Brackenfell Cricket Club announce overseas pro, returns for second stint

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Posted By: Editorial August 12, 2022

Batsman Chris Dent will rejoin Brackenfell Cricket Club for the 2022-23 Western Province Cricket Association season.

This will be Dent’s second stint with Brackenfell Cricket Club. He played for them during the 2019-20 WPCA premier league – and struck two centuries. He also hit a ton for Brackenfell Cricket Club in the Ama20 Competition.

Dent has been a relatively permanent fixture in Gloucestershire’s XI during the County Championship, T20 Blast and One-Day Cup this year.

“A familiar face for us, Chris joins after playing for the club in the 2019-2020 season. During the 2019-2020 season, Chris scored 547 runs at an average of 60 for Brackenfell Cricket Club. This included three centuries,” read a statement from the club.

“With over 10,000 first-class runs and leading Gloucestershire for several years, the club is over the moon that Chris will be back in South Africa and will be playing for Brackenfell for yet another season.

“We would like to thank CPT Cricket Tours for assisting us with this signing.”

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CPT Cricket Tours bring overseas pros to Cape Town

CPT Cricket Tours brokered the arrangement between Dent and Brackenfell Cricket Club – and have brought several other professional cricketers from England to South Africa in recent years. These include:

  • Gareth Roderick (Green Point Cricket Club);
  • Darren Stevens (Claremont Cricket Club);
  • Ian Cockbain (Northerns Goodwood Cricket Club);
  • Oli Soames (Brackenfell Cricket Club);
  • Chris Saunders (Green Point Cricket Club);
  • Adam Rouse (Cape Town Cricket Club);
  • Chris Liddle (Brackenfell Cricket Club);
  • Adam Ball (Claremont Cricket Club);
  • Chris Dent (Brackenfell Cricket Club);
  • Miles Hammond (Brackenfell Cricket Club);
  • Charlie Hartley (Durbanville Cricket Club);
  • Imran Qayyum (Victoria Cricket Club);
  • Ivan Thomas (Edgemead Cricket Club); and
  • Alex Blake (Pinelands Cricket Club).

Cockbain and Stevens are CPT Cricket Tours brand ambassadors. Both have forged successful careers locally and abroad.

Stevens is currently with Kent for the One-Day Cup, while Cockbain has played in the Pakistan Super League, Big Bash League in Australia and other domestic T20 tournaments around the world.

Other Brackenfell Cricket Club recruits

Dent is the latest in a series of signings by Brackenfell Cricket Club, including former Warriors batsman Bevan Bennett.

They have also signed batsmen Romano Ramoo, Eddie Moore and Godwill Mamhiyo – and all-rounder Philip Kleynhans. Wicketkeeper-batsman Lee-Roy Walters has returned.

Brackenfell Cricket Club finished in ninth position in the 2021-22 WPCA premier league, after eight wins and 12 defeats.

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