T20 Cricket Tournament

The series comes after a long break of live and major cricket action in the Bay due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will give fully vaccinated cricket fans an opportunity to enjoy the festival of top-class cricket.

Mayor Johnson said: “As the City we want to pledge our support for the tournament. We realise the relationship between us and the EP Cricket has been there for a very long time and we don’t want to disturb that relationship as the local government of unity. We came to strengthen that relationship hence we are encouraging our communities to support this series.”

“They must come out in numbers and even watch on television. We understand that there will be advantages to the City, we know this will increase sales for local businesses as people will spend money during these days. We want to thank Cricket South Africa as this series will create jobs for our residents, it will enhance community pride and social cohesion.”

The Executive Mayor encouraged residents to vaccinate for COVID-19 as only vaccinated spectators will be allowed to enter the stadium.
Warriors Chief Executive Officer Dr Mark Williams said 2000 persons would be allowed at the stadium per day.

Cricket South Africa Vice President Donovan May said: “It is an honour to be here and to see that Cricket South Africa has entrusted St George’s Park to host the 20 days of cricket. I think it’s part of the first in the world that you get 20 days of cricket in one month, with two games a day. It’s iconic. As CSA we are showing our support that is why the games have been brought to Gqeberha. We are extremely excited.”

Participating teams in the CSA T20 are Gbet Rocks, Gbet Warriors, Momentum Multiply Titans, Six Gun Grill Western Province, Hollywood Dolphins, Imperial Lions, Itec Knights, and North West Dragons.

FIXTURES:

• 7 February 2022: Western Province vs Dolphins and Warriors vs North West
• 8 February 2022: Lions vs North West and Knights vs Dolphins
• 9 February 2022: The Rocks vs Titans and Western Province vs Warriors
• 10 February 2022: North West vs Knights and Dolphins vs Lions
• 12 February 2022: Warriors vs Dolphins and Knights vs Titans
• 13 February 2022:  Lions vs Western Province and The Rocks vs North West
• 14 February 2022: Titans vs Dolphins and Knights vs Warriors
• 15 February 2022: The Rocks vs Lions and North West vs Western Province
• 17 February 2022: Titans vs Lions and Warriors vs The Rocks
• 18 February 2022: Knights vs Western Province and Dolphins vs North West
• 19 February 2022: Western Province vs Titans and Warriors vs Lions
• 22 February 2022: North West vs Titans and The Rocks vs Knights
• 23 February 2022: Western Province vs Dolphins and Warriors vs North West
• 25 February 2022: Semi-Finals
• 27 February 2022: Finals

The series will run until 27 February 2022.

Issued by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Communications Office.