Paarl Rocks Explained

Paarl Rocks
Captain:Faf du Plessis
Coach:Adrian Birrell
City:Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Founded:2018
Dissolved:2021
Ground:Boland Park, Paarl
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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 All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League were to have been replaced by eight new teams based around the new South African domestic structure,[3] but the league itself was later cancelled and replaced by a new franchise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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Mohamed . Afshak . Cape Town Blitz, Jozi Stars head up Mzansi Super League, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle among big names IOL . 28 October 2018 . iol.co.za . 15 October 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: Faf du Plessis' Paarl Rocks win Mzansi Super League. 2020-07-20. www.icc-cricket.com. en.
  3. Web site: Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams. 2021-12-14. ESPNcricinfo. en.