Abu Dhabi T10: Morrisville Samp Army drafts Dwaine Pretorius, Johnson Charles, Karunaratne and Cottrell

Head
coach
Lance
Klusener
believes
the
squad
that
SAMP
Army
have
put
together
is
along
the
lines
of
what
they
had
planned.
Klusener
said,
“We
are
extremely
happy
about
the
team
we
have
been
able
to
put
together.
We’ve
pretty
much
got
a
composition
of
what
we
were
looking
for
and
the
players
we
were
looking
for.
Hopefully
we
can
find
that
consistency
with
the
performance
over
the
course
of
the
tournament.”

“We
didn’t
have
to
change
strategy
too
much.
We
were
lucky
in
this
draft.
Yes,
they
do
change
and
it
can
be
volatile,
but
I
think
there
was
enough
options
to
satisfy
our
game
style,”
added
the
legendary
former
South
African
all-rounder
said.

The
Morrisville
SAMP
Army
had
named
David
Miller
as
their
Icon
Player
and
had
also
signed
on
the
likes
of
Anrich
Nortje
(Platinum
Player),
Moeen
Ali
and
Shimron
Hetmyer
ahead
of
the
Official
Draft
on
September
26th.

Speaking
about
the
presence
of
international
stars
in
the
set-up,
Klusener
said,
“We
are
lucky
that
we
have
lots
of
experience
from
David,
Moeen,
Nortje
and
Hetmyer
amongst
other
drafted
players.
We
just
need
to
find
consistency
of
performance
over
the
course
of
the
2
weeks.”

The
Morrisville
SAMP
Army
have
plenty
of
dynamism
in
their
squad
and
that
is
not
a
secret,
and
the
Team
Owner
Ritesh
Patel
is
quite
happy
about
that.

“After
selection
of
the
squad
in
the
Official
Draft,
I
feel
it’s
a
phenomenal
squad,
and
we
think
we
have
the
best
combination
that
we
could
have
had.
The
Morrisville
SAMP
Army
is
looking
forward
to
the
Abu
Dhabi
T10’s
sixth
season.
It’s
going
to
be
an
amazing
competition.”

“We
had
a
plan
and
had
several
meetings
before
the
draft,
we
were
very
well
planned
and
had
a
back-up
for
almost
every
aspect.
In
reality,
everything
went
by
plan
and
we
are
happy,”
he
said.

Morrisville
SAMP
Army’s
CEO
Madhukar
Shree
too
is
quite
excited
about
the
tournament
and
the
squad
they
have
put
together.
He
said,
“The
SAMP
Army
squad
has
the
right
balance
in
all
aspects
and
I
think
we
can
put
in
a
solid
challenge
in
the
fight
for
the
title.
The
SAMP
Army
have
some
really
explosive
batters
and
bowlers
who
are
also
tough
to
score
off.
We
have
the
ingredients
for
a
champion
squad
and
like
coach
Lance
Klusener
said
we
just
need
to
be
consistent.”

Morrisville
SAMP
Army
Squad:
David
Miller
(Icon
Player),
Anrich
Nortje,
Shimron
Hetmyer,
Moeen
Ali,
Dwaine
Pretorius,
Johnson
Charles,
Chamika
Karunaratne,
George
Garton,
Andries
Gous,
Abraham
Pienaar,
Ibrahim
Zadran,
Ahmed
Raza,
Kashif
Daud,
Basil
Hameed,
Sheldon
Cottrell
and
Karim
Janat.

Source:
Media
Release