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Titans
Personnel
CaptainGrant Thomson
CoachMandla Mashimbyi
Team information
Colors  Light Blue   Royal Blue
Founded2004 (2004)
Home groundSuperSport Park
Capacity18,000
Official websitewww.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 they 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]

Since the franchise system was introduced in South African domestic cricket in 2004/05,and again reverting back to a provincial system in 2021, the Titans have been the most successful winning 20 trophies.

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 (7) - 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011-2012, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021-22 shared (1) - 2005–06
  • Momentum One Day Cup (6)- 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013-14 (shared), 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • CSA T20 Challenge (6) - 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022-23

Team Management

Mandla Mashimbyi (Head Coach), Geoffrey Toyana (Assist. Coach), Sizwe Hadebe (Physiotherapist), Laden Gamiet (S&C Coach), Matthew Reuben (Analyst), Richard Das Neves (HP Coach).

Players

Current squad

  • Bold denotes players with international caps. The below list represents the Titans squad for the 2019/20 season and active uncontracted who have represented Titans in 2018/19 and 2019/20.
Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Opening Batsmen
Andrea AgathangelouSouth Africa16 November 1989Right-handedRight arm leg break
Tony de ZorziSouth Africa28 August 1997Left-handedRight arm off break
Rilee RossouwSouth Africa30 June 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCSA contracted
Gionne KoopmanSouth Africa28 December 1991Left-handedRight arm legbreak
Victor MahlanguSouth Africa5 October 1990Right-handedRight arm medium
Aiden MarkramSouth Africa4 October 1994Right-handedRight arm off breakCSA contracted
Wesley MarshallSouth Africa4 January 1994Right-handedRight arm medium
Batsmen
Farhaan BehardienSouth Africa9 October 1983Right-handedRight arm medium
Henry DavidsSouth Africa19 January 1980Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Theunis de BruynSouth Africa8 October 1992Right-handedRight arm medium-fastCSA contracted
David WieseSouth Africa18 May 1985Right-handedRight arm leg breakCSA contracted
Diego RosierSouth Africa2 May 1994Right-handedRight arm leg break
Kabelo SekhukhuneSouth Africa16 July 1997Left-handedRight arm leg break
Jonathan VandiarSouth Africa25 April 1990Left-handedRight arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Quinton de KockSouth Africa17 December 1992Left-handedCSA contracted
Rubin HermannSouth Africa26 January 1997Left-handed
Heinrich KlaasenSouth Africa30 July 1991Right-handedOpener
Sizwe MasondoSouth Africa13 February 1987Right-handed
Rivaldo MoonsamySouth Africa13 September 1996Right-handed
All-rounders
Matthew ArnoldSouth Africa16 October 1988Left-handedRight arm fast-medium
Neil BrandSouth Africa12 April 1996Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox
Dayyaan GaliemSouth Africa2 January 1997Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Chris MorrisSouth Africa30 April 1987Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Grant ThomsonSouth Africa18 March 1988Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Spin Bowlers
Gregory MahlokwanaSouth Africa14 December 1994Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox spin
Tabraiz ShamsiSouth Africa18 February 1990Right-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spinCSA contracted
Simon HarmerSouth Africa31 December 1989Right-handedRight arm off break
Seam Bowlers
Clayton AugustSouth Africa16 February 1990Left-handedLeft Arm Fast-medium
Corbin BoschSouth Africa10 September 1994Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Tshepo MorekiSouth Africa7 October 1993Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Itumaleng MosekiSouth Africa21 August 1991Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Alfred MothoaSouth Africa16 December 1989Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Corbin BoschSouth Africa25 March 1994Right-handedRight arm fastCSA contracted
Marcello PiedtSouth Africa23 September 1992Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Dale SteynSouth Africa20 July 1983Right- handedRight arm FastCSA contracted; Limited-overs only

References

  • South African Cricket Annual various editions
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack various editions
  1. "Richards seven bowls Titans to Sunfoil Series title". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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