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From schoolboy to biggest SA20 auction signing: How Jason Rowles became Joburg’s big bet

Eighteen-year-old student Jason Rowles secured a historic R2.9 million contract with the Joburg Super Kings during the fifth season auction for South Africa's premier T20 tournament. The left-handed batsman and spin bowler commanded a fee fourteen times his initial valuation following a competitive bidding war between multiple franchises that eventually came down to the Joburg outfit and MI Cape Town.

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