North West (formerly Western Transvaal) plays

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

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. For the purposes of the

SuperSport Series The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is the domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by teams from all nine provinces of South Africa. First contested as the Currie Cup from 1889–90, the tournament has u ...

, North West has merged with

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

(formerly

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) to form the

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or, more simply, "the Lions". North West was called Western Transvaal in 1989–90 when it began playing

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in the

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, and in 1991–92 when it began playing in the second tier of the South African

competition. It changed its name to North West in 1996, after the creation of

North West province North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng and south of Botswana. History North West was incorporated after the end of Apartheid in 1994, an ...

from parts of the former

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and

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. It has been part of the Lions since October 2004. Under the name Western Transvaal it won no matches at all in its five first-class seasons. In its first season as North West it had its first first-class victory when it beat Western Province B by 27 runs in January 1997. In April 2017 the province's administration, North West Cricket, re-branded all the province's teams as the "North-West Dragons". During the

2018 Africa T20 Cup The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season. Provincial side Kwa ...

, North West scored 262 runs against

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, recording the second-highest total in T20 cricket.

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) – * Gillette/Nissan Cup () –

Venues

Venues have included: *

Witrand Cricket Field The Witrand Cricket Field is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, South Africa. It has hosted senior cricket irregularly since 1991, when Western Transvaal hosted Western Province. In 2010, it was one of three venues used for the ICC Women's Cric ...

Potchefstroom Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...

(Nov 1991 – Dec 1996) *

Fanie du Toit Sports Complex The Absa Puk Oval, formerly known as the Fanie du Toit Sports Complex and the University Oval is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, South Africa. It has hosted senior cricket irregularly since 1982, when Transvaal hosted South African Univers ...

, Potchefstroom (Nov 1994 – March 1998) * Gert Van Rensburg Stadium,

Fochville Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong. The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or ...

(Dec 1997 – Feb 1999) *

North West Cricket Stadium Senwes Cricket Stadium is a Cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted two Test matches, with the first in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here. It is also home to AFL South Africa, ...

''aka'' Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom (main venue Oct 1999–present)

Squad

In April 2021,

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confirmed the following squad ahead of the 2021–22 season. *

Delano Potgieter Delano Potgieter (born 5 August 1996) is a South African first-class cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Gauteng against Northerns. In September 2018, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. He was the leading ru ...

Lesego Senokwane Lesego Senokwane (born 24 May 1997) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for North West in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 2 September 2016. In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 C ...

Nicky van den Bergh Nicky van den Bergh (born 20 June 1989) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the North West squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. ...

Senuran Muthusamy Senuran Muthusamy (born 22 February 1994) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2019. Muthusamy can trace his ancestry to India, with family in Nagapattinam. Domestic career H ...

Nono Pongolo Nono Pongolo (born 18 August 1989) is a South African professional first class cricketer. He was included in the Gauteng cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2018, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. ...

Eldred Hawken Eldred Hawken (born 2 May 1989) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Northerns in the 2012–13 CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition on 17 January 2013. In August 2017, he was named in Pretoria Mavericks' squad for t ...

Heino Kuhn Heino Gunther Kuhn (born 1 April 1984) is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team. He has played for Titans and Northerns in South African domestic cricket and in March 2018 signed a Kolpak contract with Kent County Cri ...

Lwandiswa Zuma Lwandiswa Zuma (born 11 July 1996) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in the Free State cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2018, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal Inland's squad for the 2018 Africa ...

Shaylen Pillay Shaylen Pillay (born 12 April 1994) is a South African cricketer who played for the Highveld Lions cricket team. In September 2019, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup. In April 2021, he was named in North We ...

Wesley Marshall Wesley Marshall (born 4 January 1994) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the Easterns squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Easterns, with 667 runs in ten matches ...

Ndumiso Mvelase Ndumiso Mvelase (born 23 August 1996) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in Gauteng cricket team, Gauteng's squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2018, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. ...

* Eben Botha *

Johannes Diseko Johannes Diseko (born 2 October 1990) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2018, he was named in North West's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In September ...

Duan Jansen Duan Jansen (born 1 May 2000) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for North West in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 10 January 2019. He made his List A debut for North West in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One ...

* Chad Classen * Jason Oakes *

Dwaine Pretorius Dwaine Pretorius (born 29 March 1989) is a former South African international cricketer who currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe and for North West in domestic cricket as a bowling all-rounder. He announced his retirement from ...

References

Sources

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

External links

North West's page
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North West
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