List of Northern Cape representative cricketers
This is a partial list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 cricket for Griqualand West and Northern Cape in South Africa. The team was renamed ahead of the 2015–16 season following the creation of Northern Cape province in 1994.
The Kimberley team that played matches during the 1880s played four matches which are considered first-class between 1889–90 and 1890–91,[a] including the first two Currie Cup matches against Transvaal.[b][2][3][4] The name Griqualand West was first used in the 1890–91 Champion Bat tournament, and from 1892–93 the side played under that name in the Currie Cup. Its matches in the competition are considered first-class from this date.[3][5] The Griqualand West B side played six matches in he 1998–99 UCB Bowl which are also considered first-class.[c][6]
Griqualand West first played List A cricket in 1970–71, the first season of provincial List A cricket in South Africa,[d] and domestic Twenty20 cricket in the first season of the CSA Provincial T20 in 2011–12.[5]
This list includes the players who played first-class and List A cricket for Kimberley between 1889–90 and 1890–91,[2] Griqualand West between 1890–91 and 2014–15,[5] Griqualand West B in 1998–99,[6] and Northern Cape from 2015–16 to the present day.[8] It does not include players who appeared only for franchise side Knights which was operated by the Free State and Griqualand West Cricket Unions between 2005–06 and 2020–21.[e][9]
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[edit]- Themba Maupa
- Craig Marais
- Colin Maritz
- Mandla Mashimbyi
- Russell Mawhinney
- Alberto Mazzoncini
- Adrian McLaren
- Marcelle Michau
- Charles Mills
- Avumile Mnci
- Thandolwethu Mnyaka
- Kagiso Mohale
- Grant Mokoena
- Tebogo Mokwena
- Andy Moles
- Alan Morris
- John Morris
- Orapeleng Motlhoaring
- Roger Moult
- Martyn Moxon
- Ayavuya Myoli
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[edit]- Kenneth Saggers
- Farhaan Sayanvala
- Des Schonegevel
- Blake Schraader
- Russell Searle
- Arthur Seccull
- Bennett Sekonyela
- Letlotlo Sesele
- Shahid Afridi
- William Shalders
- Kevin Sharp
- Martinus Smit
- Greg Smith
- Bob Snedden
- Jacques Snyman
- Rudi Steyn
- Peter Stopforth
- Sarel Strauss
- Aubrey Swanepoel
- Frederick Swarbrook
- Zandrè Swartz
- Pat Symcox
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[edit]- ^ The 1889–90 season is the first in South Africa to include domestic first-class matches. Two Test matches played the previous season between South Africa and a touring English side are considered the first matches played in South Africa to have first-class status.[1]
- ^ Kimberley won the Currie Cup, which was a single match played against Transvaal, in 1890–91.
- ^ The UCB Bowl was the continuation of the B section of the Currie Cup which had first been played in the 1950s. The 1998–99 competition was the final time that matches played by B sides have first-class status.
- ^ The 1969–70 Gillette Cup competition had taken place the previous season, but teams did not use their provincial names. The team that represented Griqualand West was organised by Brian Burrow and known as BW Burrow's XI. It played one match. All 11 players who appeared for this side also played matches for Griqualand West so, by default, appear on this list.[7]
- ^ Knights was known as Eagles between 2003–04 and 2009–10. The players who played for the franchise are listed at List of Knights cricketers. Griqualand West initially refused to join the franchise, with the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons operated by Free State alone.
References
[edit]- ^ Isherwood R, Bailey PJ (1997) Natal cricketers, 1889/90–1996/97, p. 3. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians. (Available online at The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2025-07-05.)
- ^ a b Kimberley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-16. (subscription required)
- ^ a b History: SA's premier first-class series, SA Cricket Mag, 16 April 2020. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Bailey PJ (1981) A guide to important cricket matches played in South Africa, p. 7. Retford: The Association of Cricket Statisticians. (Available online at The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2025-07-05.)
- ^ a b c Griqualand West B, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-16. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Griqualand West, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-16. (subscription required)
- ^ BW Burrow's XI, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-16. (subscription required)
- ^ Northern Cape, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-16. (subscription required)
- ^ Moonda F (2021) Five talking points about South Africa's new domestic structure, CricInfo, 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-30.