Cape Cobras

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The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras^[1] are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland Park, Paarl, and the Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn. They have had the privilege of playing in the Champions League Twenty20.

The Cobras play in the 4-Day Franchise Series, Momentum One Day Cup and T20 Challenge competitions. They are one of the most successful domestic sides in the franchise era.

Playing kit

During the Momentum 1 Day Cup and 2016–17 CSA T20 Challenge, the Cobras played in blue shirts and trousers with slight yellow accents as well as orange and blue kits to represent their sponsor's corporate colours.

Honours

• CSA 4-Day Franchise Series (3) - 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 ; shared (0) -
• CSA One Day Cup (1) - 2006–07
• CSA T20 Challenge (2) - 2008–09, 2010–2011

Squad

Contracted players for the 2020/2021 Season:^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style
Opening batsmen
Janneman Malan		(1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed
Pieter Malan		(1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed
Batsmen
Tony de Zorzi		(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)	Left-handed
Isma-eel Gafieldien		(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 27)	Left-handed
Zubayr Hamza		(1995-06-19) 19 June 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed
Aviwe Mgijima		(1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed
Jonathan Bird		(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed
Wicket-keepers
Kyle Verreynne		(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed
All-rounders
Onke Nyaku		(1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
George Linde		(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Corbin Bosch		(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Jason Smith		(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Calvin Savage		(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Spin bowlers
Imran Manack		(1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox
Seam bowlers
Tshepo Moreki		(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Nandre Burger		(1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
Ziyaad Abrahams		(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Akhona Mnyaka		(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast

References

External links

• Cape Cobras official website
• Cape Cobras at ESPNcricinfo