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Over 300 cricketers in line for inaugural SA20 player auction

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Teams to bid for the best local and international T20 stars on September 19th

Over 300 cricketers will go under the hammer in the inaugural SA20 player auction taking place in Cape Town on September 19th. More than 500 players registered their interest, with the list cut down to 318 following the submission of shortlists from the six franchises.

The auction will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, with teams going head-to-head to bid for some of the best local and international T20 talent to complete their squads.

Twenty-two players on the list have been pre-signed by the franchises, and the stakes are high as to where the teams will spend their remaining R34 million ($2 million) salary budget.

SA20 League Commissioner, Graeme Smith said: “We are thrilled with the interest received from the cricket community to be a part of the SA20. The final list of players has an exciting mix of international stars, the class of Proteas players and upcoming talent waiting to make a name for themselves on a global stage. We are looking forward to the auction and seeing how the squads are formed for this exciting first edition of the SA20.”

Other countries represented include Australia, West Indies, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Scotland, Afghanistan, Ireland, Hong Kong, USA, Netherlands and Namibia.

The auction will start at 14h00 SAST and will be broadcast live on SuperSport and the SA20 website with regular updates on the SA20 social media platforms.

Cricket came to South Africa during the Napoleonic Wars and with the British forces occupying South Africa. The first match recorded was in 1808 in Cape Town between two service teams, for a prize of one thousand rix-dollars.

The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843. Few clubs in the world can boast such a long existence. The first championship was held in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) in 1876 for the “champion bat.” Competing teams were Cape Town, Grahamstown, King Williams Town, and Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha). It was won by King Williams Town and the year after that too.

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