Warriors team announced for new season

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Cricket Eastern Cape (Pty) Ltd announced their contracted squad for the 2012/2013 season. 4 new players have been contracted - 3 of the 4 being players that hail from the Eastern Cape region.

Simon Harmer has had an incredible season for both the EP and Warriors last season. He took a total of 63 wickets across all formats of the game. Young Colin Ackermann made his debut for the Warriors in the 2011/2012 season and has a bright future ahead of him.

Two players from South Western Districts, Gurshwin Rabie and Christiaan Jonker have also been contracted. In his first match for the Warriors last season Rabie took 8 wickets in a Supersport match against the Knights. In the CSA Provincial 3 day Competition Rabie is second on the log of top wicket takers. Christiaan Jonker is a fiery top order batsman who made an impressive 1189 runs last season and tops the runs leader board in the 3 Day Provincial Competition.

The full squad is as follows:

Full Contracts
Andrew Birch Athenkosi Dyili
Simon Harmer Arno Jacobs
Davy Jacobs (Capt) Justin Kreusch
Lyall Meyer Makhaya Ntini
Michael Price Gurshwin Rabie
Jon-Jon Smuts Kelly Smuts
Craig Thyssen Basheer Walters

Rookies
Colin Ackermann
Aya Gqamane
David White

Semi Professional
Christiaan Jonker

CSA Contracted players
Colin Ingram
Wayne Parnell
Ashwell Prince
Rusty Theron

Said Coach Piet Botha "It is good to see new players added to the squad - Ackermann, Jonker, Harmer and Rabie. I am confident they will make a huge contribution towards our goals of becoming a winning franchise and we look forward to the new season. They all have the talent and will bring a good energetic vibe to the squad."