Sunrisers happy to spend big on Stubbs, Magala: 'That was part of the plan'

21.09.2022 - 19:48 news24.com

Sunrisers Eastern Cape bowling coach Dale Steyn says the franchise was happy to spend big on several South Africans at the SA20 auction in Cape Town.The Sunrisers Eastern Cape made several big signings, including purchasing the most expensive player Tristan Stubbs at Monday's SA20 auction at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.Stubbs, who had a base price of R175 000, was involved in a bidding war between MI Cape Town and the Sunrisers.

Steyn's Sunrisers signed the 22-year-old Stubbs for a whopping R9.2 million in the second set.READ | Katich disappointed not to get record-breaking 'son' Stubbs: 'The biggest purse won'The Sunrisers also captured Proteas all-rounder Marco Jansen for R6.1 million and signed fast bowler Sisanda Magala for R5.4 million.

Another millionaire in the Sunrisers camp was former Proteas batter Jon-Jon Smits, who fetched R2.3 million.Steyn says the Sunrisers' main objective under head coach Adrian Birrell, who was not present at the auction, was to focus on getting a few big South African players."That was part of the plan.

We wanted to focus primarily on the South Africans and wanted to base the team on mainly local players," Steyn told reporters at the CTICC on Monday."We've got Adrian Birrell as our head coach and he is over in England right now, and he put word down on what he called 'clever picks' on players that he wanted to get over here, so we're happy that we got a guy like (James) Fuller."He noted a couple of guys and we managed to get them, which was great.

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