Twenty-year-old Matthew Boast and Dayyaan Galiem fetched the highest bids at the SA20 auction, held in Johannesburg yesterday.

Both all-rounders were involved in bidding wars after their base price was set at R175 000 before being bought for R1.6m.

The Pretoria Capitals eventually won the race to sign Boast, who entered the auction as a rookie, while Galiem went in the opposite direction to the Joburg Super Kings (JSK).

JSK splashed a further R850 000 each on Derbyshire batsman Wayne Madsen and West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd, who will return to the Wanderers after playing for the Super Kings last season.

The Capitals, who had the biggest remaining purse of R9.737m heading into the auction, also signed Ireland opening batsman Paul Stirling for R425 000 and wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne for R175 000.

Stirling will make the move up to the Capitals after playing for the Paarl Royals last season, while Verreynne played for the Super Kings last season and will now cross the Jukskei River.

The Capitals also brought fast bowler Daryn Dupavillon back to Centurion for R600 000.

MI Cape Town made the sole purchase of Chris Benjamin for R175 000 with the Sunrisers Eastern Cape picking up young leg-spinner Caleb Saleka for the same amount.

The Paarl Royals beefed up their pace attack with Hampshire fast bowler John Turner for R425 000.

Set 1: Batsmen
Joburg Super Kings: Wayne Madsen (R850 000)
Pretoria Capitals: Paul Stirling (R425 000)
MI Cape Town: Chris Benjamin (R175 000)

Set 2: Wicketkeepers
Pretoria Capitals: Kyle Verreynne (R175 000)
Paarl Royals: John Turner (R425 000)

Set 3: All-rounders
Joburg Super Kings: Dayyaan Galiem (R1.6m)
Romario Shepherd (R850 000)
Pretoria Capitals: Matthew Boast (R1.6m)

Set 4: Fast bowlers
Pretoria Capitals: Daryn Dupavillon (R600 000)

Set 5: Spinners
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Caleb Saleka (R175 000)

Express set:
Paarl Royals: Lorcan Tucker (R175 000)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Beyers Swanepoel (R600 000)
Durban Super Giants: Jason Smith (R175 000)
MI Cape Town: Neelan van Heerden (R175 000), Thomas Kaber (R175 000)

Rookies:
MI Cape Town: Connor Esterhuizen
Durban’s Super Giants: Bryce Parsons
Paarl Royals: Lhua-dre Pretorius
Joburg Super Kings: Ronan Hermann
Pretoria Capitals: Steve Stolk
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Andile Simelane

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