List of KwaZulu-Natal Inland representative cricketers

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This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 cricket for the KwaZulu-Natal Inland cricket team in South Africa.

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The areas of KwaZulu-Natal that KwaZulu-Natal Inland represents has traditionally been part of the KwaZulu-Natal cricket team catchment. [a] KwaZulu-Natal Inland played its first matches in 2001 and was awarded first-class cricket status ahead of the 2006–07 cricket season, during which it played in the Provincial Three-Day Challenge first-class competition and One-Day Cup. [b] [2] [3] It became part of the Dolphins franchise which had originally been operated solely by KwaZulu-Natal. [c] [4] [5] [6]

The team has played first-class and List A cricket since 2006–07, and Twenty20 cricket since the establishment of provincial Twenty20 competitions in 2011–12. This list includes the players who played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket for KwaZulu-Natal Inland. [3]

As of 15 July 2025

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Notes

  1. ↑ KwaZulu-Natal was known as Natal until 1994. The team was also known as Natal until 1998.
  2. ↑ South Western Districts, Kei, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga were all promoted to first-class status at the same time. Only KwaZulu-Natal Inland and South Western Districts continued as senior teams after their first season, although Limpopo and Mpumalanga regained first-class status in 2022–23. [1]
  3. ↑ The period of franchise cricket in South Africa lasted from 2003–04 until 2020–21.

References

  1. ↑ Limpopo and Mpumalanga awarded first-class status, Cricket South Africa, 26 October 2022. (Available online at The Wayback Machine. Archived 26 October 2022. Retrieved 2025-07-13.)
  2. ↑ Bryden C (2008) Cricket in South Africa, 2006–07, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack , 2008, p. 1338. London: Bloomsbury.
  3. 1 2 KwaZulu-Natal Inland, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-15. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Moonda F (2014) Shrinking South Africa, The Cricket Monthly at CricInfo. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  5. ↑ South Africa complete domestic restructuring, ESPN Philippines, 2 February 2004. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  6. ↑ Moonda F (2021) Five talking points about South Africa's new domestic structure, CricInfo, 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
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