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Paarl Rocks

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Paarl Rocks
Paarl Rocks logo
Personnel
CaptainFaf du Plessis
CoachAdrian Birrell
Team information
CityPaarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Founded2018
Dissolved2021
Home groundBoland Park, Paarl

T20I kit

Paarl Rocks were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament founded in 2018. The team was based at Boland Park in Paarl. The coach was Adrian Birrell.[1]

Paarl Rocks played in the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019, before COVID-19 delayed the competition in 2020. The side won the competition in 2019[2] but were dissolved in 2021 in response to the reform of the domestic structure of South African cricket. All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League were to have been replaced by eight new teams based around the new South African domestic structure,[3] but the league itself was later cancelled and replaced by a new franchise competition, the SA20, beginning in the 2022/23 season.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Mohamed, Afshak (15 October 2018). "Cape Town Blitz, Jozi Stars head up Mzansi Super League, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle among big names | IOL". iol.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Faf du Plessis' Paarl Rocks win Mzansi Super League". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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