Titans (cricket team)

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Titans
Personnel
Captain United States Henry Davids
United States Albie Morkel
Coach United States Mark Boucher
Team information
Colors      Light Blue      Royal Blue
Founded 2004
Home ground SuperSport Park
Capacity 18,000
Official website: www.titans.co.za

First-class

T20

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.

The Titans play in the Sunfoil Series first class competition (where 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]

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 (4) - 2006–07; 2008–09; 2011-2012; 2015-16 shared (1) - 2005–06
  • Momentum One Day Cup (4)- 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013-14 (shared), 2014-15.
  • CSA T20 Challenge (6) - 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Players

Current squad

  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Andrea Agathangelou South Africa16 November 1989Right-handedRight arm leg break
Henry Davids double-dagger South Africa19 January 1980Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Tony de Zorzi South Africa28 August 1997Left-handedRight arm off breakRookie contract
Faf du Plessis double-dagger South Africa13 July 1984Right-handedRight arm leg breakCSA contracted
AB de Villiers double-dagger South Africa17 February 1984Right-handedRight arm mediumCSA contracted
Dean Elgar double-dagger South Africa11 June 1987Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCSA contracted
Aiden Markram double-dagger South Africa4 October 1994Right-handedRight arm off breakClub captain (First-class cricket)
Rivaldo Moonsamy South Africa13 September 1996Right-handed—Rookie contract
All-rounders
Farhaan Behardien double-dagger South Africa9 October 1983Right-handedRight arm mediumCSA contracted
Albie Morkel double-dagger South Africa10 June 1981Left-handedRight arm medium-fastCaptain (List A & T20 cricket)
Grant Thomson South Africa18 March 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Shaun von Berg South Africa16 September 1986Right-handedRight arm leg break
David Wiese double-dagger South Africa18 May 1985Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Quinton de Kock double-dagger South Africa17 December 1992Left-handed—CSA contracted
Heinrich Klaasen double-dagger South Africa30 July 1991Right-handed—
Heino Kuhn double-dagger South Africa1 April 1984Right-handed—
Bowlers
Junior Dala double-dagger South Africa29 December 1989Right-handedRight arm medium
Eldred Hawken South Africa2 May 1989Right-handedRight arm fast
Chris Morris double-dagger South Africa30 April 1987Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumCSA contracted
Alfred Mothoa South Africa16 December 1989Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Lungi Ngidi double-dagger South Africa29 March 1996Right-handedRight arm fast
Tabraiz Shamsi double-dagger South Africa18 February 1990Right-handedSlow left-arm chinamanCSA contracted
Malusi Siboto South Africa20 August 1987Left-handedRight arm medium
  • Source(s): Contracted players and second team players who have represented Titans in the 2017/18 season.

References

  • South African Cricket Annual – various editions
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
  1. ↑ https://cricket.co.za/news/12588/Richards-seven-bowls-Titans-to-Sunfoil-Series-title
  2. ↑ "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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