The inaugural Global League Player Draft was completed in Cape Town on Sunday with all eight teams appearing to express satisfaction and some frustration in almost equal measure which suggests the 18-man squads are as evenly matched as the organisers hoped they would be.
As in every player draft there were dreams made and broken but for the host of rookie (under-23) players chosen even a modest payment in US dollars for the six-week tournament represented a dream windfall.
Salaries for the Protea and International marquee players are not disclosed but are believed to be in the region of $180 to $250 000 while the drafted players will enjoy contracts from $135 000 for the first pick and descending to $115k for the second pick, $100k for the third, $85k for the fourth, $75 for the fifth and down to $10 000 for players 17 and 18.
Each squad could choose a maximum of five overseas players (including Kolpaks) and a minimum of two rookies, one of whom must play in every game.
The fixtures will be announced on Monday, 28 August.
- BENONI ZALMI
Owner: Javed Afridi
Home ground: Willowmoore Park
Coach: Graeme Smith
Marquee Protea: Quinton de Kock
Marquee international: Jason Roy
Squad: Albie Morkel, Wahab Riaz (PAK), Umar Akmal (PAK), Lungi Ngidi, David Wiese, Eddie Leie, Pite van Biljon, Leus du Plooy, Dillon du Preez, Dean Elgar, Mohammad Nawaz (PAK), George Linde, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Calvin Savage, Carmi le Roux, Tshepo Moreki
– @JAfridi10, owner of @BenoniZalmi and @PeshawarZalmi pose with the squad list of Benoni Zalmi after #T20GL players draft. pic.twitter.com/jWmSPgjdsr
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) August 27, 2017
- BLOEM CITY BLAZERS
Owner: Sushil Kumar
Home ground: Mangaung Oval
Coach: Phil Simmons
Marquee Protea: David Miller
Marquee international: Kieron Pollard
Squad: Dane Paterson, Chris Jordan (ENG), Dwayne Smith (WI), Shaun von Berg, Aaron Phangiso, Morne van Wyk, Beuran Hendricks, Theunis de Bruyn, Janneman Malan, Ryan ten Doeschate (NED), Clyde Fortuin, Rayad Emrit, Werner Coetsee, Yaseen Vallie, Akhona Mnyaka, Keegan Petersen.
Pick number 5 for the day is Aaron Phangiso. Good to have some more spin in the team. #BeAPart#StandApart#T20GLpic.twitter.com/tPsNQuQHdb
— Bloem City Blazers (@CityBloem) August 27, 2017
- CAPE TOWN KNIGHT RIDERS
Owner: Shah Rukh Khan
Home ground: Newlands
Coach: Jacques Kallis
Marquee Protea: JP Duminy
Marquee international: Chris Gayle
Squad: Dale Steyn, Adil Rashid (ENG), Tom Curran (ENG), Rassie van der Dussen, James Vince (ENG), Dwaine Pretorius, Jason Smith, Rudi Second, Rory Kleinveldt, Malusi Siboto, Denesh Ramdin (WI), Thomas Kaber, Senuran Muthusamy, Dayyaan Galiem, Pieter Malan, Aviwe Mgijima.
#KnightingCeremony@AviweMgijima fills the final spot. Our squad has a good blend of young and experience contenders. #T20GL#T20GLdraftpic.twitter.com/Az9BiylJ3X
— CapeTownKnightRiders (@CTKRiders) August 27, 2017
- DURBAN QALANDERS
Owner: Fawad Rana
Home ground: Kingsmead
Coach: Paddy Upton
Marquee Protea: Hashim Amla
Marquee international: Eoin Morgan
Squad: Chris Morris, Sam Billings (ENG), Mitch McLenaghan (NZ), Bjorn Fortuin, Mohammad Hafeez (PAK), Fakhar Zaman (PAK), Junior Dala, Qaasim Adams, Migael Pretorius, Nicky van den Bergh, Prenelan Subrayen, Kelly Smuts, Marques Ackerman, Daryn Dupavillon, Mtokozisi Shezi, Cody Chetty
MTHOKOZISI SHEZI
Left-handed swing bowler who has great skills at the death.#DurbanQalandars#T20GL#T20GLDraftpic.twitter.com/aVH0UWtREG
— Durban Qalandars (@DurbanQalandars) August 27, 2017
- JOBURG GIANTS
Owner: GMR Group
Home ground: Wanderers
Coach: S Sriram
Marquee Protea: Kagiso Rabada
Marquee international: Brendon McCullum
Squad: Colin Ingram, Vernon Philander, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Jonker, Temba Bavuma, Patrick Kruger, Yasir Shah (PAK), Nicolas Pooran, Duanne Olivier, Jonathan Vandiar, Roelof van der Merwe, Andries Gous, Rabian Engelbrecht, Dane Piedt, Andre Malan, Zubayr Hamza.
Super excited to part of the @JoburgGiants family for the #T20GL keen and can’t wait for the fireworks ?
— Andile Phehlukwayo (@andileluck19) August 27, 2017
- NELSON MANDELA BAY STARS
Owner: Ajay Sethi
Home ground: St. George’s Park
Coach: Mark Boucher
Marquee Protea: Imran Tahir
Marquee international: Kevin Pietersen
Squad: JJ Smuts, Aiden Markram, Anwar Ali (PAK), Heinrich Klaasen, Junaid Khan (PAK), Dawid Malan (ENG), Sisanda Magala, Heino Kuhn, Andrew Birch, Colin Ackermann, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Sibonelo Makhanya, Wihan Lubbe, Grant Thomson, Lesiba Ngoepe, Ryan Rickelton
The @NMB_Stars head coach with Eric Simons. @T20GL_pic.twitter.com/dsgkvBMWtL
— N Mandela Bay Stars (@NMB_Stars) August 26, 2017
- PRETORIA MAVERICKS
Owner: Osman Osman
Home ground: SuperSport Park
Coach: Russell Domingo
Marquee Protea: AB de Villiers
Marquee international: Dwayne Bravo
Squad: Morne Morkel, Farhaan Behardien, Dane Vilas, Robbie Frylinck, Keshav Maharaj, Johan Botha, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Steven Finn (ENG), Reeza Hendricks, Diego Rosier, Khaya Zondo, Eldred Hawken, Basheeru Walters, Stephan Myburgh (NED), Tony de Zorsi, Kyle Nipper.
So happy with our squad! Very excited to kick things off with the @PMavericks_ !!
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) August 27, 2017
- STELLENBOSCH MONARCHS
Owner: Cricket South Africa
Home ground: Boland Park
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Marquee Protea: Faf du Plessis
Marquee international: Lasith Malinga
Squad: Alex Hales (ENG), Tabraiz Shamsi, Wayne Parnell, Imad Wasim (PAK), Henry Davids, Mangaliso Mosehle, Wiaan Mulder, Justin Ontong, Ryan McLaren, Brendan Taylor (ZIM), Lizaad Williams, Jeevan Mendis (SRI), Rowan Richards, Craig Alexander, Grant Mokoena, Kyle Simmonds.
With 70 Sri Lankan caps in white ball cricket, Jeevan Mendis will be a valuable cog in this Monarchs outfit #SBMonarchs #T20GL #T20GLdraft pic.twitter.com/lES4Wp34lU
— SB Monarchs (@SBMonarchs) August 27, 2017
