Eastern Province women's cricket team

Not to be confused with Easterns women's cricket team.

The Eastern Province women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for parts of the South African region of Eastern Cape. They compete in the CSA Women's One-Day Cup and the CSA Women's T20 Challenge.^[1]

Eastern Province Women

Personnel
Coach	Siyabulela Nkosana
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1954
Home ground	St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
History
ODC wins	0
T20 wins	0

History

Eastern Province Women first appeared in the Simon Trophy in the 1953–54 season, playing in the tournament until the 1963–64 season.^[1] They next appeared in the Women's Inter-Provincial Trophy in 1996–97, and have played in the tournament ever since. Their best finish came in the 2003–04 season, when they reached the final, but lost to Boland by 64 runs.^[2][3] They currently compete in the second tier of the competition.^[4]

They have also competed in the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition since its inception in 2012–13. They achieved their best finish in 2013–14, topping Group B to qualify for the knockout stages. However, they lost both the semi-final and the third-place play-off to finish fourth overall.^[5]

Players

Notable players

Players who have played for Eastern Province and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[6]

• Audrey Jackson (1960)
• Juanita van Zyl (1972)
• Evne Webber (1999)
• Claire Terblanche (2003)
• Shafeeqa Pillay (2004)
• Dane van Niekerk (2009)
• Marizanne Kapp (2009)
• Jana Nell (2010)
• Bernadine Bezuidenhout (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Mieke de Ridder (2023)

Honours

• CSA Women's One-Day Cup:
  • Winners (0):
  • Best finish: Runners-up (2003–04)
• CSA Women's T20 Challenge:
  • Winners (0):
  • Best finish: 4th (2013–14)

See also

• Eastern Province (cricket team)

Notes

1. Bezuidenhout represented both South Africa and New Zealand in international cricket.

References

1. "Eastern Province Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
2. "Women's Provincial League 2003/04". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
3. "Eastern Province Women v Boland Women, 3 April 2004". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
4. "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2021/22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
5. "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
6. "Eastern Province Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2022.