Western Province involved several premier league club cricketers in this week’s T20 Challenge warm-up fixtures.
Green Point Cricket Club seamers Keegan Crawford and Michael Moore were among the players who participated in Tuesday’s fixtures at Rondebosch Cricket Club.
Durbanville Cricket Club seamer Tashwin Lukas, Rondebosch Cricket Club seamer Cameron Fraser and Cape Town Cricket Club batsman Josh Chippendale played, too.
They played alongside Claremont Cricket Club’s Josh Breed, Durbanville Cricket Club’s Jody Lawrence, Rondebosch Cricket Club’s Kashief Joseph, Western Province Cricket Club’s Oliver Whitehead and Primrose Cricket Club’s Abadallah Bayoumy and others on Tuesday.
All-rounder Morne Pentz from Northerns Goodwood Cricket Club, who are in the WPCA first division A, played as well.
More Western Province Cricket Association premier league and first division A players will be involved in Wednesday’s warm-up fixtures at the University of the Western Cape Cricket Club.
Western Province are preparing for this season’s T20 Challenge. Their first match will be against North West at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.
Fielding coach Ryan Maron will work with Western Province during the T20 Challenge. This is Maron’s first formal role in South African domestic cricket since working with South Western Districts in the Africa Cup in 2016. He also worked with the Dolphins in SA domestic cricket in 2015.
More recently, Maron has worked with Afghanistan and the West Indies in international cricket – and the Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League.
Western Province reached the play-off stage of last season’s T20 Challenge. The Lions are the reigning champions.
