The Eastern Province women's cricket team is the women's representative

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team for parts of the

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n region of

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. They compete in the Women's Provincial Programme and the

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History

Eastern Province Women first appeared in the

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in the 1953–54 season, playing in the tournament until the 1963–64 season. They next appeared in the Women's Inter-Provincial Trophy in 1996–97, and have played in the tournament ever since. Their best finish came in the 2003–04 season, when they reached the final, but lost to Boland by 64 runs. They currently compete in the second tier of the competition. They have also competed in the

since its inception in 2012–13. They achieved their best finish in 2013–14, topping Group B to qualify for the knockout stages. However, they lost both the semi-final and the third-place play-off to finish fourth overall.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2021–22 season. Players in bold have international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Eastern Province and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): *

Audrey Jackson Audrey Wood (; born 1944) is a South African former cricketer who played as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in two Test matches for South Africa in 1960 and 1961, both against England, and took South Africa's first ever Women's Test wicke ...

(1960) *

Juanita van Zyl Juanita van Zyl is a South African former cricketer who played primarily as a batter. She appeared in one Test match for South Africa in 1972, scoring 6 runs against New Zealand. She played domestic cricket for Eastern Province and Western Prov ...

(1972) * Evne Webber (1999) *

Claire Terblanche Claire Simone Terblanche (born 20 October 1984) is a South African former cricketer and cricket coach. She played as a right-handed batter, right-arm off break bowler and occasional wicket-keeper. She appeared in one Test match, 21 One Day Inter ...

(2003) * Shafeeqa Pillay (2004) *

Dane van Niekerk Dané van Niekerk ( , ; born 14 May 1993) is a South African cricketer born in Pretoria and educated at Hoërskool Centurion. leg spin bowler, she has appearances in Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) representi ...

(2009) * Marizanne Kapp (2009) * Jana Nell (2010) * Bernadine Bezuidenhout (2014)

Honours

CSA Women's Provincial Programme The CSA Women's Provincial Programme, also known as the CSA Women's Provincial One-Day Tournament, is a women's domestic one-day cricket competition organised by Cricket South Africa. The competition currently sees sixteen provincial teams comp ...

: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' Runners-up (2003–04) *

: ** Winners (0): ** ''Best finish:'' 4th (2013–14)

Notes

References

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