Western Province is the team representing

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province in domestic

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. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been

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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 under the name

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and divides its time between Newlands and the

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ground in

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. 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

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

(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 * One Day Cup (5) – 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2002–03 * CSA 3-Day Cup (2) – 2010–11, 2013–14 * CSA 1-Day Cup (0) – *

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(0) – * Gillette Cup/Nissan Shield (5) – 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89

Venues

Venues have included: *

, 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,

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

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Kyle Verreynne Kyle Verreynne (born 12 May 1997) is a South African cricketer who plays for Western Province. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2020. Domestic career He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Western P ...

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Kyle Simmonds Kyle Simmonds (born 6 January 1994) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in Boland's squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Stellenbosch Monarchs' squad for the first season of the T20 Global Lea ...

* Jonathan Bird *

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Aviwe Mgijima Aviwe Mgijima (born 10 August 1988) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of t ...

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References

Sources

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