PRETORIA CAPITALS DUO SECURE COUNTY CONTRACTS

Pretoria Capitals pace bowlers Migael Pretorius and Daryn Dupavillon have joined Beyers Swanepoel in securing deals in England’s County Championship.

Pretorius, who played seven matches in the inaugural season of Betway SA20 (before a stint with Durham) was unused during the Season 2. Nonetheless the fast bowler and lower order batter has had a solid domestic season for North West Dragons to earn a deal with Somerset.

The 29-year-old will join them in time for their second County Championship fixture of the season against Surrey and will be available for a minimum of six red-ball matches.

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After signing for the Somerset, Pretorius said: “I’m looking forward to joining up with my teammates in the next few weeks. I enjoyed my time in England last summer [with Durham] and I want to show what I can do in the First Division.

“Somerset are a team with a good reputation and hopefully I can take some wickets and help them win some games in the first part of the season.”

Other SA20-signed players on Somerset books are Tom Abell (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) and Tom Banton (MI Cape Town) while Craig Overton was se to be Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s Wildcard before injury ruled him out.

Pretoria Capitals pace bowlers Migael Pretorius and Daryn Dupavillon have signed with Somerset and Derbyshire respectively.

Dupavillon, meanwhile, has signed with Derbyshire in the Second Division and will be available for all formats from the start of May until mid-September.

An experienced quick with more than 350 career wickets to his name, Dupavillon has also made two ODI appearances for South Africa against Pakistan and Australia.

After only playing once during the inaugural season of SA20, Dupavillon was released by Capitals who then re-signed him via the auction and he subsequently played eight matches in Season 2 – claiming nine wickets with a best of 3/25 against Durban’s Super Giants.

The 29-year-old will be available from Derbyshire’s County Championship match against Sussex at the start of May, until the penultimate first-class fixture of the season against Middlesex in September.

SA20 SEASON 2 PLAYERS IN THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division One

Durham: Colin Ackermann (Pretoria Capitals)

Essex: Simon Harmer, Adam Rossington (both Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Sam Cook (Joburg Super Kings)

Hampshire: Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), John Turner (Paarl Royals)

Kent: Beyers Swanepoel (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

Lancashire: Jos Buttler (Paarl Royals), Liam Livingstone (MI Cape Town), Phil Salt (Pretoria Capitals)

Nottinghamshire: Olly Stone (MI Cape Town)

Somerset: Tom Abell (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Tom Banton (MI Cape Town), Migael Pretorius (Pretoria Capitals)

Surrey: Sam Curran (MI Cape Town), Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals), Jason Roy (Paarl Royals), Reece Topley (Durban's Super Giants), Dan Worrall (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

Warwickshire: Moeen Ali (Joburg Super Kings), Chris Benjamin (MI Cape Town)

Division Two

Derbyshire: Wayne Madsen (Joburg Super Kings), Daryn Dupavillon (Pretoria Capitals)

Glamorgan: Colin Ingram (Pretoria Capitals)

Leicestershire: Wiaan Mulder (Durban's Super Giants)

Middlesex: Leus du Plooy (Joburg Super Kings)

Yorkshire: Adil Rashid (Pretoria Capitals), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Dawid Malan (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)