Wicketkeeper-batsman Simon Fernandes has joined Victoria Cricket Club in the second half of the 2025-26 Western Province Cricket Association premier league.
Fernandes played for Essex in the 2025 One-Day Cup in the United Kingdom and, last year, represented Rondebosch Cricket Club in the WPCA premier league and reserve division A.
Essex wicketkeeper-batsman Simon Fernandes played for Rondebosch Cricket Club in the 2024-25 Western Province Cricket Association premier league.
Victoria Cricket Club have won five and lost seven matches in this season’s WPCA premier league.
They beat Brackenfell Cricket Club last week after batsman Jordan Fourie hit the second-highest score of the 2025-26 WPCA premier league. Victoria Cricket Club will play Rondebosch Cricket Club on Saturday, 25 January.
Several other county cricketers from England are involved in this season’s WPCA premier league and first division A, too, including:
- Green Point Cricket Club and Worcestershire’s Gareth Roderick;
- Milnerton Cricket Club and Warwickshire’s Jake Lintott;
- Cravenby Cricket Club and Northamptonshire’s Saif Zaib;
- Claremont Cricket Club and Derbyshire’s Harry Came; and
- Rondebosch Cricket Club and Warwickshire’s Michael Booth.
Essex seamer Zaman Akhter will play for Western Province Cricket Club next month.