Border cricket team

Border cricket team is the team representing the Border region in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898.

When Cricket South Africa introduced the franchise system in 2004, Border merged with Eastern Province to form the Warriors.

Honours

Currie Cup (0) - ; shared (0) -
Standard Bank Cup (0) -
South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) -
South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -

Club history

Border hold the record for the lowest aggregate score by a first class side in a match. During a Currie Cup match against Natal at Jan Smuts Ground in 1959-60, Border scored only 34 runs in the match - 16 in the first innings and 18 in the second innings.^[1]

Venues

Venues have included:

Victoria Ground, King William's Town (Nov 1903 - March 1958)
Jan Smuts Ground, East London (March 1907 - Jan 1988)
Victoria Recreation Ground, Queenstown (alternative venue March 1907 - Nov 1962)
Cambridge Recreation Ground, East London (short-term venue Dec 1947 - Jan 1948)
Buffalo Park, East London (Oct 1988–present)

References

↑ Frindall, Bill, “Wisden Book of Cricket Records”, 4th edition, Headline Publishing, London, 1998

South African Cricket Annual – various editions
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions

South African cricket

Franchise cricket

Teams

Competitions

Seasons

First-class	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

List A	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Twenty20	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Provincial cricket

Teams	Boland Border Eastern Province Easterns Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal Inland Namibia Northern Cape Northerns North West South Western Districts Western Province

Competitions	Three-Day Competition 2016–17 One-Day Competition 2016–17 Pro20 Competition Africa T20 Cup 2015 2016

Kei, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe have also competed in major South African domestic competitions

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