heinrich Klaasen (wk) Aiden Markram Rivaldo Moonsamy Alfred Mothoa Lungi Ngidi Rowan Richards	Pieter Malan (c) Dayyaan Galiem George Linde Aviwe Mgijima Travis Muller Jack Newby Lesiba Ngoepe Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Omphile Ramela Emmanuel Sebareme Dane Vilas (wk) Lizaad Williams Zubayr Hamza	Malcolm Waller (c) Keith Jaure Luke Jongwe Roy Kaia Kevin Kasuza Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Peter Moor Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami (wk) Taurai Muzarabani Richard Ngarava John Nyumbu Kudzai Sauramba Donald Tiripano

• Note: Wayne Parnell was originally named in Western Province's squad, but was forced to withdraw due to a hamstring injury. He was replaced by Lizaad Williams.^[7]

Points table[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Northerns	3	2	0	0	1	10	+0.565
Easterns	3	1	1	0	1	6	+0.025
Zimbabwe XI	3	1	1	0	1	6	–0.034
Western Province	3	0	2	0	1	2	–0.577
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures[edit]

• Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
• Dayyaan Galiem and Jack Newby (both WP) made their Twenty20 debuts.

• Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
• Ruben Claassen, Lungi Ngidi (both Northerns), Luke Jongwe, and Wellington Masakadza (both Zimbabwe) made their Twenty20 debuts.

• Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
• Emmanuel Sebareme (WP) made his Twenty20 debut.

• Northerns won the toss and elected to field.

Pool B[edit]

Squads[edit]

Boland[8] Coach: Johann Louw	Border[9] Coach: Frank Plaatjes	KZN Inland[10]	North West[11]
Dewald Botha (c) Ferisco Adams Hashim Amla Niel Botha Gereldo George Simon Khomari Michael Loubser Jean Marais (wk) Tshepo Moreki Justin Ontong Robin Peterson Zakhele Qwabe Cebo Tshiki	Jerry Nqolo (c) Clayton Bosch Darryl Brown Phaphama Fojela Clyde Fortuin Ayabulela Gqamane Christiaan Jonker Jongile Kilani (wk) Gionne Koopman Marco Marais Lundi Mbane Loyiso Mdasha Somila Seyibokwe	Kyle Abbott Craig Alexander Sarel Erwee Mbasa Gqadushe Imraan Khan Sohail Mahmoud Kurtlyn Mannikam Attie Maposa Lefa Mosena Kyle Nipper Ruhan Pretorius Vaughn van Jaarsveld Khaya Zondo	Brady Barends Niel Bredenkamp Johannes Diseko Bjorn Fortuin Wihan Lubbe Janneman Malan Vusumuzi Mazibuko Grant Mokoena Aaron Phangiso Dwaine Pretorius Julian Soutter Nicky van den Bergh Rassie van der Dussen

Note: Justin Ontong was originally named in Boland's squad, but withdrew to focus on his recovery from knee surgery. His replacement is yet to be named.^[7]

Points table[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
KZN Inland	3	3	0	0	2	14	+1.600
Boland	3	1	2	0	1	5	+0.627
North West	3	1	2	0	0	4	–0.730
Border	3	1	2	0	0	4	–1.475

Fixtures[edit]

• North West won the toss and elected to field.
• Janneman Malan (NW) made his Twenty20 debut.

• Boland won the toss and elected to field.
• Niel Botha and Jean Marais (both Boland) made their Twenty20 debuts.

• Border won the toss and elected to field.

• Border won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gereldo George (Boland) made his Twenty20 debut.

• Border won the toss and elected to field.

• Boland won the toss and elected to bat.

