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T20 Global LeagueAugust 21, 2017

Graeme Smith to coach Benoni Zalmi

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This will be Graeme Smith's first stint as a coach in recognised cricket © Gallo Images

 

T20 Global League franchise Benoni Zalmi has appointed former South Africa captain Graeme Smith as its head coach. Zalmi team owner Javed Afridi made the announcement on Monday.

Smith, 36, last played a competitive game in May 2014, a T20 for Somerset two months after his final Test against Australia. It will be Smith's first stint as a coach in recognised cricket. Highveld Lions' Geoffrey Toyana, who was recently among the frontrunners to replace Russell Domingo as South Africa's coach, will be his assistant. Their first assignment together comes this weekend, when they will have to pick from a pool of over 400 players in the player draft.

Elsewhere, Durban Qalandars has put Paddy Upton in charge, with Aaqib Javed to oversee the bowlers. Also, Stellenbosch Monarchs has appointed Stephen Fleming head coach, with Eric Simons named his assistant.

Stellenbosch had suffered a setback last week when Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited, the investment company which had been unveiled as its owner by Cricket South Africa, said it will not proceed with the acquisition.

ESPNcricinfo understands Brimstone pulled out because it did not want to hold a majority stake. An insider said that Brimstone always wanted a minority stake and that has been their investment model, where the company supports an expert majority partner. The failure to pull together a consortium meant that Brimstone opted to move out and CSA did not stand in its way. Incidentally Brimstone was one of only two South African owners named for the eight teams in June. Faf du Plessis, South Africa's Test and T20 captain, was named the Stellenbosch franchise's marquee player by the South Africa board.

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PLAYERS TO BE DRAFTED:

The tournament will be held in November and December this year.

 

 

International marquee players: Lasith Malinga, Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Kieron Pollard, Jason Roy, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle

 

 

Domestic marquee players: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir

 

 

Overseas players

 

 

Afghanistan: Dawlat Zadran

 

 

Australia: Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Reardon, Johan Botha

 

 

England: Michael Carberry, Alex Hales, Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, James Vince, Tim Bresnan, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Mark Wood, Monty Panesar, Adil Rashid

 

 

Hong Kong: Anshuman Rath

 

 

Ireland: William Porterfield, Kevin O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, George Dockrell

 

 

Netherlands: Stephan Myburgh, Ryan ten Doeschate, Roelof van der Merwe

 

 

New Zealand: Mitchell McClenaghan, Jeetan Patel

 

 

Pakistan: Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Shah, Ahmed Shehzad, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Butt, Sami Aslam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahid Afridi, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Abbas, Sohail Khan

 

 

Sri Lanka: Lahiru Thirimanne, Shehan Jayasuriya, Jeevan Mendis, Ramith Rambukwella, Dushmantha Chameera, Dhammika Prasad, Suraj Randiv, Sachithra Senanayake, Dilshan Munaweera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Perera

 

 

Zimbabwe: Sean Ervine, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Vusi Sibanda

 

 

Kolpak players: David Wiese, Colin Ingram, Stiaan van Zyl, Dane Vilas, Cameron Delport, Richard Levi, Marchant de Lange, Hardus Viljoen, Colin Ackermann, Simon Harmer

 

 

West Indies: Jonathan Carter, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Danza Hyatt, Jason Mohammed, Devon Thomas, Tino Best, Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Ashley Nurse, Veerasammy Permaul, Shane Shillingford

 

 

Scotland: Kyle Coetzer

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Robin Singh Sr. is coach for one franchise & Sreedharan Sriram for another..

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1 minute ago, Kool_SRG said:

Robin Singh Sr. is coach for one franchise & Sreedharan Sriram for another..

Former India players Sridharan Sriram and Robin Singh have acquired coaching jobs at the forthcoming T20 Global League of South Africa, the inaugural edition of which will get underway later in the year. Sriram will coach the Jo'burg Giants, while Robin Singh will take charge of the Bloem City Blazers.

 

 

The coaches for all eight franchises were announced on Wednesday (August 23), and the list includes all familiar names.

 

 

Robin Singh has a good amount of experience coaching T20 teams around the world. After a career spanning 136 ODIs and one Test, Singh was head coach at Deccan Chargers in 2008, followed by a stint with Mumbai Indians. He has also ventured into the Caribbean Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League and the T20 competition in Sri Lanka.

 

 

Sriram, who has been serving as a spin consultant for Australia currently, has worked as a coach at Delhi Daredevils previously. He is a veteran of close to 15000 domestic runs, over 200 wickets, and has played 8 ODIs.

 

 

The other coaches in the competition are Jacques Kallis (Cape Town Knight Riders), Mark Boucher (Nelson Mandela Bay Stars), Paddy Upton (Durban Qalandars), Stephen Fleming (Stellenbosch Monarchs), Russell Domingo (Pretoria Mavericks), and Graeme Smith (Benoni Zalmi).

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The Players draft is on AUG 26th

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pettandaya....pettandi

prati country oka league petti Tests ni lepi dobbandi..

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1 minute ago, Batman_fan said:

pettandaya....pettandi

prati country oka league petti Tests ni lepi dobbandi..

papam vallu kuda $$$ chesukovali ga.....

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Indian cricket players ni BCCI allow seyyadu

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1 minute ago, CricPokChic said:

papam vallu kuda $$$ chesukovali ga.....

Yes, just like why we all prefer IT

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wow another entertainer

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Nov 3rd anukunta ga start??