South Western Districts, known as SW Districts or SWD, is a South African

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team based in the

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city of

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, representing approximately the eastern half of Western Cape province. They form part of the

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franchise, and play their home games at the Oudtshoorn Recreation Ground.

Playing history

South Western Districts played their inaugural first-class match in the

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in 1904 at

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against

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but did not play another first-class match for 102 years. The South Western Districts Cricket Board was granted associate status by

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in 2004 and the team has taken part in the

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and Provincial One-Day Challenge competitions since the 2006-07 season. It was upgraded to full affiliate status in 2013 and as of early December 2020 South Western Districts had played 143 first-class matches for 37 wins, 53 losses and 53 draws and 111 List A matches for 52 wins, 57 losses, one tie and one no-result.

Honours

* South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) * South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0)

Squad

The team's coach for the 2019–20 domestic season was the former

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and

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Alan Kruger. He succeeded Baakier Abrahams, who coached the team for the previous three seasons. In April 2021,

confirmed the following squad ahead of the 2021–22 season. * Jean du Plessis * Hanno Kotze * Renaldo Meyer * Sintu Majeza * Jhedli van Briesies * Marcello Piedt *

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* Blayde Capell * Yaseen Valli *

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References

External sources

SWD Cricket website

Sources

* ''South African Cricket Annual'' – various editions * ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' – various editions {{South African cricket season South African first-class cricket teams Cricket in the Western Cape