Western Province is the team representing
Western Cape
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province in domestic
first-class cricket
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in
South Africa
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. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been
Newlands in
Cape Town
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. 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
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First contested as the Currie Cup from 1889–90, the tournament has u ...
under the name
Cape Cobras
The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland ...
and divides its time between Newlands and the
Boland Park ground in
Paarl
Paarl (; Afrikaans: ; derived from ''Parel'', meaning "pearl" in Dutch) is a town with 112,045 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the third-oldest city and European settlement in the Republic of South Africa (after ...
. 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.
Honours
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Currie Cup
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(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
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One Day Cup (5) – 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2002–03
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CSA 3-Day Cup (2) – 2010–11, 2013–14
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CSA 1-Day Cup (0) –
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Africa T20 Cup (0) –
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Gillette Cup/Nissan Shield (5) – 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89
Venues
Venues have included:
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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)
Squad
In April 2021,
Cricket South Africa
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confirmed the following squad ahead of the 2021–22 season.
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Zubayr Hamza
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Kyle Verreynne
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George Linde
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Tony De Zorzi
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Nandre Burger
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Yaseen Vallie
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Kyle Simmonds
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Jonathan Bird
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Hashim Amla
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Mihlali Mpongwana
Mihlali Mpongwana (born 15 May 2000) is a South African cricketer. He made his List A debut for Western Province in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 20 January 2019. He made his first-class debut for Western Province in the 201 ...
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Tshepo Moreki
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David Bedingham
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Aviwe Mgijima
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Vernon Philander
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Basheer Walters
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Wayne Parnell
Wayne Dillon Parnell (born 30 July 1989) is a South African professional cricketer who most recently played for Northamptonshire in English county cricket.
Previously, Parnell played Test cricket, One Day International cricket and Twenty20 matc ...
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Beuran Hendricks
Beuran Eric Hendricks (born 8 June 1990) is a South African cricketer who plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batter for Western Province. He made his international debut for South Africa in March 2014.
Domestic career
Fol ...
References
Sources
* ''South African Cricket Annual'' – various editions
* ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' – various editions
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