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Kwena Maphaka
Kwena Tshegofatso Maphaka (born 8 April 2006) is a South African cricketer. He is primarily a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He played for the South African team in the Under-19 World Cup, where in the semi-final he took 3 wickets for 32 runs in 10 overs against India. He made his debut with Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024. At 18 years and 137 days old, he became the youngest South African to make his debut in men's international cricket, while still completing school at St Stithians College, Johannesburg. Under-19 Career As a 15-year-old, Maphaka was included in the 2022 Under 19 World Cup in the West Indies in January and February of 2022. He played three of South Africa's six matches and took seven wickets at an average of 18.28 with an economy rate of 5.56. In December 2023, he was named in South Africa's national under-19 squad for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In the first match against West Indies under-19 cricket team, West Indies, he took a match-winning five-wicket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by population, one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provinces of South Africa, provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup
The ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth Cricket World Cup, it was not staged again until 1998. Since then, the World Cup has been held as a biennial event, organised by the ICC. The first edition of the tournament had only eight participants, but every subsequent edition has included sixteen teams. Among the full members, India have won the World Cup on a record five occasions, while Australia have won four times, Pakistan twice, and Bangladesh, England, South Africa and the West Indies once each. New Zealand and Sri Lanka have reached tournament finals without winning. History 1988 (Winner: Australia) The inaugural event was titled the McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, and was held in 1988 as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations. It took place in South Australia and Victoria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutho Sipamla
Lutho Sipamla (born 12 May 1998) is a South African professional cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Gauteng. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2019. Domestic career He made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 5 January 2017. Prior to his debut, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his List A debut for Eastern Province in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 12 February 2017. In September 2018, he was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut for Eastern Province in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup on 14 September 2018. In October 2018, he was named in Tshwane Spartans' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with sixteen dismissals in ten matches. In August 2019, he was named the Mza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa A
The South Africa A cricket team is a national cricket team representing South Africa. It is the second-tier of international South African cricket, below the full South Africa national cricket team. Matches played by South Africa A are not Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Zubayr Hamza is the current captain of the side. History South Africa A played their first match in January 1994, a five-day first-class contest against the touring England A cricket team. South Africa A have played a number of series, both home and away against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class opposition. Their first tour was to Zimbabwe in 1994–95, when they played three first-class matches and three one-day matches, including one match against Zimbabwe A. They played their first Twenty20 in November 2009, facing an England XI as part of the English tour of South Africa. Current squad This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Indian Premier League
The 2024 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 17 and branded as Tata IPL 2024) will be the 17th season of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions, having won their fifth title during the 2023 Indian Premier League, previous season beating Gujarat Titans, becoming the joint-successful franchise in the history of the tournament along with Mumbai Indians. Background Format The teams are divided into two groups (A and B) of five teams. Each team plays twice against all five teams in the other group (home and away) and once against all four of the teams in its group. All teams play seven home and seven away games. After the group stage, the top four teams based on aggregate points qualified for the playoffs. In this stage, the top two teams compete with each other (in a match titled "Qualifier 1"), as do the remaining two teams (in a match t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilshan Madushanka
Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka (born 18 September 2000) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays Twenty20 Internationals for Sri Lanka. He is a past pupil of Hungama Vijayaba Central College, Hungama. Domestic career He made his first-class debut on 13 March 2020, for Colts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. He made his Twenty20 debut on 9 December 2020, for the Dambulla Viiking in the 2020 Lanka Premier League. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In July 2022, he was signed by the Jaffna Kings for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. International career In January 2020, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSA T20 Challenge
The Betway T20 Challenge is a domestic Twenty20 Cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. It was previously known as the Standard Bank Pro20 Series until the 2010–11 season, the MiWay T20 Challenge for the 2011–12 season and most recently as the RamSlam T20 Challenge. The current champions are the Imperial Lions, whilst the Titans have been the most successful with 6 title wins. The tournament has been contested since its inception by the six franchise teams but for the 2007–08 season, Zimbabwe took part as a seventh side. In April 2019, Cricket South Africa announced that the 2018–19 tournament would be the final edition of the T20 Challenge, due to austerity measures and a restructure of domestic cricket in the country. The competition was effectively replaced as a top cricket league with a franchise-based T20 tournament, the Mzansi Super League, which had its first edition in 2018. The tournament was however played during Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boland (cricket Team)
The Boland is a first-class cricket team that nominally represents the Boland region, in the South African province of Western Cape, in the CSA Provincial Competitions. The team is selected and supported by the Boland Cricket Board (BCB) and plays its home games at Boland Park in Paarl. At organisational level, the BCB is responsible for the administration and development of cricket in the region and among its primary functions are management and promotion of the Boland team. The current BCB was founded in 1992 as a merger between the Boland Cricket Union and an earlier Boland Cricket Board. Honours * Standard Bank Cup (1) – 1999–2000 Team history The Boland began playing in first-class matches in October 1980. They began in the lower (B-province) level of the first-class competitions but were raised to A-province status in 1994. To take part in the SuperSport Series, the Boland merged with Western Province to form Western Province Boland (now Cape Cobras) from October 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 SA20
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 SA20
The 2023–24 SA20 (also known as Betway SA20 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA). The tournament started from 10 January and final was played on 10 February 2024. Sunrisers Eastern Cape were the defending champions. The tournament was won by the Sunrisers Eastern Cape for the second successive season defeating Durban's Super Giants Durban's Super Giants is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. The team is based in Durban, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is th ... by 89 runs in the final. Overview Background Match officials Umpires Referees 2024 SA20 commentary team Teams and squads The player auction took place on 27 September 2023. A revised set of squads was released on 10 January, with replacements named for players that had w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paarl Royals
Paarl Royals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. The team is based in Paarl, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Boland Park Cricket ground. The team is captained by David Miller and is coached by JP Duminy. The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale Manoj Badale OBE (born 31 December 1967) is an Indian businessman and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Blenheim Chalcot, and owner of Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals. Life .... Current squad The side's squad for the first season of the competition was: * Players with international caps are listed in bold Administration and support staff Statistics Most runs Most wickets References External links Paarl Royalsat the SA20 official website. Cricket in South Africa 2022 establishments in South Africa Cricket clubs estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights (cricket Team)
The ITEC Knights are a Division 1 cricket team representing the province of Free State in South African domestic competitions. The Knights take part in the CSA 4-Day Series first-class competition, the Momentum One-Day Cup and the Mzansi Super League T20 competition. The team's home venue is the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. History The Knights were originally established as an entirely professional franchise team following reforms that were carried out to the South African domestic leagues in 2004-05. Traditionally, from 1893-94 to 2004-05, eleven provincial teams (with occasional additions) had competed in the Currie Cup. In 2004-05, the eleven provincial teams were rationalised into six new, entirely professional franchises, in all three formats. Griqualand West and Free State were merged to initially form the Diamond Eagles, before rebranding in 2010-11 as the Knights. Orange Free State / Free State Orange Free State (as the province was then called) compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
