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Personnel | |||
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Captain | Zubayr Hamza | ||
Coach | Ashwell Prince | ||
Team information | |||
Colours | Home Blue Yellow Away Orange Blue | ||
Founded | 2005; 19 years ago (2005) | ||
Home ground | Newlands | ||
Capacity | 22,500 | ||
Official website | Cape Cobras | ||
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The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras[1] are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland Park, Paarl, and the Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn. They have had the privilege of playing in the Champions League Twenty20.
The Cobras play in the 4-Day Franchise Series, Momentum One Day Cup and T20 Challenge competitions. They are one of the most successful domestic sides in the franchise era.
During the Momentum 1 Day Cup and 2016–17 CSA T20 Challenge, the Cobras played in blue shirts and trousers with slight yellow accents as well as orange and blue kits to represent their sponsor's corporate colours.
Contracted players for the 2020/2021 Season:[2][3][4][5][6]
Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | ||
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Opening batsmen | ||||||
Janneman Malan | ![]() |
(1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | |||
Pieter Malan | ![]() |
(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 34) | Right-handed | |||
Batsmen | ||||||
Tony de Zorzi | ![]() |
(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | |||
Isma-eel Gafieldien | ![]() |
(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | |||
Zubayr Hamza | ![]() |
(1995-06-19) 19 June 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | |||
Aviwe Mgijima | ![]() |
(1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | |||
Jonathan Bird | ![]() |
(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | |||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Kyle Verreynne | ![]() |
(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | |||
All-rounders | ||||||
Onke Nyaku | ![]() |
(1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
George Linde | ![]() |
(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | ||
Corbin Bosch | ![]() |
(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
Jason Smith | ![]() |
(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Calvin Savage | ![]() |
(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Spin bowlers | ||||||
Imran Manack | ![]() |
(1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm orthodox | ||
Seam bowlers | ||||||
Tshepo Moreki | ![]() |
(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
Nandre Burger | ![]() |
(1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
Ziyaad Abrahams | ![]() |
(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Akhona Mnyaka | ![]() |
(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast |
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