Knights (cricket team)

VKB Knights
Personnel
Captain South Africa Werner Coetsee
Coach South Africa Nicky Boje
Overseas player Jamaica Andre Russell
Team information
Colours      Blue      Gold
Founded 2003
Home ground Mangaung Oval, Diamond Oval
Capacity 20,000
Official website: Knights

The VKB Knights are a franchise cricket team composed of the Free State and Griqualand West first class cricket areas in South Africa. The team previously competed as the Diamond Eagles. Their home venues are the Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein and the Diamond Oval in Kimberley, and the side competes in the Sunfoil Series, the Momentum 1 Day Cup, and the Ram Slam T20 Challenge

Playing kit

During the Momentum 1 Day Cup, the Knights's play in dark blue shirts and trousers with gold accents; for the Ram Slam T20 Challenge they wear dark blue shirts with gold accents and gold trousers with dark blue accents. Their current kit provider is TK Sports.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Opening Batsmen
Michael Erlank South Africa 4 July 1989 Left-handed Right arm off break
Letlotlo Sesele South Africa 23 March 1988 Right-handed Right arm off break
Batsmen
Gerhardt Abrahams South Africa 9 August 1990 Right-handed Occasional wicket-keeper
Theunis de Bruyn South Africa 8 October 1992 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Captain
Leus du Plooy South Africa 12 January 1995 Left-handed Left arm orthodox
David Miller South Africa 10 June 1989 Left-handed Right arm off break
Luthando Mnyanda South Africa 22 October 1989 Right-handed Right arm off break
Diego Rosier South Africa 2 May 1994 Right-handed Right arm leg break
Rilee Rossouw South Africa 9 October 1989 Left-handed Right arm off break
Pite van Biljon South Africa 15 April 1986 Right-handed Right arm medium
Wicket Keepers
Tumelo Bodibe South Africa 18 March 1987 Right-handed Opener
Andries Gous South Africa 24 November 1993 Right-handed
Rudi Second South Africa 17 July 1989 Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
Patrick Botha South Africa 23 January 1990 Left-handed Right arm off break
Werner Coetsee South Africa 16 March 1983 Right-handed Right arm off break
Patrick Kruger South Africa 3 February 1995 Right-handed Right arm medium
Aubrey Swanepoel South Africa 18 June 1989 Right-handed Right arm off break
Spin Bowlers
Tshepo Ntuli South Africa 15 November 1995 Right-handed Right arm off break
Seam Bowlers
Mbulelo Budaza South Africa 6 September 1993 Right-handed Left arm fast
Jandre Coetzee South Africa 15 January 1984 Left-handed Left arm medium
Marchant de Lange South Africa 13 October 1990 Right-handed Right arm fast
Corné Dry South Africa 4 February 1993 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Dillon du Preez South Africa 8 November 1981 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Tumi Masekela South Africa 21 July 1987 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
Kagiso Mohale South Africa 4 April 1994 Right-handed Right arm medium
Duanne Olivier South Africa 9 May 1992 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Shadley van Schalkwyk South Africa 5 August 1988 Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
Lwandiswa Zuma South Africa 11 July 1996 Right-handed Right arm fast

Contracted players and second team players who have represented Knights in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 season.

Champions League Twenty20

Qualification and first round

Diamond Eagles finished second in the 2009 Standard Bank Pro20 and became eligible to play in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20. The team was placed in Group B with New South Wales Blues and Sussex Sharks. The team lost their first match against the New South Wales Blues and were not able to make 100 runs and stayed on 91/9 but the second match went for a tied with Sussex Sharks in which the scores were tied at 119/7 (Sussex) and 119/4(Eagles). Eagles clinched the Super Over. In the Super Over Eagles scored 9/1 while Sussex were knocked of the first two balls by Cornelius de Villiers and the Man of the Match was awarded to Rilee Rossouw.

Second round

After some twists and turns Eagles made it to the next round where they were placed in League A with New South Wales Blues, Somerset Sabres and Trinidad and Tobago. They were counted as a loss to Blues as their previous result and a win against the Somerset Sabres but lost against the Trinidad side in a must-win match. CJ de Villiers again performed well in the game against Somerset CCC. They didn't qualify for the semis but earned 7th out of 12 teams.

Honours

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References

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