Wynberg Cricket Club’s Marcus Oliphant named head coach of Western Province Over-50

Marcus Oliphant.Marcus Oliphant.

Wynberg Cricket Club head coach Marcus Oliphant has been appointed head coach of Western Province Over-50.

Oliphant is also the head coach of the Devil’s Peak Dragons in the Under-17 and Under-15 Cape Premier League.

He was franchise director at the Atlantic Pirates in the men’s CPL before joining the Dragons as assistant coach, too.

The 39-year-old Oliphant will coach a Western Province Over-50 squad that includes former Proteas Alan Dawson, Louis Koen and Steven Palframan. Koen has been named captain.

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The majority of the Western Province Over-50 squad, which will compete in October 2022’s Veterans Cricket Association of South Africa inter-provincial tournament, were among the top performers in the 2021-22 Western Province Veterans Cricket Association league.

The South Africa Over-50 squad will be announced after the inter-provincial tournament.

Western Province Over-50 squad

  1. Louis Koen (Cape Town Cricket Club)
  2. Mario Solomons (Montrose Cricket Club)
  3. Pat Lawson (Claremont Cricket Club)
  4. Munier Holliday (Victoria Cricket Club)
  5. Brandon Nash (Western Province Cricket Club)
  6. Alan Dawson (Claremont Cricket Club)
  7. Bruce Sharp (Claremont Cricket Club)
  8. Steven Palframan (Western Province Cricket Club)
  9. Goolam Taliep (Primrose Cricket Club)
  10. Grant Jansen (St Augustine Cricket Club)
  11. Deon Kemp (Montrose Cricket Club)
  12. Anwell Newman (Vredenburg Saldanha Cricket Club)
  13. Riaan van de Rheede (Green Point Cricket Club)
  14. Bruce Wilson (Claremont Cricket Club)
  15. Saleem Mukuddem (Primrose Cricket Club)
  16. Donovan Holman (Cape Town Cricket Club)

Non-travelling reserves

  • Peter Marx (Pinelands Cricket Club)
  • Nazeem White (Montrose Cricket Club)
  • Arthur Moore (Green Point Cricket Club)

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