The Highveld Lions is the name used by the combined Gauteng and North West

North West cricket team

North West cricket team plays first-class cricket in South Africa.For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, North West has merged with Gauteng North West cricket team (formerly Western Transvaal cricket team) plays first-class cricket in South Africa.For the purposes of the SuperSport Series,...

 first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venues are the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

 and Senwes Park

North West Cricket Stadium

Senwes Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted one Test match, in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here...

 in Potchefstroom.

The combined team plays in the SuperSport Series

SuperSport Series

The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title...

 first class cricket competition as well as in the MTN Domestic Championship

MTN Domestic Championship

The 1 Day Cup is the premier domestic one-day cricket competition of South Africa, its matches having List A status...

 and Standard Bank Twenty20

Standard Bank Pro 20 Series

The Standard Bank Pro20 Series is the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. The Knights, the Titans and the Cape Cobras have each won the title twice and are the most successful teams....

 limited over competitions.

Honours

• SuperSport Series (0) - ; shared -
• MTN Championship (0) -
• Pro20 Series (1) - 2006–07

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
4	Neil McKenzie Neil McKenzie Neil Douglas McKenzie is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman who plays for South Africa, making his first appearance in 2000. Strong on the leg side, he is also a very good player of spin...		24 November 1975 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
6	Stephen Cook Stephen Cook (cricketer) Stephen Craig Cook is a South African first class cricketer, the son of former Test player Jimmy Cook. He is a right-handed opening batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler formerly for Gauteng following his debut in 2000, and for Lions since 2009...		29 November 1982 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
73	Alviro Petersen Alviro Petersen Alviro Nathan Petersen is a South African cricketer who plays his domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He has represented his country at international level in One Day International cricket as a specialist batsman. On the 14th of February 2010, he became the third South African after Andrew...		25 November 1980 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
86	Jean Symes Jean Symes Jean Symes is a South African left-handed batsman and part time chinaman bowler who plays for Gauteng. After matriculaing at St. John's College , he has represented his country at under 19 level....		13 November 1986 (age 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...
97	Jonathan Vandiar		25 April 1990 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right arm leg break Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...
??	Dominic Hendricks Dominic Hendricks Dominic Andrew Hendricks is a South African cricketer who plays for Gauteng. A left-handed batsman, Hendricks has also represented South Africa at Under-19 level....		7 November 1990 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
??	Temba Bavuma Temba Bavuma Temba Bavuma is a South African cricketer who plays for Gauteng.Bavuma made his first-class debut for the team in 2008, in a game against Eastern Province. Batting in the middle order, he made four runs in the first innings in which he batted, briefly partnering teammate Dane Vilas to his...		17 May 1990 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
??	Gulam Bodi Gulam Bodi Gulam Hussain Bodi is an Indian-born South African cricketer who has represented his country at Under-19, Twenty20 and ODI level. He is a left-handed batsman and a handy slow left-arm chinaman bowler. Bodi has represented various teams in South African domestic cricket, Transvaal, Easterns,...		4 January 1979 (age 33)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman Left-arm unorthodox spin Left-arm unorthodox spin, or chinaman, is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket using the hand wrist. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use a wrist hand action to spin the ball which turns from off to leg side of the cricket pitch...
All-rounders
9	Shane Burger		31 August 1982 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
17	Richard Cameron		17 June 1986 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
19	Werner Coetsee		16 March 1983 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....
24	Robert Frylinck Robert Frylinck Robert Frylinck is a South African born cricketer who plays for Surrey under the Kolpak ruling.He played domestic cricket for KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa until 2008, when he then moved to the bizhub Highveld Lions and the hard-hitting all-rounder is seen by some as a natural successor to South...		27 September 1984 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
55	Cliff Deacon		23 June 1980 (age 31)	Left-handed	Left arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
58	Zander de Bruyn Zander de Bruyn Zander de Bruyn is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He has played three Test matches for South Africa, and currently plays domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions and Surrey County Cricket Club...		5 July 1975 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
69	Aaron Phangiso		21 January 1984 (age 28)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...
Wicket-keepers
10	Thami Tsolekile Thami Tsolekile Thami Lungisa Tsolekile is a South African cricketer who has played three Test matches for South Africa as a wicket-keeper in 2004–05. He was educated in Cape Town at Pinelands High...		9 October 1980 (age 31)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
??	Dale Deeb Dale Deeb Dale Deeb is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who plays for Gauteng.Deeb began his first-class career in January 2008, playing four games in the SAA Provincial Three-Day Challenge...		8 September 1990 (age 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...
22	Paul Harris		2 November 1978 (age 33)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...
30	Friedel de Wet Friedel de Wet Friedel de Wet is a South African first-class and Test cricketer.He was educated at the University of Technology in Pretoria. He has represented the UCBSA National Academy, Titans, Lions, North West and the Northerns as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler...		26 June 1980 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
54	Ethan O'Reilly Ethan O'Reilly Ethan O'Reilly is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who plays for Gauteng. He was born in Port Elizabeth....		27 December 1985 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
79	Craig Alexander		5 January 1987 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
89	André Nel Andre Nel André Nel is a South African cricketer who played Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler but has since retired opting to play county cricket for Surrey.-International career:...		15 July 1977 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
??	Ugasen Govender		17 December 1983 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
??	Pumelela Matshikwe		19 June 1984 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

Source(s): Cricinfo , Highveld Lions Squad