GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - A new Premier League champion in the SWD will be crowned on Monday, 21 March, when Plettenberg Bay Pioneers and Knysna Cavaliers lock horns to determine the Six Gun Grill champion for 2021/22.
Plett Pioneers will play in their first Premier League final although they were runners-up in the T20 competition in 2018/19. Cavaliers will play in their first final since 2005/06.
The previous time they won the trophy was in 1998/99 (when they played under the banner of Knysna Cricket Club).
Jean du Plessis and Marcello Piedt (both provincial players), Matt Boltler (SWD Colts) and the ex-Zimbabwean international player, Mark Vermeulen, will be key players for Pioneers.
Cavaliers will have Blade Capell and Sean Whitehead (both SWD provincial players), Mesuli Vuba, Keenan Vierra and Hayden Sweet (all SWC Colts players) in their line-up.
The Reserve League final between George B ands Harlequins Forces C will be contested on Saturday 19 March.
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