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Cape Town - The six Mzansi Super League (MSL) T20 tournament teams, their names and official logos were unveiled at the Cricket South Africa (CSA) offices on Monday.
The competing teams (and their home venues and marquee Proteas players) are:
Cape
Town Blitz (Newlands) - JP Duminy
Durban
Heat (Kingsmead) - Hashim Amla
Jozi
Stars (Wanderers) - Kagiso Rabada
Nelson
Mandela Bay Giants (St George’s Park) - Imran Tahir
Paarl
Rocks (Boland Park) - Faf du Plessis
Tshwane Spartans (SuperSport Park Centurion) - AB de Villiers
The MSL T20 will run from November 16 to December 16 with the 32-match competition fixtures and tickets set to be announced shortly.
“It was a thorough and well audited process that led to the six winning bids from our Members as well as the collective contribution from all stakeholders involved that led to the final names and logos which we also had to make sure met our objectives for this event,” said Cricket South Africa Chief Executive Thabang Moroe.
“What was clear throughout this definitive process was that these are completely new entities and names that will operate separately from the current franchise teams. We welcome the six new additions to the South African and international cricket family.”
On Monday, the Draft Matrix was also completed, detailing the steps that will be taken at the highly-anticipated Player Draft that will be held at the Monte Casino Ballroom in Fourways, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, October 17, at 10:00.
The teams heading into the Player Draft will have a pick of six marquee international players: Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy and Dawid Malan (all England), Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo (both the West Indies) and Rashid Khan (Afghanistan).
“We have receiving applications from over 200 top international players who expressed interest in playing in this inaugural tournament and will have their names in the hat ahead of the Player Draft process on Wednesday,” Moroe added.
“There were expected challenges in the process, of course, with some players available for a particular period because of other cricket commitment clashes elsewhere, including our Proteas, who also have to fulfil our tour to Australia for a One-Day International series.”
Introducing the 6 teams set to battle it out in the inaugural Mzanzi Super League! Who will you be backing? #MSLT20 pic.twitter.com/BLcEjSVufX
— Mzansi Super League (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018
