Free State women's cricket team

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Free State Women
Personnel
CaptainZintle Kula
CoachRuan Dercksen
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1996
Home ground Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
History
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Official website Knights Cricket

The Free State women's cricket team, also known as Recon Tactical Free State and previously known as Orange Free State women's cricket team, is the women's representative cricket team for the South African province of Free State. They compete in the CSA Women's One-Day Cup and the CSA Women's T20 Challenge. [1]

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History

The side first played as Orange Free State in the 1952–53 season of the Simon Trophy, losing in the final of the competition. [2] As Free State, they first appeared in the 1996–97 season of the Women's Inter-Provincial Tournament, although the full results for the tournament are unrecorded. [3] They have competed in every season of the tournament since. [1] They reached the quarter-finals of the competition in 2004–05, as well as finishing 4th in both 2007–08 and 2018–19. [4] [5] [6]

They have also competed in the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition since its inception in 2012–13, including finishing 4th in the first competition. [7] They have also finished third in the Top 6 league of the competition twice, in 2016–17 and 2019–20. [8] [9]

In the 2022–23 season, Free State topped Division 2 Pool A in the Women's Provincial Programme before defeating Northern Cape in the subsequent play-off to gain promotion. [10] In August 2023, it was announced that a new professional domestic system would be implemented for women's cricket in South Africa. Therefore, as one of the six teams in the top division of the two domestic competitions, Free State would be allowed eleven professional players from the 2023–24 season onwards. [11] [12]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023–24 season. Players in bold have international caps. [13]

NameNationalityNotes
Zintle KulaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Club captain
Elandri Janse van RensburgFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Pretty MolefeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Mampe NtsaneFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Yolandi Potgieter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Verunissa ReddyFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Miane SmitFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Anica SwartFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Mignon van der MerweFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Christen van WykFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Evodia YekileFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Yamkela ZangqaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Notable players

Players who have played for Free State and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [14]

Honours

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Free State Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Simon Trophy 1952/53". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Women's Inter-Provincial Tournament 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Women's Provincial League 2004/05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Women's Provincial League 2007/08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2018/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Pristine Potgieter Guides Free State to Promotion Into Division One". Cricket South Africa. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "CSA Celebrates Landmark Moment in Women's Cricket with the Launch of Professional Domestic Women's League". Cricket South Africa. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "South Africa's women's team to get equal match fees as the men". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "CSA Women's Professional League 2023/24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Free State Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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