Warriors (cricket team)

Chevrolet Warriors
Coach: Russell Domingo
Captain: Davey Jacobs
Founded: 2003
Home ground: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Capacity: 16,000
Official website: Chevrolet Warriors

The Chevrolet Warriors is the name used by the combined Eastern Province and Border first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues of the Warriors are St George's Park, Port Elizabeth and Buffalo Park, East London.

The combined team plays in the SuperSport Series first-class competition and also in the MTN Domestic Championship and the Standard Bank Twenty20 limited over competitions. The Chevrolet Warriors are the 2009/2010 MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Twenty20 winners. They finished as runners-up to the Chennai Super Kings in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.

Honours

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
5 Ashwell Prince 28 May 1977 (1977-05-28) (age 34) Left-handed Right arm off break
10 Craig Thyssen 25 March 1984 (1984-03-25) (age 27) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
21 Jon-Jon Smuts 21 August 1988 (1988-08-21) (age 23) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
41 Colin Ingram 3 July 1985 (1985-07-03) (age 26) Left-handed
?? Kelly Smuts 22 January 1990 (1990-01-22) (age 22) Left-handed Right arm medium
?? Michael Smith 5 May 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 31) Right-handed Right arm medium
?? Darryl Brown 25 March 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 28) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
?? Bevan Bennett 9 September 1981 (1981-09-09) (age 30) Left-handed Right arm leg break
?? Jerry Nqolo 23 July 1991 (1991-07-23) (age 20) Right-handed Right arm medium
All-rounders
3 Jacques Kallis 16 October 1975 (1975-10-16) (age 36) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
22 Johan Botha 2 May 1982 (1982-05-02) (age 29) Right-handed Right arm off break
34 Nicky Boje 20 March 1973 (1973-03-20) (age 38) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
36 Wayne Parnell 30 July 1989 (1989-07-30) (age 22) Left-handed Left arm medium-fast
77 Justin Kreusch 27 September 1979 (1979-09-27) (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium
Wicket-keepers
9 Mark Boucher 3 December 1976 (1976-12-03) (age 35) Right-handed
13 Arno Jacobs 13 March 1977 (1977-03-13) (age 34) Left-handed
82 Davey Jacobs 4 November 1982 (1982-11-04) (age 29) Right-handed Captain
Bowlers
16 Makhaya Ntini 6 July 1977 (1977-07-06) (age 34) Right-handed Right arm fast
23 Juan Theron 24 July 1985 (1985-07-24) (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
40 Garnett Kruger 5 January 1977 (1977-01-05) (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
64 Lonwabo Tsotsobe 7 March 1984 (1984-03-07) (age 27) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
?? Lyall Meyer 23 March 1982 (1982-03-23) (age 29) Left-handed Right arm fast
?? Andrew Birch 7 June 1985 (1985-06-07) (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
?? Corbyn Dolley 26 November 1987 (1987-11-26) (age 24) Right-handed Right arm off break
?? Reece Williams 16 November 1988 (1988-11-16) (age 23) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
?? Basheeru-Deen Walters 16 September 1986 (1986-09-16) (age 25) Right-handed Right arm fast
?? Sinethemba Mjekula 16 October 1983 (1983-10-16) (age 28) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
?? Siyamthanda Ntshona 31 August 1990 (1990-08-31) (age 21) Right-handed Right arm fast

Source: Cricinfo

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