Northerns women's cricket team

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Northerns Women
Personnel
Captain Robyn Searle
CoachBryon Fraser
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1960
Home ground Centurion Park, Centurion
History
ODC  wins3
T20  wins0
Official website Titans Cricket

The Northerns women's cricket team, also known as Fidelity Titans and previously known as Northern Transvaal women's cricket team, is the women's representative cricket team for the South African region of Tshwane. They compete in the CSA Women's One-Day Cup, which they have won three times, and the CSA Women's T20 Challenge. [1]

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History

The side first appeared in the Simon Trophy, as Northern Transvaal, in the 1951–52 season and played in the tournament until 1959–60. [2] As Northerns, they next competed in the Inter-Provincial Tournament in 1995–96, and have competed in the tournament ever since. [1] They first won the tournament in 1998–99, beating North West in the final. [3] They next won the tournament in 2010–11, finishing second in their group to qualify for the knockout stages before beating Boland in the semi-final and KwaZulu-Natal in the final. [4] They retained their title the following season, going unbeaten in the group stages before beating KwaZulu-Natal in the semi-final. [5] They then beat Western Province in the final by 161 runs, with Marizanne Kapp making 106. [6]

They have also competed in the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition since its inception in 2012–13. [1] They have finished as runners-up in the competition twice, in 2013–14 and 2015–16. [7] [8]

In August 2023, it was announced that a new professional domestic system would be implemented for women's cricket in South Africa. As one of the six teams in the top division of the two domestic competitions, Northerns would be allowed eleven professional players from the 2023–24 season onwards. [9] [10]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023–24 season. Players in bold have international caps. [11]

NameNationalityNotes
Robyn Searle Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Club captain; wicket-keeper
Anneke Bosch Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Ricea CoetzerFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Rode de NysschenFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Gandhi JaftaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Nicolien Janse van RensburgFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Aabha JoshiFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Masabata Klaas Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Monalisa LegodiFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Simone LourensFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Suné Luus Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Lesedi MadishaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Amogelang MaphangulaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Eliz-Mari Marx Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Paulina MashishiFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Josephine MaswanganeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Lebogang NkadimengFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Katherine PriorFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Jenna SearleFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Kay-Leigh TappFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Tiani van den HeuvelFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Christelle van der SchyffFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Laura Wolvaardt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Notable players

Players who have played for Northerns and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [12]

Honours

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Northerns Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. "Simon Trophy 1951/52". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. "Caltrate Inter-Provincial Tournament 1998/99". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. "CSA Women's Provincial League 2010/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. "CSA Women's Provincial League 2011/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. "Northerns Women v Western Province Women, 7 April 2012". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. "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.
  10. "South Africa's women's team to get equal match fees as the men". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. "Fidelity Titans Assemble a Strong Team for the 2023/2024 Season". CricketWorld. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  12. "Northerns Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.