Western Province have appointed wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne captain for this season’s One-Day Cup.
Verreynne, who is also Western Province’s 4-Day Domestic Series captain, has succeeded former One-Day Cup captain Wayne Parnell.
“I am really excited, we have a nice bunch of guys this year – Western Province means a lot to me so to be able to captain this side and lead this year is massive and I’m really looking forward to it,” said Verreynne.
“What I have tried to tell the guys is when you start a season you want to win trophies – you want to push for silverware, so we are going to try that for this campaign.
“Something I’m big on is just having fun and making sure we enjoy our cricket, so throughout the season that is going to be the message from me.”
Western Province head coach Salieg Nackerdien added: “Wayne has had a high workload in recent months and is busy rehabilitating a shoulder niggle picked up as a result.
“He is busy with physiotherapy and hopefully he’ll be ready during the course of the One-Day Cup, depending on his availability and how he responds.
“He is very much keen and committed to Western Province and a key player in the squad. That is the reason why Kyle is taking over to create continuity with the team starting in two weeks’ time.
“I know Kyle will do an outstanding job for the team. He is currently gelling nicely with the squad adding to the environment we’ve created over the past two or three seasons.”
Western Province were last season’s One-Day Cup runners-up.
