South Africa Domestic Season 2024/25

[SeamUp]

Season Review 2

Boland

20 Players used

* Debut at this level for Capell, Botha & Jacobs

CSA T20
Games played
6- Roelofsen, Dudgeon, Fortuin, Gqamane, Manack
5- Kaplan, Stuurman
4- von Berg, Mahima
3- Botha, Mgijima, Adams, P Malan, Copeland,
2- Mnyaka
1- Capell

Most runs
Roelofsen 198, Fortuin 109, Kaplan 95
Highest SR
Fortuin 149.31, Mgijima 134.61, Gqamane 133.33
Most wickets
Stuurman 8, Dudgeon & Gqamane 6
Best eco
Mahima 6.33, Manack 6.66, Dudgeon 7.6


One-Day Cup
Games played
8- Manack, Kaplan, Roelofsen , Gqamane
7- Fortuin, Mgijima, Stuurman
6- von Berg, Capell
5- Botha
4- Dudgeon, Mahima
3- Copeland, Mnyaka
2- P Malan
1- Jacobs, Cunningham

Most runs
Kaplan 210, Roelofsen 192, Fortuin 136
Highest Ave
Manack 91, von Berg 77, Kaplan 35
Highest SR
Manack 85.84, Botha 85.22, Gqamane 80.91
Most wickets
Manack 16, von Berg 11, Mahima & Gqamane 8
Best Ave
Mahima 11.25, Mnyaka 13.83, Cunningham 16
Best eco
Mahima 3.41, Stuurman 3.68, Manack 3.76


4-Day series
Games played
7- P Malan, Kaplan, Fortuin, Mgijima, Von Berg, Stuurman
6- Roelofsen, Gqamane, Dudgeon
4- Copeland, Mnyaka
2- Capell, Adams, Mahima, Baron
1- Cunningham, Engelbrecht

Most runs
Roelofsen 560, P Malan 500, Kaplan 434
Highest Ave
Roelofsen 70, Capell 46.66, P Malan 45.45
Most wickets
Von Berg 35, Stuurman 14, Gqamane 10
Best Ave
Von Berg 20.20 , Copeland 33.50, Mahima 33.6

 

[Stefan9]

They relying on the fact that Warriors played a coloured over a black African. I hope they lose the case. And Warriors did say at the time for 'cricketing reasons'. It might not stand but again it shows the patheticness of the situation.

No precedent for this before and I guess CSA can say it was a points deduction rather taking the win away? If they said taking a win away CSA have ****ed it even more.

How do you logically argue infront of a judge(not a cricket person)that you deserve to keep the win but lose the points . Especially when dolphins got awarded points for a win.

We can argue whether those regulations should exist. For me they shouldn't but warriors knew this well before and ignored it.

 

[Stefan9]

Rivash Gobind got the job as new titans coach.
Albie Morkel continues as assistant.
Richard Neves will move to a different role.

 

[StephenZA]

How do you logically argue infront of a judge(not a cricket person)that you deserve to keep the win but lose the points . Especially when dolphins got awarded points for a win.

We can argue whether those regulations should exist. For me they shouldn't but warriors knew this well before and ignored it.

The problem is nothing is written down about what the punishment should be. As far as I'm aware the rule is do this or else be punished.... And then the CSA decide on the punishment. Whether sensible or not. Effectively the argument here is we want this full punishment to occur because then we don't get relegated... And then you need to ask has that got anything to do with what the original punishment decided? Or any baring on how or why the Warriors were punished.

 

[SeamUp]

Sad times.

 

[SeamUp]

Season Review 3

Eastern Province Warriors

23 players used + Dawood on loan

* Debuts at this level for Raubenheimer, De Villiers & Frosler

CSA T20
Games played
7- Qeshile, Simetu
6- Du Plessis, Kruger, Swanepoel, JP King, Mokgakane
5- CJ King
4- J Hermann, Muthusamy, Pillay, Mothoa
3- Breetzke, Nortje
2- Meyer, Plaatjie
1- Stubbs, Alder, Olivier

Most runs
J Hermann 182, Du Plessis 165, Kruger, Swanepoel & JP King all 138
Highest SR
Kruger 184, Swanepoel 181.57, Qeshile 144.73
Most wickets
CJ King 7, Swanepoel 5, Mothoa 4
Best eco
Alder 6, Simetu 6.35, Meyer 7.66

One-Day Cup
Games played
7- J Hermann, Muthusamy, Qeshile
6- Swanepoel, Mokgakane, Raubenheimer
5- CJ King, Breetzke, Kruger, Du Plessis, Mothoa,
3- Rosier , JP King, Dawood, Plaatjie
1- De Villiers

Most runs
J Hermann 323, Breetzke 237, Muthusamy 172
Highest Ave
CJ King 61, Breetzke 59.25, J Hermann 53.83
Highest SR
CJ King 210.34, Swanepoel 143.75, Muthusamy 100
Most wickets
Raubenheimer, Swanepoel & Mothoa all 9
Best eco
Kruger 3.82, Swanepoel 4.2 & Muthusamy 4.88

4-Day series
Games played
7- J Hermann, De Villers, Qeshile
6- Mokgakane
5- Muthusamy, Swanepoel, Olivier, Plaatjie
4- Pillay, Kruger
3- Breetzke, Du Plessis, CJ King, Raubenheimer
2- JP King, Meyer, Rosier, Frosler, Mothoa
1- Simetu

Most runs
J Hermann 602, De Villiers 498, Qeshile 380
Highest Ave
JP King 64.25, J Hermann 43, De Villiers 35.57
Most wickets
Swanepoel 29, Olivier 15, CJ King 14
Best Ave
Swanepoel 14.37, CJ King 16.21, Olivier 33.06

 

[Stefan9]

Sad times.

