• SA20 franchises make pre-signings

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    The six SA20 franchises have announced their pre-signed players for the 2024 tournament.

    The Sunrisers Eastern Cape have brought in two Englishmen, batsman Dawid Malan and left-arm spinner Liam Dawson. The defending champions have also retained captain Aiden Markram and seam bowler Ottniel Baartman.

    MI Cape Town have kept captain Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis and Sam Curran, but also secured English duo Liam Livingstone and Tom Banton. Livingstone was part of their initial squad last season but did not feature due to injury.

    The Joburg Super Kings will again have the services of their highest run-scorer from last season, captain Faf du Plessis, with young gun Gerald Coetzee spearheading their bowling attack. Last season’s semi-finalists have also pre-signed two experienced all-rounders in England’s Moeen Ali and Namibia’s David Wiese, along with Afghanistan’s left-arm wrist spinner Zahir Khan. They will be joined by Sam Cook, who was The Hundred’s Player of the Final last season.

    Durban’s Super Giants have held onto their dynamic opening duo of Quinton de Kock and West Indian Kyle Mayers. They will now have the support of powerful Sri Lankan top-order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa. The bowling department has also been strengthened with the acquisition of Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq, while England’s Reece Topley will remain at Kingsmead along with spinner Prenelan Subrayen.

    The Paarl Royals have kept their core with captain David Miller, Corbin Bosch, England captain Jos Buttler and West Indian left-arm swing bowler Obed McCoy remaining at Boland Park. McCoy missed the entire inaugural SA20 due to injury.

    The Pretoria Capitals, last season’s runners-up,  have retained Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje, New Zealander Jimmy Neesham and all-rounder Migael Pretorius.

    The pre-signings are effectively closed and finalised but teams also have until 31 July to:

    • Trade South African players – Following the season-one auction, all South African players were on multi-year contracts. Franchises therefore have the option to retain or trade these players. Trading does not apply to overseas players.
    • Retain overseas players purchased at the season-one auction who were on option contracts or choose not to retain the player to open up a slot for the auction.
    • Buyout players (South African or overseas) still under contract to open up a slot in their squad. The player would then go back into the auction.

    For 2024, the salary cap has been increased to R39.1-million per franchise.

    Franchises have until 1 August to finalise their pre-auction squads, which will then determine their remaining purse ahead of the season-two auction scheduled for late September.

    SA20 pre-signed players:

    Durban’s Super Giants
    Quinton de Kock
    Prenelan Subrayen
    Kyle Mayers (West Indies)
    Naveen Ul Haq (Afghanistan)
    Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka)
    Reece Topley (England)

    Joburg Super Kings
    Faf du Plessis
    Gerald Coetzee
    Moeen Ali (England)
    David Wiese (Namibia)
    Sam Cook (England)
    Zahir Khan (Afghanistan)

    MI Cape Town
    Kagiso Rabada
    Dewald Brevis
    Sam Curran (England)
    Liam Livingstone (England)
    Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
    Tom Banton (England)

    Paarl Royals
    David Miller
    Corbin Bosch
    Jos Buttler (England)
    Obed McCoy (West Indies)

    Pretoria Capitals
    Migael Pretorius
    Anrich Nortje
    Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand)

    Sunrisers Eastern Cape
    Aiden Markram
    Ottniel Baartman
    Dawid Malan (England)
    Liam Dawson (England)

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    Simon Borchardt