Peninsula Patriots retain Kuda Samuderu and 5 others for 2023 CPL

Peninsula PatriotsIshmail September (left) and Kuda Samunderu (right).

The Peninsula Patriots have revealed the players retained for this year’s edition of the Cape Premier League.

Milnerton Cricket Club batsman Kuda Samunderu and Kraaifontein Cricket Club seamer Ishmail September are among the Patriots’ six retained players.

Who did the Peninsula Patriots retain?

  1. Aaron Smit
  2. Warren Ekstraal
  3. Craig Ephraim
  4. Ishmail September
  5. Liam Goodall
  6. Kuda Samunderu

Earlier this year, the Patriots secured Milnerton Cricket Club seamer Malcolm Cloete from the Cape Vikings.

The Patriots have also gained Brackenfell Cricket Club all-rounder Philip Kleynhans from the West Coast Outlaws.

The squad will be completed at 23 June 2023’s player auction.

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More about the Cape Premier League

The Devil’s Peak Dragons are the reigning Cape Premier League champions. They beat the District Sixers in the 2022 final.

The Dragons are the most successful team in the brief history of the tournament with two titles.

The CPL started in 2019, when the Cape Vikings beat the Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls in the final for the maiden title.

The tournament was not played in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The West Coast Outlaws and Patriots are the newest additions to the CPL, which comprises eight teams.

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