Titans cricket team
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The Nashua Titans is the name used by the combined Easterns
Easterns cricket team
Easterns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since October 1991.For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Easterns has merged with Northerns to form the Titans.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 2002–03; shared - * Standard Bank Cup - * South African...

 and Northerns
Northerns cricket team
Northerns cricket team has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937....

 first class cricket teams in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The home venues of the Titans are at SuperSport Park, Centurion
Centurion, Gauteng
Centurion is an area with 279,430 inhabitants in Gauteng Province of South Africa, located between Pretoria and Midrand . Formerly an independent municipality, with its own town council, it is now part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality...

 and Willowmoore Park
Willowmoore Park
Willowmoore Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1924...

, Benoni
Benoni, Gauteng
Benoni is a city with 654,509 inhabitants on the East Rand in the South African province of Gauteng. Since 2000, it has been part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.- History :...



The combined team plays in the SuperSport Series
SuperSport Series
The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title...

 first class competition and in the MTN Domestic Championship
MTN Domestic Championship
The 1 Day Cup is the premier domestic one-day cricket competition of South Africa, its matches having List A status...

 and Standard Bank Twenty20
Standard Bank Pro 20 Series
The Standard Bank Pro20 Series is the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. The Knights, the Titans and the Cape Cobras have each won the title twice and are the most successful teams....

 limited over competitions.

Honours

  • SuperSport Series (2) - 2006–07; 2008–09 shared (1) - 2005–06
  • MTN Championship (2) - 2007–08, 2008–09
  • Pro20 Series (2) - 2004–05, 2007–08,

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
1 Jacques Rudolph
Jacques Rudolph
Jacobus Andries Rudolph , popularly known as Jacques Rudolph, is a South African Test and ODI cricketer currently playing in England with Yorkshire CCC and in South Africa with Titans.He had an unbeaten 222 in his debut Test inning...

  4 May 1981 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
Leg break
A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 
Captain
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

34 Martin van Jaarsveld
Martin van Jaarsveld
Martin van Jaarsveld is a South African cricketer who played nine Tests and eleven One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2002 and 2004...

  18 June 1974 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm off spin
Off spin
Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side...

 
13 Francois du Plessis
Francois du Plessis
Francois "Faf" du Plessis is a right-handed batsman who plays One Day International cricket for South Africa and is a former under 19 representative....

  13 July 1984 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Leg break
A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 
17 AB de Villiers   17 February 1984 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
19 Henry Davids
Henry Davids
Henry Davids is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a useful right-arm off-spin bowler, Davids started his career with the Boland Cricket team and then moved to the Nashua Cape Cobras...

 
  19 January 1980 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
24 Farhaan Behardien    9 October 1983 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
25 Blake Snijman    28 October 1985 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
87 Pieter Malan    12 August 1989 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
All-rounders
7 Pierre Joubert
Pierre Joubert (cricketer)
Pierre Joubert is a South African first class cricketer for Northerns. A right arm fast medium bowler, Joubert represented South Africa Schools in 1994/95. He made his first class debut in 1995/96 and as of the end of the 2006/07 season has 179 wickets at 22.81 to his name with best figures of 7/32...

 
  2 May 1978 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
52 Roelof van der Merwe
Roelof van der Merwe
Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe is a South African cricketer who plays domestically for Titans and has represented South Africa in Limited overs cricket. He is currently signed by the Delhi Daredevils for the Indian Premier League...

  31 December 1984 (age 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Left-arm orthodox spin
Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...

 
81 Albie Morkel
Albie Morkel
Johannes Albertus Morkel , better known as Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm- medium fast and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket...

  10 June 1981 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
96 David Wiese
David Wiese
David Wiese is a South African cricketer who has made 30 first-class appearances since his debut in October 2005. His form since his breakthrough into first-class cricket saw him selected to play for South Africa in the 2009 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, where he finished the leading wicket-taker, and...

 
  18 May 1985 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
? Cobus Pienaar    23 October 1985 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Wicket-keepers
20 Heino Kuhn
Heino Kuhn
Heino Gunther Kuhn is a South African cricketer who plays for the Titans in domestic cricket. A wicketkeeper batsman, he was the second highest run scorer in the 2006-07 SuperSport Series with 776 runs at 48.50...

  1 April 1984 (age 27) Right-handed
? Josh Richards    5 December 1990 (age 21) Right-handed
? Mangaliso Mosehle    24 April 1990 (age 21) Right-handed
Bowlers
10 CJ de Villiers
CJ de Villiers
Cornelius Johannes du Preez de Villiers, also known as CJ de Villiers is a South African cricketer. He is a tall right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who plays for Free State and Titans cricket teams....

 
  16 March 1986 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
65 Morné Morkel
Morne Morkel
Morné Morkel is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. Some believe he has the ability to become a genuine...

  6 October 1984 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
80 Ethy Mbhalati    18 November 1981 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
? Mario Olivier
Mario Olivier
Mario Wickus Olivier in Pretoria. He is a South Africa cricketer who played for the Warriors in the first-class competition. He is the third South African to take 10 wickets in a first-class innings.. He currently plays for the Titans...

 
  3 November 1982 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
? Shaun von Berg
Shaun von Berg
Shaun von Berg is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who plays for Northerns. He was born in Pretoria....

 
  16 September 1986 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Leg break
A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 
? Clayton August
Clayton August
Clayton August is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Boland...

 
  16 February 1990 (age 21) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...


Source(s): Cricinfo , Nashua Titans Squad
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