Africa T20 Cup
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| Dates | 4 September – 4 October 2015 |
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| 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 played | 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 |
The 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. Organised 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 wickettaker title.
The competition has been characterised as "essentially a showcase in cricket development",[3] with the prize money standing at ZAR300,000 for the winner and ZAR150,000 for the runner-up. The South African teams had various restrictions on the composition of their squads – they had to feature no more than four players from the professional franchises, at least two players under the age of 21, and at least six players of colour (including at least three Black Africans).[4] The competition partially filled the gap left by the cancellation of the Champions League Twenty20 for the SuperSport television network, a major sponsor of Cricket South Africa, and the network broadcast four matches per round, as well as all of the finals.[5] The tournament ambassador was former South African national team player Makhaya Ntini.[6]
Pool A
Squads
| Easterns[7] Coach: Andre Nel |
Northerns[8] Coach: Mark Charlton |
Western Province[9] Coach: Faiek Davids |
 Zimbabwe XI[10]Coach: Douglas Hondo |
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- 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.[11]
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 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 |
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Fixtures
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- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Dayyaan Galiem and Jack Newby (both WP) made their Twenty20 debuts.
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- Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
- Ruben Claasen, Lungi Ngidi (both Northerns), Luke Jongwe, and Wellington Masakadza (both Zimbabwe) made their Twenty20 debuts.
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- Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
Pool B
Squads
| Boland[12] Coach: Johann Louw |
Border[13] Coach: Frank Plaatjes |
KZN Inland[14] |
North West[15] |
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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.[11]
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 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 |
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- North West won the toss and elected to field.
- Janneman Malan (NW) made his Twenty20 debut.
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- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
- Niel Botha and Jean Marais (both Boland) made their Twenty20 debuts.
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- Border won the toss and elected to field.
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- Border won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gereldo George (Boland) made his Twenty20 debut.
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- Border won the toss and elected to field.
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- Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Pool C
Squads
| Eastern Province[16] Coach: Piet Botha |
Griqualand West[17] Coach: Jean-Pierre Triegaardt |
KwaZulu-Natal[18] Coach: Roger Telemachus |
 Namibia[19]Coach: Dee Thakur |
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Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 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 |
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- Griqualand West won the toss and chose to field
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- KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and chose to bat
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- Namibia won the toss and chose to bat
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- KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and chose to bat
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- Namibia won the toss and chose to bat
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- Griqualand West won the toss and chose to bat
Pool D
Squads
| Free State[20] Coach: Edward Mokoenanyana |
Gauteng[21] Coach: Enoch Nkwe |
 Kenya[22]Coach: Steve Tikolo |
SW Districts[23] Coach: Deon Smith |
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Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 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 |
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
Finals
Semi-finals
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- KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and chose to bat
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- KZN Inland won the toss and chose to bat
Final
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- KZN Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
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 |
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| 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
The top five wickettakers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
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| 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
- ↑ Firdose Moonda (21 April 2015). "South Africa to host first Africa T20 Cup" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ (4 October 2015). "Northerns win Africa T20 Cup title" – SuperSport. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ↑ Antoinette Muller (22 April 2015). "Africa T20 Cup: A mixed bag, but good news on the whole" – Daily Maverick. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Africa T20 Cup Match Programme – Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Stuart Hess (30 August 2015). "Superstars to spice up Africa Cup" – iol Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "CSA launches Africa T20 Cup" – Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Easterns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Western Province Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Zimbabwe Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- 1 2 (1 September 2015). "WP suffer double injury blow" – SACricketMag.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Boland Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Border Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Inland Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ North West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Eastern Province Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Griqualand West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ KwaZulu-Natal Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Namibia Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Free State Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Gauteng Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Kenya Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ South Western Districts Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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