Story Allan Donald named in Eagles squad for ECB Invitational

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ECB to host South African 20/20 champions in Invitational Match​

PC Staff
June 12, 2004

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced details earlier today of a one-off invitational match set to take place at The Oval later this month. This marquee fixture will pit the English Twenty20 Cup winners, Surrey Lions, against South Africa's own 20/20 titleholders, the Diamond Eagles.

Organized in conjunction with Cricket South Africa (CSA), the ECB Invitational is the first of what is expected to become an annual series between the 20/20 champions of England and South Africa. The ECB is optimistic this match will help drum up interest in the Twenty20 Cup, serving as a prelude.

Sky Sports has been tapped to broadcast this match. It is scheduled to take place on June 30 at The Oval, just two days prior to the Twenty20 Cup.​

 

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Allan Donald named in Eagles squad for ECB Invitational​

PC Staff
June 21, 2004

Diamond Eagles, the South African Standard Bank Pro20 Series winners, have named their squad for the ECB Invitational. Nicky Boje will lead the team, which includes Loots Bosman, an explosive batsman who ripped apart oppositions in the Pro20 Series, finishing as the tournament's highest run-scorer. The squad also includes Thandi Tshabalala and Cliffe Deacon, as well as Boeta Dippenaar and Morne van Wyk, future South African prospects.

Allan Donald, who announced his retirement from ODI cricket and international cricket altogether following South Africa's disastrous 2003 World Cup campaign, where they were grouped for the first time in history last year, continued representing Free State in domestic competitions and turned up for the Diamond Eagles in the Pro20 Series, and as such has been named part of the squad for the ECB Invitational, despite growing fitness concerns.

Diamond Eagles squad:

1. Morne van Wyk (wk), 2. Davy Jacobs, 3. Jonathan Beukes, 4. Boeta Dippenaar, 5. Loots Bosman, 6. Nicky Boje (capt.), 7. Benjamin Hector, 8. Craig Thyssen, 9. Johan van der Wath, 10. Cliffe Deacon, 11. Ryan Bailey, 12. Roger Telemachus, 13. Allan Donald, 14. Deon Kruis, 15. Thandi Tshabalala​