There will be no love lost at the Battle of the Roses

Six Easterns club franchises (Rising Stars, BN Freight Bombers, Wildfire, Samurai, Calypso Brothers and Jets) will fight it out to be the union’s number one T20 franchise from Friday to Saturday.

The teams comprise a mixture of the top club cricketers in the region and, in some instances, foes will become family in the pursuit of glory, at Willowmoore Park.

Entrance to the grounds is free.

Teams and players are:

Shaun Liebisch

Wickus Germishuizen

Vincent Moore

Nicholas Lockyer

Altus Pretorius

Marcel Jacobs

Lance Humphreys

John Haywood

Mpho Nzimande

David Jacobs

Jose van der Berg

Heinrich Cronje

Anton Muller

Vincent Topotsa

Welsh Mavumengwane

Evan Coulentianos

Willie Bernhardt

Maxwell Mtsweni

Vincent Herold

Clayton August

Enock Makamo

Enerst Mbalane

Sizwe Zulu

Thando Bula

Israel Hlengani

Dylan Stanley

Siphamandla Dapo

Thapelo Ditle

Tumelo Simelane

Kyle Landsberg

Musa Twala

Nkosana Mqoco

Ephrahim Nyawo

Thato Moagi

Johan Fourie

Wesley Marshall

Wesley Coulentianos

Jurie Snyman

Kyle Marshall

J.P Meade

Ruan Liebisch

George Viviers

David Zweni

Jaco Kruger

Harley Steyn

Anthony Kruger

Christmas Mpenyani

Ncamile Livi

Tshepho Mahamba

Sarel Myburg

Casey Arnold

Kofi Apea-Adu

Tshepo Motaung

Kyle Degambur

Ridwaan Daya

Wilber Van Dyk

Brandon Harwood

Michael Weldon

Katleho Bala

Adam Forbes

Mekyle Pillay

Xolane Mahlaba

Louis Geldenhuys

Vyasan Govenden

Mark Pearse

Thomas Phekane

Abdul Raheman Data

Kurt Francis

Ernie Kemm

Mark Robey

Stefano Di Bartlomeo

Matthew Wright

Dylan Bennie

Yasin Dhaboya

Dhruv Gupta

Wynand Hefer

Gavin Ralph

Xolani Shongwe

Alex Rudolph

Tyron Cameron

Ben Skade

James de Nysschen

Stefan Roodt

Justin Gamble

Vaughn Humphreys

Brandon Grutter

Dylan Rayner

Kevin Hinton

Hussain Shakeel Ahmed

Sean Aldridge

Shane Nel

Craig Parker

Bongane Rafedile

Marius Lubbe

Brett Luck

Zwelo Ntsimbini

Cameron Birnie

Howard Hareneki

Des Gamble

Fixtures for the tournament are:

• Friday, April 8: Calypso Brothers vs Rising Stars at 1pm (main oval), Jets vs Wildfire at 4.15pm (main oval), Samurais vs Bombers (main oval).
• Saturday, April 9: Calypso Brothers vs Jets 9.30am (main oval), Wildfire vs Bombers at 9.30am (Willowmoore B), Samurais vs Rising Stars at 9.30am (Willowmoore A). Wildfire vs Calypso Brothers at 2pm (main oval), Bombers vs Rising Stars at 9.30am (Willowmoore B), Jets vs Samurais at 2pm (Willowmoore A). Jets vs Bombers at 6pm (main oval).
• Sunday, April 10: Rising Stars vs Wildfire at 9am (main oval), semi-final: Pool A position one vs Pool B position two at 1pm (main oval), semi-final: Pool A position two vs Pool B position one at 1pm (Willowmoore B), play-off Pool A position three vs Pool B position three at 1pm (Willowmoore A), final: Winner game 13 vs Winner game 14 at 4.30pm (main oval).