Cox & Linde to feature in inaugural SA20
Tuesday 20th September 2022
Jordan Cox & George Linde will play in the first edition of the SA20 this Winter, a T20 franchise cricket tournament to be played in South Africa.
Left-hander, & Cape Town native, Linde was purchased by MI Cape Town for ZAR 3.9m – the franchise owned by the team behind the Mumbai Indians IPL franchise. He will line-up alongside former Kent overseas star Kagiso Rabada, as well as England’s Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone & Olly Stone.
‘Keeper-batter Cox was purchased for ZAR 350k by Sunrisers Eastern Cape, owned by the IPL’s Sunrisers Hyderabad, & will play alongside compatriots Mason Crane, Adam Rossington, Brydon Carse & Tom Abell.
The first edition of the tournament is scheduled to take place between January & February 2023, with six teams based in various South African cities, competing in a tournament that will not clash with the English domestic Summer.
Elsewhere, other former Spitfires are involved with franchises. Faf du Plessis will captain the Joburg Super Kings, whilst Wayne Parnell & Jimmy Neesham will wear the colours of the Pretoria Capitals.
The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence will once again host a full England Women’s One-Day International (WODI) match in 2022, with a Royal London WODI against India under the lights in Canterbury on Wednesday, 21 September.
