Border (cricket team)

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Border Cricket
Personnel
Captain Jason Niemand
CoachTumelo Bodibe
Chief executiveOmphile Ramela
Team information
Founded1898
Home ground Buffalo Park, East London
Official website Official website

Border is the team representing the Border region in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898. When Cricket South Africa introduced the franchise system in 2004, Border merged with Eastern Province to form the Warriors.

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Honours

Club history

Border have usually been one of the weaker teams in South Africa. From their initial first-class match in 1897-98 until the end of the 2017-18 season they had played 584 matches, resulting in 173 wins, 241 losses, one tie, and 169 draws. [1] Border hold the record for the lowest aggregate score by a first class side in a match. During a Currie Cup match against Natal at Jan Smuts Ground in 1959-60, Border scored only 34 runs in the match - 16 in the first innings and 18 in the second innings. [2] [3]

In November 2017, Marco Marais scored 300 not out from 191 deliveries, batting for Border against Eastern Province in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup. [4] This was the fastest triple century in first-class cricket, the ninth triple century in first-class cricket in South Africa and the first in the country since 2010. [5]

In March 2021, Border were dismissed for just sixteen runs in their second innings in the 2020–21 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, equalling the lowest team total in first-class cricket in South Africa. [6]

Venues

Venues have included:

Officials

As of October 2023
PositionName
PresidentTando Ganda
Vice PresidentSimphiwe Ndzundzu
Director of cricketMfundo Macanda
Manager
CEOThando Booi

[7]

Squad

In August 2023, Cricket South Africa confirmed the following squad ahead of the 2023–24 season.

Mandilakhe Jojo Russell Krug Daniel Stephen Scott Roebert Ross Wilkie Jason Kumm Rodd Fischer Andrew Emslie Aiden Sansom Mike van Wyk Nic Smith Gary McLean Lundi Mbane

Players

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References

  1. "Playing Record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. Frindall, Bill, "Wisden Book of Cricket Records", 4th edition, Headline Publishing, London, 1998
  3. "Currie Cup, 1959/60, Border v Natal". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. "Pool A, Sunfoil 3-Day Cup at East London, Nov 23-25 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. "Marco Marais smashes the fastest triple ton in first-class cricket". CricTracker. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. "Border crash to SA record 16 all out". Herald Live. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. "Our Board of Directors". border.co.za. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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