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Awful news. Was looking forward to listening to Brett.

 

[Stefan9]

The problem is nothing is written down about what the punishment should be. As far as I'm aware the rule is do this or else be punished.... And then the CSA decide on the punishment. Whether sensible or not. Effectively the argument here is we want this full punishment to occur because then we don't get relegated... And then you need to ask has that got anything to do with what the original punishment decided? Or any baring on how or why the Warriors were punished.

The court will need to rule whether the rules were implemented logically. Can you really argue its logically to give 2 teams a win from that one game which is what happens with warriors keeping the win and only losing points while dolphins also get a win.

Not having written rules of the punishment will also come back to bite. Courts tend to look down on those sorts of things.

Freestate will argue that the rules was illogically implemented and will cite examples of how other contact sports deals with teams using intelligible players.

It will be interesting how a judge rules this one. Its a complete mess.

 

[Marius]

The court will need to rule whether the rules were implemented logically. Can you really argue its logically to give 2 teams a win from that one game which is what happens with warriors keeping the win and only losing points while dolphins also get a win.

Not having written rules of the punishment will also come back to bite. Courts tend to look down on those sorts of things.

Freestate will argue that the rules was illogically implemented and will cite examples of how other contact sports deals with teams using intelligible players.

It will be interesting how a judge rules this one. Its a complete mess.

Not like CSA to make a pig's ear out of something.

 

[SeamUp]

Season Review 4

KZN Dolphins

Players used 22 + Sean Whitehead on loan


* Debuts at this level for Viljoen, B Cele, Pillay, Luus & Mokoena

CSA T20
Games played
7- Parsons, Subrayen, O Cele
6- Ackerman, Smuts, Dithole, Simelane
5- van Staden
4- Smith
3- Zondo, Viljoen, Pillay, Porteous, Dupavillon, Baartman
1- E Bosch, Miller, Maharaj, Mokoena, B Cele

Most runs
Ackerman 191, Smith 132, Parsons 97
Highest SR
E Bosch 236.84, Ackerman 140.44, Zondo 140
Most wickets
Simelane 12, O Cele 7, Dupavillon, Smith & Subrayen all 3
Best eco
E Bosch 6.3, Smith 6.8, Subrayen 7.04

One-Day Cup
Games played
9- Smuts, Parsons, E Bosch, Dithole, Zondo, Subrayen Simelane
7- Smith, Luus
6- Viljoen
5- O Cele
4- Erwee
2- Pillay, Maharaj, Baartman
1- Ackerman

Most runs
Smuts 473, Parsons 314, Viljoen 238
Highest Ave
Viljoen 79.33, Smuts 52.55, Parsons 39.25
Highest SR
Subrayen 115.55, E Bosch 98.20, Simelane 96.87
Most wickets
Subrayen 15, Luus 14, E Bosch & Simelane both 6
Best Ave
Maharaj 14.6, Luus 15.78, Baartman 17
Best eco
Maharaj 3.65, Subrayen 3.82, Baartman 4.16

4-Day series
Games played
7- Dithole, Smith, Pillay, Erwee, Subrayen, Dupavillon, O Cele
6- Parsons
4- van Staden
3- Zondo, Viljoen, Simelane
2- E Bosch, Smuts
1- Maharaj, B Cele, Luus, Ackerman, Whitehead

Most runs
Dithole 453, Smith 353, Pillay 317
Highest Ave
E Bosch 65, Zondo 54.4, Dithole 45.3
Most wickets
Subrayen 34, O Cele 22, Dupavillon 17
Best Ave
Whitehead 17, Luus 21.85, Subrayen 23.17

 

[SeamUp]

Outside the Tuskers who are being promoted & looking at their squad they were always favourites. Who else performed that could be in Div 1 next year?

Hardus Viljoen (Northern Cape Heat)
George van Heerden (SWD Badgers)
Jade De Klerk (Border)
Thomas Kaber (SWD Badgers)
Modiri Litheko (Northern Cape Heat)
Luke Beaufort (SWD Badgers)
Chris Britz (Easterns Storm)

All 7 of those players produced by Eastern Province or Titans.

Disappointing seasons for Ronan Herrmann at Northern Cape & Dewan Marais at Easterns.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/batting-most-runs-career/csa-4-day-series-division-2-2024-25-16529

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/bowling-most-wickets-career/csa-4-day-series-division-2-2024-25-16529

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/batting-most-runs-career/csa-provincial-one-day-challenge-division-two-2024-25-16527

https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/bowling-most-wickets-career/csa-provincial-one-day-challenge-division-two-2024-25-16527

 

[Stefan9]

So per CSA CEO both warriors and knights going through mediation process currently.
Per him the regulation requires them to go through mediation and arbitration before they can go to the courts.

This could take some time.

 

[chris.hinton]

Great work @SeamUp

 

[Stefan9]

I see lions will be without Domingo for the final as he is off to the PSL.

 

[SeamUp]

Pitch inspection at 1pm (now) for the final at the Wanderers.

 

[SeamUp]

First transfer for 2025/26 is Alfred Mothoa is leaving the Warriors and heading to NW Dragons.

 

[SeamUp]

Western Province and Salieg Nackerdien have parted ways.

Wouldn't surprise me if WP go for Robbie P

 

[Stefan9]

Still delayed. Next inspection 2:30. Must have been loads of rain, wanderers usually don't have drainage issues.

 

[Stefan9]

No play on day one

 

[SeamUp]

No play on day one

Sun was out basically the whole day wasn't it? Not a good look for the groundsman.