Cullinan to lead Nashua Titans

Darryl Cullinan has been appointed as the captain of the Nashua Titans for the Standard Bank Pro 20 competition, which will begin later this month.

Brandon Foot, the chairman of the Board of Easterns Titans (Pty) Ltd, made the announcement on Monday. He said: "Darryl has an astute and brilliant cricket brain. His knowledge of the game and vast experience will assist in gelling the talented Northerns and Easterns components into what we believe will be a most competitive and successful franchise team.

"The Nashua Titans will consist of a number of national players and gifted provincial players who are pressing for national honours. Darryl's legendary status and credibility in South African cricket as a world-class batsman will be pivotal in leading these fine players and ensuring their focus on excellence."

Dave Nosworthy, the head coach of the Nashua Titans, was elated at this announcement. "I am delighted that Darryl has accepted the responsibility to captain the Nashua Titans and look forward to a lengthy and successful working relationship with him. I have no doubt that Darryl's leadership qualities and experience will rub off on the team and will produce match-winning performances by the Nashua Titans."

Darryl Cullinan, while gladly accepting the honour, also spoke about how he was looking forward to leading the team into a new era. "I am delighted to have been appointed to fulfil this crucial role of leading an extremely strong Nashua Titans team into a new era and look forward to much success and enjoyment in the coming season. Thanks must go to the new Easterns Titans' Board for having the faith and confidence to appoint me to such a position, whilst Easterns Cricket must also be thanked for their support over this past season. I now look forward to leading this very exciting and professional outfit into a new era."

Nashua Titans contracted players
1 Darryl Cullinan (capt, 2 Goolam Bodi, 3 Pierre de Bruyn, 4 Zander de Bruyn, 5 Abraham de Villiers, 6 Gerald Dros, 7 Paul Harris, 8 Justin Kemp, 9 Ethy Mbhalathi, 10 Alviro Peterson, 11 Brendan Reddy, 12 Alfonso Thomas, 13 Geoffrey Toyana, 14 Andre Seymore, 15 Kruger van Wyk (wk)

UCBSA contracted players
1 Andrew Hall, 2 Neil McKenzie, 3 Albie Morkel, 4 Andre Nel, 5 Jacques Rudolph, 6 Martin van Jaarsveld