• Rookie strikes it rich at SA20 auction

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    Twenty-year-old Matthew Boast and Dayyaan Galiem fetched the highest bids at the SA20 auction in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

    Both all-rounders were involved in bidding wars after their base price was set at R175,000 before being bought for R1.6-million.

    The Pretoria Capitals eventually won the race to sign Boast, who entered the auction as a rookie, while Galiem went in the opposite direction to the Joburg Super Kings.

    JSK splashed a further R850,000 each on Derbyshire batsman Wayne Madsen and West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd, who will return to the Wanderers after playing for the Super Kings last season.

    The Capitals, who had the biggest remaining purse of R9.737-million heading into the auction, also signed Ireland opening batsman Paul Stirling for R425,000 and wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne for R175,000.

    Stirling will make the move up to the Capitals after playing for the Paarl Royals last season, while  Verreynne played for the Super Kings last season and will now cross the Jukskei River.

    The Capitals also brought fast bowler Daryn Dupavillon back to Centurion for R600,000.

    MI Cape Town made the sole purchase of Chris Benjamin for R175,000 with the Sunrisers Eastern Cape picking up young leg-spinner Caleb Saleka for the same amount.

    The Paarl Royals beefed up their pace attack with Hampshire fast bowler John Turner for R425,000.

    Set 1: Batsmen
    Joburg Super Kings: Wayne Madsen (R850,000)
    Pretoria Capitals: Paul Stirling (R425,000)
    MI Cape Town: Chris Benjamin (R175,000)

    Set 2: Wicketkeepers
    Pretoria Capitals: Kyle Verreynne (R175,000)
    Paarl Royals: John Turner (R425,000)

    Set 3: All-rounders
    Joburg Super Kings: Dayyaan Galiem (R1.6-million)
    Romario Shepherd (R850,000)
    Pretoria Capitals: Matthew Boast (R1.6-million)

    Set 4: Fast bowlers
    Pretoria Capitals: Daryn Dupavillon (R600,000)

    Set 5: Spinners
    Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Caleb Saleka (R175,000)

    Express Set:
    Paarl Royals: Lorcan Tucker (R175,000)
    Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Beyers Swanepoel (R600,000)
    Durban Super Giants: Jason Smith (R175,000)
    MI Cape Town: Neelan van Heerden (R175,000), Thomas Kaber (R175,000)

    Rookies:
    MI Cape Town: Connor Esterhuizen
    Durban’s Super Giants: Bryce Parsons
    Paarl Royals: Lhua-dre Pretorius
    Joburg Super Kings: Ronan Hermann
    Pretoria Capitals: Steve Stolk
    Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Andile Simelane

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    Simon Borchardt