Pool C[edit]

Squads[edit]

Eastern Province[12] Coach: Piet Botha	Griqualand West[13] Coach: Jean-Pierre Triegaardt	KwaZulu-Natal[14] Coach: Roger Telemachus	Namibia[15] Coach: Dee Thakur
JJ Smuts (c) Tladi Bokako Mathew Christensen Gihahn Cloete (wk) Brad Dolley Sisanda Magala Edward Moore Onke Nyaku Ethan O'Reilly James Price Ngazibini Sigwili Kelly Smuts Basheeru-Deen Walters	Diego Rosier (c) Gerhardt Abrahams (wk) Warren Bell Tumelo Bodibe (wk) Mbulelo Budaza Werner Coetsee Jandre Coetzee Jan Frylinck Reeza Hendricks Patrick Kruger Kagiso Mohale Tebogo Mokwena Aubrey Swanepoel	Cameron Delport (c) Khalipha Cele Rabian Engelbrecht Craig Kirsten Keshav Maharaj Sibonelo Makhanya David Miller Senuran Muthusamy Jason Oakes (wk) Andile Phehlukwayo Mishkal Ramsaroop Brandon Scullard Daniel Sincuba	Stephen Baard Sarel Burger Gerhard Erasmus Zane Green Zhivago Groenewald JP Kotze Bernard Scholtz Nicolaas Scholtz Christiaan Snyman Gerrie Snyman Johan Wessels Craig Williams Pikky Ya France

Points table[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
KwaZulu-Natal	3	2	1	0	2	10	+1.293
Eastern Province	3	2	1	0	1	9	+0.174
Griqualand West	3	2	1	0	0	8	–0.895
Namibia	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.724

Fixtures[edit]

• Griqualand West won the toss and chose to field

• KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and chose to bat

• Namibia won the toss and chose to bat

• KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and chose to bat

• Namibia won the toss and chose to bat

• Griqualand West won the toss and chose to bat

Pool D[edit]

Squads[edit]

Free State[16] Coach: Edward Mokoenanyana	Gauteng[17] Coach: Enoch Nkwe	Kenya[18] Coach: Steve Tikolo	SW Districts[19] Coach: Deon Smith
Patrick Botha (c) Driaan Bruwer Leus du Plooy Dillon du Preez Michael Erlank Andries Gous (wk) Thabo Masheshemane Bokang Mosena Rilee Rossouw Malusi Siboto Romano Terblanche Shadley van Schalkwyk Lwandiswa Zuma	Matthew Arnold Temba Bavuma Devon Conway Yassar Cook Bradley Dial Keith Dudgeon Dominic Hendricks Carmi le Roux Sizwe Masondo Nono Pongolo Zaid Saloojee Lonwabo Tsotsobe Yaseen Valli	Rakep Patel (c) Emmanuel Bundi Dhiren Gondaria Narendra Kalyan Irfan Karim (wk) Karan Kaul Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nelson Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Elijah Otieno Rushab Patel	Waldo Lategan (c) Sybrand Engelbrecht Hanno Kotze Brendon Louw (wk) Christopher Marrow Luthando Mnyanda Vernon Philander Marcello Piedt Andrew Puttick Lonwabo Rodolo Mthokozisi Shezi Siya Simetu Pieter Stuurman

Points table[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
Free State	3	3	0	0	2	14	+1.300
SW Districts	3	1	2	0	0	4	–0.215
Gauteng	3	1	2	0	0	4	–0.250
Kenya	3	1	2	0	0	4	–0.790

Fixtures[edit]

• Free State won the toss and elected to field.

• SW Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

• Free State won the toss and elected to field.

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

• SW Districts won the toss and elected to field.

• Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

• KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and chose to bat

• KZN Inland won the toss and chose to bat

Final[edit]

• KZN Inland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, then alphabetically by surname.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	KZN Inland	218	5	72.66	93*	0	2
Cameron Delport	KwaZulu-Natal	157	4	39.25	72	0	1
Jean Marais	Boland	141	3	47.00	51	0	2
Andries Gous	Free State	137	4	45.66	78*	0	1
Sarel Erwee	KZN Inland	134	5	33.50	75*	0	1

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets[edit]

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI
Ngazibini Sigwili	Eastern Province	11.0	7	9.57	9.4	6.09	5/18
Niel Botha	Boland	12.0	7	11.57	10.2	6.75	3/32
Jandre Coetzee	Griqualand West	12.0	7	11.85	10.20	6.91	3/28
Kyle Nipper	KZN Inland	18.0	7	15.14	15.4	5.88	2/20
Senuran Muthusamy	KwaZulu-Natal	11.0	6	9.33	11.0	5.09	4/12

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Series home at ESPNCricinfo