Western Province cricket team (South Africa)

For other uses, see Western Province cricket team (disambiguation).

Western Province cricket team is the team representing Western Cape province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been Newlands in Cape Town.

Honours

Currie Cup (18) - 1892–93, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1908–09, 1920–21, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2003–04; shared (3) - 1921–22, 1969–70, 1989–90
Standard Bank Cup (5) - 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2002–03
South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (2) - 2010–11, 2013-14
South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -
Gillette Cup/Nissan Shield (5) - 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89

Club history

Under the reorganisation of professional South African cricket in the 1990s and more recently, Western Province joined with Boland to form the side that now plays in the SuperSport Series under the name Cape Cobras and divides its time between Newlands and the Boland Park ground in Paarl. Western Province still competes under its provincial name in the UCB Provincial series.

As Western Province, the team won the SuperSport Series (under its previous names, as the Currie Cup and the Castle Cup) 18 times.

Venues

Venues have included:

Newlands, Cape Town (main venue 1890–present)
RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town (occasional venue Nov 1976 - Oct 1991)
Boon Wallace Oval, Cape Town (occasional venue Dec 1985 - Jan 1992)
PP Smit Stadium, Bellville, Cape Town (occasional venue Dec 1997 - Oct 2002)

References

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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