Durban's Super Giants is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of the SA20 tournament.[1] The team is based in Durban and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Kingsmead Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Lance Klusener.[2][3]
The franchise is owned by the RPSG Group, which also owns Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants.[4]
Franchise history
In August 2022, Cricket South Africa announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing six different cities, including Durban, were put up on auction in South Africa in September 2022. The Durban franchise was purchased by RPSG Group.
Seasons
Seasons
| Year | League standing | Final standing |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5th out of 6 | League stage |
| 2024 | 2nd out of 6 | Runners up |
| 2025 | 6th out of 6 | League stage |
- C: champions
- RU: runners-up
- SF team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition
Season summary
| Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied/NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Source: ESPNCricinfo[5] | ||||
Note:
- NR indicates No result.
- Abandoned matches are indicated as no result.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Klaasen | 1008 | 42.00 | 104* | 1 | 9 |
| Matthew Breetzke | 658 | 29.90 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
| Quinton de Kock | 643 | 22.96 | 83* | 0 | 5 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 603 | 26.21 | 59 | 0 | 3 |
| JJ Smuts | 332 | 23.71 | 75 | 0 | 3 |
Source: [6] as of 9 Feb 2025
Most wickets
| Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keshav Maharaj | 27 | 27.03 | 2/17 |
| Noor Ahmad | 25 | 14.56 | 5/11 |
| Reece Topley | 23 | 23.21 | 3/19 |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 21 | 21.76 | 2/9 |
| Junior Dala | 20 | 16.35 | 5/26 |
Source: [7] as of 9 Feb 2025
References
- ^ "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
- ^ "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "SA20 Records - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNCricinfo.
- ^ "Most runs in SA20 - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Most wickets For SA20 - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
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