These 20 players were bought for the highest prices at Friday, 7 February 2020’s Cape Premier League player auction at Newlands. CPL dollars – the tournament’s fictional currency – was spent.
Noteworthy points about the 2020 CPL player auction
- Not one of the players who featured on 2019’s list of the most expensive purchases featured this year.
- The Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls’ five purchases were the most in this year’s top 20.
- The biggest purchase this year was more than double last year’s highest price.
- Each of this year’s top seven purchases were larger than last year’s biggest one.
Top 20 purchases at the 2020 CPL player auction
| Player | Franchise | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Matthew de Villiers | Bo-Kaap Phantoms | 1.7 million |
| 2. Schaughan van Greunen | Atlantic Pirates | 1.2 million |
| 3. Neil Hornbuckle | Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls | 1.1 million |
| 4. Derek Mitchell | District Sixers | 950,000 |
| 5. Mathew Goles | Devils Peak Dragons | 800,000 |
| 6. Ryan Klein | Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls | 800,000 |
| 7. Quinton Dreyer | Atlantic Pirates | 800,000 |
| 8. Ferisco Adams | Cape Vikings | 750,000 |
| 9. Craig Meier | Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls | 700,000 |
| 10. William Hantam | District Sixers | 650,000 |
| 11. Andre Malan | Cape Vikings | 650,000 |
| 12. Tashwin Lukas | Bo-Kaap Phantoms | 650,000 |
| 13. Kyle Pluke | Devils Peak Dragons | 600,000 |
| 14. Leon le Roux | Atlantic Pirates | 600,000 |
| 15. Jesse Christensen | Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls | 550,000 |
| 16. Josh Breed | Devils Peak Dragons | 500,000 |
| 17. Marvin Williams | Hoeri Kwaggo Bulls | 500,000 |
| 18. Carlos Koyana | Bo-Kaap Phantoms | 500,000 |
| 19. Chad Fortune | District Sixers | 450,000 |
| 20. Marco Wyngard | Cape Vikings | 450,000 |