Titans (cricket team)

  Light Blue   Royal BlueFounded2004; 20 years ago (2004)Home groundSuperSport ParkCapacity18,000Official 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 Agathangelou		(1989-11-16) 16 November 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Tony de Zorzi		(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right arm off break
Rilee Rossouw		(1989-06-30) 30 June 1989 (age 34)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	CSA contracted
Gionne Koopman		(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right arm legbreak
Victor Mahlangu		(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Aiden Markram		(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	CSA contracted
Wesley Marshall		(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Batsmen
Farhaan Behardien		(1983-10-09) 9 October 1983 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Henry Davids		(1980-01-19) 19 January 1980 (age 44)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Theunis de Bruyn		(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	CSA contracted
David Wiese		(1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	CSA contracted
Diego Rosier		(1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Kabelo Sekhukhune		(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right arm leg break
Jonathan Vandiar		(1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Quinton de Kock		(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed	—	CSA contracted
Rubin Hermann		(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	—
Heinrich Klaasen		(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	—	Opener
Sizwe Masondo		(1987-02-13) 13 February 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	—
Rivaldo Moonsamy		(1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
Matthew Arnold		(1988-10-16) 16 October 1988 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Neil Brand		(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Dayyaan Galiem		(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Chris Morris		(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Grant Thomson		(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Spin Bowlers
Gregory Mahlokwana		(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin
Tabraiz Shamsi		(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	CSA contracted
Simon Harmer		(1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Seam Bowlers
Clayton August		(1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Left Arm Fast-medium
Corbin Bosch		(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Tshepo Moreki		(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Itumaleng Moseki		(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Alfred Mothoa		(1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Corbin Bosch		(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm fast	CSA contracted
Marcello Piedt		(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Dale Steyn		(1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 (age 40)	Right- handed	Right arm Fast	CSA contracted; Limited-overs only

References

• South African Cricket Annual – various editions
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions